Victoria & Marina - great work! This is a really solid, enthusiastic invitation - a few more tweaks and I think we'll be ready to start sending this around.<br><br>Turning the invite into a Google Doc. Anyone can edit by following the following link: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mNcHMk9Q65RIJUTslqs-l12XOmRAn2N6s1WSjdQZ5iI/edit">https://docs.googlecom/document/d/1mNcHMk9Q65RIJUTslqs-l12XOmRAn2N6s1WSjdQZ5iI/edit</a><br>
<br>Notes: We should avoid framing ourselves as "the first-ever" creative/technical hackerspace in Oakland, as ACE Monster Toys has been around since 2010 I believe. Also, I cut the following sentence: "<font><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline" id="internal-source-marker_0.6599576572176905">Since 2010 Tech Liminal has graciously hosted our weekly meetings, but as we grow, it's time to take our show on the road" as this makes us sound like we're ready to caravan (though I'm quite partial to that idea too! trying to formulate a plan for a hacker/maker gypsy caravan, ping me if interested) - but couldn't quite think of a reframing. Maybe something witty about how our current physical incarnation is a locker at TechLiminal and we </span></font>are seeking a room with no walls and eventually a space (hungry tummy currently leeching my brainjuice sorry!).<br>
<br>Yesterday's meetup was quite productive - and Jehan made a sweet logo for us! Will attach it in a new message to open up dialogue in a separate thread :)<br><br>Be well,<br clear="all">Jenny<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Susan Mernit <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mernit@gmail.com">mernit@gmailcom</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Great edits! OL will donate a free ad and run an article if someone writes it.<br><br>S<div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 3:59 PM, victoria <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bogdan.victoria@gmail.com" target="_blank">bogdan.victoria@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi all,<br><br>I just sent my suggestions via Google Docs, but just saw that it requires moderator approval through that route. To speed up the process, I've pasted my edits below. Thanks, Marina, for doing the first draft!<br>
V.<div><br><br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Sudoroom Oakland Hackerspace Kickoff + Fundraiser!</span><br>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><br></div><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Please join us for a kickoff and fundraiser event for Sudo Room, </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#c27ba0;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">the first-ever</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"> creative community hackerspace in Oakland, on May 4th at 7:00PM at Tech Liminal in downtown Oakland</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">! </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#a64d79;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">[inserted new paragraph space here]</span><br>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"> </span><br><p dir="ltr" style="margin-left:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#a64d79;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Victoria edit suggestion: </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-left:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Sudo
Room is a free, non-hierarchical, and consensus-based gathering of tech
developers, activists, artists-- and all combinations in between--
interested in and working towards social change. Since 2010 Tech Liminal
has graciously hosted our weekly meetings, but as we grow, it's time to
take our show on the road. </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Our goal is to create the first inclusive, dedicated hackerspace in downtown Oakland, </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">so
that ideas and projects in areas such as citizen science,
digital/online citizenship and literacy, community engagement, and
government transparency may be exchanged and grow. </span></p><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><br>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Join us at Tech Liminal on May 4th for our celebratory kickoff, and be a part of growing the hacker community in Oakland!</span><br>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">TIME?:</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"> Doors Open, Tech Liminal, 268 14th Street, Oakland</span><br>
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">TIME?</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">: Mitch Altman, co-founder of Noisebridge, and members of hackerspaces in the East Bay in conversation on the topic of “</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:#ffcc00;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Hackerspaces: The Necessity for Community Spaces Here and Everywhere</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">” </span><br>
<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">TIME:</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"> Brief unconference, snacks, and fine Oakland homebrew!</span><div>
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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">The event is </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">free</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">
to attend, but we encourage donations to help us accomplish our goal of
opening a Sudo Room of our own! We encourage you to donate in advance
via Eventbrite, though we will also provide opportunity to donate at the
event.</span><br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"></span><br>
<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">Find out more at</span><a href="http://sudoroom.org/" target="_blank"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal"> </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">sudoroom.org</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:15px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal">
or email us at <a href="mailto:sudoroom@citizensciencequarterly.com" target="_blank">sudoroom@citizensciencequarterly.com</a>. We look forward to
seeing you at Tech Liminal (268 14th St., Oakland, CA) on May 4th at
7:00PM!</span><br><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div>On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Marina Kukso <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marina.kukso@gmail.com" target="_blank">marina.kukso@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div></div><div>
Hi everyone,
<div><br></div><div>here is some possible text for invitations to the event please send suggestions for changes! there is no solid title yet for the talk (highlighted below), so if you have ideas for snappier titles, please suggest. other possible options for the talk that have been thrown around include <span>"The Urgency and Necessity for More Hackerspaces and Other Creative Communities Here and Everywhere," "Hackerspaces: The Necessity for Community Spaces for Projects and Learning," </span><span>"Hackerspaces: The Necessity for Community Spaces Then, Now, and Forever."</span></div>
<div><span><br></span></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">thanks,</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">marina</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br>
</font></div><div><br></div><div><div>Sudoroom Oakland Hackerspace Kickoff + Fundraiser!</div><div><br></div><div>Please join us for a kickoff and fundraiser event for Sudo Room, a newly-forming creative community hackerspace in Oakland, on May 4th at 7:00PM at Tech Liminal in downtown Oakland! Sudo Room aims to create a hackerspace in the downtown Oakland area that seeks to be inclusive of technical and non-technical knowledge, citizen science, digital/online citizenship and literacy, and community engagement.</div>
<div><br></div><div>We are officially kicking off our search for a room of our own on May 4th with a night of talks from East Bay hackerspacers followed by time for an unconference, drinks, and socializing. We are very excited to have Mitch Altman and members of hackerspaces in the East Bay hold a conversation on the topic of “<span style="background-color:rgb(255,204,0)">Hackerspaces: The Necessity for Community Spaces Here and Everywhere</span>” Afterwards, we have scheduled time for a brief unconference and enjoyment of snacks and fine Oakland homebrew!</div>
<div><br></div><div>The event is free to attend, but we encourage donations to help us accomplish our goal of opening a Sudo Room of our own! We encourage you to donate in advance via Eventbrite, though we will also provide opportunity to donate at the event.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Find out more at <a href="http://sudoroom.org" target="_blank">sudoroom.org</a> or email us at <a href="mailto:sudoroom@citizensciencequarterly.com" target="_blank">sudoroom@citizensciencequarterlycom</a>. We look forward to seeing you at Tech Liminal (268 14th St., Oakland, CA) on May 4th at 7:00PM!</div>
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