As Dana mentioned earlier, elections for the Board of Directors are
coming up. Today is the day when we will start the nomination process
for prospective board members. If you feel you have the time and
ambition to perhaps do a bit of quick learning, help organize AHA as it
moves toward 501c3 status, help oversee the creation of more mature
educational programs, guide the acquisition of better tools and
workspaces for happy hackers, and create a weightier presence around
town, please consider running for the board! The board term is six
months long, and you must remain a member in good standing during this
period.
Here's the breakdown of important dates for elections:
- Today - October 18: People can start nominating themselves or others
over this mailing list.
- October 18: NOMINATIONS: If you nominate *yourself* or wish to accept
someone else's nomination, send an email explicitly stating that you are
running to bo...@allhandsactive.com *by this date!* Any confirmed
nominees might also want to send a note to this list so that people know
they are running. I will also send out periodical reminders of
confirmed nominees as I collect them.
- October 19 - October 25 ABSENTEE VOTING: If you know that you are
unable to make it to the voting party at AHA on the evening of the 25th,
you will be able to submit your absentee ballot at the front desk during
this period. We will send along more info on this as the date approaches.
- October 25: ELECTIONS: We host a themed Build Night in which the goal
is to build a board! Converge on AHA at 7:00PM, eat potluck-style foods,
and cast your ballot. We will tally votes at 10:00PM.
- October 26: New board is put in place.
We will be using an instant-runoff-style vote. You will assign each
nominee a number from 1 to N (N being the number of nominees we have by
the 19th). Higher numbers represent the nominees you favor most, with 1
being your least-favored. We will add up all of your ranking values and
pick the five highest-scoring nominees, who will become the next board.
If you are a fully-paid Standard Member ($50), or Student or Starving
Hacker Member ($20) in October, you are entitled to one vote. You may
become a paying member at any time up until the 25th if you would like
to be counted for this election.
And here's the current board:
Dana Nelson
Jamison Lundy
Michael Senkow
Nathan Dotz
Nathan Yost
Please post any election-related questions to this thread. If you have
matters of a sensitive nature, you may also email the board directly at
bo...@allhandsactive.com .
Thank you, and see you for elections on October 25th!
On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 12:54 PM, N Y <nymis...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
> As Dana mentioned earlier, elections for the Board of Directors are
> coming up. Today is the day when we will start the nomination process
> for prospective board members. If you feel you have the time and
> ambition to perhaps do a bit of quick learning, help organize AHA as it
> moves toward 501c3 status, help oversee the creation of more mature
> educational programs, guide the acquisition of better tools and
> workspaces for happy hackers, and create a weightier presence around
> town, please consider running for the board! The board term is six
> months long, and you must remain a member in good standing during this
> period.
> Here's the breakdown of important dates for elections:
> - Today - October 18: People can start nominating themselves or others
> over this mailing list.
> - October 18: NOMINATIONS: If you nominate *yourself* or wish to accept
> someone else's nomination, send an email explicitly stating that you are
> running to bo...@allhandsactive.com *by this date!* Any confirmed
> nominees might also want to send a note to this list so that people know
> they are running. I will also send out periodical reminders of
> confirmed nominees as I collect them.
> - October 19 - October 25 ABSENTEE VOTING: If you know that you are
> unable to make it to the voting party at AHA on the evening of the 25th,
> you will be able to submit your absentee ballot at the front desk during
> this period. We will send along more info on this as the date approaches.
> - October 25: ELECTIONS: We host a themed Build Night in which the goal
> is to build a board! Converge on AHA at 7:00PM, eat potluck-style foods,
> and cast your ballot. We will tally votes at 10:00PM.
> - October 26: New board is put in place.
> We will be using an instant-runoff-style vote. You will assign each
> nominee a number from 1 to N (N being the number of nominees we have by
> the 19th). Higher numbers represent the nominees you favor most, with 1
> being your least-favored. We will add up all of your ranking values and
> pick the five highest-scoring nominees, who will become the next board.
> If you are a fully-paid Standard Member ($50), or Student or Starving
> Hacker Member ($20) in October, you are entitled to one vote. You may
> become a paying member at any time up until the 25th if you would like
> to be counted for this election.
> And here's the current board:
> Dana Nelson
> Jamison Lundy
> Michael Senkow
> Nathan Dotz
> Nathan Yost
> Please post any election-related questions to this thread. If you have
> matters of a sensitive nature, you may also email the board directly at
> bo...@allhandsactive.com .
> Thank you, and see you for elections on October 25th!
> -- Nate Y.
-- Dana Nelson
*All Hands Active*
*AHAkids Class Coordinator*
On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 9:38 PM, Dana Nelson <heibai...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for sending the reminder out, Nate. You're awesome!
> So who's excited for running for board? I'm surprised there's no comments
> on either thread.
> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 12:54 PM, N Y <nymis...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello all,
>> As Dana mentioned earlier, elections for the Board of Directors are
>> coming up. Today is the day when we will start the nomination process
>> for prospective board members. If you feel you have the time and
>> ambition to perhaps do a bit of quick learning, help organize AHA as it
>> moves toward 501c3 status, help oversee the creation of more mature
>> educational programs, guide the acquisition of better tools and
>> workspaces for happy hackers, and create a weightier presence around
>> town, please consider running for the board! The board term is six
>> months long, and you must remain a member in good standing during this
>> period.
>> Here's the breakdown of important dates for elections:
>> - Today - October 18: People can start nominating themselves or others
>> over this mailing list.
>> - October 18: NOMINATIONS: If you nominate *yourself* or wish to accept
>> someone else's nomination, send an email explicitly stating that you are
>> running to bo...@allhandsactive.com *by this date!* Any confirmed
>> nominees might also want to send a note to this list so that people know
>> they are running. I will also send out periodical reminders of
>> confirmed nominees as I collect them.
>> - October 19 - October 25 ABSENTEE VOTING: If you know that you are
>> unable to make it to the voting party at AHA on the evening of the 25th,
>> you will be able to submit your absentee ballot at the front desk during
>> this period. We will send along more info on this as the date approaches.
>> - October 25: ELECTIONS: We host a themed Build Night in which the goal
>> is to build a board! Converge on AHA at 7:00PM, eat potluck-style foods,
>> and cast your ballot. We will tally votes at 10:00PM.
>> - October 26: New board is put in place.
>> We will be using an instant-runoff-style vote. You will assign each
>> nominee a number from 1 to N (N being the number of nominees we have by
>> the 19th). Higher numbers represent the nominees you favor most, with 1
>> being your least-favored. We will add up all of your ranking values and
>> pick the five highest-scoring nominees, who will become the next board.
>> If you are a fully-paid Standard Member ($50), or Student or Starving
>> Hacker Member ($20) in October, you are entitled to one vote. You may
>> become a paying member at any time up until the 25th if you would like
>> to be counted for this election.
>> And here's the current board:
>> Dana Nelson
>> Jamison Lundy
>> Michael Senkow
>> Nathan Dotz
>> Nathan Yost
>> Please post any election-related questions to this thread. If you have
>> matters of a sensitive nature, you may also email the board directly at
>> bo...@allhandsactive.com .
>> Thank you, and see you for elections on October 25th!
>> -- Nate Y.
> --
> Dana Nelson
> *All Hands Active*
> *AHAkids Class Coordinator*
-- -----------------------------------------------------
M.S. in Information '13
Human-Computer Interaction
M.S. Arch. in Digital Technology '13
Partial M.Arch.
University of Michigan
Mech. Eng. and Tech. Comm. dual B.S.
Michigan Technological University
* <http://twitter.com/MichaelSenkow>Alumni of Mu Beta Psi
General Technics Member*
> I'm interested in running just unsure if I should nominate myself or ?....
> Michael Oxxy
> On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 9:38 PM, Dana Nelson <heibai...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thanks for sending the reminder out, Nate. You're awesome!
>> So who's excited for running for board? I'm surprised there's no comments
>> on either thread.
>> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 12:54 PM, N Y <nymis...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hello all,
>>> As Dana mentioned earlier, elections for the Board of Directors are
>>> coming up. Today is the day when we will start the nomination process
>>> for prospective board members. If you feel you have the time and
>>> ambition to perhaps do a bit of quick learning, help organize AHA as it
>>> moves toward 501c3 status, help oversee the creation of more mature
>>> educational programs, guide the acquisition of better tools and
>>> workspaces for happy hackers, and create a weightier presence around
>>> town, please consider running for the board! The board term is six
>>> months long, and you must remain a member in good standing during this
>>> period.
>>> Here's the breakdown of important dates for elections:
>>> - Today - October 18: People can start nominating themselves or others
>>> over this mailing list.
>>> - October 18: NOMINATIONS: If you nominate *yourself* or wish to accept
>>> someone else's nomination, send an email explicitly stating that you are
>>> running to bo...@allhandsactive.com *by this date!* Any confirmed
>>> nominees might also want to send a note to this list so that people know
>>> they are running. I will also send out periodical reminders of
>>> confirmed nominees as I collect them.
>>> - October 19 - October 25 ABSENTEE VOTING: If you know that you are
>>> unable to make it to the voting party at AHA on the evening of the 25th,
>>> you will be able to submit your absentee ballot at the front desk during
>>> this period. We will send along more info on this as the date approaches.
>>> - October 25: ELECTIONS: We host a themed Build Night in which the goal
>>> is to build a board! Converge on AHA at 7:00PM, eat potluck-style foods,
>>> and cast your ballot. We will tally votes at 10:00PM.
>>> - October 26: New board is put in place.
>>> We will be using an instant-runoff-style vote. You will assign each
>>> nominee a number from 1 to N (N being the number of nominees we have by
>>> the 19th). Higher numbers represent the nominees you favor most, with 1
>>> being your least-favored. We will add up all of your ranking values and
>>> pick the five highest-scoring nominees, who will become the next board.
>>> If you are a fully-paid Standard Member ($50), or Student or Starving
>>> Hacker Member ($20) in October, you are entitled to one vote. You may
>>> become a paying member at any time up until the 25th if you would like
>>> to be counted for this election.
>>> And here's the current board:
>>> Dana Nelson
>>> Jamison Lundy
>>> Michael Senkow
>>> Nathan Dotz
>>> Nathan Yost
>>> Please post any election-related questions to this thread. If you have
>>> matters of a sensitive nature, you may also email the board directly at
>>> bo...@allhandsactive.com .
>>> Thank you, and see you for elections on October 25th!
>>> -- Nate Y.
>> --
>> Dana Nelson
>> *All Hands Active*
>> *AHAkids Class Coordinator*
> --
> -----------------------------------------------------
> M.S. in Information '13
> Human-Computer Interaction
> M.S. Arch. in Digital Technology '13
> Partial M.Arch.
> University of Michigan
> Mech. Eng. and Tech. Comm. dual B.S.
> Michigan Technological University
> * <http://twitter.com/MichaelSenkow>Alumni of Mu Beta Psi
> General Technics Member*
> I'm interested in running just unsure if I should nominate myself or ?....
> Michael Oxxy
> On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 9:38 PM, Dana Nelson <heibai...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thanks for sending the reminder out, Nate. You're awesome!
>> So who's excited for running for board? I'm surprised there's no comments
>> on either thread.
>> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 12:54 PM, N Y <nymis...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hello all,
>>> As Dana mentioned earlier, elections for the Board of Directors are
>>> coming up. Today is the day when we will start the nomination process
>>> for prospective board members. If you feel you have the time and
>>> ambition to perhaps do a bit of quick learning, help organize AHA as it
>>> moves toward 501c3 status, help oversee the creation of more mature
>>> educational programs, guide the acquisition of better tools and
>>> workspaces for happy hackers, and create a weightier presence around
>>> town, please consider running for the board! The board term is six
>>> months long, and you must remain a member in good standing during this
>>> period.
>>> Here's the breakdown of important dates for elections:
>>> - Today - October 18: People can start nominating themselves or others
>>> over this mailing list.
>>> - October 18: NOMINATIONS: If you nominate *yourself* or wish to accept
>>> someone else's nomination, send an email explicitly stating that you are
>>> running to bo...@allhandsactive.com *by this date!* Any confirmed
>>> nominees might also want to send a note to this list so that people know
>>> they are running. I will also send out periodical reminders of
>>> confirmed nominees as I collect them.
>>> - October 19 - October 25 ABSENTEE VOTING: If you know that you are
>>> unable to make it to the voting party at AHA on the evening of the 25th,
>>> you will be able to submit your absentee ballot at the front desk during
>>> this period. We will send along more info on this as the date approaches.
>>> - October 25: ELECTIONS: We host a themed Build Night in which the goal
>>> is to build a board! Converge on AHA at 7:00PM, eat potluck-style foods,
>>> and cast your ballot. We will tally votes at 10:00PM.
>>> - October 26: New board is put in place.
>>> We will be using an instant-runoff-style vote. You will assign each
>>> nominee a number from 1 to N (N being the number of nominees we have by
>>> the 19th). Higher numbers represent the nominees you favor most, with 1
>>> being your least-favored. We will add up all of your ranking values and
>>> pick the five highest-scoring nominees, who will become the next board.
>>> If you are a fully-paid Standard Member ($50), or Student or Starving
>>> Hacker Member ($20) in October, you are entitled to one vote. You may
>>> become a paying member at any time up until the 25th if you would like
>>> to be counted for this election.
>>> And here's the current board:
>>> Dana Nelson
>>> Jamison Lundy
>>> Michael Senkow
>>> Nathan Dotz
>>> Nathan Yost
>>> Please post any election-related questions to this thread. If you have
>>> matters of a sensitive nature, you may also email the board directly at
>>> bo...@allhandsactive.com .
>>> Thank you, and see you for elections on October 25th!
>>> -- Nate Y.
>> --
>> Dana Nelson
>> *All Hands Active*
>> *AHAkids Class Coordinator*
Michael, what are you bringing to your election campaign this time? Last
time it was a smouldering couch, so what amazing stunt will you find this
time!?
Personally, I'm hoping for kittens that burp glitter.
On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 3:52 AM, N Y <nymis...@gmail.com> wrote:
> For anyone else who might not be clear on the matter: yes, you are
> allowed to nominate yourself!
> -- Nate Y.
> On 09/30/2012 11:44 PM, Michael S wrote:
> > I'm interested in running just unsure if I should nominate myself or
> ?....
> > Michael Oxxy
> > On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 9:38 PM, Dana Nelson <heibai...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> Thanks for sending the reminder out, Nate. You're awesome!
> >> So who's excited for running for board? I'm surprised there's no
> comments
> >> on either thread.
> >> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 12:54 PM, N Y <nymis...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> Hello all,
> >>> As Dana mentioned earlier, elections for the Board of Directors are
> >>> coming up. Today is the day when we will start the nomination process
> >>> for prospective board members. If you feel you have the time and
> >>> ambition to perhaps do a bit of quick learning, help organize AHA as it
> >>> moves toward 501c3 status, help oversee the creation of more mature
> >>> educational programs, guide the acquisition of better tools and
> >>> workspaces for happy hackers, and create a weightier presence around
> >>> town, please consider running for the board! The board term is six
> >>> months long, and you must remain a member in good standing during this
> >>> period.
> >>> Here's the breakdown of important dates for elections:
> >>> - Today - October 18: People can start nominating themselves or others
> >>> over this mailing list.
