As per our meeting agenda notes. VCC will be organizing a community fundraiser event.
How this works
Members would get a table to sell electronics (retro, vintage, or modern), technology, and other items that they bring. Proceeds would be donated directly back to Dallas Makerspace as highlighted on the agenda item.
We would be working along with @Team_PR and @Team_Digital_Media to help stream the event to twitch and youtube.
Our Goal
Raise between $500-1000 to support Dallas Makerspace and future projects.
Wish to help?
We would love to have you there. Please email [email protected] the details of what items you wish to sell and include at least three photos of the item.
Success, Fun, and Shopping
If your just wanting to come then look out for the calendar event below when it goes live and be sure to share this post on social media, with your co-works, friends, and anyone else that you can think of whom would love to have a chance to get their hands on some amazing tech.
We need more time than that to get on event calendars if you want a proper media release. If you want it sooner, we’ll have less media coverage for you.
@denzuko, if you get me a quick answer to the questions who/what/when/where/why/how, some pictures and some quotes, I’ll write a quick media release and send it for review and distribution.
I’m good with any day, given a 48 hour notice. @Holliday that works for you or should we shoot for the next Retro Sig Meetup that @mrcity has suggested earlier?
Once you figure out all the details, send me an email with exactly what you’ve settled on and I’ll review to make sure the process isn’t going to get us in trouble.
Not trying to tell y’all what to do, but there are rules about this stuff and we need to make sure we aren’t accidentally breaking them
The short answer here is no- (not from DMS at least) for a bunch of reasons. We cannot sell anything to members that is not also offered to the general public and sold at fair market value.
@Team_Digital_Media on this point when CA had a garage sale we cleared the room till the true posted start time so it wouldn’t be see as any issue of inside dealing. We made about $800 that day.
The DFW Retrocomputing group (organized via Meetup) is having their meeting I believe 3-6 PM on Saturday October 12 at DMS. Like 4 years ago when I first started coming to their meetings, there might have been six people to show up. Now with the increased interest as a natural transition beyond console games and from Computer Reset, it could draw 30 or 40 people.
It also might be a good idea to give LGR and David a hat tip about this. Not sure if they’ll be up to joining on the event but would be a good suggestion anyways.
