Thanks for the connection Adam!
If you can point us to any info about this new grant before we meet,
that would be helpful.
Laura (from the fundraising wg)
On 3/1/15 11:19 AM, Adam Munich wrote:
Cool, I'll get back to you folks on that sometime
this week.
Alana's quite busy right now juggling two new children and a
philanthropy mission, but I'm sure she'll make time for this :-)
Cheers,
-Adam
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On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Cere Misc <cere.misc(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Yes! This sounds very promising indeed.
I've Cc'd CCL board list on this
as well.
-Cere
On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 11:03 AM, niki <niki.shelley(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Adam!!
>
> Yes! We would love to continue to have this conversation! When might be a
> good time? (I've cc'ed the Omni Fundraising committee here).
>
> <3
>
> Niki
>
> On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 10:53 AM, Adam Munich <adam(a)aperture.systems>
> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I had a conversation with the CEO of the Thiel foundation this weekend,
>> and I learned that they've begun a new experiment involving the distribution
>> of grants to organizations who are in some way changing the way things are
>> done in this world, with favor towards STEM (undoubtedly due to Thiel's bias
>> toward democratizing those fields).
>>
>> I mentioned that I've been doing my fellowship work at the Omni commons,
>> and have described the place as it is - a haphazard collection of
>> interesting collectives, and she took significant interest in that.
>>
>> Would this be a conversation the Omni fundraisers would like to continue?
>> There could be good outcomes, given Sudo and CCL's presence and activity in
>> the commons.
>>
>> (If so I'd also like to be an observer in the process, as this year I'll
>> have to do a fundraising round of my own so any experience is valuable!)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> -Adam
>>
>>
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