<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hi all,<div><br></div><div>As some of you may know, I've been involved
in the Nation of Maker initiative to create a national 501(c)3 umbrella
organization for makerspaces. If folks from Sudo are interested in being more involved in this process, let me know, and we can get you in touch.<br><br></div><div>Some of the ways you can help out would be by writing a letter of support on behalf of Sudo. Maker/hackerspaces around the country will also be organizing "Maker Meals" where they invite their neighbors to sit down over a meal or potluck. If anyone in Sudo would like to help organize such a "Maker Meal"
together with CCL, please let me know! I don't think we have enough free
energy to do one of these by ourselves right now, but we are definitely
planning to write a letter of support. We're targeting all this for the week of November 15, when there will be a big announcement planned for the Nation of Makers initiative. The email I attached below has much more info on everything that is going on with Nation of Makers, Maker Meals, letters of support, etc.<br><br></div><div>Along the same lines, I recently reached out to Oakland Makers to see if they were still alive. They were very active two years ago or so, with a ton of support from the City under then-mayor Jean Quan, but it seems they mostly went dormant for the past year. To my surprise I got an immediate email back from Hiroko from 25th Street Collective, suggesting we set up a conference call or meet up with Karen Cusolito from American Steel and Danny Beesley. If anyone would like to be involved in reviving Oakland Makers (and maybe put some more of our own stamp on it!), please let me know...<br><div class="ebc gmail-vF"><div class="gmail-Iyc gmail-d-k-l"> </div></div></div><br></div>Thanks!<br><br></div>Patrik<br><div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Coy, Andrew B. EOP/OSTP</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Andrew_B_Coy@ostp.eop.gov">Andrew_B_Coy@ostp.eop.gov</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 12:09 PM<br>Subject: [ACTION ITEMS] Overview of Opportunities for Nation of Makers<br>To: "<a href="mailto:patrikd@gmail.com">patrikd@gmail.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:patrikd@gmail.com">patrikd@gmail.com</a>><br><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Makers:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As you all enter the final stretch between now and November 15th there is a growing number of action items and ways for you and your organization to get involved. For your benefit in cataloging and prioritizing, please find a list of top-line
items below:</p>
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<u></u><span>1.<span style="font:7pt "times new roman"">
</span></span><u></u>Build the Movement In Your Community!</p>
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<u></u><span>a)<span style="font:7pt "times new roman"">
</span></span><u></u><b><u>Makers Meals</u></b> – organized by you to happen during week of November 13th-19th</p>
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<b><span style="background:yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.google.com/"><span style="background:windowtext none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-weight:normal"><img src="cid:image001.png@01D235E4.33C3EEE0" id="gmail-m_5049396323786771330Picture_x0020_4" border="0" height="193" width="141"></span></a></span><u></u><u></u></b></p>
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<b><a target="_blank" href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2JwW1v2PEFIVzdMYXRzcVoyYms">CLICK HERE<u></u><u></u></a></b></p>
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<u></u><span>b)<span style="font:7pt "times new roman"">
</span></span><u></u><b><u>Letters of Support</u></b> – written by your organization about the maker movement and Nation of Makers (see attached)
<b><span style="background:yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%">[DUE: NOVEMBER 10th]</span></b></p>
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<b><span style="background:yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.google.com/"><span style="background:windowtext none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-weight:normal"><img src="cid:image002.png@01D235E4.33C3EEE0" id="gmail-m_5049396323786771330Picture_x0020_5" border="0" height="194" width="144"></span></a></span><u></u><u></u></b></p>
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<b><a target="_blank" href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2JwW1v2PEFINVc4VHpNU2lhbms">CLICK HERE<u></u><u></u></a></b></p>
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<u></u><span>c)<span style="font:7pt "times new roman"">
</span></span><u></u><b><u>Media / Op-Eds</u></b> – to be published on or after *NOT BEFORE* November 15th
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<b><span style="background:yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.google.com/"><span style="background:windowtext none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><img src="cid:image003.png@01D235E4.33C3EEE0" id="gmail-m_5049396323786771330Picture_x0020_6" border="0" height="185" width="145"></span></a></span><u></u><u></u></b></p>
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<b><a target="_blank" href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2JwW1v2PEFIcGJIV1RNaGNkYVk">CLICK HERE<u></u><u></u></a></b></p>
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<u></u><span>2.<span style="font:7pt "times new roman"">
</span></span><u></u>Nominate Individuals to Serve!</p>
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<u></u><span>a)<span style="font:7pt "times new roman"">
</span></span><u></u><b><u>Board of Advisors / Board of Directors</u></b> – help build out the organization by identifying those who are uniquely positioned to serve from within the community (click here for
