[SpaceProgram] whitehouse.gov petition to support hackerspaces

[cole santos]

to late to edit, but we can always make more of them. well get
someones attention eventually. I encourage everyone to talk to their
local reps about hacker/makerspaces as well, doesn't matter really if
they listen. As long as down the pipeline they remember hackerspace
=jobs, innovation, and education.

On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 6:54 AM, cole santos <cksantos85 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ya probably, but politics has this thing i like to call saturation.
> Once enough aids, interns, politicans, and such know about certain
> information, organizations, etc. Its much easyer to gain support
> later. Seemed like a quick and easy way to get publicity. Who knows we
> might be lucky enough to get hackerspaces made an election issue or
> put in a speech. Jobs, education and innovation in one nice neat
> package. Eventually it will be a household word like library.
>
> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 6:41 AM, Matt Joyce <matt at nycresistor.com> wrote:
>> The bigger issue is that all of the responses to them ( when they
>> don't just silently kill the petition ) are usually form responses
>> that say absolutely nothing at all other than "thanks for taking the
>> time to use the site."
>>
>> It's a complete waste of effort on all sides.
>>
>> -Matt
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 9:34 AM, Luke Weston <reindeerflotilla at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Unfortunately, the "We The People" petitions all seem to be completely
>>> saturated with submissions like "tell us the truth about aliens", "ban
>>> all water fluoridation" etc. etc. from crackpots and conspiracy
>>> theorists, so it's hard to take the overall idea seriously.
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