[Discuss] OSHWA table at a local maker faire?

Hal Gottfried hal at kcohg.org
Mon Apr 18 18:11:38 UTC 2016


Welcome.

Hope I didn’t overstep.  

I saw your reply come in after I sent mine :(


> On Apr 18, 2016, at 1:10 PM, alicia <amgibb at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks for helping out with this Hal! 
> 
> On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 12:07 PM, Hal Gottfried <hal at kcohg.org <mailto:hal at kcohg.org>> wrote:
> Given your answer, I think your best bet is to form a branch first (I can help you with that). There is a link on the site to apply.
> 
> Once you’ve done that it’s better to represent the group as whole as your branch is part of the entity.
> 
> Make sense?
> 
> If I recall the big thing is no selling / representing for sale / etc. hardware products because OSHWA is a NPO and that goes against the IRS requirements for such.
> 
> For example our group KCOHG (KC OSHWA) is an NPO in the state of MO as well since it works together well.
> 
> 
> > On Apr 17, 2016, at 7:48 PM, j. eric townsend <jet at functionalprototype.com <mailto:jet at functionalprototype.com>> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> On Apr 17, 2016, at 20:38, Hal Gottfried <hal at kcohg.org <mailto:hal at kcohg.org>> wrote:
> >>
> >> I agree from both sides (founder member and co founder of branch) that it is a great idea and good way to recruit members.
> >>
> >> Is it safe to assume then you would be sending people interested to the national group or would this be the catalyst to start a Pittsburgh group?
> >>
> >> Keep in mind both are great, I just need to know how to frame an answer.
> >
> > Both, I think.  A few years ago I held an open source fabrication meeting and there was basically three of us showing up with our Mendles.  Since then we’ve built a Lasersaur at CMU, Boxyz launched, we have a TechShop in Pittsburgh, etc.
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