Hey everyone:
This sounds like great stuff! Saturday @ 2:30 works for me as well.
// Julia
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On Jan 25, 6:46 pm, Gloria Bell <
gloriakb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sat at 2:30 is fine with me. Kara, thanks for organizing
> Gloria Bell
>
GloriaKB...@gmail.com
> On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 5:21 PM, Kara LaFleur <
karaslafl...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > Yay!
>
> > Sounds like we have a lot of really good ideas for a potential event.
>
> > Does national mechanics - 2:30 next saturday work for everyone?
>
> > On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 5:13 PM, Stephen Winkler <
> >
stephen.wink...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> Lovin' the excitement! I'm somewhere deep in WV right now so am just
> >> catching up. First of all, I can and would be happy to meet next saturday.
> >> Sounds like you guys had a great start yesterday.
>
> >> In terms of Philly Futures specifically, having an info event would be a
> >> good idea, and yes, we can have futures staff, mentors, and students
> >> attend.
>
> >> I think Kara is on to something by not limiting our request to being a
> >> mentor only. There are plenty of ways to get involved: giving lessons in
> >> geek skills (we could ask people to donate their skills for session),
> >> setting up internships, donating to events like Get in the Game, etc. A
> >> prominent donor is currently sponsoring a 30 book challenge to encourage
> >> reading, so I know Futures is open to outside support in creative ways.
>
> >> For the event I think we need to think about making sure people who can't
> >> be there can still get the info and don't feel like the chance to get
> >> involved has passed if they can't attend. Gee I wonder if it's possible to
> >> do some sort of live video over this thing called the internet?
>
> >> I won't have a car next Saturday but can meet anywhere in center city w/
> >> no problem.
>
> >> On Jan 25, 2009, at 11:51 AM, Kara LaFleur <
karaslafl...@gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
>
> >> We should get Stephen's input - but I am thinking maybe a little
> >> presentation at the beginning and then follow up at the end; some snacks
> >> maybe even a geek-centric give away maybe some interesting or super hero LTL
> >> print - they seemed interested in participating in future evetns.
>
> >> sounds like an event to me!
>
> >> They also have a "get in the game" event on April 30th - could be a great
> >> follow up event for those involved, and it's ready made! Something that gwg
> >> could promote on their behalf "throw our weight behind" so to speak.and it
> >> sounds fun: <
http://philadelphiafutures.org/news_and_events/>
> >>
http://philadelphiafutures.org/news_and_events/
>
> >> ooooooooooooooooooo!
>
> >> What if people who weren't interested in volunteering (lets face it, not
> >> everyone is) could bring / donate school supplies! Or other items on their
> >> wish list: <
http://philadelphiafutures.org/getting_involved/#wish>
> >>
http://philadelphiafutures.org/getting_involved/#wish
>
> >> maybe? too much? it's a thought anyway - to have more than one way for the
> >> community to be involved, but with the focus o volunteerism.
>
> >> w00t... i thik we can all recognize the signs of my gettin excited about
> >> something ;)
>
> >> haha
> >> Kara
>
> >> On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Gloria Bell < <
gloriakb...@gmail.com>
> >>
gloriakb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>> Kara,
>
> >>> Are you talking about doing a screening of Hancock as the kickoff for the
> >>> Philly Futures initiative? If so, I love the idea.
>
> >>> Gloria
>
> >>> Sent from my iPhone
>
> >>> On Jan 25, 2009, at 10:53 AM, Kara LaFleur < <
karaslafl...@gmail.com>
> >>>
karaslafl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>> haha - what about a screening of Hancock? total geek movie, and it's all
> >>> about seemingly normal people becoming heroes - about becoming better
> >>> people and doing good and all that.
>
> >>>> <
GloriaKB...@gmail.com> <
GloriaKB...@gmail.com>
GloriaKB...@gmail.com
> >>>>> On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 8:12 PM, juropel <<
julia.isyournewbicy...@gmail.com><
julia.isyournewbicy...@gmail.com>
> >>>>>
julia.isyournewbicy...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>>>>> Melissa and everyone:
>
> >>>>>> This is a sad story, if Nutter has his way. If we do target the Darby
> >>>>>> Library, we'd have to do it very strategically. My question is—why is
> >>>>>> the Darby Library not sustainable? Because we could raise a chunk of
> >>>>>> money. But in the end, it's a matter of how the library is using its
> >>>>>> resources.
>
> >>>>>> Now I don't know much about how libraries operate as a business model.
> >>>>>> This is probably something we'd need to research if we chose to tackle
> >>>>>> this big problem.
>
> >>>>>> Is anyone familiar with Long Tail Economics? See here:
> >>>>>> <
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Tail><
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Tail>
> >>>>>>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Tail
>
> >>>>>> and here:
> >>>>>> <
http://www.thelongtail.com/> <
http://www.thelongtail.com/>
> >>>>>>
http://www.thelongtail.com/
>
> >>>>>> Thoughts?
>
> >>>>>> // Julia
>
> >>>>>> On Jan 23, 2:32 pm, Melissa Thiessen <
mathies...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>> > A fellow Philly geek brought this to my attention. Maybe we can
> >>>>>> help,
> >>>>>> > they're believed to be the oldest operating public library in the
> >>>>>> > country!
>
> >>>>>> <
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20090122_Darby_library_faces_th.><
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20090122_Darby_library_faces_th>
> >>>>>>
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20090122_Darby_library_faces_th
> >>>>>> ...
>
> >>>>>> > Thanks,
> >>>>>> > Melissa
>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> ~ Kara
>
> >>>>> Work To Ride (a work in progress)
> >>>>> <
http://www.karalafleur.com> <
http://www.karalafleur.com>
> >>>>>
www.karalafleur.com
> >>>>> <
http://www.geekswhogive.com> <
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> >>> <
http://www.karalafleur.com> <
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> >>>
www.karalafleur.com
> >>> <
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> >> <
http://www.karalafleur.com>
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> >> <
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