i;'m replying to all the emails soon, this is my first work day, going through the 'easy' backlog first,<br><br>Michel<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 11:13 PM, Kevin Flanagan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kev.flanagan@gmail.com">kev.flanagan@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Will have to wait and see if i will be able to attend but it sounds good.<br>
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K<br>
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On Friday, 1 April 2011, Michel Bauwens <<a href="mailto:michelsub2004@gmail.com">michelsub2004@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> will be in dublin around that time as well,<br>
><br>
> Michel<br>
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> From: Vinay Gupta (Hexayurt Shelter Project) <<a href="mailto:hexayurt@gmail.com">hexayurt@gmail.com</a>><br>
> Date: Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 8:52 PM<br>
> Subject: Green Digital Fabrication event in Ireland, possibly May Day 2011 (i.e. next month)<br>
> To: Smari McCarthy <<a href="mailto:smari@immi.is">smari@immi.is</a>>, Phoebe <<a href="mailto:pvm.doc@gmail.com">pvm.doc@gmail.com</a>>, Anu <<a href="mailto:narnua@gmail.com">narnua@gmail.com</a>>, Eleanor Saitta <<a href="mailto:ella@dymaxion.org">ella@dymaxion.org</a>>, Arthur Doohan <<a href="mailto:arthur.doohan@gmail.com">arthur.doohan@gmail.com</a>>, dougald hine <<a href="mailto:writetodougald@gmail.com">writetodougald@gmail.com</a>>, Michel Bauwens <<a href="mailto:michelsub2004@gmail.com">michelsub2004@gmail.com</a>>, pat kane <<a href="mailto:playethical@gmail.com">playethical@gmail.com</a>>, <a href="mailto:alan.patrick@broadsight.com">alan.patrick@broadsight.com</a>, <a href="mailto:indy.johar@gmail.com">indy.johar@gmail.com</a>, alice <<a href="mailto:Alice@research00.net">Alice@research00.net</a>><br>
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> All,<br>
><br>
> As you know (and, yes, I *know* this is April 1st, but this is *NOT* -<br>
> repeat *NOT* an April 1st gag) I've recently got involved with the<br>
> Cloughjordan Ecovillage (<a href="http://thevillage.ie" target="_blank">http://thevillage.ie</a>) which is *NOT* repeat<br>
> *NOT* a containment facility for political prisoners being kicked out<br>
> of the British civil-service-military-big-society-complex* regardless<br>
> of how much the place occasionally resembles Portmerion designed by<br>
> Salvador Dali. (this is a reference to the British TV show, "The<br>
> Prisoner.")<br>
><br>
> Onwards, to the point.<br>
><br>
> May 1st, or there abouts, there's talk of a substantial<br>
> meeting-of-minds in Dublin to discuss the potential for three things:<br>
><br>
> 1> Putting a fab-lab type facility (similar tooling, possibly<br>
> different goals) at <a href="http://thevillage.ie" target="_blank">http://thevillage.ie</a><br>
> 2> Discussing the interface between their deep green (i.e. they don't<br>
> like you to use concrete in building your house if you can avoid it)<br>
> values and digital fabrication<br>
> 3> Putting Cloughjordan on the map at a cultural level in Europe, as<br>
> they've actually come a hell of a long way in the past two years, and<br>
> are potentially going to be quite important in setting cultural<br>
> direction in Ireland as the shit hits the fan financially in the<br>
> country this year.<br>
><br>
> As a guidepost on that, homes which were standing empty at 250,000 EUR<br>
> for several years are now on the market at 70,000 EUR. That's new in<br>
> the past two months, as the consensus that the old valuations will<br>
> return in the distant future cracks and people begin to accept that<br>
> Something New Is Happening.<br>
><br>
> The venue will be <a href="http://cultivate.ie" target="_blank">http://cultivate.ie</a>, the date is still somewhat<br>
> fluid, and I'm basically giving you a brief heads-up and "consider<br>
> saving the date" now, with all details up in the air and to be<br>
> decided.<br>
><br>
> NOT, repeat NOT an April Fool's. I just wasn't going to wait until<br>
> Monday to send this.<br>
><br>
> Vinay<br>
><br>
> * The Industrial part of Britain's former Military-Industrial-Imperial<br>
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> --<br>
> Vinay Gupta<br>
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