Personal politics aside, I have to agree. I like that we are known as a community where people know they are welcome, regardless of political or religious ideology, gender, orientation or ethnicity.
Mike Ibarra Sent from my phone On May 30, 2012 9:45 PM, "Tim Erickson" <t...@in2words.org> wrote: > 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. > 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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