> >>> - October 18: NOMINATIONS: If you nominate *yourself* or wish to accept
> >>> someone else's nomination, send an email explicitly stating that you
> are
> >>> running to bo...@allhandsactive.com *by this date!* Any confirmed
> >>> nominees might also want to send a note to this list so that people
> know
> >>> they are running. I will also send out periodical reminders of
> >>> confirmed nominees as I collect them.
> >>> - October 19 - October 25 ABSENTEE VOTING: If you know that you are
> >>> unable to make it to the voting party at AHA on the evening of the
> 25th,
> >>> you will be able to submit your absentee ballot at the front desk
> during
> >>> this period. We will send along more info on this as the date
> approaches.
> >>> - October 25: ELECTIONS: We host a themed Build Night in which the goal
> >>> is to build a board! Converge on AHA at 7:00PM, eat potluck-style
> foods,
> >>> and cast your ballot. We will tally votes at 10:00PM.
> >>> - October 26: New board is put in place.
> >>> We will be using an instant-runoff-style vote. You will assign each
> >>> nominee a number from 1 to N (N being the number of nominees we have by
> >>> the 19th). Higher numbers represent the nominees you favor most, with 1
> >>> being your least-favored. We will add up all of your ranking values and
> >>> pick the five highest-scoring nominees, who will become the next board.
> >>> If you are a fully-paid Standard Member ($50), or Student or Starving
> >>> Hacker Member ($20) in October, you are entitled to one vote. You may
> >>> become a paying member at any time up until the 25th if you would like
> >>> to be counted for this election.
> >>> And here's the current board:
> >>> Dana Nelson
> >>> Jamison Lundy
> >>> Michael Senkow
> >>> Nathan Dotz
> >>> Nathan Yost
> >>> Please post any election-related questions to this thread. If you have
> >>> matters of a sensitive nature, you may also email the board directly at
> >>> bo...@allhandsactive.com .
> >>> Thank you, and see you for elections on October 25th!
> >>> -- Nate Y.
> >> --
> >> Dana Nelson
> >> *All Hands Active*
> >> *AHAkids Class Coordinator*
Also, I'm in construction of a page on the website for nominees. Write a
paragraph or so of why you would be awesome on the board/what you got to
bring to the table :) or not, you're choice.
On Oct 1, 2012 7:00 AM, "Alexander Honkala" <alexander.honk...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Michael, what are you bringing to your election campaign this time? Last
> time it was a smouldering couch, so what amazing stunt will you find this
> time!?
> Personally, I'm hoping for kittens that burp glitter.
> -X
> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 3:52 AM, N Y <nymis...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> For anyone else who might not be clear on the matter: yes, you are
>> allowed to nominate yourself!
>> -- Nate Y.
>> On 09/30/2012 11:44 PM, Michael S wrote:
>> > I'm interested in running just unsure if I should nominate myself or
>> ?....
>> > Michael Oxxy
>> > On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 9:38 PM, Dana Nelson <heibai...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >> Thanks for sending the reminder out, Nate. You're awesome!
>> >> So who's excited for running for board? I'm surprised there's no
>> comments
>> >> on either thread.
>> >> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 12:54 PM, N Y <nymis...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>> Hello all,
>> >>> As Dana mentioned earlier, elections for the Board of Directors are
>> >>> coming up. Today is the day when we will start the nomination process
>> >>> for prospective board members. If you feel you have the time and
>> >>> ambition to perhaps do a bit of quick learning, help organize AHA as
>> it
>> >>> moves toward 501c3 status, help oversee the creation of more mature
>> >>> educational programs, guide the acquisition of better tools and
>> >>> workspaces for happy hackers, and create a weightier presence around
>> >>> town, please consider running for the board! The board term is six
>> >>> months long, and you must remain a member in good standing during this
>> >>> period.
>> >>> Here's the breakdown of important dates for elections:
>> >>> - Today - October 18: People can start nominating themselves or others
>> >>> over this mailing list.
>> >>> - October 18: NOMINATIONS: If you nominate *yourself* or wish to
>> accept
>> >>> someone else's nomination, send an email explicitly stating that you
>> are
>> >>> running to bo...@allhandsactive.com *by this date!* Any confirmed
>> >>> nominees might also want to send a note to this list so that people
>> know
>> >>> they are running. I will also send out periodical reminders of
>> >>> confirmed nominees as I collect them.
>> >>> - October 19 - October 25 ABSENTEE VOTING: If you know that you are
>> >>> unable to make it to the voting party at AHA on the evening of the
>> 25th,
>> >>> you will be able to submit your absentee ballot at the front desk
>> during
>> >>> this period. We will send along more info on this as the date
>> approaches.
>> >>> - October 25: ELECTIONS: We host a themed Build Night in which the
>> goal
>> >>> is to build a board! Converge on AHA at 7:00PM, eat potluck-style
>> foods,
>> >>> and cast your ballot. We will tally votes at 10:00PM.
>> >>> - October 26: New board is put in place.
>> >>> We will be using an instant-runoff-style vote. You will assign each
>> >>> nominee a number from 1 to N (N being the number of nominees we have
>> by
>> >>> the 19th). Higher numbers represent the nominees you favor most, with
>> 1
>> >>> being your least-favored. We will add up all of your ranking values
>> and
>> >>> pick the five highest-scoring nominees, who will become the next
>> board.
>> >>> If you are a fully-paid Standard Member ($50), or Student or Starving
>> >>> Hacker Member ($20) in October, you are entitled to one vote. You may
>> >>> become a paying member at any time up until the 25th if you would like
>> >>> to be counted for this election.
>> >>> And here's the current board:
>> >>> Dana Nelson
>> >>> Jamison Lundy
>> >>> Michael Senkow
>> >>> Nathan Dotz
>> >>> Nathan Yost
>> >>> Please post any election-related questions to this thread. If you
>> have
>> >>> matters of a sensitive nature, you may also email the board directly
>> at
>> >>> bo...@allhandsactive.com .
>> >>> Thank you, and see you for elections on October 25th!
>> >>> -- Nate Y.
>> >> --
>> >> Dana Nelson
>> >> *All Hands Active*
>> >> *AHAkids Class Coordinator*
On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 7:06 AM, Dana Nelson <heibai...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Also, I'm in construction of a page on the website for nominees. Write a
> paragraph or so of why you would be awesome on the board/what you got to
> bring to the table :) or not, you're choice.
> On Oct 1, 2012 7:00 AM, "Alexander Honkala" <alexander.honk...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> Michael, what are you bringing to your election campaign this time? Last
>> time it was a smouldering couch, so what amazing stunt will you find this
>> time!?
>> Personally, I'm hoping for kittens that burp glitter.
>> -X
>> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 3:52 AM, N Y <nymis...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> For anyone else who might not be clear on the matter: yes, you are
>>> allowed to nominate yourself!
>>> -- Nate Y.
>>> On 09/30/2012 11:44 PM, Michael S wrote:
>>> > I'm interested in running just unsure if I should nominate myself or
>>> ?....
>>> > Michael Oxxy
>>> > On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 9:38 PM, Dana Nelson <heibai...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >> Thanks for sending the reminder out, Nate. You're awesome!
>>> >> So who's excited for running for board? I'm surprised there's no
>>> comments
>>> >> on either thread.
>>> >> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 12:54 PM, N Y <nymis...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>> Hello all,
>>> >>> As Dana mentioned earlier, elections for the Board of Directors are
>>> >>> coming up. Today is the day when we will start the nomination process
>>> >>> for prospective board members. If you feel you have the time and
>>> >>> ambition to perhaps do a bit of quick learning, help organize AHA as
>>> it
>>> >>> moves toward 501c3 status, help oversee the creation of more mature
>>> >>> educational programs, guide the acquisition of better tools and
>>> >>> workspaces for happy hackers, and create a weightier presence around
>>> >>> town, please consider running for the board! The board term is six
>>> >>> months long, and you must remain a member in good standing during
>>> this
>>> >>> period.
>>> >>> Here's the breakdown of important dates for elections:
>>> >>> - Today - October 18: People can start nominating themselves or
>>> others
>>> >>> over this mailing list.
>>> >>> - October 18: NOMINATIONS: If you nominate *yourself* or wish to
>>> accept
>>> >>> someone else's nomination, send an email explicitly stating that you
>>> are
>>> >>> running to bo...@allhandsactive.com *by this date!* Any confirmed
>>> >>> nominees might also want to send a note to this list so that people
>>> know
>>> >>> they are running. I will also send out periodical reminders of
>>> >>> confirmed nominees as I collect them.
>>> >>> - October 19 - October 25 ABSENTEE VOTING: If you know that you are
>>> >>> unable to make it to the voting party at AHA on the evening of the
>>> 25th,
>>> >>> you will be able to submit your absentee ballot at the front desk
>>> during
>>> >>> this period. We will send along more info on this as the date
>>> approaches.
>>> >>> - October 25: ELECTIONS: We host a themed Build Night in which the
>>> goal
>>> >>> is to build a board! Converge on AHA at 7:00PM, eat potluck-style
>>> foods,
>>> >>> and cast your ballot. We will tally votes at 10:00PM.
>>> >>> - October 26: New board is put in place.
>>> >>> We will be using an instant-runoff-style vote. You will assign each
>>> >>> nominee a number from 1 to N (N being the number of nominees we have
>>> by
>>> >>> the 19th). Higher numbers represent the nominees you favor most,
>>> with 1
>>> >>> being your least-favored. We will add up all of your ranking values
>>> and
>>> >>> pick the five highest-scoring nominees, who will become the next
>>> board.
>>> >>> If you are a fully-paid Standard Member ($50), or Student or Starving
>>> >>> Hacker Member ($20) in October, you are entitled to one vote. You may
>>> >>> become a paying member at any time up until the 25th if you would
>>> like
>>> >>> to be counted for this election.
>>> >>> And here's the current board:
>>> >>> Dana Nelson
>>> >>> Jamison Lundy
>>> >>> Michael Senkow
>>> >>> Nathan Dotz
>>> >>> Nathan Yost
>>> >>> Please post any election-related questions to this thread. If you
>>> have
>>> >>> matters of a sensitive nature, you may also email the board directly
>>> at
>>> >>> bo...@allhandsactive.com .
>>> >>> Thank you, and see you for elections on October 25th!
>>> >>> -- Nate Y.
>>> >> --
>>> >> Dana Nelson
>>> >> *All Hands Active*
>>> >> *AHAkids Class Coordinator*
On Monday, October 1, 2012 at 11:27 PM, Alexander Honkala wrote:
> I nominate JBeard.
> -X
> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 7:06 AM, Dana Nelson <heibai...@gmail.com (mailto:heibai...@gmail.com)> wrote:
> > Also, I'm in construction of a page on the website for nominees. Write a paragraph or so of why you would be awesome on the board/what you got to bring to the table :) or not, you're choice. > > On Oct 1, 2012 7:00 AM, "Alexander Honkala" <alexander.honk...@gmail.com (mailto:alexander.honk...@gmail.com)> wrote:
> > > Michael, what are you bringing to your election campaign this time? Last time it was a smouldering couch, so what amazing stunt will you find this time!?
> > > Personally, I'm hoping for kittens that burp glitter.
> > > -X
> > > On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 3:52 AM, N Y <nymis...@gmail.com (mailto:nymis...@gmail.com)> wrote:
> > > > For anyone else who might not be clear on the matter: yes, you are
> > > > allowed to nominate yourself!
> > > > -- Nate Y.
> > > > On 09/30/2012 11:44 PM, Michael S wrote:
> > > > > I'm interested in running just unsure if I should nominate myself or ?....
> > > > > Michael Oxxy
> > > > > On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 9:38 PM, Dana Nelson <heibai...@gmail.com (mailto:heibai...@gmail.com)> wrote:
> > > > >> Thanks for sending the reminder out, Nate. You're awesome!
> > > > >> So who's excited for running for board? I'm surprised there's no comments
> > > > >> on either thread.
> > > > >> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 12:54 PM, N Y <nymis...@gmail.com (mailto:nymis...@gmail.com)> wrote:
> > > > >>> Hello all,
> > > > >>> As Dana mentioned earlier, elections for the Board of Directors are
> > > > >>> coming up. Today is the day when we will start the nomination process
> > > > >>> for prospective board members. If you feel you have the time and
> > > > >>> ambition to perhaps do a bit of quick learning, help organize AHA as it
> > > > >>> moves toward 501c3 status, help oversee the creation of more mature
> > > > >>> educational programs, guide the acquisition of better tools and
> > > > >>> workspaces for happy hackers, and create a weightier presence around
> > > > >>> town, please consider running for the board! The board term is six
> > > > >>> months long, and you must remain a member in good standing during this
> > > > >>> period.
> > > > >>> Here's the breakdown of important dates for elections:
> > > > >>> - Today - October 18: People can start nominating themselves or others
> > > > >>> over this mailing list.
> > > > >>> - October 18: NOMINATIONS: If you nominate *yourself* or wish to accept
> > > > >>> someone else's nomination, send an email explicitly stating that you are
> > > > >>> running to bo...@allhandsactive.com (mailto:bo...@allhandsactive.com) *by this date!* Any confirmed
> > > > >>> nominees might also want to send a note to this list so that people know
> > > > >>> they are running. I will also send out periodical reminders of
> > > > >>> confirmed nominees as I collect them.
> > > > >>> - October 19 - October 25 ABSENTEE VOTING: If you know that you are
> > > > >>> unable to make it to the voting party at AHA on the evening of the 25th,
> > > > >>> you will be able to submit your absentee ballot at the front desk during
> > > > >>> this period. We will send along more info on this as the date approaches.
> > > > >>> - October 25: ELECTIONS: We host a themed Build Night in which the goal
> > > > >>> is to build a board! Converge on AHA at 7:00PM, eat potluck-style foods,
> > > > >>> and cast your ballot. We will tally votes at 10:00PM.
> > > > >>> - October 26: New board is put in place.
> > > > >>> We will be using an instant-runoff-style vote. You will assign each
> > > > >>> nominee a number from 1 to N (N being the number of nominees we have by
> > > > >>> the 19th). Higher numbers represent the nominees you favor most, with 1
> > > > >>> being your least-favored. We will add up all of your ranking values and
> > > > >>> pick the five highest-scoring nominees, who will become the next board.
> > > > >>> If you are a fully-paid Standard Member ($50), or Student or Starving
> > > > >>> Hacker Member ($20) in October, you are entitled to one vote. You may
> > > > >>> become a paying member at any time up until the 25th if you would like
> > > > >>> to be counted for this election.
> > > > >>> And here's the current board:
> > > > >>> Dana Nelson
> > > > >>> Jamison Lundy
> > > > >>> Michael Senkow
> > > > >>> Nathan Dotz
> > > > >>> Nathan Yost
> > > > >>> Please post any election-related questions to this thread. If you have
> > > > >>> matters of a sensitive nature, you may also email the board directly at
> > > > >>> bo...@allhandsactive.com (mailto:bo...@allhandsactive.com) .
> > > > >>> Thank you, and see you for elections on October 25th!
> > > > >>> -- Nate Y.
> > > > >> --
> > > > >> Dana Nelson
> > > > >> *All Hands Active*
> > > > >> *AHAkids Class Coordinator*
I nominate Tom Hunter for the board. He has been helpful in putting us in
contact with people, finding info we may need, and basically just doing
what he can to help us out. Will you run, Tom?
> On Monday, October 1, 2012 at 11:27 PM, Alexander Honkala wrote:
> I nominate JBeard.
