[Robotgroup] Corporate Adopt A Robot program

[Vern Graner]

A modest proposal :)

Some of you may recall that in days of yore, The Robot Group used to 
solicit people/corporations to "adopt" a robot for a given period of 
time. Here is the archival web site that shows how the program used to work:

http://web.archive.org/web/19961114045212/robotgroup.org/robofest/adopt.htm

I was considering how this program might be revived to solve a couple of 
problems:

1) Storage - Placing a robot in a corporate lobby instead of "someones" 
entry-hall (I will be moving soon and will not be able to store them!)

2) Providing revenue to fill the robo-coffers (since the number of fund 
raising activities appear to be lower this year)

As a way to facilitate this, I considered creating some "Public Service 
Announcements" (PSA's) that could be played on the radio.

These could be written to encourage corporations to "adopt" a robot and 
have a robotic/ kinetic/ eccentric /electric one of a kind sculpture in 
their lobby for a give period of time in return for a donation to the group.

Since we are a 5013c Corp, we should be able to get radio stations to 
play a 30 second spots as part of their obligation to serve the public 
with the public airwaves.

In order for this to work, we would need to have a contact person and a 
simple web page that described the details of the program for people who 
are enticed by the ad.

So, What I can volunteer to do would be to write, produce and record 30 
second audio spots that could be used. Is there anyone that could handle 
the other items?

:)

Vern

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