I believe that one of the premises I have assumed during my albeit limited involvement in the DIYbio movement is that people, when left more or less alone (without requirements or agreements to do the right thing), will do the right thing. I know that nothing compels them to do the right thing, but thankfully, other lovers of freedom will (and have) made life a little more uncomfortable for those not doing the right thing. I hate it when an organization has to actually pay, rather than reap huge benefits, for the amount of freedom they give their participants and members. I really don't want to let the glowing plant people off the hook, particularly when it would likely take so little (as a percentage) of their take to make a big difference at Biocurious.
Also, one must wonder about Biocurious internal policies. They have been such a model to us (such as we are) with their activities, projects, and marketing , and I'd like to understand better how we can avoid the condition they are in now. Of course, I understand that it may be quite difficult to be completely transparent on all on funding or governance issues, but any information that they feel they can share would be appreciated.While I agree that members, participants, and well-wishers should be solicited to pay, this kind of money seems picayune compared to the value of some of their projects. The participants there seem to be leaving very valuable information. Some may argue that this information and marketing is worth far more than any dues or donations that could be collected I think they have shrewdly marketed themselves through their projects, (essentially done things, rather than just talked about them) and it distresses me that they have this condition while generating such valuable work. I am finding it hard to make sense out of it.
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 1:01 PM, SC <stacy734@yahoo.com> wrote:
It seems that non-university labs that need annual funding to keep the lights on either write a series of federal grants, do contract work to bring in income, or have a "front-company" in an unrelated field to generate cash. Writing grants is time-consuming and far from guaranteed, but maybe either of the last two might work. Could the lab do contract DNA bar-coding, shotgun library construction, plasmid preps? Is there a sequencer available? Obviously any of these options would require someone's time and skill, and that person would either have to be paid or be a very generous volunteer.I think what isn't going to work is asking for donations on Google groups, or asking the Glowing Plant folks to fork over a hefty donation when there was no previous agreement to do so. Note: I think it would be appropriate of them to make such a donation, but they certainly aren't required to.To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/diybio/6d0bafc9-0301-46d4-b898-b7082ae76ad9%40googlegroups.com?hl=en.--
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