https://wiki.london.hackspace.org.uk/w/index.php?title=User:Eithin/Fundraising_Auction&action=history&feed=atom&&feed=atom&User:Eithin/Fundraising Auction - Revision history2024-03-29T06:50:15ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.5https://wiki.london.hackspace.org.uk/w/index.php?title=User:Eithin/Fundraising_Auction&diff=27301&oldid=prevEithin at 01:01, 9 January 20132013-01-09T01:01:50Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>OK, two possibilities for timing. Either we can do it beforehand to raise money for the move, or we can do it afterwards, maybe in the new space, to refill our reserves again.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>OK, two possibilities for timing. Either we can do it beforehand to raise money for the move, or we can do it afterwards, maybe in the new space, to refill our reserves again.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># Targeting. H2H (hacker to hacker), gadget-shop type stuff, art objects, ephemera.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Doing this has several advantages: it gets us money (our break-even point on the event is likely to be in the low hundreds, and we can get there easily enough), it will raise a lot of awareness and get us some new members, and it'll be fun for us.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># Write spec & acceptance procedure for lots.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># Decide on a bidding procedure.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># Targeting. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Who is going to be there, and what sort of things will they want to buy? First pass idea: </ins>H2H (hacker to hacker), gadget-shop type stuff, art objects, ephemera <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(digital pieces, music, pop-culture artefacts)</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># Scrounge up a hall. Meanwhile space would be ideal, if there's anywhere suitable. Otherwise, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">donations.</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># Write <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a </ins>spec & <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">an </ins>acceptance procedure for lots. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">That is, "we want fun geeky things that already exist, hacker-created art, cool gadgets, vouchers for your services, entertaining comedy lots, or other cool stuff; we need such-and-such information and (the promise of) good photos; we need a delivery timescale; we'll let you know within 3 days if your offer has been accepted. We can't take everything because we don't have time and can't sell everything."</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"># Solicit lots: existing objects/vouchers/commissions/comedy lots</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># Decide on a bidding procedure. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(Probably either English or silent auction, or a combination of the two, but other possibilities exist. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auction )</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># Arrange <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">an </del>auctioneer. I <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">can do it</del>, but <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">would be better off doing floor management</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># Scrounge up a hall<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, somewhere not far from the two spaces</ins>. Meanwhile space would be ideal, if there's anywhere suitable. Otherwise, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">we'll run a pledge drive and fund the hire from that</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># Find a band for the afterparty and a band/performer <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">for </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">walkin</del>. Be careful with styles. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Possibly also walkabout entertainers</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># Arrange <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a MC, who'll also be the </ins>auctioneer. I <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">have a couple of people in mind</ins>, but <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">happy to hear from people who want to audition</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Re: entertainment, having </del>some personable hackers demonstrating Stuff would be nice. Also posters.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># Find a band for the afterparty and a band/performer <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to play during the early pre-auction stage, to set </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">mood</ins>. Be careful with <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">musical </ins>styles<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, because some will weird people out or set the wrong mood</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">We can reasonably do this for £50 each and a few free drinks</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># Arrange a source (or several sources) of alcohol. The Milton Brewery would do very nicely, possibly also Alchemist Dreams. (NB: <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Alcohol </del>license<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. TENable</del>.)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Having </ins>some personable hackers demonstrating Stuff would be nice. Also <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">informative </ins>posters<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. We'll have the lots laid out on tables for examination anyway, and will want people (preferably the makers) to be friendly security for those</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># Publicity. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Social </del>media, miniposter campaign<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, WOM</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># Arrange a source (or several sources) of alcohol. The Milton Brewery would do very nicely, possibly also Alchemist Dreams <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">for a cool geeky cocktail bar</ins>. (NB: <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">this means we'll need an alcohol </ins>license<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, but there are lots of ways to deal with this minor problem</ins>.)</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># Publicity. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Using social </ins>media <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(FB event</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Twitter campaignette) is cool, but we'll also get plenty of good from a </ins>miniposter campaign <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and most of all from word of mouth</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># Hold a raffle as well - it's a good way of monetizing other stuff, and more usefully it encourages people to stay & feel invested. Once you get them reaching into their pocket for £1, they're more likely to bid.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># Hold a raffle as well - it's a good way of monetizing other stuff, and more usefully it encourages people to stay & feel invested. Once you get them reaching into their pocket for £1, they're more likely to bid.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># Sell Hackspace souvenirs, particularly ones that don't require pre-investment on our part. Probably easiest to go through Awesome Merchandise or similar.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div># Sell Hackspace souvenirs, particularly ones that don't require <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">lots of </ins>pre-investment on our part. Probably easiest to go through <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://awesomemerchandise.com/ </ins>Awesome Merchandise<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">] </ins>or similar<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">.</ins></div></td></tr>
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</table>Eithinhttps://wiki.london.hackspace.org.uk/w/index.php?title=User:Eithin/Fundraising_Auction&diff=27300&oldid=prevEithin: Created page with "OK, two possibilities for timing. Either we can do it beforehand to raise money for the move, or we can do it afterwards, maybe in the new space, to refill our reserves again...."2013-01-09T00:17:56Z<p>Created page with "OK, two possibilities for timing. Either we can do it beforehand to raise money for the move, or we can do it afterwards, maybe in the new space, to refill our reserves again...."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>OK, two possibilities for timing. Either we can do it beforehand to raise money for the move, or we can do it afterwards, maybe in the new space, to refill our reserves again.<br />
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# Targeting. H2H (hacker to hacker), gadget-shop type stuff, art objects, ephemera.<br />
# Write spec & acceptance procedure for lots.<br />
# Decide on a bidding procedure.<br />
# Scrounge up a hall. Meanwhile space would be ideal, if there's anywhere suitable. Otherwise, donations.<br />
# Solicit lots: existing objects/vouchers/commissions/comedy lots.<br />
# Arrange an auctioneer. I can do it, but would be better off doing floor management.<br />
# Find a band for the afterparty and a band/performer for the walkin. Be careful with styles. Possibly also walkabout entertainers.<br />
# Re: entertainment, having some personable hackers demonstrating Stuff would be nice. Also posters.<br />
# Arrange a source (or several sources) of alcohol. The Milton Brewery would do very nicely, possibly also Alchemist Dreams. (NB: Alcohol license. TENable.)<br />
# Publicity. Social media, miniposter campaign, WOM.<br />
# Hold a raffle as well - it's a good way of monetizing other stuff, and more usefully it encourages people to stay & feel invested. Once you get them reaching into their pocket for £1, they're more likely to bid.<br />
# Sell Hackspace souvenirs, particularly ones that don't require pre-investment on our part. Probably easiest to go through Awesome Merchandise or similar.</div>Eithin