<div dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-d8aaac04-09f5-e745-ecc6-c60c40a09027"><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Hey Sudoers,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">We have </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">one week</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> left in the campaign and only need another </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">$12,855</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">! Thanks to the generosity of our community, we’ve received $40,000 in major donations plus $27,145 in grassroots funding through our crowdfunding campaign page. That means, together, we’ve raised $67,145--approaching our overall goal of $80,000. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">We depend on you to make this happen:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Donate, even a small amount! Every dollar counts: </span><a href="https://omnicommons.org/donate" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">https://omnicommons.org/donate</span></a></p></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Social Media! Get on Facebook, twitter, etc. and let people know that it's the last week and that they should contribute. Tagging specific people is a really good way to get people's attention.</span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">If you want to canvas in-person this week, contact Chris at 510-692-1349 to coordinate (3:30pm-7:30pm Thu-Fri, and all day Sat-Sun).</span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Reach out to any bloggers, journalists, media outlets of any sort that you know and see if they’d be interested in covering the close of our campaign or if they’d be willing to share our donation link </span><a href="https://omnicommons.org/donate" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">omnicommons.org/donate</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> on social media, we’re:</span></p></li><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://twitter.com/omnicommons" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">https://twitter.com/omnicommons</span></a></p></li><li style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/omnicommons" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15px;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">https://www.facebook.com/omnicommons</span></a></p></li></ul><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Make personal phone calls, or write personal notes to people close to you who would be willing to contribute!</span></p></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:15px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Copy and paste the following email message and send to others:</span></li></ul><div><br></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-f4e853ce-09f7-67ae-72cd-59df240681c3"><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Subject: Only One Week Left to Contribute--Open the Omni Commons!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Howdy,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">There’s only </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">one week </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">left to contribute to our crowdfunding campaign, and we’re really close to reaching our goal. Please donate now, and share this message as far as you possibly can!</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://omnicommons.org/donate" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">https://omnicommons.org/donate</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">We only need another </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">$12,855</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">! Thanks to the generosity of our community, we’ve received $40,000 in major donations plus $27,145 in grassroots funding through our crowdfunding campaign page. That means, together, we’ve raised $67,145--approaching our overall goal of $80,000. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">What does it mean to forge a commons?</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Everywhere on the planet, those spaces, places, and resources that we share and hold in common are being targeted and exploited for personal gain and corporate profit. It is up to all of us to preserve whatever commons we still have, and to forge new ones whenever possible. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">The Omni Commons has tremendous potential to become a critical community space.  In order to ensure our doors can open, and remain open, we need your help today.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://omnicommons.org/donate" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">https://omnicommons.org/donate</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Love and Solidarity,</span></p><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">The Omni Commons Fundraising Working Group</span></span><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></div></span></div>