sample email to send to lists, etc.:<div><br></div><div>Subject: "Sudo Room Open House Weekend Events: Dec. 7-9"</div><div><br></div><div>Text:</div><div><br></div><div>"Please join Sudo Room, a hacker/creativespace in downtown Oakland, for a
series of public events at our new space the weekend of Dec. 7th-9th! This
month we are celebrating our move into a full space at <b>2141 Broadway </b>with
the first annual “State of the Room.” Come see our space, meet the “sudoers,”
learn what Sudo Room is all about, hear what projects people are working on,
and be a part of developing the future direction of Sudo Room.</div><div><p></p>

<p>Weekend Schedule:</p>

<ul type="disc">
 <li class="MsoNormal">Fri. Dec. 7th, 6-10PM: <a href="http://sudoroom.org/ai1ec_event/house-warming/?instance_id=19501">Sudo
     Room Housewarming & Fundraiser</a> (during Art Murmur)</li>
 <li class="MsoNormal">Sat. Dec. 8th, 9-5: <a href="http://sudoroom.org/ai1ec_event/first-annual-state-of-the-room-unconference/?instance_id=19502">“State
     of the Room” Unconference</a></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal">Sun. Dec. 9th, all day: <a href="http://sudoroom.org/ai1ec_event/move-in-day/?instance_id=19505">Move-In
     Day and Neglected Technology / Book Drive</a></li>
</ul>

<p><a href="http://sudoroom.org/sudo-room-state-of-the-room-dec-7-9th-weekend-of-open-house-activities/">More
Information</a>"</p><p><br></p><p>- marina</p><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Leonid Kozhukh <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:len@ligertail.com" target="_blank">len@ligertail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">@jenny, awesome that you added to the notes doc!<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><br>
</div><div>@marina, just added links and comment about housewarming to: <a href="https://pad.riseup.net/p/sudoroom" target="_blank">https://pad.riseup.net/p/sudoroom</a></div>
<div><br>
</div><div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">in the future, please add directly to that doc & make sure to have attribution - eg via marina - so we know who to talk to about it. </div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">


<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">its on you to disseminate whatever information you deem discussion worthy! eg this social wifi company promoting open wifi access just launched: <a href="http://yourkarma.com" target="_blank">http://yourkarma.com</a> and i added it to announcements!</div>


</div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Marina Kukso <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marina.kukso@gmail.com" target="_blank">marina.kukso@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>


<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">FRIDAY NIGHT HOUSEWARMING PLANNING:<br><br>added a tab on the gdoc to plan the friday night housewarming: <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApmrUsz7z5DodGYwLVlXSmNwSktwRVFEYlNnUThGb3c#gid=1" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApmrUsz7z5DodGYwLVlXSmNwSktwRVFEYlNnUThGb3c#gid=1</a><br>




<br>our plan was to have people with their projects in different parts of the room ready to talk about their project and show it to anyone who drops by. please add to the tab above whether and when you will be there and what your project will be.<br>




<br>we've also discussed having the common room set up as a living room/lounge with a movie playing on the wall. we'd discussed scientific/education movies and i thought this might be a good place to start looking for movies: <a href="http://archive.org/details/prelinger" target="_blank">http://archive.org/details/prelinger</a> (tag cloud of video topics here: <a href="http://archive.org/browse.php?field=/metadata/subject&collection=prelinger&view=cloud" target="_blank">http://archive.org/browse.php?field=/metadata/subject&collection=prelinger&view=cloud</a> any thoughts?<br>



<br>finally, the last piece is how we would like to lure people upstairs from the street. we had discussed having folks on their computers on a fold out table down on broadway (and we already have volunteers for that), but if people have other ideas for something we can do outside to bring people upstairs, feel free to discuss on this thread or bring to the meeting tomorrow.<span><font color="#888888"><br>



<br>- marina</font></span><div><div><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 8:41 AM, Marina Kukso <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marina.kukso@gmail.com" target="_blank">marina.kukso@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>



<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">blog post is up: <a href="http://sudoroom.org/sudo-room-state-of-the-room-dec-7-9th-weekend-of-open-house-activities/" target="_blank">http://sudoroom.org/sudo-room-state-of-the-room-dec-7-9th-weekend-of-open-house-activities/</a><br>




<br>
invite everyone :D<span><font color="#888888"><br><br>- marina</font></span><div><div><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 5:06 AM, Jenny Ryan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jenny@thepyre.org" target="_blank">jenny@thepyre.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>





<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">well-timed, len. :-)<br><br>folks, please also fill out what sessions you're interested in facilitating or generally attending here: <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApmrUsz7z5DodGYwLVlXSmNwSktwRVFEYlNnUThGb3c#gid=0" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApmrUsz7z5DodGYwLVlXSmNwSktwRVFEYlNnUThGb3c#gid=0</a><br>







