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Nathan Siedle, the CEO of Sparkfun, has been one of the inspirations and mentors for 3D Robotics, and Sparkfun has become a poster child for the sucess of the Open Hardware model (along with Arduino, Makerbot, Adafruit, and others). 

Ahead of an Open Hardware session in Washington DC, he's put together some slides that show how well the model is working for Sparkfun. He writes:

I will be attending a nifty get together called OH/DC put on by Michael Weinberg of Public Knowledge on Friday April 20th, 1 to 5PM. I plan to be part of panel to speak to policymakers about open source hardware - what it is, why it's a good thing, etc. Michael assures me there is nothing to be worried about but I'm slightly terrified to breakout the one button-down shirt I own and head to the capital, so please come help!

The public is invited! For the Hill/policy people, this will probably be their first contact with OSHW. The best way to make this a success (and myself less terrified) is if we can get OSHW fans to attend. It will reinforce to the policy folks why people are excited by this new type of business model.