Hey all,<div><br></div><div>I'm sending this to 3 lists (Freeside, Atlanta Burners, and ALE), which I know is a no-no, but I think it warrants an exception. I just got the below email from Meetup and it gave me an idea. I think we need to do something similar in that Atlanta Tech community. I'm out of town all next week, but we need a plan to try and force people to pay attention to this issue that is going to affect the internet in a profound, irreversible manner. You can email your representatives, but I did that about a month ago and got a mixed response. Some for it, some against, mostly canned emails from people who have no clue what this means. Let's start a conversation about what we can do as a group to help make sure that we've done all we can. Anyone have any ideas? </div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>Dear Member of the NYC Tech Community,</div><div><br></div><div>Meetup Groups across the country are mobilizing to help stop</div><div>SOPA and PIPA, as we will very potentially see PIPA's passage</div>
<div>in the next two weeks if we don't act.</div><div><br></div><div>We at Meetup HQ are alerting members of the New York Tech</div><div>community about a chance to organize together. The NY Tech</div><div>Meetup, New York's largest Tech Meetup, has scheduled an</div>
<div>emergency Meetup on Wednesday, January 18. In order to build</div><div>critical mass and maintain an organized event *please RSVP in</div><div>the NY Tech Meetup* if you want to participate.</div><div><br></div><div>
Go here to RSVP: <a href="http://www.meetup.com/ny-tech/events/47879702/">http://www.meetup.com/ny-tech/events/47879702/</a></div><div><br></div><div>If you want more information on SOPA and PIPA and why it's so</div>
<div>dangerous, go here: <a href="http://americancensorship.org/">http://americancensorship.org/</a></div><div><br></div><div>If you understand how grave this is and want to show your</div><div>support and get your Meetup involved, please join in now and</div>
<div>spread the word!</div><div><br></div><div>Yours in solidarity,</div><div><br></div><div>Kathryn Fink</div><div>Meetup HQ | Community Development Lead</div></div><div><br></div><div>Sincerely, </div><div>Matt Urbanski.</div>
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