My daughter found this website, and I thought I'd share it with this list. I see potential for collaboration to open more space in the world!
BJ Peters bjpet...@amug.org 602.279.4805 kryl...@aol.com wrote: > ********************************************** > Krylyn Peters > Desktop Designer > 602.222.6301 > http://members.aol.com/krylynp > "Some pursue happiness â others create it." -Anon. > ********************************************** > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: A special message from Idealist.org > Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 19:48:41 -0500 > From: a...@idealist.org > To: kryl...@aol.com > > Dear Krylyn, > > At the end of December we wrote everyone on My Idealist > to invite them to comment on a new initiative we are > launching this year, and because you joined My Idealist > after that, I wanted to take a moment to update you > on this. (If you already know about this project, > I apologize for this message.) > > The aim of this project is to help connect people and > organizations that want to work together - both online > an face-to-face - and it's described in detail at > http://www.idealist.org/play > > The response to that first mailing was wonderful - see > http://www.idealist.org/game/comments.html - and it led > us directly to the next step: a set of meetings on > February 5th, all over the world, for people who want > to help launch this project wherever they are. > > This idea took off, and at http://www.idealist.org/meetings > you can now register for 89 meetings in the following > countries (the numbers mean that there is more than one > meeting in that country): > > Argentina, Armenia, Australia(4), Bangladesh(2), Benin, > Brazil, Cameroon(2), Canada(4), Gambia, Ghana(2), India(11), > Israel, Italy(2), Kenya, Liberia, Netherlands, Nigeria(2), > Pakistan(2), Peru, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Korea, > Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Togo, Uganda, Ukraine, > United Kingdom, United States(37) and Venezuela. > > More meetings are being posted every day, so if there is > no meeting near you, please check back in a few days. > > To answer a few questions that people have asked: > > * These meetings are 'real' face-to-face meetings, not > online. > > * The agenda is at http://www.idealist.org/game/agenda.html > > * These meetings are informal. To host a meeting, all you > need is a space - any space. People will then find you in > Idealist, and you can also spread the word in your community. > > If you have any other questions or comments, please don't > hesitate to write us. (For any questions about My Idealist > please se http://www.idealist.org/myfaq ) > > Thanks, and have a great week! > > Ami Dar > Action Without Borders > http://www.idealist.org > 212-843-3973 > > Action Without Borders is a nonprofit organization that > promotes the sharing of ideas, information and resources > to help build a world where all people can live free and > dignified lives. Idealist.org, a project of AWB, is one > of the richest communities of nonprofit and volunteering > resources on the Web, with information provided by 25,000 > organizations in 150 countries and 20,000 visitors a day. * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu, Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html