Hi Bryan (et al) -- <br><br>I clicked on the link you had to the subcommittee, and there was a "contact us" button, so I sent email that is supposed to go to all the committee members. <br><br>I've heard that calling can be better than writing; I think that especially if folks have committee members near their hackerspaces, your later idea of inviting them to visit is *cool*; the idea of presenting *to* them is cool, too. <br>
<br>If they bring existing hackerspaces in and help them under this bill, that would be mindblowing. Or if they used hackerspaces as a model as well as the preexisting formal Fab Labs. <br><br>-- Rose/yarnivore<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 12:36 PM, Bryan Bishop <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kanzure@gmail.com">kanzure@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Rose White <<a href="mailto:rose@yarnivore.com">rose@yarnivore.com</a>> wrote:<br>
</div><div class="im">> This is brilliant! Writing to the subcommittee members to say "Hey, I<br>
> support this!" would be a good thing to do, especially if you're in the<br>
> district that any of them is in.<br>
<br>
</div>I agree. Does anyone have their email addresses? And are there any<br>
other ways to make recommendations? Usually committees have hearings,<br>
accept presentations, etc., and I think we could totally pull off some<br>
DEFCON-style hackerspace presentations for them.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> Even if it doesn't come to pass, I find this really encouraging!<br>
<br>
</div>Yep, it's definitely setting a precedent.<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
- Bryan<br>
<a href="http://heybryan.org/" target="_blank">http://heybryan.org/</a><br>
1 512 203 0507<br>
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