<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
</head>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
Looking for something geeky to do this weekend? Check out the
Startup Weekend. Info from the organizer below:<br>
<br>
<div
style="color:#333;font-family:Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><font
face="verdana,arial,sans-serif">
<p>***</p>
<p>I'm Jim Van Fleet, ex-organizer of the Charlotte Ruby meetup
and Linux User Group. I also publish the Charlotte Startup
Community e-mail newsletter
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://bitly.com/bigfleet-newsletter">http://bitly.com/bigfleet-newsletter</a>). I've been
co-organizing Charlotte Startup Weekend for about 18 months,
and I have a unique problem this time around. The team and I
have been bringing on new sponsors and partners. We've been
pounding the pavement putting up signs to get word out. I
personally have had to use Facebook. FACEBOOK, PEOPLE. <br>
<br>
I am going to be posting this message on every tech board I
can find, and so some of you are going to be reading this joke
more than once. I am sorry about that. But I am not sorry
about stating that being polite hasn't worked. Registration
is low. Our event has historically high levels of
satisfaction across all the thousands of Startup Weekend
events across the globe, but fewer than ever are going to be
experiencing it this time around.<br>
<br>
If you have plans this weekend, change them. If you don't
have plans, I just solved your problem. Check out
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://charlotte.startupweekend.org/">http://charlotte.startupweekend.org/</a> for more information on
how to register, and a lot more information about why it's a
good idea. I really hope to see you on Friday night! <br>
<br>
Thanks for reading and considering it.<br>
<br>
Jim</p>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
--<br>
Please Note: If you hit "<strong>REPLY</strong>", your message
will be sent to <strong>everyone</strong> on this mailing list
(<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:CharlotteJS-list@meetup.com">CharlotteJS-list@meetup.com</a>)<br>
This message was sent by Nathan Hammond
(<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:meetup.com@nathanhammond.com">meetup.com@nathanhammond.com</a>) from <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.charlottejs.org/">CharlotteJS</a>.<br>
To learn more about Nathan Hammond, visit his/her <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.charlottejs.org/members/6221588/">member
profile</a><br>
<br>
<br>
<small style="color:gray"> Meetup, PO Box 4668 #37895 New York,
New York 10163-4668 | <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:support@meetup.com">support@meetup.com</a>
</small>
<img moz-do-not-send="true"
src="http://www.meetup.com/t/img/bc2/blank.gif">
</font></div>
<font face="verdana,arial,sans-serif">
</font>
</body>
</html>