Re: [TANGO-L] lost and found disposal and recycling

[Richard deSousa <mallpasso @AOL.COM>]

I'd put out a sign at the reception desk which says that all items left
at the milonga will be held for XX days (fill in the blanks) after
which they will be donated to the XX (Salvation Army, Goodwill, St.
Vicent de Paul, etc., ).

El Bandito de Tango


-----Original Message-----
From: Yale Tango Club <yaletangoclub  @YAHOO.COM>
To: TANGO-L  @MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Sent:         Fri, 21 Oct 2005 14:36:39 -0700
Subject: [TANGO-L] lost and found disposal and recycling

 Hey everybody

I don't know about you but occasionally after the dust of the milonga
clears and
the last guest has stumbled out the door, what you are sometimes left
with is an
abandoned pair of shoes.

Often tango shoes, sometimes street shoes. Also T-shirts, sweaters,
rain
jackets, umbrellas, scarves.

So you keep the items in the car trunk, bring them and put them by the
door or
the DJ the next few weeks, maybe send out an email.

Often the shoes are collected but sometimes not. And your trunk just
gets fuller
and fuller with Lost and Found Stuff.

What do you do with this stuff. After a while you can't keep schlepping
it all
the time.

Some of these items are effectively abandoned and people will never
ever come
get them. Funny, don't they miss their shoes?

At what point does one "dispose" of these items? Is there a statute of
limitations?

More importantly, which ethical ways are there to "dispose" of tango
shoes?
-trash
-basement
-Salvation army (?)
or is it OK to recycle them:
-organizer and his/her very special friends get to wear them if they fit
-organizer can hand them to beginners on a budget until they can invest
in their
own tango shoes
-sell them in a silent auction and use the money toward some worthy
cause or at
least a fun one
-ship them to the other side of the country to recycle them there, to
avoid
embarassing reunions with former owners.
-???

What do you think?

Tine



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