> -X
> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 7:06 AM, Dana Nelson <heibai...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Also, I'm in construction of a page on the website for nominees. Write a
> paragraph or so of why you would be awesome on the board/what you got to
> bring to the table :) or not, you're choice.
> On Oct 1, 2012 7:00 AM, "Alexander Honkala" <alexander.honk...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> Michael, what are you bringing to your election campaign this time? Last
> time it was a smouldering couch, so what amazing stunt will you find this
> time!?
> Personally, I'm hoping for kittens that burp glitter.
> -X
> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 3:52 AM, N Y <nymis...@gmail.com> wrote:
> For anyone else who might not be clear on the matter: yes, you are
> allowed to nominate yourself!
> -- Nate Y.
> On 09/30/2012 11:44 PM, Michael S wrote:
> > I'm interested in running just unsure if I should nominate myself or
> ?....
> > Michael Oxxy
> > On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 9:38 PM, Dana Nelson <heibai...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> Thanks for sending the reminder out, Nate. You're awesome!
> >> So who's excited for running for board? I'm surprised there's no
> comments
> >> on either thread.
> >> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 12:54 PM, N Y <nymis...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> Hello all,
> >>> As Dana mentioned earlier, elections for the Board of Directors are
> >>> coming up. Today is the day when we will start the nomination process
> >>> for prospective board members. If you feel you have the time and
> >>> ambition to perhaps do a bit of quick learning, help organize AHA as it
> >>> moves toward 501c3 status, help oversee the creation of more mature
> >>> educational programs, guide the acquisition of better tools and
> >>> workspaces for happy hackers, and create a weightier presence around
> >>> town, please consider running for the board! The board term is six
> >>> months long, and you must remain a member in good standing during this
> >>> period.
> >>> Here's the breakdown of important dates for elections:
> >>> - Today - October 18: People can start nominating themselves or others
> >>> over this mailing list.
> >>> - October 18: NOMINATIONS: If you nominate *yourself* or wish to accept
> >>> someone else's nomination, send an email explicitly stating that you
> are
> >>> running to bo...@allhandsactive.com *by this date!* Any confirmed
> >>> nominees might also want to send a note to this list so that people
> know
> >>> they are running. I will also send out periodical reminders of
> >>> confirmed nominees as I collect them.
> >>> - October 19 - October 25 ABSENTEE VOTING: If you know that you are
> >>> unable to make it to the voting party at AHA on the evening of the
> 25th,
> >>> you will be able to submit your absentee ballot at the front desk
> during
> >>> this period. We will send along more info on this as the date
> approaches.
> >>> - October 25: ELECTIONS: We host a themed Build Night in which the goal
> >>> is to build a board! Converge on AHA at 7:00PM, eat potluck-style
> foods,
> >>> and cast your ballot. We will tally votes at 10:00PM.
> >>> - October 26: New board is put in place.
> >>> We will be using an instant-runoff-style vote. You will assign each
> >>> nominee a number from 1 to N (N being the number of nominees we have by
> >>> the 19th). Higher numbers represent the nominees you favor most, with 1
> >>> being your least-favored. We will add up all of your ranking values and
> >>> pick the five highest-scoring nominees, who will become the next board.
> >>> If you are a fully-paid Standard Member ($50), or Student or Starving
> >>> Hacker Member ($20) in October, you are entitled to one vote. You may
> >>> become a paying member at any time up until the 25th if you would like
> >>> to be counted for this election.
> >>> And here's the current board:
> >>> Dana Nelson
> >>> Jamison Lundy
> >>> Michael Senkow
> >>> Nathan Dotz
> >>> Nathan Yost
> >>> Please post any election-related questions to this thread. If you have
> >>> matters of a sensitive nature, you may also email the board directly at
> >>> bo...@allhandsactive.com .
> >>> Thank you, and see you for elections on October 25th!
> >>> -- Nate Y.
> >> --
> >> Dana Nelson
> >> *All Hands Active*
> >> *AHAkids Class Coordinator*
-- Dana Nelson
*All Hands Active*
*AHAkids Class Coordinator*
> I nominate Tom Hunter for the board. He has been helpful in putting us in
> contact with people, finding info we may need, and basically just doing
> what he can to help us out. Will you run, Tom?
> On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 7:20 AM, nathan dotz <nathan.d...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Monday, October 1, 2012 at 11:27 PM, Alexander Honkala wrote:
>> I nominate JBeard.
>> -X
>> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 7:06 AM, Dana Nelson <heibai...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Also, I'm in construction of a page on the website for nominees. Write a
>> paragraph or so of why you would be awesome on the board/what you got to
>> bring to the table :) or not, you're choice.
>> On Oct 1, 2012 7:00 AM, "Alexander Honkala" <alexander.honk...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> Michael, what are you bringing to your election campaign this time? Last
>> time it was a smouldering couch, so what amazing stunt will you find this
>> time!?
>> Personally, I'm hoping for kittens that burp glitter.
>> -X
>> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 3:52 AM, N Y <nymis...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> For anyone else who might not be clear on the matter: yes, you are
>> allowed to nominate yourself!
>> -- Nate Y.
>> On 09/30/2012 11:44 PM, Michael S wrote:
>> > I'm interested in running just unsure if I should nominate myself or
>> ?....
>> > Michael Oxxy
>> > On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 9:38 PM, Dana Nelson <heibai...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >> Thanks for sending the reminder out, Nate. You're awesome!
>> >> So who's excited for running for board? I'm surprised there's no
>> comments
>> >> on either thread.
>> >> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 12:54 PM, N Y <nymis...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>> Hello all,
>> >>> As Dana mentioned earlier, elections for the Board of Directors are
>> >>> coming up. Today is the day when we will start the nomination process
>> >>> for prospective board members. If you feel you have the time and
>> >>> ambition to perhaps do a bit of quick learning, help organize AHA as
>> it
>> >>> moves toward 501c3 status, help oversee the creation of more mature
>> >>> educational programs, guide the acquisition of better tools and
>> >>> workspaces for happy hackers, and create a weightier presence around
>> >>> town, please consider running for the board! The board term is six
>> >>> months long, and you must remain a member in good standing during this
>> >>> period.
>> >>> Here's the breakdown of important dates for elections:
>> >>> - Today - October 18: People can start nominating themselves or others
>> >>> over this mailing list.
>> >>> - October 18: NOMINATIONS: If you nominate *yourself* or wish to
>> accept
>> >>> someone else's nomination, send an email explicitly stating that you
>> are
>> >>> running to bo...@allhandsactive.com *by this date!* Any confirmed
>> >>> nominees might also want to send a note to this list so that people
>> know
>> >>> they are running. I will also send out periodical reminders of
>> >>> confirmed nominees as I collect them.
>> >>> - October 19 - October 25 ABSENTEE VOTING: If you know that you are
>> >>> unable to make it to the voting party at AHA on the evening of the
>> 25th,
>> >>> you will be able to submit your absentee ballot at the front desk
>> during
>> >>> this period. We will send along more info on this as the date
>> approaches.
>> >>> - October 25: ELECTIONS: We host a themed Build Night in which the
>> goal
>> >>> is to build a board! Converge on AHA at 7:00PM, eat potluck-style
>> foods,
>> >>> and cast your ballot. We will tally votes at 10:00PM.
>> >>> - October 26: New board is put in place.
>> >>> We will be using an instant-runoff-style vote. You will assign each
>> >>> nominee a number from 1 to N (N being the number of nominees we have
>> by
>> >>> the 19th). Higher numbers represent the nominees you favor most, with
>> 1
>> >>> being your least-favored. We will add up all of your ranking values
>> and
>> >>> pick the five highest-scoring nominees, who will become the next
>> board.
>> >>> If you are a fully-paid Standard Member ($50), or Student or Starving
>> >>> Hacker Member ($20) in October, you are entitled to one vote. You may
>> >>> become a paying member at any time up until the 25th if you would like
>> >>> to be counted for this election.
>> >>> And here's the current board:
>> >>> Dana Nelson
>> >>> Jamison Lundy
>> >>> Michael Senkow
>> >>> Nathan Dotz
>> >>> Nathan Yost
>> >>> Please post any election-related questions to this thread. If you
>> have
>> >>> matters of a sensitive nature, you may also email the board directly
>> at
>> >>> bo...@allhandsactive.com .
>> >>> Thank you, and see you for elections on October 25th!
>> >>> -- Nate Y.
>> >> --
>> >> Dana Nelson
>> >> *All Hands Active*
>> >> *AHAkids Class Coordinator*
> --
> Dana Nelson
> *All Hands Active*
> *AHAkids Class Coordinator*
On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 7:30 AM, Thomas Hunter <tlhun...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, run I shall.
> On Oct 2, 2012 9:54 PM, "Dana Nelson" <heibai...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I nominate Tom Hunter for the board. He has been helpful in putting us in
>> contact with people, finding info we may need, and basically just doing
>> what he can to help us out. Will you run, Tom?
>> On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 7:20 AM, nathan dotz <nathan.d...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>> On Monday, October 1, 2012 at 11:27 PM, Alexander Honkala wrote:
>>> I nominate JBeard.
>>> -X
>>> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 7:06 AM, Dana Nelson <heibai...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Also, I'm in construction of a page on the website for nominees. Write a
>>> paragraph or so of why you would be awesome on the board/what you got to
>>> bring to the table :) or not, you're choice.
>>> On Oct 1, 2012 7:00 AM, "Alexander Honkala" <
>>> alexander.honk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Michael, what are you bringing to your election campaign this time? Last
>>> time it was a smouldering couch, so what amazing stunt will you find this
>>> time!?
>>> Personally, I'm hoping for kittens that burp glitter.
>>> -X
>>> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 3:52 AM, N Y <nymis...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> For anyone else who might not be clear on the matter: yes, you are
>>> allowed to nominate yourself!
>>> -- Nate Y.
>>> On 09/30/2012 11:44 PM, Michael S wrote:
>>> > I'm interested in running just unsure if I should nominate myself or
>>> ?....
>>> > Michael Oxxy
>>> > On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 9:38 PM, Dana Nelson <heibai...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >> Thanks for sending the reminder out, Nate. You're awesome!
>>> >> So who's excited for running for board? I'm surprised there's no
>>> comments
>>> >> on either thread.
>>> >> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 12:54 PM, N Y <nymis...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>> Hello all,
>>> >>> As Dana mentioned earlier, elections for the Board of Directors are
>>> >>> coming up. Today is the day when we will start the nomination process
>>> >>> for prospective board members. If you feel you have the time and
>>> >>> ambition to perhaps do a bit of quick learning, help organize AHA as
>>> it
>>> >>> moves toward 501c3 status, help oversee the creation of more mature
>>> >>> educational programs, guide the acquisition of better tools and
>>> >>> workspaces for happy hackers, and create a weightier presence around
>>> >>> town, please consider running for the board! The board term is six
>>> >>> months long, and you must remain a member in good standing during
>>> this
>>> >>> period.
>>> >>> Here's the breakdown of important dates for elections:
>>> >>> - Today - October 18: People can start nominating themselves or
>>> others
>>> >>> over this mailing list.
>>> >>> - October 18: NOMINATIONS: If you nominate *yourself* or wish to
>>> accept
>>> >>> someone else's nomination, send an email explicitly stating that you
>>> are
>>> >>> running to bo...@allhandsactive.com *by this date!* Any confirmed
>>> >>> nominees might also want to send a note to this list so that people
>>> know
>>> >>> they are running. I will also send out periodical reminders of
>>> >>> confirmed nominees as I collect them.
>>> >>> - October 19 - October 25 ABSENTEE VOTING: If you know that you are
>>> >>> unable to make it to the voting party at AHA on the evening of the
>>> 25th,
>>> >>> you will be able to submit your absentee ballot at the front desk
>>> during
>>> >>> this period. We will send along more info on this as the date
>>> approaches.
>>> >>> - October 25: ELECTIONS: We host a themed Build Night in which the
>>> goal
>>> >>> is to build a board! Converge on AHA at 7:00PM, eat potluck-style
>>> foods,
>>> >>> and cast your ballot. We will tally votes at 10:00PM.
>>> >>> - October 26: New board is put in place.
>>> >>> We will be using an instant-runoff-style vote. You will assign each
>>> >>> nominee a number from 1 to N (N being the number of nominees we have
>>> by
>>> >>> the 19th). Higher numbers represent the nominees you favor most,
>>> with 1
>>> >>> being your least-favored. We will add up all of your ranking values
>>> and
>>> >>> pick the five highest-scoring nominees, who will become the next
>>> board.
>>> >>> If you are a fully-paid Standard Member ($50), or Student or Starving
>>> >>> Hacker Member ($20) in October, you are entitled to one vote. You may
>>> >>> become a paying member at any time up until the 25th if you would
>>> like
>>> >>> to be counted for this election.
>>> >>> And here's the current board:
>>> >>> Dana Nelson
>>> >>> Jamison Lundy
>>> >>> Michael Senkow
>>> >>> Nathan Dotz
>>> >>> Nathan Yost
>>> >>> Please post any election-related questions to this thread. If you
>>> have
>>> >>> matters of a sensitive nature, you may also email the board directly
>>> at
>>> >>> bo...@allhandsactive.com .
>>> >>> Thank you, and see you for elections on October 25th!
>>> >>> -- Nate Y.
>>> >> --
>>> >> Dana Nelson
>>> >> *All Hands Active*
>>> >> *AHAkids Class Coordinator*
>> --
>> Dana Nelson
>> *All Hands Active*
>> *AHAkids Class Coordinator*
Just a quick reminder that there is a bit under a week remaining for
board nominations, which will wrap up at 11:59PM on October 18th. We
are looking for at least five upstanding folks to help organize and
oversee the operation of AHA.
So far, Michael Senkow and Thomas Hunter are both confirmed nominees.
If you have the desire and time to help AHA grow, please consider
running for board. You may nominate yourself, and/or someone else who
you would like to see run. If you decide to accept a nomination, or
nominate yourself, please let us know here, and CC
bo...@allhandsactive.com so we can easily keep track of who is running.
> As Dana mentioned earlier, elections for the Board of Directors are
> coming up. Today is the day when we will start the nomination process
> for prospective board members. If you feel you have the time and
> ambition to perhaps do a bit of quick learning, help organize AHA as it
> moves toward 501c3 status, help oversee the creation of more mature
> educational programs, guide the acquisition of better tools and
> workspaces for happy hackers, and create a weightier presence around
> town, please consider running for the board! The board term is six
> months long, and you must remain a member in good standing during this
> period.
> Here's the breakdown of important dates for elections:
> - Today - October 18: People can start nominating themselves or others
> over this mailing list.
> - October 18: NOMINATIONS: If you nominate *yourself* or wish to accept
> someone else's nomination, send an email explicitly stating that you are
> running to bo...@allhandsactive.com *by this date!* Any confirmed
> nominees might also want to send a note to this list so that people know
> they are running. I will also send out periodical reminders of
> confirmed nominees as I collect them.
> - October 19 - October 25 ABSENTEE VOTING: If you know that you are
> unable to make it to the voting party at AHA on the evening of the 25th,
> you will be able to submit your absentee ballot at the front desk during
> this period. We will send along more info on this as the date approaches.
> - October 25: ELECTIONS: We host a themed Build Night in which the goal
> is to build a board! Converge on AHA at 7:00PM, eat potluck-style foods,
> and cast your ballot. We will tally votes at 10:00PM.
