[SpaceProgram] whitehouse.gov petition to support hackerspaces

[Matt Joyce]

Might be better to start by getting involved with your local library.
Advocacy is nice, but actions always speak far louder than words.

-Matt

On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 9:59 AM, cole santos <cksantos85 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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