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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 13, 2012 8:01 AM, "Chris Weiss" <<a href="mailto:cweiss@gmail.com">cweiss@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
and they just reached full funding.<br>
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On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 4:32 PM, Matt Joyce <<a href="mailto:matt@nycresistor.com">matt@nycresistor.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Worth it.<br>
><br>
> On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Ryan Rix <<a href="mailto:ry@n.rix.si">ry@n.rix.si</a>> wrote:<br>
>> I just read this thread for the first time (I check hs-discuss every morning<br>
>> or so, after all) and find your rant to be a little off-putting, Matt. I'm<br>
>> sure I'm not the only one here who's too busy making a hackerspace happen to<br>
>> have a constant finger on this mailing list.<br>
>><br>
>> r.<br>
>><br>
>> On Wed 5 September 2012 22:05:09 Matt Joyce wrote:<br>
>>> For the record, I sent this out to two lists today. It's been about<br>
>>> 12 hours. Both lists have hundreds to thousands of technology<br>
>>> professionals on it. So far, 4 of you folks have actually donated<br>
>>> anything.<br>
>>><br>
>>> I mean it's totally a case of charity and you aren't obligated to<br>
>>> donate money. Certainly there are better things to invest your coin<br>
>>> in. I recommend the International Red Cross. But for the amount of<br>
>>> crap that's been posted to this list over the past two years about<br>
>>> this community not being open to 'women in technology' I find it<br>
>>> absolutely staggering that there isn't a massive amount of people<br>
>>> throwing even a little money into an effort to help a girl out that<br>
>>> has been exemplary in her participation in our extended community. A<br>
>>> young woman who really has done more than most if not all of you to<br>
>>> reach out to the next generation and offer a welcoming helping hand<br>
>>> into this community. A hand that is not biased in any way.<br>
>>><br>
>>> 9 days left. Only about 100 USD was donated today by about 4 people.<br>
>>><br>
>>> verify here : <a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/SuperAwesomeNY2012?c=pledges" target="_blank">http://www.indiegogo.com/SuperAwesomeNY2012?c=pledges</a><br>
>>><br>
>>> You probably will give more to homeless people this year who want<br>
>>> nothing more than to get strung out on H than you will to this kid.<br>
>>> More to the point she's actually willing to give you something for<br>
>>> your money aside from a youtube show she works very hard on and posts<br>
>>> basically for free.<br>
>>><br>
>>> I've always had the utmost respect for the people on this list. Even<br>
>>> when I've disagreed with folks. But that's because I've always<br>
>>> thought that the people on this list backed up their goals, and their<br>
>>> beliefs with real leadership. With actions that show people why<br>
>>> things can be better. Here you have a chance to help another member<br>
>>> of this community make a change that many of you have been very vocal<br>
>>> about. Why aren't you putting your money where your mouthes are?<br>
>>><br>
>>> I looked at the donation list today expecting to see some noticeable<br>
>>> good being done by this community. Instead I found a handful of good<br>
>>> people, and a whole lot of unwelcoming silence. It's pretty damned<br>
>>> depressing.<br>
>>><br>
>>> -Matt<br>
>>><br>
>>> On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Matt Joyce <<a href="mailto:matt@nycresistor.com">matt@nycresistor.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>> > For those of you not familiar with super awesome sylvia...<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > check out : <a href="http://sylviashow.com/" target="_blank">http://sylviashow.com/</a><br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > This kid is pretty much one of the more awesome contributors to Maker<br>
>>> > related stuff. She was at Maker Faire in bay area this past year, and<br>
>>> > she's an all around awesome maker. She's recently setup an indiegogo<br>
>>> > support page to help fund her visiting maker faire in NYC and a few<br>
>>> > other events.<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > Here campaign ends in 10 days and she's only at like 1500 of 5000 goal in<br>
>>> > USD.<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > I figured I'd forward to the list. I've already donated. I hope you<br>
>>> > folks will as well.<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > Also, forward info on to other lists. Let your hackerspace know. Let<br>
>>> > your local burner community know. Call your mother, she worries.<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > Anyways. Check out the indiegogo campaign here:<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > <a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/SuperAwesomeNY2012?c=home" target="_blank">http://www.indiegogo.com/SuperAwesomeNY2012?c=home</a><br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > If we can't take care of people in our community what's the freaking<br>
>>> > point of hackerspaces at all.<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > -Matt<br>
>>><br>
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>> --<br>
>> Ryan Rix<br>
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