> - October 26: New board is put in place.
> We will be using an instant-runoff-style vote. You will assign each
> nominee a number from 1 to N (N being the number of nominees we have by
> the 19th). Higher numbers represent the nominees you favor most, with 1
> being your least-favored. We will add up all of your ranking values and
> pick the five highest-scoring nominees, who will become the next board.
> If you are a fully-paid Standard Member ($50), or Student or Starving
> Hacker Member ($20) in October, you are entitled to one vote. You may
> become a paying member at any time up until the 25th if you would like
> to be counted for this election.
> And here's the current board:
> Dana Nelson
> Jamison Lundy
> Michael Senkow
> Nathan Dotz
> Nathan Yost
> Please post any election-related questions to this thread. If you have
> matters of a sensitive nature, you may also email the board directly at
> bo...@allhandsactive.com .
> Thank you, and see you for elections on October 25th!
I am nominating myself to run for The Board again. I cannot, with clear
conscience, stop working now toward AHA's stability. I cannot stop when
now, more than ever, we crucially need a group of driven leaders to make
time in their busy schedules to do some dirty work for the next six months
-- and beyond.
Given AHA's current financial situation, I resolve to try to raise money.
We need to build strong alliances in our community: forming ties with
sympathetic organizations and our membership is critical. We must do some
real legwork to accomplish this.
I hope that *at least two* other brave individuals will find it in
themselves to join Ox, Thomas, and myself...
*The nomination deadline is tonight by midnight!* Let's work together and
make this happen.
On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 7:57 PM, N Y <nymis...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello again,
> Just a quick reminder that there is a bit under a week remaining for
> board nominations, which will wrap up at 11:59PM on October 18th. We
> are looking for at least five upstanding folks to help organize and
> oversee the operation of AHA.
> So far, Michael Senkow and Thomas Hunter are both confirmed nominees.
> If you have the desire and time to help AHA grow, please consider
> running for board. You may nominate yourself, and/or someone else who
> you would like to see run. If you decide to accept a nomination, or
> nominate yourself, please let us know here, and CC
> bo...@allhandsactive.com so we can easily keep track of who is running.
> -- Nate Y.
> On 09/28/2012 12:54 PM, N Y wrote:
> > Hello all,
> > As Dana mentioned earlier, elections for the Board of Directors are
> > coming up. Today is the day when we will start the nomination process
> > for prospective board members. If you feel you have the time and
> > ambition to perhaps do a bit of quick learning, help organize AHA as it
> > moves toward 501c3 status, help oversee the creation of more mature
> > educational programs, guide the acquisition of better tools and
> > workspaces for happy hackers, and create a weightier presence around
> > town, please consider running for the board! The board term is six
> > months long, and you must remain a member in good standing during this
> > period.
> > Here's the breakdown of important dates for elections:
> > - Today - October 18: People can start nominating themselves or others
> > over this mailing list.
> > - October 18: NOMINATIONS: If you nominate *yourself* or wish to accept
> > someone else's nomination, send an email explicitly stating that you are
> > running to bo...@allhandsactive.com *by this date!* Any confirmed
> > nominees might also want to send a note to this list so that people know
> > they are running. I will also send out periodical reminders of
> > confirmed nominees as I collect them.
> > - October 19 - October 25 ABSENTEE VOTING: If you know that you are
> > unable to make it to the voting party at AHA on the evening of the 25th,
> > you will be able to submit your absentee ballot at the front desk during
> > this period. We will send along more info on this as the date approaches.
> > - October 25: ELECTIONS: We host a themed Build Night in which the goal
> > is to build a board! Converge on AHA at 7:00PM, eat potluck-style foods,
> > and cast your ballot. We will tally votes at 10:00PM.
> > - October 26: New board is put in place.
> > We will be using an instant-runoff-style vote. You will assign each
> > nominee a number from 1 to N (N being the number of nominees we have by
> > the 19th). Higher numbers represent the nominees you favor most, with 1
> > being your least-favored. We will add up all of your ranking values and
> > pick the five highest-scoring nominees, who will become the next board.
> > If you are a fully-paid Standard Member ($50), or Student or Starving
> > Hacker Member ($20) in October, you are entitled to one vote. You may
> > become a paying member at any time up until the 25th if you would like
> > to be counted for this election.
> > And here's the current board:
> > Dana Nelson
> > Jamison Lundy
> > Michael Senkow
> > Nathan Dotz
> > Nathan Yost
> > Please post any election-related questions to this thread. If you have
> > matters of a sensitive nature, you may also email the board directly at
> > bo...@allhandsactive.com .
> > Thank you, and see you for elections on October 25th!
I find it rather unfortunate that that we have such a strong community of folk who are interested in using the resources the hackerspace provides, yet we have so few willing to step up and serve an organizational need, or even help pay for providing those services.
We have folks who come down and use the free wifi.
We have folks who come down and get free coffee.
We have folks who use our microwaves, our toilets, our lights, our warmth.
We have folks who use our computers, our soldering irons, our printers and our hand tools.
There are folks in all of these categories, no doubt many on this very mailing list, who have never given a dollar or an hour to AHA.
That is fine and well, I suppose, but there's only so much fodder before someone needs to start planting crops.
I'm usually one to ask nicely and put forth the effort to make sure we can keep providing these kinds of services to the community without asking for anything in return and without asking our members and contributors to dig so deep as to disrupt their daily lives or pocketbooks. Sadly, I couldn't afford to keep all of my life within 15 miles of AHA any longer and (as many of you know) have had to move to a day job that requires quite the commute. After several terms on the board, and 3 years of being a member (since before a "Member" was a thing you could be), I quite literally would be of more harm than good in service to our organization in a position of responsibility again. The most I can offer at this point is my prepaid membership and best wishes.
The point of this is not to boast, but rather to mandate (Yes, you heard me). Since 2009 I've hopefully touched all of your lives and helped you (if not directly) to learn, create, explore and occasionally explode. For years we've run an organization by the skin of its teeth and the sweat on our brows to make sure we could give everything we had, but sometimes we hit financial or staffing bumps that are hindered by the fact that we don't have space in our schedule or budget for slack. This is one of those times.
I am telling you that it's time for you to help. We're under-budget and under-staffed, and that means folks to serve on the board, as well as any number of other positions. I know we've been particularly interested in having board members from outside our community help to guide us, so if you've got a friend with any kind of grown-up, real-world experience, even one who only has enough time to help us vote on decisions, please send them our way.
We could also really use the membership dues from those of you who have promised to pay (and forgotten.. for months), from those of you who come down to the space regularly to use our electricity, wifi and good humor but "don't have any money", or just from you folk who think having a free workshop downtown that you can stop in at 24/7 is a cool idea, but who just haven't taken that step over into sending us 5 bucks.
We've been dealing with the money issue as best we can for forever, but our board needs leaders to serve. If I've helped or inspired you, step up to the plate and serve for me. Help keep the dream I've been working on for years alive.
</stump>
With that said, as a current director, in the case of there not being enough nominees by the close of the nomination period tonight, I move to we extend the nomination period through Sunday, October 21st at 11:59PM to allow our community members to perhaps reach out to their friends and relatives who could serve as fantastic board members.
Should there still not be enough nominees by 5pm on Sunday, I propose an emergency meeting to be held Sunday at 7pm to amend the bylaws to allow for a smaller board that meets less frequently.
I love you all (even if I do not often show it) and I think with our hard work and dedication, we can all continue to foster a thriving and vibrant community of makers, doers, thinkers and leaders for many years.
> I am nominating myself to run for The Board again. I cannot, with clear
> conscience, stop working now toward AHA's stability. I cannot stop when
> now, more than ever, we crucially need a group of driven leaders to make
> time in their busy schedules to do some dirty work for the next six months
> -- and beyond.
> Given AHA's current financial situation, I resolve to try to raise money.
> We need to build strong alliances in our community: forming ties with
> sympathetic organizations and our membership is critical. We must do some
> real legwork to accomplish this.
> I hope that *at least two* other brave individuals will find it in
> themselves to join Ox, Thomas, and myself...
> *The nomination deadline is tonight by midnight!* Let's work together and
> make this happen.
> -- Nate Y.
> On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 7:57 PM, N Y <nymis...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello again,
>> Just a quick reminder that there is a bit under a week remaining for
>> board nominations, which will wrap up at 11:59PM on October 18th. We
>> are looking for at least five upstanding folks to help organize and
>> oversee the operation of AHA.
>> So far, Michael Senkow and Thomas Hunter are both confirmed nominees.
>> If you have the desire and time to help AHA grow, please consider
>> running for board. You may nominate yourself, and/or someone else who
>> you would like to see run. If you decide to accept a nomination, or
>> nominate yourself, please let us know here, and CC
>> bo...@allhandsactive.com so we can easily keep track of who is running.
>> -- Nate Y.
>> On 09/28/2012 12:54 PM, N Y wrote:
>> > Hello all,
>> > As Dana mentioned earlier, elections for the Board of Directors are
>> > coming up. Today is the day when we will start the nomination process
>> > for prospective board members. If you feel you have the time and
>> > ambition to perhaps do a bit of quick learning, help organize AHA as it
>> > moves toward 501c3 status, help oversee the creation of more mature
>> > educational programs, guide the acquisition of better tools and
>> > workspaces for happy hackers, and create a weightier presence around
>> > town, please consider running for the board! The board term is six
>> > months long, and you must remain a member in good standing during this
>> > period.
>> > Here's the breakdown of important dates for elections:
>> > - Today - October 18: People can start nominating themselves or others
>> > over this mailing list.
>> > - October 18: NOMINATIONS: If you nominate *yourself* or wish to accept
>> > someone else's nomination, send an email explicitly stating that you are
>> > running to bo...@allhandsactive.com *by this date!* Any confirmed
>> > nominees might also want to send a note to this list so that people know
>> > they are running. I will also send out periodical reminders of
>> > confirmed nominees as I collect them.
>> > - October 19 - October 25 ABSENTEE VOTING: If you know that you are
>> > unable to make it to the voting party at AHA on the evening of the 25th,
>> > you will be able to submit your absentee ballot at the front desk during
>> > this period. We will send along more info on this as the date
>> approaches.
>> > - October 25: ELECTIONS: We host a themed Build Night in which the goal
>> > is to build a board! Converge on AHA at 7:00PM, eat potluck-style foods,
>> > and cast your ballot. We will tally votes at 10:00PM.
>> > - October 26: New board is put in place.
>> > We will be using an instant-runoff-style vote. You will assign each
>> > nominee a number from 1 to N (N being the number of nominees we have by
>> > the 19th). Higher numbers represent the nominees you favor most, with 1
>> > being your least-favored. We will add up all of your ranking values and
>> > pick the five highest-scoring nominees, who will become the next board.
>> > If you are a fully-paid Standard Member ($50), or Student or Starving
>> > Hacker Member ($20) in October, you are entitled to one vote. You may
>> > become a paying member at any time up until the 25th if you would like
>> > to be counted for this election.
>> > And here's the current board:
>> > Dana Nelson
>> > Jamison Lundy
>> > Michael Senkow
>> > Nathan Dotz
>> > Nathan Yost
>> > Please post any election-related questions to this thread. If you have
>> > matters of a sensitive nature, you may also email the board directly at
>> > bo...@allhandsactive.com .
>> > Thank you, and see you for elections on October 25th!
Also, in case you tldr-ed nate dotz's post, don't. Read it, you wankers.
Your hackerspace relies on you. And you. But mostly you.
And I would agree on delaying the election and amending bylaws and so on if
that's what it came down to. Great idea, nate.
On Oct 18, 2012 2:04 PM, "Dana Nelson" <heibai...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I will also be running, officially this time.
> On Oct 18, 2012 12:54 PM, "N Y" <nymis...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I am nominating myself to run for The Board again. I cannot, with clear
>> conscience, stop working now toward AHA's stability. I cannot stop when
>> now, more than ever, we crucially need a group of driven leaders to make
>> time in their busy schedules to do some dirty work for the next six months
>> -- and beyond.
>> Given AHA's current financial situation, I resolve to try to raise
>> money. We need to build strong alliances in our community: forming ties
>> with sympathetic organizations and our membership is critical. We must do
>> some real legwork to accomplish this.
>> I hope that *at least two* other brave individuals will find it in
>> themselves to join Ox, Thomas, and myself...
>> *The nomination deadline is tonight by midnight!* Let's work together and
>> make this happen.
>> -- Nate Y.
>> On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 7:57 PM, N Y <nymis...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hello again,
>>> Just a quick reminder that there is a bit under a week remaining for
>>> board nominations, which will wrap up at 11:59PM on October 18th. We
>>> are looking for at least five upstanding folks to help organize and
>>> oversee the operation of AHA.
>>> So far, Michael Senkow and Thomas Hunter are both confirmed nominees.
>>> If you have the desire and time to help AHA grow, please consider
>>> running for board. You may nominate yourself, and/or someone else who
>>> you would like to see run. If you decide to accept a nomination, or
>>> nominate yourself, please let us know here, and CC
>>> bo...@allhandsactive.com so we can easily keep track of who is running.
>>> -- Nate Y.
>>> On 09/28/2012 12:54 PM, N Y wrote:
>>> > Hello all,
>>> > As Dana mentioned earlier, elections for the Board of Directors are
>>> > coming up. Today is the day when we will start the nomination process
>>> > for prospective board members. If you feel you have the time and
>>> > ambition to perhaps do a bit of quick learning, help organize AHA as it
>>> > moves toward 501c3 status, help oversee the creation of more mature
>>> > educational programs, guide the acquisition of better tools and
>>> > workspaces for happy hackers, and create a weightier presence around
>>> > town, please consider running for the board! The board term is six
>>> > months long, and you must remain a member in good standing during this
>>> > period.
>>> > Here's the breakdown of important dates for elections:
>>> > - Today - October 18: People can start nominating themselves or others
>>> > over this mailing list.
>>> > - October 18: NOMINATIONS: If you nominate *yourself* or wish to accept
>>> > someone else's nomination, send an email explicitly stating that you
>>> are
>>> > running to bo...@allhandsactive.com *by this date!* Any confirmed
>>> > nominees might also want to send a note to this list so that people
>>> know
>>> > they are running. I will also send out periodical reminders of
>>> > confirmed nominees as I collect them.
>>> > - October 19 - October 25 ABSENTEE VOTING: If you know that you are
>>> > unable to make it to the voting party at AHA on the evening of the
>>> 25th,
>>> > you will be able to submit your absentee ballot at the front desk
>>> during
>>> > this period. We will send along more info on this as the date
>>> approaches.
>>> > - October 25: ELECTIONS: We host a themed Build Night in which the goal
>>> > is to build a board! Converge on AHA at 7:00PM, eat potluck-style
>>> foods,
>>> > and cast your ballot. We will tally votes at 10:00PM.
>>> > - October 26: New board is put in place.
>>> > We will be using an instant-runoff-style vote. You will assign each
>>> > nominee a number from 1 to N (N being the number of nominees we have by
>>> > the 19th). Higher numbers represent the nominees you favor most, with 1
>>> > being your least-favored. We will add up all of your ranking values and
>>> > pick the five highest-scoring nominees, who will become the next board.
