[ilssa] Re: LAST CALL for Festival 2011

  • From: steve godwin <stvgodwin@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: ilssa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:54:46 -0400

YES. If it's not too late, please count me in.

And btw, I'm working on getting my membership intro letter back to you --
look for it soon!

--Steve Godwin (Local 202 Shop SG)



On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 1:20 PM, karen zimmermann
<karen.here.now@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> me too : > karen
>
>
> On Jun 23, 2011, at 5:36 AM, polly johnson wrote:
>
> well if bonnie is in, i guess i am too... hi bonnie!!
>
> here we go...now what to do?
>
> polly johnson
>
>
>
> On Jun 22, 2011, at 10:09 PM, Bonnie O'Connell wrote:
>
> Count me in for the third year.This time I'm trying to scale it back and
> only work on 7-7-11. Best summer wishes to all busy fingered ILSSA
> members.
>
> Bonnie O'Connell, Omaha
>
>
>
>  From: ILSSA Operator <operator@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To:
> ilssa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: 06/17/2011 01:33 PM Subject: [ilssa] LAST CALL
> for Festival 2011 Sent by: ilssa-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ------------------------------
>
>
>
> So far we have 16 YESes for the Festival to Plead for Skills. So if you
> were thinking of bowing out this year because you couldn't quite handle
> making 50 pieces this year, maybe rethink your participation?
>
> Please let us know if you will participate by next Friday, JUNE 24. And
> we'll send out the final number and the updated directory to all
> participants soon afterward!
>
> best wishes,
> your co-ops
>
> ----
> ALL ABOUT THE FESTIVAL below
> ----
> email if you have more questions!
> ----
>
> dear ILSSA,
>
> It is that time of year again! Time for us to count the heads (and hands
> and hearts, but we'll stick to heads, as they are easiest to count) of those
> who plan to participate in the 3rd Annual Festival to Plead for Skills on
> Thursday, July 7, 2011.
>
> As you may already know, each year on the seventh day of the seventh month
> ILSSA celebrates its own version of *The Festival to Plead for Skills*.
> The festival is derived from the Chinese holiday of Qi Xi and the Japanese
> festival of Tanabata, in which celebrants wish for the betterment of their
> own craftsmanship. Instead of wishing, the ILSSA festival is a holiday of
> PRACTICING.
>
> We invite all ILSSA Members to observe this holiday by generating some sort
> of small object as iterations of their practice. The resulting objects
> should be no larger than 2 inches in any dimension, and should be the
> natural result of practicing a skill: using a tool, trying a method, honing
> a technique. Conceive of this project as something you can complete entirely
> on July 7th. We imagine Impractical Laborers spanning the continents,
> practicing together in observance of the holiday.
>
> After the Festival, we ask that you mail one of each of your objects to all
> other participating members, such that everyone can share in your practice
> of that day. (International members, you may send one package of all objects
> to an Operator, who will distribute your practice with hers.) To that end,
> we will send an updated ILSSA Member Directory of all Directory members in
> early July, indicating which members are participating in the Festival. If
> you have any address changes, regardless if you're participating in the
> Festival, be sure to let us know!
>
> As each member handles his or her own postage and box-making for the
> accumulated objects (see template below) there is NO FEE to participate. But
> in order for all members to know how many objects to make, we do need a
> headcount! So please write directly to 
> *operator@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx*<operator@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>to let us 
> know if you're a YES.
>
> *AND*
> another festival-related invitation:
> Did you participate in the 2010 Festival? Would you like to make a guide to
> the festival objects: a simple affair that shows images of objects and their
> corresponding statements? (See the below 2009 Guide for reference.) If you'd
> delight in making 75-100 copies of such a thing, write your co-operators at
> *operator@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx* <operator@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. We are
> happy of course to cover your (modest!) material expenses. (Perhaps you
> didn't participate in the 2009 Festival and thus did not receive the 2009
> guide. If you'd like a copy, email us! We have a limited quantity available,
> first come first served.)
>
> *other news*
> We are ashamed that you do not yet have in your hands the last 2010
> Quarterly, but we co-operators will together be sitting and *hand
> addressing* those at the end of May, so we can guarantee they will be in
> your hands within the first weeks of June.
>
> And, btw, have you renewed for 2011? This Quarterly will be your last
> mailing if you have not, and we would be so sorry to lose you from our
> ranks. We'd also be disheartened to remind you that if you do not renew, you
> will receive no more publications from us, you will not be listed on the
> website, nor in the directory, and thus will not receive anything from the
> Festival, nor would you be eligible to participate in the 2012 exhibition at
> St Mary's. Gosh! It is SO WORTH the $12, not to mention we need you to stay
> strong! (to renew: 
> *http://www.impractical-labor.org/join.html*<http://www.impractical-labor.org/join.html>,
> select "2011 membership", and write a note via Paypal stating you're a
> renewal, and THANKS.)
>
> yours ever impractically,
> the co-operators
> [attachment "perennial-invitation.pdf" deleted by Bonnie
> O'Connell/FACSTAFF/UNO/UNEBR] [attachment "guide.jpeg" deleted by Bonnie
> O'Connell/FACSTAFF/UNO/UNEBR]
> *--*
> *AS MANY HOURS AS IT TAKES*
> ILSSA Operator
> *operator@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx* <operator@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> *http://www.impractical-labor.org* <http://www.impractical-labor.org/>
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> *--*
> *AS MANY HOURS AS IT TAKES*
> ILSSA Operator
> *operator@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx* <operator@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> *http://www.impractical-labor.org* <http://www.impractical-labor.org/>
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> *--*
> *AS MANY HOURS AS IT TAKES*
> ILSSA Operator
> *operator@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx* <operator@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> *http://www.impractical-labor.org* <http://www.impractical-labor.org/>
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