<a target="_blank" href="http://us14.campaign-archive2.com/?u=99d61ca81b9620dadd00edd4e&id=1b04c34125&e=b421354322">
MORE INFORMATION</a> / <b>click here to <a target="_blank" href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScU9nhts4LKcTp6mKuuijTP3IzZXmXSTRzVoN_tocKzKklukg/viewform">
NOMINATE</a></b>) <b><span style="background:yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%">[DUE: NOVEMBER 4th]</span></b></p>
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<u></u><span>3.<span style="font:7pt "times new roman"">
</span></span><u></u>Join the Whole Group Conference Calls!</p>
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<u></u><span>a)<span style="font:7pt "times new roman"">
</span></span><u></u><b><u>Thursday, November 3<sup>rd</sup> @ 8pm</u></b> <b>
<span style="background:yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%">[TONIGHT]</span></b></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:"courier new""><span>o<span style="font:7pt "times new roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u>Date: Thursday, November 3rd</p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:"courier new""><span>o<span style="font:7pt "times new roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u>Time: 8:00pm – 9:30pm ET</p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:"courier new""><span>o<span style="font:7pt "times new roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u>Call In: <a target="_blank" value="+18883301716" href="tel:%28888%29%20330-1716">(888) 330-1716</a></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:"courier new""><span>o<span style="font:7pt "times new roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u>Code: 4031673#</p>
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<u></u><span>b)<span style="font:7pt "times new roman"">
</span></span><u></u><b><u>Wednesday, November 9<sup>th</sup> @ 8pm ET</u></b>
<b><span style="background:yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%">[LAST WHOLE-GROUP CALL BEFORE ANNOUNCEMENT]</span></b></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:"courier new""><span>o<span style="font:7pt "times new roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u>Date: Wednesday, November 10th</p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:"courier new""><span>o<span style="font:7pt "times new roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u>Time: 8:00pm – 9:30pm ET</p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:"courier new""><span>o<span style="font:7pt "times new roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u>Call In: <a target="_blank" value="+18883301716" href="tel:%28888%29%20330-1716">(888) 330-1716</a></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:"courier new""><span>o<span style="font:7pt "times new roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u>Code: 4031673#</p>
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<u></u><span>4.<span style="font:7pt "times new roman"">
</span></span><u></u>Join the Conversation Online!</p>
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<u></u><span>a)<span style="font:7pt "times new roman"">
</span></span><u></u><b><u>Email Newsletter</u></b></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:"courier new""><span>o<span style="font:7pt "times new roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u>Link to sign up for the Mail Chimp: <a target="_blank" href="http://bit.ly/nom_email_signup">
http://bit.ly/nom_email_signup</a></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:"courier new""><span>o<span style="font:7pt "times new roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u>To ensure the email does not get automatically filtered out of your inbox, folks have suggested making sure to add the
<a target="_blank" href="mailto:NoMTransitionGroup@gmail.com">NoMTransitionGroup@gmail.com</a> to your contacts list to avoid missing any emails</p>
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<u></u><span>b)<span style="font:7pt "times new roman"">
</span></span><u></u><b><u>Slack Channel</u></b></p>
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<u></u><span style="font-family:"courier new""><span>o<span style="font:7pt "times new roman"">
</span></span></span><u></u>Email NoM Transition Group (<a target="_blank" href="mailto:NoMTransitionGroup@gmail.com">NoMTransitionGroup@gmail.com</a>) and they will be able to directly add you to the channel.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Looking forward to seeing what you all as a community are able to accomplish but in the lead-up to the November 15<sup>th</sup> announcement and in the weeks, months, and years that follow! It’s wonderful to see the maker community rising
to the next level of organizational capacity!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please <b><span style="background:yellow none repeat scroll 0% 0%">feel free to forward this email on to any makers you think should also be receiving it</span></b> as my email list is by no means comprehensive and I am sure I am missing folks
that would like to be receiving it!</p>
<p class="gmail-m_5049396323786771330MsoPlainText">Andrew Coy<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="gmail-m_5049396323786771330MsoPlainText">Senior Advisor for Making<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="gmail-m_5049396323786771330MsoPlainText">Office of Science and Technology Policy<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="gmail-m_5049396323786771330MsoPlainText">Executive Office of the President | The White House<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="gmail-m_5049396323786771330MsoPlainText"><a target="_blank" href="http://whitehouse.gov/ostp">whitehouse.gov/ostp</a> | <a target="_blank" href="mailto:acoy@ostp.eop.gov">acoy@ostp.eop.gov</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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