I'll toss in 10 Bitcoins (~$140) if Mitch'll give me an address.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Mitch Altman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:maltman23@hotmail.com">maltman23@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Thanks for the suggestion.� We can consider it for next time we do a billboard, if this one is at all successful at attracting out goals.� This billboard is actually in the pipeline now, and we're�almost to our goal of reaching the�funding for it.� Anyone else want to pitch in a few dolars? -- we are only short�$430 now to make this epic billboard a reality!<div class="im">
<br><a href="https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Billboard" target="_blank">https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Billboard</a><br><br>�<br></div>Mitch.<br><br>�<br><div><hr>Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 12:16:35 -0700<br>From: <a href="mailto:lee@lee.org" target="_blank">lee@lee.org</a><br>
To: <a href="mailto:noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net" target="_blank">noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net</a><div class="im"><br>Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] (no subject)<br><br></div><div><div></div>
<div class="h5"><div><div>Sounds awesome. I have one suggestion: use less whitespace on the billboard. I've driven by many billboards on the Bay Bridge approach and had a near impossible time reading the second line of print while all that whitespace sat around looking dainty.</div>
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> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 3:25 AM, Mitch Altman <<a href="mailto:maltman23@hotmail.com" target="_blank">maltman23@hotmail.com</a><br>
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> � � Hi Everyone,<br>
> � � ______<br>
> � � Anyone interested in helping get huge billboards up to promote<br>
> � � maker/hacker 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<br>
> � � good experience in hacking the billboard system to get great<br>
> � � coverage for cool projects.Matt managed to get a huge billboard up<br>
> � � on I-680 to promote libraries and education for a few thousand<br>
> � � dollars (rather than tens of thousands).The result:<br>
> � � <a href="http://bookable.wordpress.com/2009/07/13/worlds-largest-public-library-advertisement/" target="_blank">http://bookable.wordpress.com/2009/07/13/worlds-largest-public-library-advertisement/</a><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<br>
> � � Museum, MAKE, and TechShop:<br>
> � � �1 street level billboard in San Jose (most likely downtown?)<br>
> � � �1 street level billboard in San Francisco<br>
> � � �and 1 kick ass billboard on the skyway in SF.<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<br>
> � � $7,500.A mockup is attached.<br>
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> � � We are $1,000 short of this goal, and I agreed to try and raise this<br>
> � � on Noisebridge�s behalf.The other groups have already come up with<br>
> � � the following amounts of money for this project:<br>
> � � �*Hacker Dojo*:$1,000<br>
> � � �*MAKE*:$1,500<br>
> � � �*TechShop*:$1,500<br>
> � � �*The Tech Museum*:$2,500<br>
> � � �*Noisebridge*:<br>
> � � ____<br>
> � � If a bunch of people each kick in a few dollars, we can easily come<br>
> � � up with the $1k to make this happen.I�m starting this off by<br>
> � � pledging $250.Anyone else in?<br>
> � � ____<br>
> � � You can add your pledge to the wiki I created for this:<br>
> � � <a href="https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Billboard" target="_blank">https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Billboard</a><br>
> � � Or, just email me.<br>
> � � ____<br>
> � � The billboard campaign starts on 25-July, so we have 2 weeks to<br>
> � � reach our 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>
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> � � Please email me with any questions.<br>
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> � � Thanks!<br>
> � � Mitch.<br>
> � � ____<br>
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