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

[Willow Bloo]

Yes. I fail at dates.

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On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 10:50, Steve Dee <steve at smartercode.net> wrote:

> 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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