[sudo-discuss] Nation of Makers, Maker Meals, and Oakland Makers

Patrik D'haeseleer patrikd at gmail.com
Thu Nov 3 16:27:14 PDT 2016 

One of the things that would need to happen for the Maker Meal is to do a
serious outreach effort to our neighbors. I don't know if we can still get
something in the Temescal newsletter, for example.

Patrik

On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 3:09 PM, Anca Mosoiu <anca at techliminal.com> wrote:

> 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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