<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>7/12 no good for me ... 7/14 looks better.<br><br>On Jul 5, 2011, at 20:23, David Smith <<a href="mailto:david@davincisciencecenter.org">david@davincisciencecenter.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>I can't be there the 12th. I am available Thursdays 7/14 or 7/21<br><br>Dave <br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Matthew Tuerk <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:matuerk@gmail.com"><a href="mailto:matuerk@gmail.com">matuerk@gmail.com</a></a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">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.<br>
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Matthew Tuerk<br>
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</div><div><div></div><div class="h5">On Jun 29, 2011, at 9:18 PM, scott piccotti wrote:<br>
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> There have been a ton of great ideas flying around here, and I've been<br>
> trying to synthesize them into something that I can get my head<br>
> around. Fair warning though, I'm probably going to ramble a bit<br>
> here...<br>
><br>
> First, I see ideas falling into two broad categories: Fundraising and<br>
> Community Outreach. There's quite a bit of overlap, and the line<br>
> between them is fuzzy, but it might be a useful way to think about<br>
> things.<br>
><br>
> For example, I think the idea of getting people to put together a very<br>
> basic soldering project is a great idea, and might fall more into the<br>
> Community Outreach category. Sure, we could make a few bucks a head,<br>
> but it seems more about building interest in who we are and what we do<br>
> than about making money. And that's *awesome*. We're going to need<br>
> more ideas like that.<br>
><br>
> Instant Action Figures might actually be in this category as well. To<br>
> make them profitable for the time and effort involved, at least right<br>
> now, they'd have to be prohibitively expensive. But it's an amazing<br>
> "holy crap I'm living in the future" way to show off what we're all<br>
> about, right?<br>
><br>
> As far as venues go, things like Musikfest or Mayfair are probably not<br>
> a great place to start. It's a big time commitment, and a huge crowd<br>
> to deal with. I'd rather see us start smaller and work up to bigger<br>
> events. They'd be great places to get out into the community though,<br>
> and I'd love to see us there eventually, in one way or another.<br>
><br>
> What we want is to find a place where people are going with the intent<br>
> to buy things. I've been to art shows that artists know aren't really<br>
> "buying" shows- people come out to look, but no one spends money.<br>
> Musikfest people, for example, don't go to Musikfest to buy little<br>
> robots or electronic noisemakers or whatever we come up with.<br>
><br>
> There's Art Walk in Bethlehem, where at least people are in a "buying<br>
> stuff" state of mind.<br>
> (<a href="http://www.downtownbethlehemassociation.com/Bethlehem_s_ArtWalk__.html" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.downtownbethlehemassociation.com/Bethlehem_s_ArtWalk__.html">http://www.downtownbethlehemassociation.com/Bethlehem_s_ArtWalk__.html</a></a>)<br>
> And I believe it's free (or cheap) to set up, too, so that might be a<br>
> good place to get started. Something like the Indiemade Craft Market,<br>
> and other craft shows, might also be something to look into.<br>
> Admittedly, most of my ideas are coming from the "art" side of things<br>
> since that's where my background is. There's probably plenty of other<br>
> things going on I'd never think of.<br>
><br>
> And that brings me to... what can we actually sell? I think we'd need<br>
> some little tchotchkes that we can crank out en masse, and can sell at<br>
> a reasonable margin. Would anybody be interested in prototyping a few<br>
> things to show at a meeting, so we can start getting a feel for what<br>
> our inventory would look like? That might be a good place to start. At<br>
> least, it seems like making stuff should be a good way to go about<br>
> this, right? Anybody want to try it out?<br>
><br>
> Sorry about the Gettysburg Address there, though I did warn you I<br>
> might ramble...<br>
><br>
> -scott<br>
><br>
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