I think it's fine and wish I woulda been able to make it, but I had work obligations. If it were a random person that never contributed to anything or not related to tech at all, I might agree, but none of these apply.
Thanks for the invite, Scott! On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 9:05 PM, Chris Bilson <cbil...@pobox.com> wrote: > If we can get them _both_ to come for a kata-to-the-death match, I think > that would be mailing list appropriate. So only political posts if the > candidate is actually coding? Does that sound like a good rule? > > > On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 8:55 PM, Adron Hall <adronh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I'm bringing Mitt & Obama for a coding Kata next week is that cool? >> >> Excuse that... just throwing some levity in there. I am stoked the >> administration has put a much greater emphasis on tech. But yeah, I'm not a >> big fan of dealing with the political bits. I'd rather just talk about >> stuff like programming and such. ;) >> >> -Cheers! Adron >> >> >> On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 8:45 PM, Chris Bilson <cbil...@pobox.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Scott, >>> >>> Thanks for the information about this event, however, the event you >>> mentioned strikes me as overtly political and not really related to >>> alt.net in any significant way. While I don't have anything against any >>> particular political candidate and I respect the desire of folks like >>> yourself that want to help the candidate you believe in, I just don't think >>> it belongs on a mailing list like this. >>> >>> Although there is no official rules about bringing politics to the list, >>> I personally think we should avoid it and I think there are others on the >>> list that feel the same. >>> >>> If anyone disagrees with this sentiment, please speak up. I may be >>> completely off base and apologize if that is the case. >>> >>> On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 7:54 AM, Scott Porad <scottpo...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all-- >>>> >>>> I am co-hosting this event, and will be attending tonight. I hope you >>>> can make it. >>>> >>>> Scott >>>> >>>> ---- >>>> >>>> >>>> Please join Tech4Obama on Wednesday, May 30th at 6:30pm to hear about >>>> tech & the Obama campaign from Steven Van >>>> Roekel<http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-26/u-s-technology-chief-vanroekel-vows-cuts-to-wasteful-systems.html> >>>> and Michael Slaby <http://michaelslaby.com/> (Obama for America’s >>>> Chief Integration & Innovation Officer). **** >>>> >>>> Logistics:**** >>>> >>>> **· ***Where*: Portage Bay Café, South Lake Union, 391 Terry >>>> Ave N. Seattle**** >>>> >>>> **· ***When*: 6:30pm (until about 8:30pm)**** >>>> >>>> **· ***RSVP & more information*: >>>> https://my.barackobama.com/May30Tech4ObamaSeattle?custom1=270846**** >>>> >>>> ** ** >>>> >>>> For why it’s really important for the Seattle tech community to come to >>>> this and to rally behind the President, this >>>> story<http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0512/76690.html> should >>>> help motivate you and and this >>>> story<http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0512/76690.html> (fresh >>>> from TechCrunch) should give you some faith and insight into the plans that >>>> Steven is helping drive. Here are more >>>> details<http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/05/23/roadmap-digital-government> >>>> on >>>> the plan. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Scott Porad >>>> sc...@porad.com >>>> 206-890-7079 >>>> http://scottporad.com/ >>>> http://twitter.com/scottporad >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to altnetseattle@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> altnetseattle+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to altnetseattle@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> altnetseattle+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle?hl=en. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> *Adron B Hall* >> *Tech Blog*: http://compositecode.com >> *Iron Foundry Project*: http://www.ironfoundry.org >> >> *About Me*: http://compositecode.com/about >> *Twitter*: http://www.twitter.com/adron >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. >> To post to this group, send email to altnetseattle@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> altnetseattle+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. > To post to this group, send email to altnetseattle@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > altnetseattle+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. 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