[dorkbotsea-blabber] DorkSwap proposal

[William Beaty]

On Sat, 28 Jul 2007, Wim Lewis wrote:

> A few people have posted for-sale or for-free ads to the dorkbot list
> lately. How do people feel about having some sort of swap-your-junk
> table at a future dorkbot? Or, if it goes well, as a regular feature
> of dorkbot-seattle? I often have random dorkular things I'm not going
> to be using again, but which are either too small or too odd to get
> rid of in other ways. Putting the handful of obsolete-but-unused PICs
> in my junk drawer on eBay would just be silly.

This might work if promoted the same as "open mike."  During every single
meeting, ask whether anyone has an announcement for free junk to give
away.  Never forget to ask during each metting.  After a few meetings
people will get the idea, and start bringing free junk.







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