<div>Reminder: April Foods potluck and dorkbot meeting tomorrow! I hope you are cooking stuff up in your laboratories -- I mean, kitchens.<br></div>
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Date: Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 2:14 PM<br>Subject: April Dorkbot: April Foods Day Potluck and Dorkbot Community Meeting<br>To: <a href="mailto:dorkbotsea-announce@dorkbot.org">dorkbotsea-announce@dorkbot.org</a>, dorkbot list <a href="mailto:dorkbotsea-blabber@dorkbot.org">dorkbotsea-blabber@dorkbot.org</a><br>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Ever "geeked out" on food? Well now's your chance to show off at our april foodery potluck/ dorkbot community meeting!</font></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">WHAT:<span> </span>April 2008 Dorkbot:<span> </span>April Foods Potluck and Dorkbot Community Meeting</font></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">WHEN:<span> </span>Weds, April 2nd, 7 - 9:30pm (April Foodery 7:00 – 8:00, Meeting 8:00-9:00)</font></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">WHERE:<span> </span>911 Media, 402 9th Ave N. </font></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span> </span><a href="http://www.911media.org/" target="_blank">http://www.911media.org/</a></font></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">ADMISSION:<span> </span>FREE, ALL AGES AND SPECIES</font></font></p>
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<p style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><span> </span>but bring a couple of bucks to support 911 Media!<span> </span>We'll have donation jar out by the beer.<span> </span>;)</font></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><strong><font face="Calibri" size="3">April Foods Day Potluck!</font> </strong></p><font face="Calibri" size="3">
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">This is your chance to bring whatever food, drink, or snack that does something strange with electricity, illustrates your favorite physics phenomenon, explodes, best illustrates your sense of humor, or just plain looks really cool or tastes really yummy! (Don't be surprised if some of our April Foods Day dishes are...well...inedible. We may end up having to order a pizza). Let me know if you want some show and tell time to explain your special treat (<a href="mailto:shellyhivemind@gmail.com" target="_blank">shellyhivemind@gmail.com</a>).</font></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><strong>Dorkbot Community Meeting </strong></p></font>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3">We need your feedback!<span> </span>Please join us for a special Dorkbot community meeting.<span> </span>Your friendly Dorkbot overlord committee needs to hear from you on a number of issues to help our planning over the next meeting:</font></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><span><span><font face="Calibri" size="3">1)</font><span> </span></span></span><font face="Calibri" size="3">What kinds of Dorkbot meetings do you want?<span> </span>More presentations, workshops, discussions, movies, social hours?</font></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><span><span><font face="Calibri" size="3">2)</font><span> </span></span></span><font face="Calibri" size="3">What particular topics would you like to see covered in the next year of Dorkbot presentations? Who would like to hear speak?</font></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><span><span><font face="Calibri" size="3">3)</font><span> </span></span></span><font face="Calibri" size="3">What tools for community, collaboration, and awareness would you like to see made available to Dorkbot folks, if at all?</font></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><span><span><font face="Calibri" size="3">4)</font><span> </span></span></span><font face="Calibri" size="3">What collobaration spaces/worshops do you already use, and what do you think you need, but don't have access to?</font></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><span><span><font face="Calibri" size="3">5)</font><span> </span></span></span><font face="Calibri" size="3">How would you like to participate in the next year?</font></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><span><span><font face="Calibri" size="3">6)</font><span> </span></span></span><font face="Calibri" size="3">What is "dorkbot" and "dorkbot art" anyways?</font></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><font face="Calibri" size="3">We will have a one hour conservation covering these and other dorkbot topics from 8-9.</font></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt">If you have a short announcement or something for "open dork" please let me know at <a href="mailto:shellyhivemind@gmail.com" target="_blank">shellyhivemind@gmail.com</a>.</p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt">As ever, special thanks to 911 Media Arts Center for providing such a great venue and friendly support for our monthly Dorkbot meetings.<br></p></div></div></div><br>