[sudo-discuss] Launching a crowdfunding campaign to renovate Omni's kitchen this Sunday - help spread the word!

[Jenny Ryan]

Greetings omninoms!

For those not yet aware, Omni intends to launch a crowdfunding campaign on
Sunday to raise funds toward renovating the commercial kitchen in the
basement!

*if you get the gist, you can proceed directly to the kitchen wiki page
<https://omnicommons.org/wiki/Kitchen> and/or peruse the CAMPAIGN ACTION
KIT
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YRIoL5jlmgxZMBdLQibWNn39gD7wSLx-EgCBbdM7izQ/edit>*

We need *ALL HANDS ON DECK *to help spread the word. In particular:

   - reach out directly to folks in your networks who you think would
   donate, and ask them if they could contribute when the campaign launches.
   pre-pledges help ensure successful campaigns. here's some sample text
   you can use <https://peoplesopen.net/pad/p/kitchen-pre-ask> (tx be to
   julian!)
   - do you have any press contacts you could tap? we are drafting a press
   release
   <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T3xUefmfxntMbin02Nf--R4BsQslth2SZ7Vl7NAinoc/edit>
   to be published on Monday after our soft 'community launch' and have zilch
   lined up so far
   - can you or your group offer (and follow through on) a perk/reward for
   certain donation levels? get in touch!
   - when we launch on sunday, help spread the word by sharing, retweeting,
   and sending to any and all relevant mailing lists!
   - do you have a spare hour or two to help with social media, press
   outreach, door-to-door flyering, graphic design (eg, a facebook cover image
   people could use?), making a short video or blog post, organizing an event,
   etc? join the kitchen working group mailing list
   <https://omnicommons.org/lists/listinfo/kitchen> and/or attend the next
   meeting - Wednesdays at 6pm in the Basement Library!

Check out the wiki page at omnicommons.org/kitchen for more info on the
project, including the awesome campaign video
<https://omnicommons.org/omnikitchen.mp4> produced largely by the
ever-rad-Anka (and starring some of the most OG Food Not Bombs organizers!).

-- more info:---
Given the holiday season, the extensive burdens on every activist's energy
these days, and a host of other complexities and circumstances, we've
decided to break up the campaign into 3 phases.

For this first phase, our goal is to raise $15,000 - which will enable us
to pull the permits, demo the walls for expansion of the area, and get most
if not all of our plumbing work done.

The subsequent two phases will have goals of $20K each - though by the end
of this first campaign we hope to have a solid lead or two on a significant
grant or donor.

There are many dangling threads and the kitchen crew could definitely use
more support to carry this off. Please do lend a hand, however which way
you can!

Mad love and dreams of decadent dinners at the Omni ~
Jenny

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https://omnicommons.org/donate

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