[dorkbotsea-blabber] DorkSwap proposal

[Christopher Prosser]

I was a big fan of the MIT swapfest that goes on during the summers out there.

I would love to see this happen, though not at every event. I'd really
like to set up a one time event and allow selling if people want to.
I'm not sure we have any theme planned for September. How about we do
it at 911 the second or third wed (too many people will get lost if
its' the first wed)?

--chris



On 7/28/07, William Beaty <billb at eskimo.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Jul 2007, Wim Lewis wrote:
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> > 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.
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> 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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