---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Stephanie Rearick <[email protected]> Date: Sat, Aug 1, 2015 at 12:56 AM Subject: Please support and/or attend the MAN Up summit and launch party! To: Stephanie Rearick <[email protected]> Hello all! I’m writing to you because I’m working on a really exciting event that will lead to even more exciting long-term action and collaboration. And I need your help <https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/mutual-aid-network#/story>! First, we need to raise $10,000 as quickly as possible in order to fund travel and other expenses for our MAN Up summit, August 20-28. This summit is a unique opportunity to bring together partners from far-flung areas in order to learn together and make plans for how we’ll collaborate to build a do-it-ourselves community economy that includes everyone, doing what they want to do with their lives. The mission of Mutual Aid Networks is “to create means for everyone to discover and succeed in work they want to do, with the support of their community.” And we think we know how to do that! And we’re about to start testing our plans! August 20-28 we’ll bring Julien Dussart from France - he’s a programmer of Wezer, the software platform we’re using to support our activities, and he’ll be helping us to shape it and to build a local community to steward it. We’re also bringing James Priest of Exeter UK to do in-depth Sociocracy trainings and work on organizational design. The Yes Men are coming to entertain us at our August 24 launch party and explore how we can support each other’s work. Lina Cramer and Renee Jackson are coming from Chicago to lead some Art of Hosting events. And Bayo Akomolafe of Nigeria is coming from his new home in India, to connect our work with what he’s doing with International Alliance for Localization and to create new avenues for collaboration around the world. With $10,000 we’ll be able to pay all travel expenses, help toward accommodations, provide food and space for gatherings, and generally host an awesome summit. Please help! The sooner you give the sooner I can breathe easier again… :) You can go right to this link to give now (and then pass it on, please!!!) - https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/mutual-aid-network#/story - or you can register for the summit <http://www.mutualaidnetwork.org/man-up-registration-form/>and give as you register. And please, attend any or all of the summit <http://www.mutualaidnetwork.org/man-up-summit/> that you’re able. It’s going to be great! Definitely mark your calendar for the August 24 launch party - 6:30pm-1am at the High Noon Saloon, with the Yes Men and a bunch of other cool performances and activities (including the MAN Up simulation game!) TBA… We expect contingents from St. Louis, Detroit, Lansing, Chicago, UK, and Ohio. Add to the list! Thanks Stephanie -- Stephanie Rearick [email protected] +1.608.443.8229 -- Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: http://commonstransition.org P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/