[vcf-midatlantic] Ways the Federation COULD make money

[Joseph Oprysko]

Also Evan, don't feel like you have to take everything all on by yourself
either.  Feel free to ask for volunteer research commissions to look into X
or Y big project to see if they can come up with a way to make it work

On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 4:01 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:

> I've been thinking about this quite a bit, if anyone has seen the website
>> for the Computer History Museum in California, that place both makes me
>> drool and kind of disgusted at the same time.
>>
>
> For the record, CHM is a good partner of VCF. :)
>
>
> We all know that an organization like that must have gotten quite a bit in
>> corporate funding to help setup their displays.
>>
>
> Correct, and we're absolutely working toward that. We just can't go from
> virtual zero to big corporate grants in an instant. Step-by-step...
>
>
> We could also have other types of fund raisers, from soliciting local
>> businesses, apply for various grants from the government, online auctions
>> of surplus (which personally I despise the idea of doing, I'd rather keep
>> the surplus as property of the federation, if we want something to do with
>> something we have 10 or more of, maybe have classes on working on them,
>> that way we have units for spares/parts/etc)
>>
>
> As I mentioned earlier, we're taking time to learn the IRS rules for
> de-accessioning. I am pretty sure we cannot just "sell" stuff in the normal
> fashion. Corey's doing the research.
>
>
> So, we don't have to "live" like we only have enough to rub 2 sticks
>> together (or sit behind some big iron) to keep warm, that's why this
>> internal only fundraiser for the stools confused the living hell out of
>> me.
>>
>
> Again for the record, the big fundraiser was hardly just for places to sit
> down. :)  It was mostly for display furniture (all the non-big iron
> artifacts have to live somewhere, we can't keep using plastic folding
> tables and ugly Army surplus desks like in the current four museum rooms);
> for having more electrical power installed; converting the new room's
> single door into a double door; and so on.
>
>
> I've talked to Evan about a few "BIG" idea for the future to bring up
>> to the board, dunno if he did or not
>>
>
> Of course.
>
>
> with a few good grants or corporate investments from some companies  that
>> we may be able to reel in, we could make this a lot more fun, as well as
>> a lot more popular.
>>
>
> We (the board) completely agree. We ask for your patience; these things
> take time. :)
>
>
>


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