>>> > If you are a fully-paid Standard Member ($50), or Student or Starving
>>> > Hacker Member ($20) in October, you are entitled to one vote. You may
>>> > become a paying member at any time up until the 25th if you would like
>>> > to be counted for this election.
>>> > And here's the current board:
>>> > Dana Nelson
>>> > Jamison Lundy
>>> > Michael Senkow
>>> > Nathan Dotz
>>> > Nathan Yost
>>> > Please post any election-related questions to this thread. If you have
>>> > matters of a sensitive nature, you may also email the board directly at
>>> > bo...@allhandsactive.com .
>>> > Thank you, and see you for elections on October 25th!
Own it, my friends. You're hackers. You've looked at the world and found
the gaps in between whimsy and reality and have decided that sitting idly
and wishing them to be filled with beauty isn't enough. So you've set out
to re-make reality itself, and the community and space of All Hands Active
became a touchstone around which to orbit in that endeavor. AHA has
survived on the dedicated effort of some beautiful core people and as such
has gracefully accommodated great disparities in commitment levels to
making the organization run. But at this point, AHA has grown so much in
function and form that those core people are overwhelmed and for AHA to
continue it must either cease all aspirations for growth OR become infused
with the new enthusiasm of new badasses. I have faith (and this is a
super-rare thing for me to evince) that, through the amplifying
super-powers that AHA grants you by your participation, you can shake the
world happier.
Also, nominating: Starbuck for her grad school engineering perspective,
Jonathan Beard simply for his wizened experience, and Josh Williams because
he has become the hackerspace mom figure and knows everything going on. I
endorse all currently nominated candidates, they're pretty much awesome.
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Dana Nelson <heibai...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Also, in case you tldr-ed nate dotz's post, don't. Read it, you wankers.
> Your hackerspace relies on you. And you. But mostly you.
> And I would agree on delaying the election and amending bylaws and so on
> if that's what it came down to. Great idea, nate.
> On Oct 18, 2012 2:04 PM, "Dana Nelson" <heibai...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I will also be running, officially this time.
>> On Oct 18, 2012 12:54 PM, "N Y" <nymis...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>> I am nominating myself to run for The Board again. I cannot, with clear
>>> conscience, stop working now toward AHA's stability. I cannot stop when
>>> now, more than ever, we crucially need a group of driven leaders to make
>>> time in their busy schedules to do some dirty work for the next six months
>>> -- and beyond.
>>> Given AHA's current financial situation, I resolve to try to raise
>>> money. We need to build strong alliances in our community: forming ties
>>> with sympathetic organizations and our membership is critical. We must do
>>> some real legwork to accomplish this.
>>> I hope that *at least two* other brave individuals will find it in
>>> themselves to join Ox, Thomas, and myself...
>>> *The nomination deadline is tonight by midnight!* Let's work together
>>> and make this happen.
>>> -- Nate Y.
>>> On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 7:57 PM, N Y <nymis...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hello again,
>>>> Just a quick reminder that there is a bit under a week remaining for
>>>> board nominations, which will wrap up at 11:59PM on October 18th. We
>>>> are looking for at least five upstanding folks to help organize and
>>>> oversee the operation of AHA.
>>>> So far, Michael Senkow and Thomas Hunter are both confirmed nominees.
>>>> If you have the desire and time to help AHA grow, please consider
>>>> running for board. You may nominate yourself, and/or someone else who
>>>> you would like to see run. If you decide to accept a nomination, or
>>>> nominate yourself, please let us know here, and CC
>>>> bo...@allhandsactive.com so we can easily keep track of who is running.
>>>> -- Nate Y.
>>>> On 09/28/2012 12:54 PM, N Y wrote:
>>>> > Hello all,
>>>> > As Dana mentioned earlier, elections for the Board of Directors are
>>>> > coming up. Today is the day when we will start the nomination process
>>>> > for prospective board members. If you feel you have the time and
>>>> > ambition to perhaps do a bit of quick learning, help organize AHA as
>>>> it
>>>> > moves toward 501c3 status, help oversee the creation of more mature
>>>> > educational programs, guide the acquisition of better tools and
>>>> > workspaces for happy hackers, and create a weightier presence around
>>>> > town, please consider running for the board! The board term is six
>>>> > months long, and you must remain a member in good standing during this
>>>> > period.
>>>> > Here's the breakdown of important dates for elections:
>>>> > - Today - October 18: People can start nominating themselves or others
>>>> > over this mailing list.
>>>> > - October 18: NOMINATIONS: If you nominate *yourself* or wish to
>>>> accept
>>>> > someone else's nomination, send an email explicitly stating that you
>>>> are
>>>> > running to bo...@allhandsactive.com *by this date!* Any confirmed
>>>> > nominees might also want to send a note to this list so that people
>>>> know
>>>> > they are running. I will also send out periodical reminders of
>>>> > confirmed nominees as I collect them.
>>>> > - October 19 - October 25 ABSENTEE VOTING: If you know that you are
>>>> > unable to make it to the voting party at AHA on the evening of the
>>>> 25th,
>>>> > you will be able to submit your absentee ballot at the front desk
>>>> during
>>>> > this period. We will send along more info on this as the date
>>>> approaches.
>>>> > - October 25: ELECTIONS: We host a themed Build Night in which the
>>>> goal
>>>> > is to build a board! Converge on AHA at 7:00PM, eat potluck-style
>>>> foods,
>>>> > and cast your ballot. We will tally votes at 10:00PM.
>>>> > - October 26: New board is put in place.
>>>> > We will be using an instant-runoff-style vote. You will assign each
>>>> > nominee a number from 1 to N (N being the number of nominees we have
>>>> by
>>>> > the 19th). Higher numbers represent the nominees you favor most, with
>>>> 1
>>>> > being your least-favored. We will add up all of your ranking values
>>>> and
>>>> > pick the five highest-scoring nominees, who will become the next
>>>> board.
>>>> > If you are a fully-paid Standard Member ($50), or Student or Starving
>>>> > Hacker Member ($20) in October, you are entitled to one vote. You may
>>>> > become a paying member at any time up until the 25th if you would like
>>>> > to be counted for this election.
>>>> > And here's the current board:
>>>> > Dana Nelson
>>>> > Jamison Lundy
>>>> > Michael Senkow
>>>> > Nathan Dotz
>>>> > Nathan Yost
>>>> > Please post any election-related questions to this thread. If you
>>>> have
>>>> > matters of a sensitive nature, you may also email the board directly
>>>> at
>>>> > bo...@allhandsactive.com .
>>>> > Thank you, and see you for elections on October 25th!
> Own it, my friends. You're hackers. You've looked at the world and found
> the gaps in between whimsy and reality and have decided that sitting idly
> and wishing them to be filled with beauty isn't enough. So you've set out
> to re-make reality itself, and the community and space of All Hands Active
> became a touchstone around which to orbit in that endeavor. AHA has
> survived on the dedicated effort of some beautiful core people and as such
> has gracefully accommodated great disparities in commitment levels to
> making the organization run. But at this point, AHA has grown so much in
> function and form that those core people are overwhelmed and for AHA to
> continue it must either cease all aspirations for growth OR become infused
> with the new enthusiasm of new badasses. I have faith (and this is a
> super-rare thing for me to evince) that, through the amplifying
> super-powers that AHA grants you by your participation, you can shake the
> world happier.
> Also, nominating: Starbuck for her grad school engineering perspective,
> Jonathan Beard simply for his wizened experience, and Josh Williams because
> he has become the hackerspace mom figure and knows everything going on. I
> endorse all currently nominated candidates, they're pretty much awesome.
> -X
> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Dana Nelson <heibai...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Also, in case you tldr-ed nate dotz's post, don't. Read it, you wankers.
>> Your hackerspace relies on you. And you. But mostly you.
>> And I would agree on delaying the election and amending bylaws and so on
>> if that's what it came down to. Great idea, nate.
>> On Oct 18, 2012 2:04 PM, "Dana Nelson" <heibai...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I will also be running, officially this time.
>>> On Oct 18, 2012 12:54 PM, "N Y" <nymis...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>> I am nominating myself to run for The Board again. I cannot, with
>>>> clear conscience, stop working now toward AHA's stability. I cannot stop
>>>> when now, more than ever, we crucially need a group of driven leaders to
>>>> make time in their busy schedules to do some dirty work for the next six
>>>> months -- and beyond.
>>>> Given AHA's current financial situation, I resolve to try to raise
>>>> money. We need to build strong alliances in our community: forming ties
>>>> with sympathetic organizations and our membership is critical. We must do
>>>> some real legwork to accomplish this.
>>>> I hope that *at least two* other brave individuals will find it in
>>>> themselves to join Ox, Thomas, and myself...
>>>> *The nomination deadline is tonight by midnight!* Let's work together
>>>> and make this happen.
>>>> -- Nate Y.
>>>> On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 7:57 PM, N Y <nymis...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hello again,
>>>>> Just a quick reminder that there is a bit under a week remaining for
>>>>> board nominations, which will wrap up at 11:59PM on October 18th. We
>>>>> are looking for at least five upstanding folks to help organize and
>>>>> oversee the operation of AHA.
>>>>> So far, Michael Senkow and Thomas Hunter are both confirmed nominees.
>>>>> If you have the desire and time to help AHA grow, please consider
>>>>> running for board. You may nominate yourself, and/or someone else who
>>>>> you would like to see run. If you decide to accept a nomination, or
>>>>> nominate yourself, please let us know here, and CC
>>>>> bo...@allhandsactive.com so we can easily keep track of who is
>>>>> running.
>>>>> -- Nate Y.
>>>>> On 09/28/2012 12:54 PM, N Y wrote:
>>>>> > Hello all,
>>>>> > As Dana mentioned earlier, elections for the Board of Directors are
>>>>> > coming up. Today is the day when we will start the nomination process
>>>>> > for prospective board members. If you feel you have the time and
>>>>> > ambition to perhaps do a bit of quick learning, help organize AHA as
>>>>> it
>>>>> > moves toward 501c3 status, help oversee the creation of more mature
>>>>> > educational programs, guide the acquisition of better tools and
>>>>> > workspaces for happy hackers, and create a weightier presence around
>>>>> > town, please consider running for the board! The board term is six
>>>>> > months long, and you must remain a member in good standing during
>>>>> this
>>>>> > period.
>>>>> > Here's the breakdown of important dates for elections:
>>>>> > - Today - October 18: People can start nominating themselves or
>>>>> others
>>>>> > over this mailing list.
>>>>> > - October 18: NOMINATIONS: If you nominate *yourself* or wish to
>>>>> accept
>>>>> > someone else's nomination, send an email explicitly stating that you
>>>>> are
>>>>> > running to bo...@allhandsactive.com *by this date!* Any confirmed
>>>>> > nominees might also want to send a note to this list so that people
>>>>> know
>>>>> > they are running. I will also send out periodical reminders of
>>>>> > confirmed nominees as I collect them.
>>>>> > - October 19 - October 25 ABSENTEE VOTING: If you know that you are
>>>>> > unable to make it to the voting party at AHA on the evening of the
>>>>> 25th,
>>>>> > you will be able to submit your absentee ballot at the front desk
>>>>> during
>>>>> > this period. We will send along more info on this as the date
>>>>> approaches.
>>>>> > - October 25: ELECTIONS: We host a themed Build Night in which the
>>>>> goal
>>>>> > is to build a board! Converge on AHA at 7:00PM, eat potluck-style
>>>>> foods,
>>>>> > and cast your ballot. We will tally votes at 10:00PM.
>>>>> > - October 26: New board is put in place.
>>>>> > We will be using an instant-runoff-style vote. You will assign each
>>>>> > nominee a number from 1 to N (N being the number of nominees we have
>>>>> by
>>>>> > the 19th). Higher numbers represent the nominees you favor most,
>>>>> with 1
>>>>> > being your least-favored. We will add up all of your ranking values
>>>>> and
>>>>> > pick the five highest-scoring nominees, who will become the next
>>>>> board.
>>>>> > If you are a fully-paid Standard Member ($50), or Student or Starving
>>>>> > Hacker Member ($20) in October, you are entitled to one vote. You may
>>>>> > become a paying member at any time up until the 25th if you would
>>>>> like
>>>>> > to be counted for this election.
>>>>> > And here's the current board:
>>>>> > Dana Nelson
>>>>> > Jamison Lundy
>>>>> > Michael Senkow
>>>>> > Nathan Dotz
>>>>> > Nathan Yost
>>>>> > Please post any election-related questions to this thread. If you
>>>>> have
>>>>> > matters of a sensitive nature, you may also email the board directly
>>>>> at
>>>>> > bo...@allhandsactive.com .
>>>>> > Thank you, and see you for elections on October 25th!
Nominations are now closed according to the dates we agreed upon. The
confirmed nominees are Tom Hunter, Ox, Nate Yost, and myself, if I am
correct.
There are 3 options I've heard from others that we can do.
1. We can proceed as scheduled and just get one more person to agree to
run, not have an election like last time.
2. We can postpone the election dates and give people more time to get the
word out to family and friends (in the past month, no one has even replied
to nate and i's reminders, don't know why this would work)
3. The board has an emergency meeting to ammend the bylaws and we make the
required number of people on the board smaller.
So people, what do you want to do?
On Oct 18, 2012 11:41 PM, "Jamie Finerman" <finerma...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I would like to add Mr. Jamison Lundy to the nominations.
> On Oct 18, 2012 9:24 PM, "Alexander Honkala" <alexander.honk...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> Own it, my friends. You're hackers. You've looked at the world and found
>> the gaps in between whimsy and reality and have decided that sitting idly
>> and wishing them to be filled with beauty isn't enough. So you've set out
>> to re-make reality itself, and the community and space of All Hands Active
>> became a touchstone around which to orbit in that endeavor. AHA has
>> survived on the dedicated effort of some beautiful core people and as such
>> has gracefully accommodated great disparities in commitment levels to
>> making the organization run. But at this point, AHA has grown so much in
>> function and form that those core people are overwhelmed and for AHA to
>> continue it must either cease all aspirations for growth OR become infused
>> with the new enthusiasm of new badasses. I have faith (and this is a
>> super-rare thing for me to evince) that, through the amplifying
>> super-powers that AHA grants you by your participation, you can shake the
>> world happier.
>> Also, nominating: Starbuck for her grad school engineering perspective,
>> Jonathan Beard simply for his wizened experience, and Josh Williams because
>> he has become the hackerspace mom figure and knows everything going on. I
>> endorse all currently nominated candidates, they're pretty much awesome.
>> -X
>> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Dana Nelson <heibai...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>> Also, in case you tldr-ed nate dotz's post, don't. Read it, you wankers.
>>> Your hackerspace relies on you. And you. But mostly you.
>>> And I would agree on delaying the election and amending bylaws and so on
>>> if that's what it came down to. Great idea, nate.
>>> On Oct 18, 2012 2:04 PM, "Dana Nelson" <heibai...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I will also be running, officially this time.
>>>> On Oct 18, 2012 12:54 PM, "N Y" <nymis...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>> I am nominating myself to run for The Board again. I cannot, with
>>>>> clear conscience, stop working now toward AHA's stability. I cannot stop
>>>>> when now, more than ever, we crucially need a group of driven leaders to
>>>>> make time in their busy schedules to do some dirty work for the next six
>>>>> months -- and beyond.
>>>>> Given AHA's current financial situation, I resolve to try to raise
>>>>> money. We need to build strong alliances in our community: forming ties
>>>>> with sympathetic organizations and our membership is critical. We must do
>>>>> some real legwork to accomplish this.
