<div dir="ltr">In case anyone is looking for something fun (and political) to do Sunday....Chris is a great guy and has really fun stuff to do.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Chris Thomas</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cthomas_sf@earthlink.net">cthomas_sf@earthlink.net</a>></span><br>
Date: Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 11:00 AM<br>Subject: Picnic at Dolores Sunday! Whoo hooo!<br>To: Chris Thomas <<a href="mailto:cthomas_sf@earthlink.net">cthomas_sf@earthlink.net</a>><br>Cc: Lauren Hauser <<a href="mailto:laurenhau@gmail.com">laurenhau@gmail.com</a>><br>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman"><span><font size="3">Hey friends -
Join me, Lauren and a few others for a little picnic in the park on
Sunday.</font></span><span><span style="font-size: 9.5pt;"> </span></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b>Where:</b><span>
</span>Delores Park (North-easternish corner of the park. Call me if you can't
find (510) 386-3695 or in case we move)</font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b>When:</b> 1-5pm, Sunday Oct. 26</font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b>Wha</b>t: Hanging with like-minded
people</font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><b>Why:</b> For fun </font><span><span style="font-size: 6.5pt;">(and to make some phone
calls)</span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Ok, it's mainly for fun </font><span><span style="font-size: 6.5pt;">but with a tiny bit of
work...</span></span></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Mixing play and work in election season makes for a
<b>happy you</b>! For one sunny afternoon of fun, you can be part of a
team making sure that no one steals this election. (I'll supply
goodies.)</font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">I'm working as a coordinator for Video the Vote, a national team of
volunteer videographers who will be "on-call" on Election Day to video problems
as they occur. </font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">We have 2500 volunteers and growing quickly!
Growing so quickly that I need to place 150 volunteer "dispatchers" in 25
cities across the country to make sure videographers go to the right
places.<span>
</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The folks you'll be calling are already interested in helping on Election
Day. <span> </span>They will be <b>glad you
called! </b><span> </span>They have volunteered
to be placed, we just need to place them. </font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Come as long or as little as you like.<span> </span>Make no calls or make
30.</font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Please let me know if you can make it.<span> </span>I will give you a super big hug
(just what you wanted). Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
(Bring kids if you got 'em!). There will be fun smiley, people there
like yourself! Please invite others! </font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Here's a pretty awesome video that my colleagues at Video
the Vote put together.<span>
</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Seriously it's worth a watch.<span> </span>Below is more info on Video the
Vote.</font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><a href="http://www.videothevote.org/player_vtv_onsite" target="_blank"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">http://www.videothevote.org/player_vtv_onsite</font></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Thanks!!!</font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Chris</font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">PS.<span> </span>If you
can't come and still want to help next week, let me know, I can send you a list
and you can make calls on your time.<span>
</span>Thanks!</font></font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">More Info:</font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Voter suppression forces are already at it - reports of
machines that are flipping votes, five hour lines for early voting, voter
purging in counties across the country.</font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Video the Vote is building a force of eyes and ears to be
on the ready to capture voter suppression on Election Day and our very presence
is helping to encourage county officials to pro-actively address problems so
they don't make the next day's headlines.</font></font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Check us out at </font><a href="http://www.videothevote.org" target="_blank"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">www.videothevote.org</font></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Is Virginia the
Ohio of 2004?<span> </span>Watch and circulate our our clip
</font><a href="http://www.videothevote.org/video/357/" target="_blank"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Is Virginia Ready?</font></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><a href="http://www.videothevote.org" target="_blank"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">www.videothevote.org</font></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p></font></div>
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<div style="background: rgb(228, 228, 228) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><b>From:</b> <a title="cthomas_sf@earthlink.net" href="mailto:cthomas_sf@earthlink.net" target="_blank">Chris
Thomas</a> </div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a title="cthomas@partnershipway.org" href="mailto:cthomas@partnershipway.org" target="_blank">[*]Chris Thomas</a> </div>
<div><b>Cc:</b> <a title="laurenhau@gmail.com" href="mailto:laurenhau@gmail.com" target="_blank">Lauren Hauser</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 24, 2008 10:41 AM</div>
<div><b>Subject:</b> Picnic at Dolores Sunday! Whoo hooo!</div></div>
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