Still determining IF the junk after the Hack-a-Thon event will be a big issue or not. The Swapmeet rules state that anybody putting items on the Free Pile will be expected to remove those items before the end of the Swapmeet. So basically, if someone wants to participate in the Hack-a-Thon, they should attend the Swapmeet and gather what they think they will need for a project. There are no guarantees that any Free Pile stuff will be available after the Swapmeet. Nor are there any guarantees over what would still be available on the Free Pile any time during the Swapmeet. We do know from past experience that stuff is always ending up on the Free Pile all day long. There may be good stuff at the beginning of the Swapmeet, but then there might also be some good stuff at the end if Vendors decide to give stuff away instead of taking it home. There is a 99.9% chance there will be a prize for the winner of the Hack-a-Thon. I'm still waiting for official approval as to what prize will be offered. Jeff Salzman VCF Steering Committee member MARCH Workshop Manager On Sat, Sep 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM Sentrytv via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

So here’s a question At 6 PM or there after What is to be done with all of the “ junk “ That was used for this “contest” Are you telling the people who entered the contest with all this junk junk? They have to take it all home. Which is not a bad thing However Will you have enough stuff left from the free pile at the end of the swap meet? Or will there not be enough for others during the swap meet?

To make it short If everybody else takes the junk, then there won’t be anything left for the contest And if people take everything for the contest that there won’t be anything for the people at the swapmeet

Just curious to see if anybody thought Or maybe I’m just analyzing it too much