>>>>> I hope that *at least two* other brave individuals will find it in
>>>>> themselves to join Ox, Thomas, and myself...
>>>>> *The nomination deadline is tonight by midnight!* Let's work together
>>>>> and make this happen.
>>>>> -- Nate Y.
>>>>> On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 7:57 PM, N Y <nymis...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Hello again,
>>>>>> Just a quick reminder that there is a bit under a week remaining for
>>>>>> board nominations, which will wrap up at 11:59PM on October 18th. We
>>>>>> are looking for at least five upstanding folks to help organize and
>>>>>> oversee the operation of AHA.
>>>>>> So far, Michael Senkow and Thomas Hunter are both confirmed nominees.
>>>>>> If you have the desire and time to help AHA grow, please consider
>>>>>> running for board. You may nominate yourself, and/or someone else who
>>>>>> you would like to see run. If you decide to accept a nomination, or
>>>>>> nominate yourself, please let us know here, and CC
>>>>>> bo...@allhandsactive.com so we can easily keep track of who is
>>>>>> running.
>>>>>> -- Nate Y.
>>>>>> On 09/28/2012 12:54 PM, N Y wrote:
>>>>>> > Hello all,
>>>>>> > As Dana mentioned earlier, elections for the Board of Directors are
>>>>>> > coming up. Today is the day when we will start the nomination
>>>>>> process
>>>>>> > for prospective board members. If you feel you have the time and
>>>>>> > ambition to perhaps do a bit of quick learning, help organize AHA
>>>>>> as it
>>>>>> > moves toward 501c3 status, help oversee the creation of more mature
>>>>>> > educational programs, guide the acquisition of better tools and
>>>>>> > workspaces for happy hackers, and create a weightier presence around
>>>>>> > town, please consider running for the board! The board term is six
>>>>>> > months long, and you must remain a member in good standing during
>>>>>> this
>>>>>> > period.
>>>>>> > Here's the breakdown of important dates for elections:
>>>>>> > - Today - October 18: People can start nominating themselves or
>>>>>> others
>>>>>> > over this mailing list.
>>>>>> > - October 18: NOMINATIONS: If you nominate *yourself* or wish to
>>>>>> accept
>>>>>> > someone else's nomination, send an email explicitly stating that
>>>>>> you are
>>>>>> > running to bo...@allhandsactive.com *by this date!* Any confirmed
>>>>>> > nominees might also want to send a note to this list so that people
>>>>>> know
>>>>>> > they are running. I will also send out periodical reminders of
>>>>>> > confirmed nominees as I collect them.
>>>>>> > - October 19 - October 25 ABSENTEE VOTING: If you know that you are
>>>>>> > unable to make it to the voting party at AHA on the evening of the
>>>>>> 25th,
>>>>>> > you will be able to submit your absentee ballot at the front desk
>>>>>> during
>>>>>> > this period. We will send along more info on this as the date
>>>>>> approaches.
>>>>>> > - October 25: ELECTIONS: We host a themed Build Night in which the
>>>>>> goal
>>>>>> > is to build a board! Converge on AHA at 7:00PM, eat potluck-style
>>>>>> foods,
>>>>>> > and cast your ballot. We will tally votes at 10:00PM.
>>>>>> > - October 26: New board is put in place.
>>>>>> > We will be using an instant-runoff-style vote. You will assign each
>>>>>> > nominee a number from 1 to N (N being the number of nominees we
>>>>>> have by
>>>>>> > the 19th). Higher numbers represent the nominees you favor most,
>>>>>> with 1
>>>>>> > being your least-favored. We will add up all of your ranking values
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> > pick the five highest-scoring nominees, who will become the next
>>>>>> board.
>>>>>> > If you are a fully-paid Standard Member ($50), or Student or
>>>>>> Starving
>>>>>> > Hacker Member ($20) in October, you are entitled to one vote. You
>>>>>> may
>>>>>> > become a paying member at any time up until the 25th if you would
>>>>>> like
>>>>>> > to be counted for this election.
>>>>>> > And here's the current board:
>>>>>> > Dana Nelson
>>>>>> > Jamison Lundy
>>>>>> > Michael Senkow
>>>>>> > Nathan Dotz
>>>>>> > Nathan Yost
>>>>>> > Please post any election-related questions to this thread. If you
>>>>>> have
>>>>>> > matters of a sensitive nature, you may also email the board
>>>>>> directly at
>>>>>> > bo...@allhandsactive.com .
>>>>>> > Thank you, and see you for elections on October 25th!
Bylaws state that bylaws cannot be amended without ratification of said
amendments by all current members of All Hands Active. So either way
everyone is going to have to vote on something whether they like it or not.
On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 6:33 AM, Dana Nelson <heibai...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Nominations are now closed according to the dates we agreed upon. The
> confirmed nominees are Tom Hunter, Ox, Nate Yost, and myself, if I am
> correct.
> There are 3 options I've heard from others that we can do.
> 1. We can proceed as scheduled and just get one more person to agree to
> run, not have an election like last time.
> 2. We can postpone the election dates and give people more time to get the
> word out to family and friends (in the past month, no one has even replied
> to nate and i's reminders, don't know why this would work)
> 3. The board has an emergency meeting to ammend the bylaws and we make the
> required number of people on the board smaller.
> So people, what do you want to do?
> On Oct 18, 2012 11:41 PM, "Jamie Finerman" <finerma...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I would like to add Mr. Jamison Lundy to the nominations.
>> On Oct 18, 2012 9:24 PM, "Alexander Honkala" <alexander.honk...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Own it, my friends. You're hackers. You've looked at the world and found
>>> the gaps in between whimsy and reality and have decided that sitting idly
>>> and wishing them to be filled with beauty isn't enough. So you've set out
>>> to re-make reality itself, and the community and space of All Hands Active
>>> became a touchstone around which to orbit in that endeavor. AHA has
>>> survived on the dedicated effort of some beautiful core people and as such
>>> has gracefully accommodated great disparities in commitment levels to
>>> making the organization run. But at this point, AHA has grown so much in
>>> function and form that those core people are overwhelmed and for AHA to
>>> continue it must either cease all aspirations for growth OR become infused
>>> with the new enthusiasm of new badasses. I have faith (and this is a
>>> super-rare thing for me to evince) that, through the amplifying
>>> super-powers that AHA grants you by your participation, you can shake the
>>> world happier.
>>> Also, nominating: Starbuck for her grad school engineering perspective,
>>> Jonathan Beard simply for his wizened experience, and Josh Williams because
>>> he has become the hackerspace mom figure and knows everything going on. I
>>> endorse all currently nominated candidates, they're pretty much awesome.
>>> -X
>>> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Dana Nelson <heibai...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>> Also, in case you tldr-ed nate dotz's post, don't. Read it, you
>>>> wankers. Your hackerspace relies on you. And you. But mostly you.
>>>> And I would agree on delaying the election and amending bylaws and so
>>>> on if that's what it came down to. Great idea, nate.
>>>> On Oct 18, 2012 2:04 PM, "Dana Nelson" <heibai...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> I will also be running, officially this time.
>>>>> On Oct 18, 2012 12:54 PM, "N Y" <nymis...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>> I am nominating myself to run for The Board again. I cannot, with
>>>>>> clear conscience, stop working now toward AHA's stability. I cannot stop
>>>>>> when now, more than ever, we crucially need a group of driven leaders to
>>>>>> make time in their busy schedules to do some dirty work for the next six
>>>>>> months -- and beyond.
>>>>>> Given AHA's current financial situation, I resolve to try to raise
>>>>>> money. We need to build strong alliances in our community: forming ties
>>>>>> with sympathetic organizations and our membership is critical. We must do
>>>>>> some real legwork to accomplish this.
>>>>>> I hope that *at least two* other brave individuals will find it in
>>>>>> themselves to join Ox, Thomas, and myself...
>>>>>> *The nomination deadline is tonight by midnight!* Let's work together
>>>>>> and make this happen.
>>>>>> -- Nate Y.
>>>>>> On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 7:57 PM, N Y <nymis...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Hello again,
>>>>>>> Just a quick reminder that there is a bit under a week remaining for
>>>>>>> board nominations, which will wrap up at 11:59PM on October 18th. We
>>>>>>> are looking for at least five upstanding folks to help organize and
>>>>>>> oversee the operation of AHA.
>>>>>>> So far, Michael Senkow and Thomas Hunter are both confirmed nominees.
>>>>>>> If you have the desire and time to help AHA grow, please consider
>>>>>>> running for board. You may nominate yourself, and/or someone else
>>>>>>> who
>>>>>>> you would like to see run. If you decide to accept a nomination, or
>>>>>>> nominate yourself, please let us know here, and CC
>>>>>>> bo...@allhandsactive.com so we can easily keep track of who is
>>>>>>> running.
>>>>>>> -- Nate Y.
>>>>>>> On 09/28/2012 12:54 PM, N Y wrote:
>>>>>>> > Hello all,
>>>>>>> > As Dana mentioned earlier, elections for the Board of Directors are
>>>>>>> > coming up. Today is the day when we will start the nomination
>>>>>>> process
>>>>>>> > for prospective board members. If you feel you have the time and
>>>>>>> > ambition to perhaps do a bit of quick learning, help organize AHA
>>>>>>> as it
>>>>>>> > moves toward 501c3 status, help oversee the creation of more mature
>>>>>>> > educational programs, guide the acquisition of better tools and
>>>>>>> > workspaces for happy hackers, and create a weightier presence
>>>>>>> around
>>>>>>> > town, please consider running for the board! The board term is six
>>>>>>> > months long, and you must remain a member in good standing during
>>>>>>> this
>>>>>>> > period.
>>>>>>> > Here's the breakdown of important dates for elections:
>>>>>>> > - Today - October 18: People can start nominating themselves or
>>>>>>> others
>>>>>>> > over this mailing list.
>>>>>>> > - October 18: NOMINATIONS: If you nominate *yourself* or wish to
>>>>>>> accept
>>>>>>> > someone else's nomination, send an email explicitly stating that
>>>>>>> you are
>>>>>>> > running to bo...@allhandsactive.com *by this date!* Any confirmed
>>>>>>> > nominees might also want to send a note to this list so that
>>>>>>> people know
>>>>>>> > they are running. I will also send out periodical reminders of
>>>>>>> > confirmed nominees as I collect them.
>>>>>>> > - October 19 - October 25 ABSENTEE VOTING: If you know that you are
>>>>>>> > unable to make it to the voting party at AHA on the evening of the
>>>>>>> 25th,
>>>>>>> > you will be able to submit your absentee ballot at the front desk
>>>>>>> during
>>>>>>> > this period. We will send along more info on this as the date
>>>>>>> approaches.
>>>>>>> > - October 25: ELECTIONS: We host a themed Build Night in which the
>>>>>>> goal
>>>>>>> > is to build a board! Converge on AHA at 7:00PM, eat potluck-style
>>>>>>> foods,
>>>>>>> > and cast your ballot. We will tally votes at 10:00PM.
>>>>>>> > - October 26: New board is put in place.
>>>>>>> > We will be using an instant-runoff-style vote. You will assign each
>>>>>>> > nominee a number from 1 to N (N being the number of nominees we
>>>>>>> have by
>>>>>>> > the 19th). Higher numbers represent the nominees you favor most,
>>>>>>> with 1
>>>>>>> > being your least-favored. We will add up all of your ranking
>>>>>>> values and
>>>>>>> > pick the five highest-scoring nominees, who will become the next
>>>>>>> board.
>>>>>>> > If you are a fully-paid Standard Member ($50), or Student or
>>>>>>> Starving
>>>>>>> > Hacker Member ($20) in October, you are entitled to one vote. You
>>>>>>> may
>>>>>>> > become a paying member at any time up until the 25th if you would
>>>>>>> like
>>>>>>> > to be counted for this election.
>>>>>>> > And here's the current board:
>>>>>>> > Dana Nelson
>>>>>>> > Jamison Lundy
>>>>>>> > Michael Senkow
>>>>>>> > Nathan Dotz
>>>>>>> > Nathan Yost
>>>>>>> > Please post any election-related questions to this thread. If you
>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>> > matters of a sensitive nature, you may also email the board
>>>>>>> directly at
>>>>>>> > bo...@allhandsactive.com .
>>>>>>> > Thank you, and see you for elections on October 25th!
I'm aware that nominations are now closed and there's probably no reason I
should expect an exception to the rules. However, if possible, I'd like to
nominate myself.
On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 9:34 AM, Alexander Honkala <
alexander.honk...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Bylaws state that bylaws cannot be amended without ratification of said
> amendments by all current members of All Hands Active. So either way
> everyone is going to have to vote on something whether they like it or not.
> -X
> On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 6:33 AM, Dana Nelson <heibai...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Nominations are now closed according to the dates we agreed upon. The
>> confirmed nominees are Tom Hunter, Ox, Nate Yost, and myself, if I am
>> correct.
>> There are 3 options I've heard from others that we can do.
>> 1. We can proceed as scheduled and just get one more person to agree to
>> run, not have an election like last time.
>> 2. We can postpone the election dates and give people more time to get
>> the word out to family and friends (in the past month, no one has even
>> replied to nate and i's reminders, don't know why this would work)
>> 3. The board has an emergency meeting to ammend the bylaws and we make
>> the required number of people on the board smaller.
>> So people, what do you want to do?
>> On Oct 18, 2012 11:41 PM, "Jamie Finerman" <finerma...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I would like to add Mr. Jamison Lundy to the nominations.
>>> On Oct 18, 2012 9:24 PM, "Alexander Honkala" <
>>> alexander.honk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Own it, my friends. You're hackers. You've looked at the world and
>>>> found the gaps in between whimsy and reality and have decided that sitting
>>>> idly and wishing them to be filled with beauty isn't enough. So you've set
>>>> out to re-make reality itself, and the community and space of All Hands
>>>> Active became a touchstone around which to orbit in that endeavor. AHA has
>>>> survived on the dedicated effort of some beautiful core people and as such
>>>> has gracefully accommodated great disparities in commitment levels to
>>>> making the organization run. But at this point, AHA has grown so much in
>>>> function and form that those core people are overwhelmed and for AHA to
>>>> continue it must either cease all aspirations for growth OR become infused
>>>> with the new enthusiasm of new badasses. I have faith (and this is a
>>>> super-rare thing for me to evince) that, through the amplifying
>>>> super-powers that AHA grants you by your participation, you can shake the
>>>> world happier.
>>>> Also, nominating: Starbuck for her grad school engineering perspective,
>>>> Jonathan Beard simply for his wizened experience, and Josh Williams because
>>>> he has become the hackerspace mom figure and knows everything going on. I
>>>> endorse all currently nominated candidates, they're pretty much awesome.
>>>> -X
>>>> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Dana Nelson <heibai...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>> Also, in case you tldr-ed nate dotz's post, don't. Read it, you
>>>>> wankers. Your hackerspace relies on you. And you. But mostly you.
>>>>> And I would agree on delaying the election and amending bylaws and so
>>>>> on if that's what it came down to. Great idea, nate.
>>>>> On Oct 18, 2012 2:04 PM, "Dana Nelson" <heibai...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> I will also be running, officially this time.
