Hey Trevor & all, Thanks for the welcome! Do Tuesdays or Wednesday evenings work?
Let me know & I'll start scheduling a reoccurring meetup :), Persa On Wed, Mar 13, 2013, at 12:04 PM, Trever Fischer wrote: > On Wed, 2013-03-13 at 11:53 -0400, Gaurav Saxena wrote: > > Persa (an invite): > > > > > > > Please let me know if there is someone else I should contact > > regarding the matter, but I do think that Syn/Hak would be a great > > partner because of your connection to Makers/Doers, the community, and > > of course your attendance at Highlight Summit. > > > > > > Champions of SYN/HAK for 2013: Chris and Trever. I believe you may > > have met Trever at the Highlight Summit event. (Both subscribe to this > > list). > > > > > > Also, please consider joining synhak's mailing list(s) here: > > > > > > http://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo > > > > > > Announce list is low traffic - will send you announcements from our > > group. > > > > > > Discuss list is high traffic, you can learn about what members are > > discussing and participate in discussions as they happen > > > > > > > > > > SYN/HAK (A proposal): > > > > > > > > > > SUMMARY: > > Code for Summit County Brigade can schedule (write:code:build)-a-thons > > at SYN/HAK. > > If they want to schedule something, they can just show up and use the > space. I don't think there needs to be a whole lot of discussion or a > proposal for this. Just do it! > > > > > > DETAILS: > > I met Persa (for the first time) at Code for America's Highlight > > Summit event at the Akron Art Space. > > (http://gsvolt.wordpress.com/2013/02/23/code-for-america-highlight-summit-county/) > > > > > > I have known Persa's work from before (through Stuart Smith and Jon > > Knapp). > > > > > > My respect for her went up a few notches when I learned that she took > > some time off from web design for living, to practice sustainable > > agriculture. > > > > > > This was a great endeavor, but short lived due to prices today. A > > dream for now. (I mention this because she's way ahead of me: I used > > to dream about saving our family farm in India, before capitalism got > > the better of it, not to mention I was probably a toddler when it was > > sold off so no one would have listened to me anyway. Its one thing to > > say "I'd love to farm" and totally different to "actually farm" and > > make a profit.) > > > > > > Now she is back to web design. > > > > > > Also: Persa has been organizing Code for America events in Akron. Her > > group needs a place where they can meet to discuss the weekly status > > of their endeavors highlighted during the 'Highlight Summit' event. > > > > > > Examples of the kinds of things they wish to plan through this year > > and hopefully subsequent years: > > CfA's main Summit County Landing Page: > > http://codeforamerica.org/2013-partners/summit-county/ (might be out > > of beta soon) > > CfA's whiteboard before they flew west > > http://gsvolt.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/img_2980.jpg > > http://gsvolt.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/img_2982.jpg (Pedicab was > > my idea) > > > > > > > > > > ADVANTAGES FOR SYN/HAK: > > - Code for America participants/volunteers can consider becoming a > > member of SYN/HAK; we can invite them to join our mailing list(s) to > > get started remotely > > - Learn about what opportunities exist locally, if possible contribute > > our energies so that we can get the word out about SYN/HAK in the > > community, especially in government. > > > > > > ADVANTAGES FOR CODE FOR SUMMIT COUNTY BRIGADE: > > - A central place to meet up to plan existing and new projects for > > Code for America > > - Learn about members' projects at SYN/HAK, and share ideas > > > > > > Finally: > > > > > > I'd like to get everyone's opinions to see if this could be mutually > > beneficial to both groups. > > > > > > My personal belief is - in the long run, it definitely will be, yes. > > > > > > Please post your thoughts as you collect them to share with > > subscribers to the list regarding this Proposal. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > G > > > > > > -----Forwarded by Gaurav Saxena/Sherwin-Williams on 03/13/2013 10:20AM > > ----- > > To: "gaurav. saxena" <[email protected]> > > From: gsvolt gsvolt <[email protected]> > > Date: 03/13/2013 10:17AM > > Subject: Fwd: Syn/Hak as a meeting space? > > > > > > Fwded > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: "Persa Zula" <[email protected]> > > Date: Mar 12, 2013 10:44 PM > > Subject: Syn/Hak as a meeting space? > > To: "gsvolt gsvolt" <[email protected]> > > Cc: > > > > > > Hello Gaurav, > > > > I hope all is going well! > > I am looking to move forward with Code for Summit County Brigade by > > expanding our write-a-thons/code-a-thons/build-a-thons to weekly > > events, as the HQ @ Code for America has suggested. I had one event > > last week at the public library, but the meeting space was a little > > too quiet/strict for our needs. We need a place where people can feel > > comfortable bringing snacks, having solid wifi connections, having > > fun, etc. I was wondering if there would be any way that Syn/Hak would > > be willing to be our venue? > > Right now we are a smallish group, around 4-6, and I'm doubtful that > > we would have this many showing up every week to start. It is the > > frequency and reliability of the frequency of meetings that will help > > this grow over the year and help get Summit County off to a good > > start. Please let me know if there is someone else I should contact > > regarding the matter, but I do think that Syn/Hak would be a great > > partner because of your connection to Makers/Doers, the community, and > > of course your attendance at Highlight Summit. > > > > Looking forward to chatting! > > Persa > > > > > > On Sat, Feb 23, 2013, at 05:02 PM, gsvolt gsvolt wrote: > > Hi Persa, > > > > Very nice to have met you today! > > > > I hope to keep in touch with you from time to time. > > > > Regards, > > > > G > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
