[mit-habitat-exec] Campus Build

[Anne S Yu]

i think it's a cool idea but where would we keep them until they're sold?

Anne


Quoting Nina Mann <nmann at MIT.EDU>:

> I know Olin college built playhouses and then sold them on eBay to 
> raise money
> for habitat: http://www.needhamhabitat.org/playhouses.html
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> Maybe we can copy them?
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> Nina
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> Quoting Elyse Pieper <epieper at MIT.EDU>:
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>> I think checking the other habitat chapters is a great idea.  See how fast
>> you can push them to make a decision in the next couple days.
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>> As far as other ideas, someone had at one point mentioned building play
>> homes to auction off later.  Anyone have ideas as to how we could do this or
>> think it's a bad idea etc?
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>> On 4/17/07, Mike Kokko <kokkom at mit.edu> wrote:
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>>> Bryan,
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>>> I know MIT Habitat is in good with MVHFH, but what about checking with
>>> some
>>> other local chapters?  There's a list at
>>> http://www.habitat.org/cd/local/affiliate.aspx?zip=02139.  If any of them
>>> are soon to be framing new constructions they may appreciate some wall
>>> sections (to their specs, of course).  If Lowe's has already committed to
>>> donate materials, it would probably be good to use them so that channel
>>> remains open for future builds.
>>>
>>> That's just my 2c, let me know if there' anything I can do.
>>>
>>> - Mike
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: mit-habitat-exec-bounces at MIT.EDU
>>> [mailto:mit-habitat-exec-bounces at MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of Bryan Owens
>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 4:32 PM
>>> To: mit-habitat-exec at mit.edu
>>> Subject: [mit-habitat-exec] Campus Build
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>>> Hey everyone,
>>>
>>> So I talked to Emerson over at Merrimack Habitat and here is the basic
>>> situation.  Since they're in between construction projects, they don't
>>> have final plans from the architect, as a result, there's nothing for
>>> us to concretely build.  So I have a few questions for everyone...
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>>> Is there something else we could build that would be beneficial to
>>> Habitat?
>>> Should we cancel the event?
>>> Is there something else we could do on campus at that time instead as
>>> a Habitat PR event?
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>>> Discuss.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Bryan
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>>> --
>>> Bryan Owens
>>> bryand at mit.edu
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