>>>>>> On Oct 18, 2012 12:54 PM, "N Y" <nymis...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>> I am nominating myself to run for The Board again. I cannot, with
>>>>>>> clear conscience, stop working now toward AHA's stability. I cannot stop
>>>>>>> when now, more than ever, we crucially need a group of driven leaders to
>>>>>>> make time in their busy schedules to do some dirty work for the next six
>>>>>>> months -- and beyond.
>>>>>>> Given AHA's current financial situation, I resolve to try to raise
>>>>>>> money. We need to build strong alliances in our community: forming ties
>>>>>>> with sympathetic organizations and our membership is critical. We must do
>>>>>>> some real legwork to accomplish this.
>>>>>>> I hope that *at least two* other brave individuals will find it in
>>>>>>> themselves to join Ox, Thomas, and myself...
>>>>>>> *The nomination deadline is tonight by midnight!* Let's work
>>>>>>> together and make this happen.
>>>>>>> -- Nate Y.
>>>>>>> On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 7:57 PM, N Y <nymis...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hello again,
>>>>>>>> Just a quick reminder that there is a bit under a week remaining for
>>>>>>>> board nominations, which will wrap up at 11:59PM on October 18th.
>>>>>>>> We
>>>>>>>> are looking for at least five upstanding folks to help organize and
>>>>>>>> oversee the operation of AHA.
>>>>>>>> So far, Michael Senkow and Thomas Hunter are both confirmed
>>>>>>>> nominees.
>>>>>>>> If you have the desire and time to help AHA grow, please consider
>>>>>>>> running for board. You may nominate yourself, and/or someone else
>>>>>>>> who
>>>>>>>> you would like to see run. If you decide to accept a nomination, or
>>>>>>>> nominate yourself, please let us know here, and CC
>>>>>>>> bo...@allhandsactive.com so we can easily keep track of who is
>>>>>>>> running.
>>>>>>>> -- Nate Y.
>>>>>>>> On 09/28/2012 12:54 PM, N Y wrote:
>>>>>>>> > Hello all,
>>>>>>>> > As Dana mentioned earlier, elections for the Board of Directors
>>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>>> > coming up. Today is the day when we will start the nomination
>>>>>>>> process
>>>>>>>> > for prospective board members. If you feel you have the time and
>>>>>>>> > ambition to perhaps do a bit of quick learning, help organize AHA
>>>>>>>> as it
>>>>>>>> > moves toward 501c3 status, help oversee the creation of more
>>>>>>>> mature
>>>>>>>> > educational programs, guide the acquisition of better tools and
>>>>>>>> > workspaces for happy hackers, and create a weightier presence
>>>>>>>> around
>>>>>>>> > town, please consider running for the board! The board term is
>>>>>>>> six
>>>>>>>> > months long, and you must remain a member in good standing during
>>>>>>>> this
>>>>>>>> > period.
>>>>>>>> > Here's the breakdown of important dates for elections:
>>>>>>>> > - Today - October 18: People can start nominating themselves or
>>>>>>>> others
>>>>>>>> > over this mailing list.
>>>>>>>> > - October 18: NOMINATIONS: If you nominate *yourself* or wish to
>>>>>>>> accept
>>>>>>>> > someone else's nomination, send an email explicitly stating that
>>>>>>>> you are
>>>>>>>> > running to bo...@allhandsactive.com *by this date!* Any confirmed
>>>>>>>> > nominees might also want to send a note to this list so that
>>>>>>>> people know
>>>>>>>> > they are running. I will also send out periodical reminders of
>>>>>>>> > confirmed nominees as I collect them.
>>>>>>>> > - October 19 - October 25 ABSENTEE VOTING: If you know that you
>>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>>> > unable to make it to the voting party at AHA on the evening of
>>>>>>>> the 25th,
>>>>>>>> > you will be able to submit your absentee ballot at the front desk
>>>>>>>> during
>>>>>>>> > this period. We will send along more info on this as the date
>>>>>>>> approaches.
>>>>>>>> > - October 25: ELECTIONS: We host a themed Build Night in which
>>>>>>>> the goal
>>>>>>>> > is to build a board! Converge on AHA at 7:00PM, eat potluck-style
>>>>>>>> foods,
>>>>>>>> > and cast your ballot. We will tally votes at 10:00PM.
>>>>>>>> > - October 26: New board is put in place.
>>>>>>>> > We will be using an instant-runoff-style vote. You will assign
>>>>>>>> each
>>>>>>>> > nominee a number from 1 to N (N being the number of nominees we
>>>>>>>> have by
>>>>>>>> > the 19th). Higher numbers represent the nominees you favor most,
>>>>>>>> with 1
>>>>>>>> > being your least-favored. We will add up all of your ranking
>>>>>>>> values and
>>>>>>>> > pick the five highest-scoring nominees, who will become the next
>>>>>>>> board.
>>>>>>>> > If you are a fully-paid Standard Member ($50), or Student or
>>>>>>>> Starving
>>>>>>>> > Hacker Member ($20) in October, you are entitled to one vote. You
>>>>>>>> may
>>>>>>>> > become a paying member at any time up until the 25th if you would
>>>>>>>> like
>>>>>>>> > to be counted for this election.
>>>>>>>> > And here's the current board:
>>>>>>>> > Dana Nelson
>>>>>>>> > Jamison Lundy
>>>>>>>> > Michael Senkow
>>>>>>>> > Nathan Dotz
>>>>>>>> > Nathan Yost
>>>>>>>> > Please post any election-related questions to this thread. If
>>>>>>>> you have
>>>>>>>> > matters of a sensitive nature, you may also email the board
>>>>>>>> directly at
>>>>>>>> > bo...@allhandsactive.com .
>>>>>>>> > Thank you, and see you for elections on October 25th!
I wanna be special, too, even if it is from afar. I give you this picture
of a cat: http://i.imgur.com/1FW5F.jpg in exchange for accepting my
exception. I may, or may not, be attempting to be nominated just to force
you all to vote as a community. Oh http://i.imgur.com/Cxagv.jpg right?
-X
On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 6:55 AM, Michael Grube <michael.gr...@gmail.com>wrote:
> I'm aware that nominations are now closed and there's probably no reason I
> should expect an exception to the rules. However, if possible, I'd like to
> nominate myself.
> On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 9:34 AM, Alexander Honkala <
> alexander.honk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Bylaws state that bylaws cannot be amended without ratification of said
>> amendments by all current members of All Hands Active. So either way
>> everyone is going to have to vote on something whether they like it or not.
>> -X
>> On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 6:33 AM, Dana Nelson <heibai...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Nominations are now closed according to the dates we agreed upon. The
>>> confirmed nominees are Tom Hunter, Ox, Nate Yost, and myself, if I am
>>> correct.
>>> There are 3 options I've heard from others that we can do.
>>> 1. We can proceed as scheduled and just get one more person to agree to
>>> run, not have an election like last time.
>>> 2. We can postpone the election dates and give people more time to get
>>> the word out to family and friends (in the past month, no one has even
>>> replied to nate and i's reminders, don't know why this would work)
>>> 3. The board has an emergency meeting to ammend the bylaws and we make
>>> the required number of people on the board smaller.
>>> So people, what do you want to do?
>>> On Oct 18, 2012 11:41 PM, "Jamie Finerman" <finerma...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I would like to add Mr. Jamison Lundy to the nominations.
>>>> On Oct 18, 2012 9:24 PM, "Alexander Honkala" <
>>>> alexander.honk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Own it, my friends. You're hackers. You've looked at the world and
>>>>> found the gaps in between whimsy and reality and have decided that sitting
>>>>> idly and wishing them to be filled with beauty isn't enough. So you've set
>>>>> out to re-make reality itself, and the community and space of All Hands
>>>>> Active became a touchstone around which to orbit in that endeavor. AHA has
>>>>> survived on the dedicated effort of some beautiful core people and as such
>>>>> has gracefully accommodated great disparities in commitment levels to
>>>>> making the organization run. But at this point, AHA has grown so much in
>>>>> function and form that those core people are overwhelmed and for AHA to
>>>>> continue it must either cease all aspirations for growth OR become infused
>>>>> with the new enthusiasm of new badasses. I have faith (and this is a
>>>>> super-rare thing for me to evince) that, through the amplifying
>>>>> super-powers that AHA grants you by your participation, you can shake the
>>>>> world happier.
>>>>> Also, nominating: Starbuck for her grad school engineering
>>>>> perspective, Jonathan Beard simply for his wizened experience, and Josh
>>>>> Williams because he has become the hackerspace mom figure and knows
>>>>> everything going on. I endorse all currently nominated candidates, they're
>>>>> pretty much awesome.
>>>>> -X
>>>>> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Dana Nelson <heibai...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>> Also, in case you tldr-ed nate dotz's post, don't. Read it, you
>>>>>> wankers. Your hackerspace relies on you. And you. But mostly you.
>>>>>> And I would agree on delaying the election and amending bylaws and so
>>>>>> on if that's what it came down to. Great idea, nate.
>>>>>> On Oct 18, 2012 2:04 PM, "Dana Nelson" <heibai...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> I will also be running, officially this time.
>>>>>>> On Oct 18, 2012 12:54 PM, "N Y" <nymis...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>> I am nominating myself to run for The Board again. I cannot, with
>>>>>>>> clear conscience, stop working now toward AHA's stability. I cannot stop
>>>>>>>> when now, more than ever, we crucially need a group of driven leaders to
>>>>>>>> make time in their busy schedules to do some dirty work for the next six
>>>>>>>> months -- and beyond.
>>>>>>>> Given AHA's current financial situation, I resolve to try to raise
>>>>>>>> money. We need to build strong alliances in our community: forming ties
>>>>>>>> with sympathetic organizations and our membership is critical. We must do
>>>>>>>> some real legwork to accomplish this.
>>>>>>>> I hope that *at least two* other brave individuals will find it in
>>>>>>>> themselves to join Ox, Thomas, and myself...
>>>>>>>> *The nomination deadline is tonight by midnight!* Let's work
>>>>>>>> together and make this happen.
>>>>>>>> -- Nate Y.
>>>>>>>> On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 7:57 PM, N Y <nymis...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Hello again,
>>>>>>>>> Just a quick reminder that there is a bit under a week remaining
>>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>>> board nominations, which will wrap up at 11:59PM on October 18th.
>>>>>>>>> We
>>>>>>>>> are looking for at least five upstanding folks to help organize and
>>>>>>>>> oversee the operation of AHA.
>>>>>>>>> So far, Michael Senkow and Thomas Hunter are both confirmed
>>>>>>>>> nominees.
>>>>>>>>> If you have the desire and time to help AHA grow, please consider
>>>>>>>>> running for board. You may nominate yourself, and/or someone else
>>>>>>>>> who
>>>>>>>>> you would like to see run. If you decide to accept a nomination,
>>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>>> nominate yourself, please let us know here, and CC
>>>>>>>>> bo...@allhandsactive.com so we can easily keep track of who is
>>>>>>>>> running.
>>>>>>>>> -- Nate Y.
>>>>>>>>> On 09/28/2012 12:54 PM, N Y wrote:
>>>>>>>>> > Hello all,
>>>>>>>>> > As Dana mentioned earlier, elections for the Board of Directors
>>>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>>>> > coming up. Today is the day when we will start the nomination
>>>>>>>>> process
>>>>>>>>> > for prospective board members. If you feel you have the time and
>>>>>>>>> > ambition to perhaps do a bit of quick learning, help organize
>>>>>>>>> AHA as it
>>>>>>>>> > moves toward 501c3 status, help oversee the creation of more
>>>>>>>>> mature
>>>>>>>>> > educational programs, guide the acquisition of better tools and
>>>>>>>>> > workspaces for happy hackers, and create a weightier presence
>>>>>>>>> around
>>>>>>>>> > town, please consider running for the board! The board term is
>>>>>>>>> six
>>>>>>>>> > months long, and you must remain a member in good standing
>>>>>>>>> during this
>>>>>>>>> > period.
>>>>>>>>> > Here's the breakdown of important dates for elections:
>>>>>>>>> > - Today - October 18: People can start nominating themselves or
>>>>>>>>> others
>>>>>>>>> > over this mailing list.
>>>>>>>>> > - October 18: NOMINATIONS: If you nominate *yourself* or wish to
>>>>>>>>> accept
>>>>>>>>> > someone else's nomination, send an email explicitly stating that
>>>>>>>>> you are
>>>>>>>>> > running to bo...@allhandsactive.com *by this date!* Any
>>>>>>>>> confirmed
>>>>>>>>> > nominees might also want to send a note to this list so that
>>>>>>>>> people know
>>>>>>>>> > they are running. I will also send out periodical reminders of
>>>>>>>>> > confirmed nominees as I collect them.
>>>>>>>>> > - October 19 - October 25 ABSENTEE VOTING: If you know that you
>>>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>>>> > unable to make it to the voting party at AHA on the evening of
>>>>>>>>> the 25th,
>>>>>>>>> > you will be able to submit your absentee ballot at the front
>>>>>>>>> desk during
>>>>>>>>> > this period. We will send along more info on this as the date
>>>>>>>>> approaches.
>>>>>>>>> > - October 25: ELECTIONS: We host a themed Build Night in which
>>>>>>>>> the goal
>>>>>>>>> > is to build a board! Converge on AHA at 7:00PM, eat
>>>>>>>>> potluck-style foods,
>>>>>>>>> > and cast your ballot. We will tally votes at 10:00PM.
>>>>>>>>> > - October 26: New board is put in place.
>>>>>>>>> > We will be using an instant-runoff-style vote. You will assign
>>>>>>>>> each
>>>>>>>>> > nominee a number from 1 to N (N being the number of nominees we
>>>>>>>>> have by
>>>>>>>>> > the 19th). Higher numbers represent the nominees you favor most,
>>>>>>>>> with 1
>>>>>>>>> > being your least-favored. We will add up all of your ranking
>>>>>>>>> values and
>>>>>>>>> > pick the five highest-scoring nominees, who will become the next
>>>>>>>>> board.
>>>>>>>>> > If you are a fully-paid Standard Member ($50), or Student or
>>>>>>>>> Starving
>>>>>>>>> > Hacker Member ($20) in October, you are entitled to one vote.
>>>>>>>>> You may
>>>>>>>>> > become a paying member at any time up until the 25th if you
>>>>>>>>> would like
>>>>>>>>> > to be counted for this election.
>>>>>>>>> > And here's the current board:
>>>>>>>>> > Dana Nelson
>>>>>>>>> > Jamison Lundy
>>>>>>>>> > Michael Senkow
>>>>>>>>> > Nathan Dotz
>>>>>>>>> > Nathan Yost
>>>>>>>>> > Please post any election-related questions to this thread. If
>>>>>>>>> you have
>>>>>>>>> > matters of a sensitive nature, you may also email the board
>>>>>>>>> directly at
>>>>>>>>> > bo...@allhandsactive.com .
>>>>>>>>> > Thank you, and see you for elections on October 25th!
alexander.honk...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I wanna be special, too, even if it is from afar. I give you this picture
> of a cat: http://i.imgur.com/1FW5F.jpg in exchange for accepting my
> exception. I may, or may not, be attempting to be nominated just to force
> you all to vote as a community. Oh http://i.imgur.com/Cxagv.jpg right?
> -X
> On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 6:55 AM, Michael Grube <michael.gr...@gmail.com>wrote:
>> I'm aware that nominations are now closed and there's probably no reason
>> I should expect an exception to the rules. However, if possible, I'd like
>> to nominate myself.
