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/> > > > *--* > *AS MANY HOURS AS IT TAKES* > ILSSA Operator > *operator@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx* <operator@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > *http://www.impractical-labor.org* <http://www.impractical-labor.org/> > > > > > *--* > *AS MANY HOURS AS IT TAKES* > ILSSA Operator > *operator@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx* <operator@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > *http://www.impractical-labor.org* <http://www.impractical-labor.org/> > > > > > > >