[SJAAboard] Last Chance on Tasco donation

[Gary Mitchell]

Rob Hawley wrote:
> If someone wants to take responsibility for this I will be glad to connect
> the donor with that individual.  One member stepped forward to volunteer
> storage, but I have not been able to negotiate their taking responsibility
> for the loan as Lee has done in the past.
> 
> I need to reply to the donor tomorrow.  We can talk at Houge tonight. If I
> do not get a volunteer to handle this then I will decline the donation.
> 
> I want to also reemphasize what Rich and I have said in the past.  Filling
> up all of our available storage with these low value scopes will mean the
> storage is not available when we need it for one of the loaner scopes.  It
> is just a bad idea for the small return on investment.

We seem we go through this every time a donation offer is made.  Instead,
maybe what the board needs to do decide on a policy; something that any
of us can use on the spot to accept or decline donations in most cases.

I'd like to remind the board that typically most of the money we make at
the swap and auction comes from the sale of donated items.  It seems what
we lack is an established procedure for processing small and moderate
non-monetary donations.  With a process in place, it wouldn't be such an
ordeal for some of us every time a small donation comes up.

Gary