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mesh and meshU ’09 news coming soon

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If you’ve been following our mesh adventures you probably know that we’ve sold out for three years running.  And every year, like clockwork, we feel like schmucks because some folks find out about mesh too late to fit us in to their schedule or their budget, or to buy tickets before they sell out.  The same is true for meshU, the new addition to our family.

So this year, we’ve decided to announce dates and put tickets on sale as early as possible – sometime next week you’ll be able to buy tickets and we’ll post the dates so you can (hopefully) fit us in to your schedule.  We’ll make the announcement here, on Twitter and probably on our own blogs, too.  If you know people who you think might like to come to mesh or meshU this year, please pass along the news!

Who do you want to see at mesh 2009?

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The mesh team — Rob Hyndman, Mark Evans of PlanetEye, Stuart Macdonald of Tripharbor, Mike McDerment of Freshbooks and I — have been brainstorming about mesh 2009 next spring, and we were hoping some of you might want to contribute some of your brains to the storm, as it were. Let us know who you would most like to see speak at mesh and maybe a little about what you want them to talk about — and whether you think they would fit best in the business, marketing, media or society streams — and we will do our best to make it happen. If you want to re-live the wonders of mesh ’08, check out the links here.

Little Geeks News: GTA Children To Receive 100 Free Computers June 12th

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At the mesh social on May 21, we, our guests and the event sponsors, Social Media Group, helped to raise money for Little Geeks, one of our favourite organizations. Ben Lucier, one of our favourite geeks, is very active within Little Geeks, and writes in with news, which we’ve copied below. We admire and support Little Geeks, and hope you’ll think about doing the same.

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GTA Children To Receive 100 Free Computers June 12th

Over the past several months, the Little Geeks Foundation staff and Board of Directors have worked hard to lay the groundwork to deliver on our mandate: To enhance the lives of children by providing computers to the underprivileged families within our community.

Thanks to the generous donations of the Foundation’s individual and corporate sponsors, I am very excited to announce that on June 12th at 3PM, The Little Geeks Foundation will hold an event and give refurbished computers, complete with Windows XP and Microsoft Office to 100 families of underprivileged children, free of charge.

This very special event will be held on June 12th from 3PM until 7PM at:

St Andrew’s United Church
117 Bloor Street East
Toronto, Ontario
(Google Map)

If you have a child in need of a computer, you can visit the Little Geeks Website to register. Once qualified, recipients will be contacted by a member of the Little Geeks staff to attend this event and pickup their free computer. NOTE: Don’t forget to register, you must register to be qualified to receive a computer.

Recipients of our computers are screened and selected in advance for the event, but media and supporters of Little Geeks are also invited to attend this event to learn more about our Foundation’s mission and the environmental and social roles The Little Geeks Foundation serves within our community.