[MakeLV] Fund-raising idea ....

[Rob Roschewsk]

7/12 no good for me ... 7/14 looks better.

On Jul 5, 2011, at 20:23, David Smith <david at davincisciencecenter.org> wrote:

> I can't be there the 12th.  I am available  Thursdays 7/14 or 7/21
> 
> Dave 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Matthew Tuerk <matuerk at gmail.com> wrote:
> Can we discuss these ideas in-depth next Tuesday? Part of me feels like we designated biz meeting apart from the Open Hack night. Thoughts? I could do any night the following week.
> 
> Matthew Tuerk
> matuerk at gmail.com
> 
> On Jun 29, 2011, at 9:18 PM, scott piccotti wrote:
> 
> > There have been a ton of great ideas flying around here, and I've been
> > trying to synthesize them into something that I can get my head
> > around. Fair warning though, I'm probably going to ramble a bit
> > here...
> >
> > First, I see ideas falling into two broad categories: Fundraising and
> > Community Outreach. There's quite a bit of overlap, and the line
> > between them is fuzzy, but it might be a useful way to think about
> > things.
> >
> > For example, I think the idea of getting people to put together a very
> > basic soldering project is a great idea, and might fall more into the
> > Community Outreach category. Sure, we could make a few bucks a head,
> > but it seems more about building interest in who we are and what we do
> > than about making money. And that's *awesome*. We're going to need
> > more ideas like that.
> >
> > Instant Action Figures might actually be in this category as well. To
> > make them profitable for the time and effort involved, at least right
> > now, they'd have to be prohibitively expensive. But it's an amazing
> > "holy crap I'm living in the future" way to show off what we're all
> > about, right?
> >
> > As far as venues go, things like Musikfest or Mayfair are probably not
> > a great place to start. It's a big time commitment, and a huge crowd
> > to deal with. I'd rather see us start smaller and work up to bigger
> > events. They'd be great places to get out into the community though,
> > and I'd love to see us there eventually, in one way or another.
> >
> > What we want is to find a place where people are going with the intent
> > to buy things. I've been to art shows that artists know aren't really
> > "buying" shows- people come out to look, but no one spends money.
> > Musikfest people, for example, don't go to Musikfest to buy little
> > robots or electronic noisemakers or whatever we come up with.
> >
> > There's Art Walk in Bethlehem, where at least people are in a "buying
> > stuff" state of mind.
> > (http://www.downtownbethlehemassociation.com/Bethlehem_s_ArtWalk__.html)
> > And I believe it's free (or cheap) to set up, too, so that might be a
> > good place to get started. Something like the Indiemade Craft Market,
> > and other craft shows, might also be something to look into.
> > Admittedly, most of my ideas are coming from the "art" side of things
> > since that's where my background is. There's probably plenty of other
> > things going on I'd never think of.
> >
> > And that brings me to... what can we actually sell? I think we'd need
> > some little tchotchkes that we can crank out en masse, and can sell at
> > a reasonable margin. Would anybody be interested in prototyping a few
> > things to show at a meeting, so we can start getting a feel for what
> > our inventory would look like? That might be a good place to start. At
> > least, it seems like making stuff should be a good way to go about
> > this, right? Anybody want to try it out?
> >
> > Sorry about the Gettysburg Address there, though I did warn you I
> > might ramble...
> >
> > -scott
> >
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