I like the idea of using Auction money to pay for people who could not contemplate working for free but could use the experience.
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On 3 May 2010, at 19:45, Michael Kenward wrote:
> Remember when we were talking about unpaid interns?
>
> This one takes the concept to a new level:
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100503/ts_ynews/ynews_ts1902
>
> The interns pay you to let them in.
>
> It may be for charity, but it ensures that the only takers are those with
> money.
>
> "Perhaps to offset the appearance that only wealthy interns would get
> inside, each publication also created a slot that doesn't cost anything,
> according to the RFK Center."
>
> Maybe the next step will be for the rich kids to pay for internships and
> then to use that money to fund someone who couldn't even contemplate working
> for nothing.
>
> Or is that too confrontational a suggestion?
>
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