>> On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 9:34 AM, Alexander Honkala <
>> alexander.honk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Bylaws state that bylaws cannot be amended without ratification of said
>>> amendments by all current members of All Hands Active. So either way
>>> everyone is going to have to vote on something whether they like it or not.
>>> -X
>>> On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 6:33 AM, Dana Nelson <heibai...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>> Nominations are now closed according to the dates we agreed upon. The
>>>> confirmed nominees are Tom Hunter, Ox, Nate Yost, and myself, if I am
>>>> correct.
>>>> There are 3 options I've heard from others that we can do.
>>>> 1. We can proceed as scheduled and just get one more person to agree to
>>>> run, not have an election like last time.
>>>> 2. We can postpone the election dates and give people more time to get
>>>> the word out to family and friends (in the past month, no one has even
>>>> replied to nate and i's reminders, don't know why this would work)
>>>> 3. The board has an emergency meeting to ammend the bylaws and we make
>>>> the required number of people on the board smaller.
>>>> So people, what do you want to do?
>>>> On Oct 18, 2012 11:41 PM, "Jamie Finerman" <finerma...@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> I would like to add Mr. Jamison Lundy to the nominations.
>>>>> On Oct 18, 2012 9:24 PM, "Alexander Honkala" <
>>>>> alexander.honk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Own it, my friends. You're hackers. You've looked at the world and
>>>>>> found the gaps in between whimsy and reality and have decided that sitting
>>>>>> idly and wishing them to be filled with beauty isn't enough. So you've set
>>>>>> out to re-make reality itself, and the community and space of All Hands
>>>>>> Active became a touchstone around which to orbit in that endeavor. AHA has
>>>>>> survived on the dedicated effort of some beautiful core people and as such
>>>>>> has gracefully accommodated great disparities in commitment levels to
>>>>>> making the organization run. But at this point, AHA has grown so much in
>>>>>> function and form that those core people are overwhelmed and for AHA to
>>>>>> continue it must either cease all aspirations for growth OR become infused
>>>>>> with the new enthusiasm of new badasses. I have faith (and this is a
>>>>>> super-rare thing for me to evince) that, through the amplifying
>>>>>> super-powers that AHA grants you by your participation, you can shake the
>>>>>> world happier.
>>>>>> Also, nominating: Starbuck for her grad school engineering
>>>>>> perspective, Jonathan Beard simply for his wizened experience, and Josh
>>>>>> Williams because he has become the hackerspace mom figure and knows
>>>>>> everything going on. I endorse all currently nominated candidates, they're
>>>>>> pretty much awesome.
>>>>>> -X
>>>>>> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Dana Nelson <heibai...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>>> Also, in case you tldr-ed nate dotz's post, don't. Read it, you
>>>>>>> wankers. Your hackerspace relies on you. And you. But mostly you.
>>>>>>> And I would agree on delaying the election and amending bylaws and
>>>>>>> so on if that's what it came down to. Great idea, nate.
>>>>>>> On Oct 18, 2012 2:04 PM, "Dana Nelson" <heibai...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> I will also be running, officially this time.
>>>>>>>> On Oct 18, 2012 12:54 PM, "N Y" <nymis...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>>> I am nominating myself to run for The Board again. I cannot, with
>>>>>>>>> clear conscience, stop working now toward AHA's stability. I cannot stop
>>>>>>>>> when now, more than ever, we crucially need a group of driven leaders to
>>>>>>>>> make time in their busy schedules to do some dirty work for the next six
>>>>>>>>> months -- and beyond.
>>>>>>>>> Given AHA's current financial situation, I resolve to try to raise
>>>>>>>>> money. We need to build strong alliances in our community: forming ties
>>>>>>>>> with sympathetic organizations and our membership is critical. We must do
>>>>>>>>> some real legwork to accomplish this.
>>>>>>>>> I hope that *at least two* other brave individuals will find it in
>>>>>>>>> themselves to join Ox, Thomas, and myself...
>>>>>>>>> *The nomination deadline is tonight by midnight!* Let's work
>>>>>>>>> together and make this happen.
>>>>>>>>> -- Nate Y.
>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 7:57 PM, N Y <nymis...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Hello again,
>>>>>>>>>> Just a quick reminder that there is a bit under a week remaining
>>>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>>>> board nominations, which will wrap up at 11:59PM on October 18th.
>>>>>>>>>> We
>>>>>>>>>> are looking for at least five upstanding folks to help organize
>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>> oversee the operation of AHA.
>>>>>>>>>> So far, Michael Senkow and Thomas Hunter are both confirmed
>>>>>>>>>> nominees.
>>>>>>>>>> If you have the desire and time to help AHA grow, please consider
>>>>>>>>>> running for board. You may nominate yourself, and/or someone
>>>>>>>>>> else who
>>>>>>>>>> you would like to see run. If you decide to accept a nomination,
>>>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>>>> nominate yourself, please let us know here, and CC
>>>>>>>>>> bo...@allhandsactive.com so we can easily keep track of who is
>>>>>>>>>> running.
>>>>>>>>>> -- Nate Y.
>>>>>>>>>> On 09/28/2012 12:54 PM, N Y wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> > Hello all,
>>>>>>>>>> > As Dana mentioned earlier, elections for the Board of Directors
>>>>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>>>>> > coming up. Today is the day when we will start the nomination
>>>>>>>>>> process
>>>>>>>>>> > for prospective board members. If you feel you have the time
>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>> > ambition to perhaps do a bit of quick learning, help organize
>>>>>>>>>> AHA as it
>>>>>>>>>> > moves toward 501c3 status, help oversee the creation of more
>>>>>>>>>> mature
>>>>>>>>>> > educational programs, guide the acquisition of better tools and
>>>>>>>>>> > workspaces for happy hackers, and create a weightier presence
>>>>>>>>>> around
>>>>>>>>>> > town, please consider running for the board! The board term is
>>>>>>>>>> six
>>>>>>>>>> > months long, and you must remain a member in good standing
>>>>>>>>>> during this
>>>>>>>>>> > period.
>>>>>>>>>> > Here's the breakdown of important dates for elections:
>>>>>>>>>> > - Today - October 18: People can start nominating themselves or
>>>>>>>>>> others
>>>>>>>>>> > over this mailing list.
>>>>>>>>>> > - October 18: NOMINATIONS: If you nominate *yourself* or wish
>>>>>>>>>> to accept
>>>>>>>>>> > someone else's nomination, send an email explicitly stating
>>>>>>>>>> that you are
>>>>>>>>>> > running to bo...@allhandsactive.com *by this date!* Any
>>>>>>>>>> confirmed
>>>>>>>>>> > nominees might also want to send a note to this list so that
>>>>>>>>>> people know
>>>>>>>>>> > they are running. I will also send out periodical reminders of
>>>>>>>>>> > confirmed nominees as I collect them.
>>>>>>>>>> > - October 19 - October 25 ABSENTEE VOTING: If you know that you
>>>>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>>>>> > unable to make it to the voting party at AHA on the evening of
>>>>>>>>>> the 25th,
>>>>>>>>>> > you will be able to submit your absentee ballot at the front
>>>>>>>>>> desk during
>>>>>>>>>> > this period. We will send along more info on this as the date
>>>>>>>>>> approaches.
>>>>>>>>>> > - October 25: ELECTIONS: We host a themed Build Night in which
>>>>>>>>>> the goal
>>>>>>>>>> > is to build a board! Converge on AHA at 7:00PM, eat
>>>>>>>>>> potluck-style foods,
>>>>>>>>>> > and cast your ballot. We will tally votes at 10:00PM.
>>>>>>>>>> > - October 26: New board is put in place.
>>>>>>>>>> > We will be using an instant-runoff-style vote. You will assign
>>>>>>>>>> each
>>>>>>>>>> > nominee a number from 1 to N (N being the number of nominees we
>>>>>>>>>> have by
>>>>>>>>>> > the 19th). Higher numbers represent the nominees you favor
>>>>>>>>>> most, with 1
>>>>>>>>>> > being your least-favored. We will add up all of your ranking
>>>>>>>>>> values and
>>>>>>>>>> > pick the five highest-scoring nominees, who will become the
>>>>>>>>>> next board.
>>>>>>>>>> > If you are a fully-paid Standard Member ($50), or Student or
>>>>>>>>>> Starving
>>>>>>>>>> > Hacker Member ($20) in October, you are entitled to one vote.
>>>>>>>>>> You may
>>>>>>>>>> > become a paying member at any time up until the 25th if you
>>>>>>>>>> would like
>>>>>>>>>> > to be counted for this election.
>>>>>>>>>> > And here's the current board:
>>>>>>>>>> > Dana Nelson
>>>>>>>>>> > Jamison Lundy
>>>>>>>>>> > Michael Senkow
>>>>>>>>>> > Nathan Dotz
>>>>>>>>>> > Nathan Yost
>>>>>>>>>> > Please post any election-related questions to this
I would be willing to support the 2nd option (delaying the deadlines to
allow for more nominations).
If that were to happen, I would nominate/volunteer myself.
I have very little experience with the inner-workings of AHA, but have
attended quite a few classes, build nights, and just hung out at the
shop with people.
What I bring to the table:
- Enthusiasm
- Various connections to the local entrepreneurial scene
- Other things that are escaping me right now.
I have worked with BrainMonkeys, and have taught workshops at the
various places that I have worked.
I am willing to do whatever is required of me in order to help AHA grow
and prosper.
A little about me:
Mathematician by education, software developer by employment, and
hacker by hobby. I am a huge proponent of free culture (as in freedom,
not price) and support/work with many free culture organizations (FSF,
Trisquel, EFF, and others). As a corollary to this, except for my
smartphone, I am proud to say that I use only free-as-in-freedom software in my day-to-day existence.
I believe that people should own their devices fully by
understanding how they work on a low level, and by having the ability to
directly impact how the device operates - be that by
software/hardware/firmware modification or any other means.
It might be the case that I am not a good fit for the AHA board by
virtue of not having enough experience, or by not bringing enough to the
table. In that case, what can I do to help AHA? What other (read
"non-board") positions are there? How do I go about starting a regularly
scheduled class? (I assume that some/all of this information is
available on the wiki, but email seems a better option to publicly
disseminate this information for others to digest).
I truly believe that local hackerspaces are going to be the driving
force behind innovation in the foreseeable future. Even Apple got its
start at a hackerspace of sorts - the Homebrew Computer Club. Lets work
together to make AHA the catalyst of the next generation of innovation.
(Regarding my late response to this whole thing, I have been
"off-the-grid"/"unplugged" on vacation for the last few weeks)
> Nominations are now closed according to the dates we agreed upon. The
> confirmed nominees are Tom Hunter, Ox, Nate Yost, and myself, if I am
> correct.
> There are 3 options I've heard from others that we can do.
> 1. We can proceed as scheduled and just get one more person to agree
> to run, not have an election like last time.
> 2. We can postpone the election dates and give people more time to get
> the word out to family and friends (in the past month, no one has even
> replied to nate and i's reminders, don't know why this would work)
> 3. The board has an emergency meeting to ammend the bylaws and we make
> the required number of people on the board smaller.
> So people, what do you want to do?
> On Oct 18, 2012 11:41 PM, "Jamie Finerman" <finerma...@gmail.com
> <mailto:finerma...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> I would like to add Mr. Jamison Lundy to the nominations.
> On Oct 18, 2012 9:24 PM, "Alexander Honkala"
> <alexander.honk...@gmail.com <mailto:alexander.honk...@gmail.com>>
> wrote:
> Own it, my friends. You're hackers. You've looked at the world
> and found the gaps in between whimsy and reality and have
> decided that sitting idly and wishing them to be filled with
> beauty isn't enough. So you've set out to re-make reality
> itself, and the community and space of All Hands Active became
> a touchstone around which to orbit in that endeavor. AHA has
> survived on the dedicated effort of some beautiful core people
> and as such has gracefully accommodated great disparities in
> commitment levels to making the organization run. But at this
> point, AHA has grown so much in function and form that those
> core people are overwhelmed and for AHA to continue it must
> either cease all aspirations for growth OR become infused with
> the new enthusiasm of new badasses. I have faith (and this is
> a super-rare thing for me to evince) that, through the
> amplifying super-powers that AHA grants you by your
> participation, you can shake the world happier.
> Also, nominating: Starbuck for her grad school engineering
> perspective, Jonathan Beard simply for his wizened experience,
> and Josh Williams because he has become the hackerspace mom
> figure and knows everything going on. I endorse all currently
> nominated candidates, they're pretty much awesome.
> -X
> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Dana Nelson
> <heibai...@gmail.com <mailto:heibai...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> Also, in case you tldr-ed nate dotz's post, don't. Read
> it, you wankers. Your hackerspace relies on you. And you.
> But mostly you.
> And I would agree on delaying the election and amending
> bylaws and so on if that's what it came down to. Great
> idea, nate.
> On Oct 18, 2012 2:04 PM, "Dana Nelson"
> <heibai...@gmail.com <mailto:heibai...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> I will also be running, officially this time.
> On Oct 18, 2012 12:54 PM, "N Y" <nymis...@gmail.com
> <mailto:nymis...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> Hello,
> I am nominating myself to run for The Board
> again. I cannot, with clear conscience, stop
> working now toward AHA's stability. I cannot stop
> when now, more than ever, we crucially need a
> group of driven leaders to make time in their busy
> schedules to do some dirty work for the next six
> months -- and beyond.
> Given AHA's current financial situation, I resolve
> to try to raise money. We need to build strong
> alliances in our community: forming ties with
> sympathetic organizations and our membership is
> critical. We must do some real legwork to
> accomplish this.
> I hope that *at least two* other brave individuals
> will find it in themselves to join Ox, Thomas, and
> myself...
> *The nomination deadline is tonight by midnight!*
> Let's work together and make this happen.
> -- Nate Y.
> On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 7:57 PM, N Y
> <nymis...@gmail.com <mailto:nymis...@gmail.com>>
> wrote:
> Hello again,
> Just a quick reminder that there is a bit
> under a week remaining for
> board nominations, which will wrap up at
> 11:59PM on October 18th. We
> are looking for at least five upstanding folks
> to help organize and
> oversee the operation of AHA.
> So far, Michael Senkow and Thomas Hunter are
> both confirmed nominees.
> If you have the desire and time to help AHA
> grow, please consider
> running for board. You may nominate yourself,
> and/or someone else who
> you would like to see run. If you decide to
> accept a nomination, or
> nominate yourself, please let us know here, and CC
> bo...@allhandsactive.com
> <mailto:bo...@allhandsactive.com> so we can
> easily keep track of who is running.
> -- Nate Y.
> On 09/28/2012 12:54 PM, N Y wrote:
> > Hello all,
> > As Dana mentioned earlier, elections for the
> Board of Directors are
> > coming up. Today is the day when we will
> start the nomination process
> > for prospective board members. If you feel
> you have the time and
> > ambition to perhaps do a bit of quick
> learning, help organize AHA as it
> > moves toward 501c3 status, help oversee the
> creation of more mature
> > educational programs, guide the acquisition
> of better tools and
> > workspaces for happy hackers, and create a
> weightier presence around
> > town, please consider running for the board!
> The board term is six
> > months long, and you must remain a member in
> good standing during this
> > period.
> > Here's the breakdown of important dates for
> elections:
> > - Today - October 18: People can start
> nominating themselves or others
> > over this mailing list.