<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all">Jenny<br>
<a href="http://jennyryan.net/" target="_blank">http://jennyryan.net</a><br>
<a href="http://thepyre.org/" target="_blank">http://thepyre.org</a><br>
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<br>
`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`<br>
<div>
"Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories."<br>
-Laurie Anderson<br>
<br>
"Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it."<br>
 -Hannah Arendt<br>
<br>
"To define is to kill. To suggest is to create."<br>
-Stéphane Mallarmé<br>
~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`</div>
<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 4:35 AM, Leonid Kozhukh <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:len@ligertail.com" target="_blank">len@ligertail.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>

have made significant changes here: <a href="https://pad.riseup.net/p/sudoroom" target="_blank">https://pad.riseup.net/p/sudoroom</a><div><br></div><div>have left comments on rationale and notes.</div><div><br></div><div>







please use for planning state of the room.<span><font color="#888888"><br clear="all">
<div><br></div>-- <br><div>len</div><div><br></div>founder, ligertail<div><a href="http://ligertail.com" target="_blank">http://ligertail.com</a></div><br>
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</div></div></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div>len</div><div><br></div>founder, ligertail<div><a href="http://ligertail.com" target="_blank">http://ligertail.com</a></div><br>
</div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Leonid Kozhukh <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:len@ligertail.com" target="_blank">len@ligertail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
@jenny, awesome that you added to the notes doc!<div><br></div><div>@marina, just added links and comment about housewarming to: <a href="https://pad.riseup.net/p/sudoroom" target="_blank">https://pad.riseup.net/p/sudoroom</a></div>

<div><br>
</div><div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">in the future, please add directly to that doc & make sure to have attribution - eg via marina - so we know who to talk to about it. </div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">


<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">its on you to disseminate whatever information you deem discussion worthy! eg this social wifi company promoting open wifi access just launched: <a href="http://yourkarma.com" target="_blank">http://yourkarma.com</a> and i added it to announcements!</div>


</div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Marina Kukso <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marina.kukso@gmail.com" target="_blank">marina.kukso@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>


<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">FRIDAY NIGHT HOUSEWARMING PLANNING:<br><br>added a tab on the gdoc to plan the friday night housewarming: <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApmrUsz7z5DodGYwLVlXSmNwSktwRVFEYlNnUThGb3c#gid=1" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApmrUsz7z5DodGYwLVlXSmNwSktwRVFEYlNnUThGb3c#gid=1</a><br>




<br>our plan was to have people with their projects in different parts of the room ready to talk about their project and show it to anyone who drops by. please add to the tab above whether and when you will be there and what your project will be.<br>




<br>we've also discussed having the common room set up as a living room/lounge with a movie playing on the wall. we'd discussed scientific/education movies and i thought this might be a good place to start looking for movies: <a href="http://archive.org/details/prelinger" target="_blank">http://archive.org/details/prelinger</a> (tag cloud of video topics here: <a href="http://archive.org/browse.php?field=/metadata/subject&collection=prelinger&view=cloud" target="_blank">http://archive.org/browse.php?field=/metadata/subject&collection=prelinger&view=cloud</a> any thoughts?<br>



<br>finally, the last piece is how we would like to lure people upstairs from the street. we had discussed having folks on their computers on a fold out table down on broadway (and we already have volunteers for that), but if people have other ideas for something we can do outside to bring people upstairs, feel free to discuss on this thread or bring to the meeting tomorrow.<span><font color="#888888"><br>



<br>- marina</font></span><div><div><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 8:41 AM, Marina Kukso <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marina.kukso@gmail.com" target="_blank">marina.kukso@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>



<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">blog post is up: <a href="http://sudoroom.org/sudo-room-state-of-the-room-dec-7-9th-weekend-of-open-house-activities/" target="_blank">http://sudoroom.org/sudo-room-state-of-the-room-dec-7-9th-weekend-of-open-house-activities/</a><br>




<br>
invite everyone :D<span><font color="#888888"><br><br>- marina</font></span><div><div><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 5:06 AM, Jenny Ryan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jenny@thepyre.org" target="_blank">jenny@thepyre.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>





<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">well-timed, len. :-)<br><br>folks, please also fill out what sessions you're interested in facilitating or generally attending here: <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApmrUsz7z5DodGYwLVlXSmNwSktwRVFEYlNnUThGb3c#gid=0" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApmrUsz7z5DodGYwLVlXSmNwSktwRVFEYlNnUThGb3c#gid=0</a><br>







<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all">Jenny<br>
<a href="http://jennyryan.net/" target="_blank">http://jennyryan.net</a><br>
<a href="http://thepyre.org/" target="_blank">http://thepyre.org</a><br>
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<a href="http://technomadic.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">http://technomadic.tumblr.com</a><br>
<br>
`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`<br>
<div>
"Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories."<br>
-Laurie Anderson<br>
<br>
"Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it."<br>
 -Hannah Arendt<br>
<br>
"To define is to kill. To suggest is to create."<br>
-Stéphane Mallarmé<br>
~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`</div>
<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 4:35 AM, Leonid Kozhukh <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:len@ligertail.com" target="_blank">len@ligertail.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>

have made significant changes here: <a href="https://pad.riseup.net/p/sudoroom" target="_blank">https://pad.riseup.net/p/sudoroom</a><div><br></div><div>have left comments on rationale and notes.</div><div><br></div><div>







please use for planning state of the room.<span><font color="#888888"><br clear="all">
<div><br></div>-- <br><div>len</div><div><br></div>founder, ligertail<div><a href="http://ligertail.com" target="_blank">http://ligertail.com</a></div><br>
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