[sudo-discuss] [spaghettinight] [ot] people's community market

[Anthony Di Franco]

Truly awesome.


On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 11:09 AM, Marina Kukso <marina.kukso at gmail.com>wrote:

> hint hint: oakland chapter of awesome foundation!
>
> let me just go ahead and copy what i sent around last week in case you
> missed it ;)
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Marina Kukso <marina.kukso at gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 2:14 AM
> Subject: sudo room/bach awesome foundation chapter?
> To: "sudo-discuss at lists.sudoroom.org" <sudo-discuss at lists.sudoroom.org>, "
> lol-hackers at googlegroups.com" <lol-hackers at googlegroups.com>, "
> bayareahackerspaces at lists.riseup.net" <
> bayareahackerspaces at lists.riseup.net>
>
>
> hey all,
>
> the awesome foundation <http://www.awesomefoundation.org/> appears to
> have expanded its chapter system beyond "fund awesome things in x city" to
> include specific topic areas such as open web<http://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/openweb>&
> food <http://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/food>.
>
> the awesome foundation model involves 10 people commiting $100 a month
> into a single $1000 grant awarded every month. the ten people then pick the
> grantee based on criteria they all agree on.
>
> awesome foundation is accepting new chapters and from my understanding
> it's not difficult to get approved. i am wondering if there is enough
> interest and disposable $$ in our various communities to create a sudo- or
> bach- or other topic-specific awesome foundation chapter.
>
> to gauge the number of people who would be interested in something like
> this and what kind of topic they'd like to support, please fill out yet
> another google form:
> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/19hKmF0LODOcisqAzPPP2tlOprm-jWaisI_3GTZbKS-8/viewform
>
> the results should be visible to everyone.
>
> please feel free to fwd to others (bay area and non-bay-area..who cares -
> we have the internet!)
>
> i'll follow up in a week.
>
> - marina
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 11:00 AM, David Wild <davidnorbertwild at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I am very interested in joining forces. It would be excellent to have a
>> Sudo-Fund of sorts. Pool together the minimum $1000, donate, then see the
>> returns going back to the Sudoroom as it accrues.
>>
>> Let me know if you want to come with or if you want me to ask any
>> questions on your behalf.
>>
>> -david
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Marina Kukso <marina.kukso at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> hi everyone,
>>>
>>> my friend david has an excellent suggestion regarding the people's
>>> community market. i vote we join forces :) please see below.
>>>
>>> - marina
>>>
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: David Wild <davidnorbertwild at gmail.com>
>>> Date: Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 10:06 AM
>>> Subject: [spaghettinight] [ot] people's community market
>>> To: "spaghettinight at tentacle.net" <spaghettinight at tentacle.net>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I'm attending an info session this Wednesday to learn more about the
>>> People's Community Market. Anyone want to come with me? They have them
>>> every Wednesday 4-5pm in downtown Oakland;
>>> peoplescommunitymarket.com/2012/10/23/weekly-info-session/ .
>>>
>>> I was thinking it would be cool to gather funds to have a joint
>>> donation. The investment returns ("3% annual compound interest and 1% store
>>> credit") could be then used for future Spaghetti costs (noodles, wine, etc)
>>> or other further investments (tiny house village, bobby's brewery/skate
>>> park, etc). But before I make any formal propositions I thought going to an
>>> info session would be useful.
>>>
>>> If you are interested, they ask that you please RSVP at the link above.
>>>
>>> If you don't know anything about the project yet:
>>> http://peoplescommunitymarket.com/
>>>
>>> Also, if you have insider info that I'm blind to right now--please let
>>> me know what you know!
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> David
>>>
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