<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:bookman old style, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>I'm glad she made it, I'm sorry I could not support her financially by myself.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Concerning your comments, I have one rule when I collect donations for projects - always thank for every penny, never complain. It seems to work well in a long term. </span></div><div> <br>Sincerely,<br><br></div><div>Frantisek Algoldor Apfelbeck<br><br></div><div>biotechnologist&kvasir and hacker</div><br><br><div>http://www.frantisekapfelbeck.org</div><div><br><br></div><div>"There is
no way to peace, peace is the way." Ghandi<br><br> <div style="font-family: bookman old style, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Matt Joyce <matt@nycresistor.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Hackerspaces General Discussion List <discuss@lists.hackerspaces.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, September 14, 2012 4:38 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [hackerspaces] Super Awesome Sylvia needs your support!<br> </font> </div> <br>
By the by, my opinion of the stats is that this list did more than<br>boingboing / sparkfun.<br><br>That's pretty fucking great.<br><br>karma all around.<br><br>Except for me, I was a dick. And, totally unrepentant I might add.<br>But it was for a good cause.<br><br>Thanks all for keeping my faith in humanity at a high level.<br><br>On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 11:48 AM, Matt Joyce <<a ymailto="mailto:matt@nycresistor.com" href="mailto:matt@nycresistor.com">matt@nycresistor.com</a>> wrote:<br>> =D.<br>><br>> On Sep 13, 2012 8:01 AM, "Chris Weiss" <<a ymailto="mailto:cweiss@gmail.com" href="mailto:cweiss@gmail.com">cweiss@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>>><br>>> and they just reached full funding.<br>>><br>>> On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 4:32 PM, Matt Joyce <<a ymailto="mailto:matt@nycresistor.com" 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 ymailto="mailto:ry@n.rix.si" 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<br>>> >> morning<br>>> >> or so, after all) and find your rant to be a little off-putting, Matt.<br>>> >> I'm<br>>> >> sure I'm not the only one here who's too busy making a hackerspace<br>>> >> 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 : http://www.indiegogo.com/SuperAwesomeNY2012?c=pledges<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 ymailto="mailto:matt@nycresistor.com" href="mailto:matt@nycresistor.com">matt@nycresistor.com</a>><br>>> >>> wrote:<br>>> >>> > For those of you not familiar with super awesome sylvia...<br>>> >>> ><br>>> >>> > check out : http://sylviashow.com/<br>>> >>> ><br>>> >>> > This kid is pretty much one of the more awesome contributors to<br>>> >>> > Maker<br>>> >>> > related stuff. She was at Maker Faire in bay area this past year,<br>>> >>> > and<br>>> >>> > she's an all around awesome maker. She's recently setup an<br>>> >>> > 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<br>>> >>> > goal in<br>>> >>> > USD.<br>>> >>> ><br>>> >>> > I figured I'd forward to the list. I've already donated. I hope<br>>> >>> > you<br>>> >>> > folks will as well.<br>>> >>> ><br>>> >>> > Also, forward info on to other lists. Let your hackerspace know.<br>>> >>> > 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>>> >>> _______________________________________________<br>>> >>> Discuss mailing list<br>>> >>> <a ymailto="mailto:Discuss@lists.hackerspaces.org" href="mailto:Discuss@lists.hackerspaces.org">Discuss@lists.hackerspaces.org</a><br>>> >>> <a href="http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss" target="_blank">http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss</a><br>>> >> --<br>>> >> Ryan Rix<br>>> >> <a href="http://rix.si/"
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