[sudo-discuss] Nation of Makers, Maker Meals, and Oakland Makers
Anca Mosoiu
anca at techliminal.com
Thu Nov 3 15:09:51 PDT 2016
Hi Patrick,
I'd like to help with this - especially the potluck dinner. It's been a
while since I've been involved in SudoRoom/CCL but I want to get back into
it. This seems like a great opportunity.
I can do it on Monday, Tuesday, or Friday (the 14th, 15th, or 18th).
Anyone else in?
Anca.
On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 2:01 PM, Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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...
>
> Thanks!
>
> Patrik
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Coy, Andrew B. EOP/OSTP <Andrew_B_Coy at ostp.eop.gov>
> Date: Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 12:09 PM
> Subject: [ACTION ITEMS] Overview of Opportunities for Nation of Makers
> To: "patrikd at gmail.com" <patrikd at gmail.com>
>
>
> Dear Makers:
>
> 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:
>
>
>
> 1. Build the Movement In Your Community!
>
> a) *Makers Meals* – organized by you to happen during week of
> November 13th-19th
>
> * <http://www.google.com/>*
>
> *CLICK HERE
> <https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2JwW1v2PEFIVzdMYXRzcVoyYms>*
>
>
>
> b) *Letters of Support* – written by your organization about the
> maker movement and Nation of Makers (see attached) *[DUE: NOVEMBER 10th]*
>
> * <http://www.google.com/>*
>
> *CLICK HERE
> <https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2JwW1v2PEFINVc4VHpNU2lhbms>*
>
>
>
> c) *Media / Op-Eds* – to be published on or after *NOT BEFORE*
> November 15th
>
> * <http://www.google.com/>*
>
> *CLICK HERE
> <https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2JwW1v2PEFIcGJIV1RNaGNkYVk>*
>
>
>
> 2. Nominate Individuals to Serve!
>
> a) *Board of Advisors / Board of Directors* – help build out the
> organization by identifying those who are uniquely positioned to serve from
> within the community (click here for MORE INFORMATION
> <http://us14.campaign-archive2.com/?u=99d61ca81b9620dadd00edd4e&id=1b04c34125&e=b421354322>
> / *click here to NOMINATE
> <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScU9nhts4LKcTp6mKuuijTP3IzZXmXSTRzVoN_tocKzKklukg/viewform>*)
> *[DUE: NOVEMBER 4th]*
>
>
>
> 3. Join the Whole Group Conference Calls!
>
> a) *Thursday, November 3rd @ 8pm* * [TONIGHT]*
>
> o Date: Thursday, November 3rd
>
> o Time: 8:00pm – 9:30pm ET
>
> o Call In: (888) 330-1716
>
> o Code: 4031673#
>
> b) *Wednesday, November 9th @ 8pm ET* *[LAST WHOLE-GROUP CALL BEFORE
> ANNOUNCEMENT]*
>
> o Date: Wednesday, November 10th
>
> o Time: 8:00pm – 9:30pm ET
>
> o Call In: (888) 330-1716
>
> o Code: 4031673#
>
>
>
> 4. Join the Conversation Online!
>
> a) *Email Newsletter*
>
> o Link to sign up for the Mail Chimp: http://bit.ly/nom_email_signup
>
> o To ensure the email does not get automatically filtered out of your
> inbox, folks have suggested making sure to add the
> NoMTransitionGroup at gmail.com to your contacts list to avoid missing any
> emails
>
> b) *Slack Channel*
>
> o Email NoM Transition Group (NoMTransitionGroup at gmail.com) and they
> will be able to directly add you to the channel.
>
>
>
> Looking forward to seeing what you all as a community are able to
> accomplish but in the lead-up to the November 15th 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!
>
> Please *feel free to forward this email on to any makers you think should
> also be receiving it* as my email list is by no means comprehensive and I
> am sure I am missing folks that would like to be receiving it!
>
> Andrew Coy
>
> Senior Advisor for Making
>
>
>
> Office of Science and Technology Policy
>
> Executive Office of the President | The White House
>
> whitehouse.gov/ostp | acoy at ostp.eop.gov
>
>
>
>
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