understood. so that means we should sell our own stuff and designate that the we will donate the proceeds to vintagecomputerfederation! maybe even put that in the listing ("proceeds will go to non-profit group to preserve computer history...") to encourage bidders to be generous :-) (ok maybe that's a little naive ...) On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 10:48 AM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
speaking of donations... is there a "wish list" or guidelines on what's
needed/accepted? Many of us have various pieces of equipment in various states of repair - before I put things on eBay i'd be happy to see if anything is worth donating...
We don't have a formal list. Considered it, but I would not know what to put on it... we usually do well with one-off requests, such as the printer.
on the flip side wondering if the federation has (or should have) an eBay
account? if there is excess donated equipment in the museum inventory it could be converted into cash !!
We don't. Turns out the IRS had very strict rules about what a non-profit can/can't do in regards to "de-accessioning" its property. Corey C. can elaborate.