2,000 Bitcoins have been reserved for the re-investment:
1. Deposits for the long-term pre-order of hard-to-get ICs.
2. Costs of mass production of Block Erupter USB sticks.
@friedcat,
Please re-consider your auctioning off the usb sticks, I will definitely by some, however I am like many others here are late to the game as far as bitcoin is concerned and would prefer to pay with conventional means.
By selling them off at a flat rate you will have a much larger user base, which is good for the BTC economy.
just my 2 cents