All of you know what a valuable and fun discussion forum FRIAM has been for the past four+ years. All the archives can now be found at http://n2.nabble.com/Friam-f471366.html thanks to Owen and Nick. All this for free!
Some of us have been struggling hard (over 3000 hours of volunteer work) to make this same kind of discussion available in a physical place available to kids, a place where art and science meet, a space for projects and applied complexity, a place for syncretism and cross fertilization of ideas. And it is working: we have had 22 events with the participation of >3000 people; we have been mentioned in newspapers (we were named "best place to mix art and science" by the Santa Fe Reporter) and radio; 30 kids have been to training sessions; and much more is planned. We have received a grant from the City of Santa Fe and a number of local businesses are donating time and materials to help us get started. But we need your help to meet our on-going cash expenses as we slip into the grant calendars for funding agencies. So we would be very appreciative and delighted if you could contribute before August 15th. Contributions can be made through our website www.sfcomplex.org/wordpress/donations and are tax deductible. Please help! Thank you! Paul Paryski Don Begley
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