[Imc-makerspace] Invitation Text Draft

Mon May 17 12:44:56 CDT 2010

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I'm making this more or less final. 6-8 should be plenty of time,
right? Three hours seems long. This will be the text that I start
sending out to people:

You're Invited!

On June 3, 2010, from 6-8pm I'm co-hosting an Open House to introduce
the MakerSpace Urbana to friends and colleagues and to raise funds to
for this important project. I hope you will join me for an evening of
food, fun, and an introduction to the Makerspace.

Makerspace Urbana is a community electronics lab dedicated to enabling
the blend of arts, humanities, science and technology. Our mission is
to provide an open community lab where people of diverse backgrounds
can learn, teach, tinker, collaborate, share, innovate, socialize, and
create.  A small group of colleagues and I have been working for the
past six months to build our lab and we would be honored if you would
attend our first Open House!

We're located at 202 S. Broadway Ave in Urbana at the Urbana-Champaign
Independent Media Center
<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=202+S.+Broadway+Ave,+Urbana&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=202+S+Broadway+Ave,+Urbana,+Champaign,+Illinois+61801&gl=us&ei=3TuVS8yAJ4u-NuWzjUk&ved=0CAoQ8gEwAA&z=16&ll=40.111421,-88.206894&source=embed>
(IMC). Come learn about the cool things we're working on, what we have
planned for our community and how you can help. Stay for a tour of our
fledgling laboratory.

If you can't wait until June to stop by, visit during our open hours
every Wednesday from 7pm to 9pm and every Saturday from noon to 2pm.
Makerspace Urbana is in suite 15 in the basement of the Independent
Media Center.

On 5/11/10 4:46 PM, Nicole Pion wrote:
> Hey everyone,
>
> I am re-reading my "Houseparty Guide book" and I hope that these
> insights will help us have the most successful party possible:
>
> 1.)  The E-vite is fine - be sure to link it to a map to the IMC.
> 2.) The invitation should have a personal note from one of the host
> committee members.  So, you might each send one to your contacts -
> just make sure we decide who will contact whom so there isn't
> overlap. 3.)Follow up with personal contacts by phone to see if
> they will be able to make it. When you call, if your friends cannot
> make it, don't be afraid to ask them to donate anyhow!  If they can
> make it, encourage them to bring a friend. 4.) Also - if there is
> someone prominent or well-known locally who would be willing to
> invite their contacts, if could boost giving. We might invite this
> person to serve on the planning committee.  It won't be too much
> work for them, but they can help us by make personal invites to
> other influential persons, and assist us in soliciting donations
> that evening. 5.) We should expect 25% of those invited to attend
>
>
> Here's a slightly edited email:
>
> You're Invited!
>
> On June 3, 2010, from 6-8pm (is that right?) I'm co-hosting an Open
> House to introduce the MakerSpace Urbana to friends and colleagues
> and to raise funds to for this important project.   I hope you will
> join me for an evening of food, fun, and an introduction to the
> MakerSpace.
>
> Maker Space Urbana is a community electronics lab dedicated to
> enabling the blend of arts, humanities, science and technology. Our
> mission is to provide an open community lab where people of diverse
> backgrounds can learn, teach, tinker, collaborate, share, innovate,
> socialize, and create.  A small group of colleagues and I have been
> working for the past (/how many?/) months to build our lab and we
> would be honored if you would attend our first Open House!
>
> We're located at 202 S. Broadway Ave in Urbana (link to map) at the
> Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center (IMC). Come learn about
> the cool things we're working on, what we have planned for our
> community and how you can help. Stay for a tour of our fledgling
> laboratory.
>
> If you can't wait until June to stop by, visit during our open
> hours every Wednesday from 7pm to 9pm and every Saturday from __
> to __. Makerspace Urbana is in suite 15 in the basement of the
> Independent Media Center.
>
> Get in touch with us at our website: http://makerspaceurbana.org
> <http://makerspaceurbana.org/>
>
> Our listserv: imc-makerspace at lists.chambana.net
> <mailto:imc-makerspace at lists.chambana.net>
>
> And follow our Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/makerspaceu
>
> We'll be sending out an official evite, soon. Thanks for supporting
> Makerspace Urbana!
>
>
>
> *Next steps: *Let's get together at another meeting and discuss:
>
> -We should think about one person who can clearly and articulately
>  make an appeal for donations.  It should be someone well-respected
>  by the group and has given to the cause, or will that evening.
>
> -We should think about what materials we want to make available at
>  the event itself - maybe a station with some pictures of the maker
>  space and brochures about the Makerspace, CHD, and IMC.
>
> -We should talk about the flow of the event.  We should have a
> "Host" who welcomes everyone, a "Presenter" who talks about the
> importance of the project and can do some Q&A, and, finally, the
> host, presenter, or respected individual makes a clear appeal for
> donations and thanks everyone for coming.
>
> - Who can be greeters and ask people to sign in (so we know who
> shows up!) and give them each a pen and a pledge card
>
>
> Sound good?
>
> -Nicole
>
> On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 3:07 AM, Brian Duggan <bcdugga at gmail.com
> <mailto:bcdugga at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> How does this look?
>
> How do we make it clear that we're looking for donations? Is it
> appropriate to suggest a desired donation amount?
>
> Do we want to use evite.com <http://evite.com> for this? Is there
> anything better than evite.com <http://evite.com>?
>
> How many people are we looking at feeding?
>
> Brian
>
> <invitation> You're cordially invited to the Inaugural Makerspace
> Fundraising Dinner!
>
> On June 3rd at 6:00pm, Makerspace Urbana will use our making
> skills to cook a delicious dinner for you and a guest.
>
> Come to the Independent Media Center in Urbana to enjoy an evening
> of food, fun and an introduction to Urbana-Champaign's community
> electronics lab. Learn about the cool things we're working on,
> what we have planned for our community and how you can help. Stay
> for a tour of our fledgling laboratory.
>
> Makerspace Urbana is in suite 15 in the basement of the Independent
> Media Center. The IMC is located at 202 South Broadway in Urbana in
> the "old" Post Office building. If you can't wait until June to
> stop by, visit during our open hours every Wednesday from 7pm to
> 9pm and every Saturday from __ to __.
>
> Get in touch with us at our website: http://makerspaceurbana.org
>
> Our listserv: imc-makerspace at lists.chambana.net
> <mailto:imc-makerspace at lists.chambana.net>
>
> And follow our Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/makerspaceu
>
> We'll be sending out an official evite, soon. Thanks for supporting
> Makerspace Urbana! </invitation>
>
> -- Brian Duggan Technical Projects Developer UC Independent Media
> Center http://www.ucimc.org | 309 310 7026
>
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>
>
>
> -- Nicole Pion Outreach and Development Adviser AmeriCorps CTC
> VISTA Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center

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Brian Duggan
Technical Projects Developer
UC Independent Media Center
http://www.ucimc.org | 309 310 7026
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