<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername"></b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:terry@newcommunityvision.coop">terry@newcommunityvision.coop</a>></span><br>Date: Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 8:50 PM<br>Subject: On the Table Discussion: Chamber of the Commons<br>To: <br>Cc: Sally Duros <<a href="mailto:sallyduros@gmail.com">sallyduros@gmail.com</a>><br><br><br><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div><p class="MsoNormal">Hello Everyone, <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Sally Duros and I are co-hosting an On the Table discussion inspired by<span style="color:black"> <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net/Michel_Bauwens" target="_blank">Michel Bauwens</a>’ Cooperation 2015 workshop on the peer2peer economy. </span> Our #OnTheTable Discussion topic is the <b><i><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Chamber of the Commons</span></i></b>. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">At this conversation, we’re holding space to explore the creation of a Chicago Chamber of Commons and other ways to amplify the work of those in the <a href="http://wealthofthecommons.org/essay/peer-peer-economy-and-new-civilization-centered-around-sustenance-commons" target="_blank">peer2peer economy</a> here in Chicago. We hope that you will join us. Using the #OntheTable2015 as a platform to discuss the <b><i><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Chamber of the Commons</span></i></b> melds the two ideas that community discussions spawn energy and interesting ideas. </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">We will submit notes of our discussion to the Chicago Community Trust for input into their programming for the year, the Chicago Community Trust’s 100<sup>th</sup> anniversary! Last year, some hosts were invited to speak at Chicago Ideas Week. Our goal in making this event part of On the Table is to heighten visibility AND to put the idea on the table with a general influential public. Who knows what could happen?</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">We are sending this invitation separately from CCT’s online interface and hope that signing up isn’t too complicated. If it seems so, please direct questions to either Sally (<a href="mailto:SallyDuros@gmail.com" target="_blank">SallyDuros@gmail.com</a>) or Terry (<a href="mailto:terry@newcommunityvision.coop" target="_blank">terry@newcommunityvision.coop</a>).</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">An easy way to sign up, click as instructed: “We hope you will join us. Please </span><a href="https://chicagotrust.eventready.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=reg.page&event_id=2249&regid=0" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">click here</span></a><span style="color:black"> to learn more about our event and please RSVP at your earliest convenience.” </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">OR </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Head on over to </span><a href="http://www.onthetable.com/meet-sally-duros/" target="_blank">Meet Sally Duros</a><span style="color:black"> </span><a href="http://www.onthetable.com/meet-sally-duros/" target="_blank">http://www.onthetable.com/meet-sally-duros/</a><span style="color:black"> Sign Up from the drop down at the top. It will ask for your name and email address. Look for the event at the Red Lion Lincoln Square and mark that you will be attending. </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">CCT’s boilerplate is: <i>That day and evening, thousands of Chicago-area residents – from Alsip to Zion – will pull up a chair at gatherings like ours to discuss the future of our communities while sharing a meal together. We will be one of thousands of locations across the Chicago region hosting similar events where community residents from all ages and backgrounds will come together to put real issues and solutions “on the table” and share their commitments to helping shape our collective future.</i></span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Date: Tuesday, May 12</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Time: 6 p.m.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="color:black">Location: Red Lion Lincoln Square, 4749 N Rockwell, street parking <br><br></span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Location Details: Free. Food is available for purchase but it is not required. Please don’t bring in food from the outside however. </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Host email: </span><a href="mailto:SallyDuros@gmail.com" target="_blank">SallyDuros@gmail.com</a><span style="color:black"> or </span><span style="color:#222222;background:white"><a href="mailto:terry@newcommunityvision.coop" target="_blank">terry@newcommunityvision.coop</a></span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">We hope you will join us. Please </span><a href="https://chicagotrust.eventready.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=reg.page&event_id=2249&regid=0" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">click here</span></a><span style="color:black"> to learn more about our event and please RSVP at your earliest convenience.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">If you are unable to attend but want to be on the list of people to follow up with, please </span><a href="https://chicagotrust.eventready.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=reg.decline&event_id=2249&regid=0" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">click here</span></a><span style="color:black">.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Sincerely, </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-variant:small-caps;color:black">Sally Duros,</span></i></b><span style="color:black"> Independent Journalist & Steward | <b><i><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Terry Edlin</span></i></b>, Healing the world, one household at a time</span> <u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: <a href="http://commonstransition.org" target="_blank">http://commonstransition.org</a> </div><div><br></div>P2P Foundation: <a href="http://p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://p2pfoundation.net</a> - <a href="http://blog.p2pfoundation.net" target="_blank">http://blog.p2pfoundation.net</a> <br><br><a href="http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation" target="_blank"></a>Updates: <a href="http://twitter.com/mbauwens" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/mbauwens</a>; <a href="http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens</a><br><br>#82 on the (En)Rich list: <a href="http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/" target="_blank">http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/</a> <br></div></div></div></div>
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