[Noisebridge-discuss] return of 5mof! -- request for speakers, and/or volunteers

Tony Longshanks LeTigre anthonyletigre at gmail.com
Mon Nov 5 09:53:25 UTC 2012


Cool, we'll have a jolly old lit table for the occasion! I got this idea
for origami mini-zines the other day, maybe I'll have a couple early
experiments of that sort to throw on the table (as giveaways) also.


On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 8:20 PM, Danny O'Brien <danny at spesh.com> wrote:

> Okay, we now have a pretty fantastic list of speakers already, including
> the cool people from Oddball Film across the block (
> http://www.oddballfilm.com/ ), Bram Cohen yonder creator of BitTorrent on
> his new side-project, the awesome Alex Glowaski (http://www.alexglow.com/),
> Rose White (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owb1-E70R2s ), Yoz "
> http://yoz.com/" Grahame, the Open Wireless Movement from Adi at the EFF,
> and misc stuff on neuroscience from Mike Schachter, Interesting Things from
> Jonathan Moore, and the Extranet from Andrew Byrne. There might be
> cancellations, so mail me if you still want in -- the worse that will
> happen is that you will get to speak on December 20th instead.
>
> Still looking for one more volunteer to help out, probably either running
> slides or manning the tchotcke table. Which reminds me -- if you have
> something you'd like to sell (like a book or a zine or a t-shirt) or give
> out for free, mail me and we'll sort you space on the table. Nothing too
> vast, illegal, or hard to financially compute, please.
>
> d.
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 7:40 PM, Danny O'Brien <danny at spesh.com> wrote:
>
>> So, as promised, I quit being secretary to spend more time on my
>> noisebridge projects.
>>
>> First up is to reboot 5mof -- I've spoken to Daravinne and Felix, and
>> they'd like to stay involved, but said it'd be *way* easier with a bigger
>> team, and that the hardest part is getting speakers and marketing.
>>
>> The next 5mof is due on November 15. I've got a few speakers already. If
>> you'd like to speak, mail me for now, and I'll put you on the list. Just
>> talk for five minutes on whatever! To get a bit of balance between
>> technology, rants and generic interestingness, I might ask you to talk
>> another time, but you will definitely go on the list.
>>
>> If you are nervous about speaking in front of an audience, I will happily
>> help you with your talk! It's a nice introduction to public speaking if
>> you've not done it before -- five minutes is not very long, and the 5mof
>> audience is lovely.
>>
>> ALSO!
>>
>> Please mail if you want to volunteer to help on the day! It's nothing
>> hard -- someone needs to sit at the entry desk, help with chairs putting
>> out and away, running the slides, and being Person In Charge of
>> Helpfulness. If you're around on Thursday evening 7pm-10pm, let me know!
>>
>> Finally, and buried at the bottom of this email -- I'm going to ask a
>> "suggested donation" to Noisebridge of $5-$10 for the evening at the door.
>> No-one will be turned away for not having it, but it's a good opportunity,
>> and we have a lot of expenses coming up (insurance, the rent has gone up,
>> etc). Just letting people know!
>>
>
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