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		<title>Potluck! June 22nd from 1-5pm in Williamsburg</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ We have a date and location for the potluck. The esteemed Lou Klepner has offered his spacious loft, with a deck for barbecuing. Be sure to RSVP at meetup.com

It&#8217;s located at 111 North 7th, Apt. 2. Get off the L at the Bedford stop, head a block and a half west on North 7th [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.openplans.org/projects/rootstechnyc/blog/2008/05/30/potluck-june-22nd-from-1-5pm-in-williamsburg/</link>
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		<title>Planning New Event: Casual Meet &#38; Eat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Recently this group has grown, and has had some lively events. After talking with Leon and some of the founding members, we see that it&#8217;s time to revisit the core purpose of the group.
We came up with the idea of having a more casual event on a Saturday, where we can all get together [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.openplans.org/projects/rootstechnyc/blog/2008/05/15/planning-new-event-casual-meet-eat/</link>
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		<title>Next Meetup &#38; Group Governance Issues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The next meeting of the NYC Web4Roots Grassroots Tech Activism Community Organizing Barnraising Committee is now scheduled for Wednesday, April 30 from 7-9pm. After some initial housekeeping (like finally settling on a name) we&#8217;re going to try our hand at building out a nonprofit. Jen Carnig of the NYCLU has volunteered to be our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.openplans.org/projects/rootstechnyc/blog/2008/04/10/7/</link>
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		<title>Web solution not utilized to the extent it could have been.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Addressing the topic of the meeting, &#8220;specific ways to use web technology to move your cause forward,&#8221; I discussed with others a specific application of a web technology which I think was not ulilized through no fault of its own. I talked about (for those not at the meeting, here is my video shown [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Participation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Last night, we talked about encouraging participation on the internet &#8212; bringing internet to the people and bringing people to the internet.&#160; This comes down to three things:


&#160;accessibility
  
usability
the ability to represent your ideas electronically

One&#8217;s first internet experience is often a hairy one.&#160; There is nothing explaining what you are doing, what you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Next Meetup: Grassroots Web Technology Playbook</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160;

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Update: This meetup date is now set for March 5th.&#160; Mark your calendars!
  

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We&#8217;re in the early stages of planning the next meetup, but I think the theme and format are more or less nailed down. The last meetup was oriented towards broad community platforms and meta-solutions. This time, we&#8217;ll focus on specific ways [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.openplans.org/projects/rootstechnyc/blog/2008/02/10/next-meetup-grassroots-web-technology-playbook/</link>
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		<title>Collaborate in &#8216;08</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night was the first meeting of 2008 for this group, and we had a great crowd. I&#8217;d guess that we had more than 30 people in the room. We had four excellent presenters, and I know a lot of connections were made around the room and at the pub afterwards. Going forward, we plan [...]]]></description>
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