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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>We discussed many options, and INVENT was the one everyone could agree upon.<br><br>> Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:47:14 -0300<br>> Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] Help get a huge billboard for maker/hacker culture!<br>> From: juca@members.fsf.org<br>> To: maltman23@hotmail.com<br>> CC: noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net<br>> <br>> "Happy Hacking!", even better :-)<br>> <br>> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Felipe Sanches <juca@members.fsf.org> wrote:<br>> > "Invent." is good.<br>> > "Hack the planet!" would be awesome! :-D<br>> ><br>> > On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 7:30 AM, Mitch Altman <maltman23@hotmail.com> wrote:<br>> >> Hi Everyone,<br>> >><br>> >> Anyone interested in helping get huge billboards up to promote maker/hacker<br>> >> culture?<br>> >><br>> >> I’ve been involved with talks with The Tech Museum, MAKE: Magazine,<br>> >> TechShop, and Hacker Dojo about getting billboards up to promote<br>> >> maker/hacker culture.<br>> >><br>> >> The person behind making this happen is Matt Spergel, who has some good<br>> >> experience in hacking the billboard system to get great coverage for cool<br>> >> projects. Matt managed to get a huge billboard up on I-680 to promote<br>> >> libraries and education for a few thousand dollars (rather than tens of<br>> >> thousands). The result:<br>> >><br>> >> http://bookable.wordpress.com/2009/07/13/worlds-largest-public-library-advertisement/<br>> >><br>> >> and he got lots of great press for it!<br>> >><br>> >> Matt’s idea now is to have 3 huge billboards to promote maker/hacker<br>> >> culture, with the logos for Noisebridge, Hacker Dojo, The Tech Museum, MAKE,<br>> >> and TechShop:<br>> >><br>> >> · 1 street level billboard in San Jose (most likely downtown?)<br>> >><br>> >> · 1 street level billboard in San Francisco<br>> >><br>> >> · and 1 kick ass billboard on the skyway in SF.<br>> >><br>> >> The one on the skyway usually retails for $30K a month, but Matt’s<br>> >> contact/friend at CBS Outdoor can swing all of these for about $7,500. A<br>> >> mockup is at:<br>> >><br>> >> https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/File:InventBillboardMockup.png<br>> >><br>> >> We are $1,000 short of this goal, and I agreed to try and raise this on<br>> >> Noisebridge’s behalf. The other groups have already come up with the<br>> >> following amounts of money for this project:<br>> >><br>> >> · Hacker Dojo: $1,000<br>> >><br>> >> · MAKE: $1,500<br>> >><br>> >> · TechShop: $1,500<br>> >><br>> >> · The Tech Museum: $2,500<br>> >><br>> >> · Noisebridge:<br>> >><br>> >> If a bunch of people each kick in a few dollars, we can easily come up with<br>> >> the $1k to make this happen. I’m starting this off by pledging $250. Anyone<br>> >> else in?<br>> >><br>> >> You can add your pledge to the wiki I created for this:<br>> >><br>> >> https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Billboard<br>> >><br>> >> Or, just email me.<br>> >><br>> >> The billboard campaign starts on 25-July, so we have 2 weeks to reach our<br>> >> goal of $1k and make these 3 billboards a reality!<br>> >><br>> >> Objectives of the campaign<br>> >> 1) To grow maker/hacker culture.<br>> >> 2) To create more visibility for our organizations.<br>> >> 3) To get more people involved who will add to maker/hacker culture<br>> >> 4) To promote more collaboration amongst the orgs in on this billboard<br>> >><br>> >> Please email me with any questions.<br>> >><br>> >> Thanks!<br>> >><br>> >> Mitch.<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> _______________________________________________<br>> >> Noisebridge-discuss mailing list<br>> >> Noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net<br>> >> https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss<br>> >><br>> >><br>> ><br> </div></body>
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