[Noisebridge-discuss] [Noisebridge-announce] Geeks Without Borders at Noise Bridge

[Steve Dee]

Clarification: do you mean September 9? August 9 already happened.

On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Willow Bloo <willow.bl00 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all -
>
> I'm the tour guide for Geeks Without Borders (the newest iteration). You
> can see the conversation on what we're about in the #gwb channel. I'll try
> to be on there to answer questions - but my computer is shakey, so e-mail is
> better.
>
> Here's the pitch:
> Hacker and maker spaces are made up of people who enjoy problem solving
> (among many other things). Wouldn't it be great if we could use our
> abilities not just to solve first-world problems, but to assist others in
> survival, quality of life, and closing the gap between the Haves and Have
> Nots? Geeks Without Borders (GWOB.org) is an international humanitarian
> organization of geeks and their technology-friendly friends, working
> together to assist people whose survival is threatened by lack of access to
> technology and communications due to violence, neglect, or catastrophe.
>
> We want to have the bases for GWOB out of hacker and maker spaces across
> the world. We'll be at NoiseBridge on August 9th at 7p to give a quick
> presentation, do Q+A, and start on Getting Shit Done. GWOB has an organic
> structure, and NoiseBridge can help form direction and functionality.
>
> Cheers, and happy making!
>
> +) Willow Brugh
>
> tour guide, Geeks Without Borders
> http://gwob.org
> director, Jigsaw Renaissance
> http://jigsawrenaissance.org
>
>
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