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What will you be doing during our hiatus?
Connect! Unite! Act! is looking a little hiatus here.
noun, plural hiatuses, hiatus.
1. a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc.
Just on hiatus until Jan 3. We'll be back Jan 4.
Everyone needs a little break every now and then. This is the "now" for us.
CUA will be on sort of a hiatus from Sunday Dec 21 to Saturday Jan 3. We will resume on Jan 4. I say "sort of a hiatus" because this series will still appear everyday, but there will be no diary topic/question of the day. CUA will thus appear daily for the next two weeks as an open thread diary. This will allow for publishing and updating of kossack-related events, but will also allow us diarists to take a mostly deserved break (and enough time to quarrel with our families during the holidays). Comments will still be, of course, very welcome in the open thread.
Those of us who write CUA daily diaries will have to find something else to do for the next two weeks. I plan to spend the time as unconstructively as I can. What else is a vacation for? I could pay attention to all the other work that has been piling up, but that would have a downside. What would I worry about then? Wait, I know what I can worry about. I can worry for the next 2 weeks what to write about when the hiatus is over. Even worse, I might not worry about that. Then I can worry about why I'm not worried about it. Too much worry. I need a hiatus from that.
What was your favorite hiatus? Was it those 3 days you gave up caffeine forever? Those lovely 2 weeks of drinking near beer?
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Our team is here to provide support and guidance to new and existing volunteer leaders of each regional and state group, helping them with recruiting, organizing and executing social and action events.
We invite you to join in this effort to build our community. There are many ways to pitch in.
If there isn't a group to join near you, please start one.
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THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY
by cooper888 ♥ for Sacramento Kossacks
We heard from navajo and Meteor Blades about the initiative by Daily Kos to have active Kossack groups in each of the state capitals. DK is looking for engaged Kossack's ready to roll up their sleeves and participate in many different types of activism/advocacy. For example, delivering petitions to the state capitol, participating in various protests, marches, rally's at the capitol, etc. As Meteor Blades pointed out this won't happen over night and is a long term strategy but I think if we all take the lead in our respective states we can make this dream happen sooner than DK leadership expects.
L-R: Front row: Sychotic1, tgypsy, tb92, trevizolga, Mrs. side pocket. Second row: Arundsdel (sp?), Laurel in CA, Kestrel, Meteor Blades. Third row: Kestrel's two friends, smileycreek, paradise50, Dave. Back row: Clif, Mr. Arundsdel, Neil, cooper888, side pocket, Left foot forward, got mooned & Nate
Please visit cooper888's diary for many MORE photos! Enjoy! You can still REC it. You can join Sacramento Kossacks by sending a Kosmail to cooper888.
Event Organizers! Please contact wink from Netrootsradio.com by KosMail to schedule airtime with them to live broadcast the date of your Event. Wink & Justice will then promote it on The After Show radio program!
Sunday, December 28th
Koscadia Meet-up with navajo & Pipe Ceremony with Ojibwa to Bless Quilts
TIME: 2:00 PM
LOCATION: Private home
[Kosmail Sara R for the address] • Portland
ORGANIZER: Send Sara R to attend
RSVPs:
1. navajo
2. Ojibwa
3. Sara R
4. winglion
5. Angie in WA State
6. loggersbrat
7. llbear
8. Drewid
9. also mom of 5
10. watercarrier4diogenes
11. ozsea1
12. Damnit Janet
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Maybees:
Sapere aude
Arenosa
exlrrp
quill
pdxteacher
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Latest diary: Koscadia Meet Up, Dec. 28, with special guests navajo and Ojibwa
Saturday & Sunday, January 17-18, 2015
Dkos Asheville 24-hour Meet-up
This is what community is about; sharing, giving, creating together. And this is what being a progressive is about; working for social, economic, and environmental justice.
Each day we start from where we are now; and we move forward from here. -davehouck
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...we have built ourselves a network of like minded brothers and sisters who are in this fight for life. A place we can come to find inspiration, power, solace and community.
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TIME: 1:00 pm Saturday till 1:00 pm Sunday
LOCATION: Crown Plaza Resort Asheville
One Resort Drive • Asheville
ORGANIZER: Send randallt a kosmail to attend
RSVPs:
1. randallt
2. davehouck
3. Joieau
4. Gordon20024
5. SteelerGrrl
6. SteelerGuy
7. LamontCranston
8. Otteray Scribe
9. raincrow
10. raincrow guest
11. raincrow guest
12. raincrow guest
13. raincrow guest
14. raincrow guest
15.
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Maybees:
Joy of Fishes
IamGumby
smiley7
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Latest diary: DKos Asheville: Open Thread
Saturday, January 17th
Seattle & Puget Sound Kos Meet-up with Meteor Blades & navajo to Connect, Unite and help plan Action for 2015!
TIME: 12:30 - 3:00 PM
LOCATION: Pyramid Alehouse, Brewery & Restaurant Executive Room
1201 First Avenue South • Seattle
Private room reserved with a set menu at $20 (cash only) per person. Drinks extra. MAX OCCUPANCY: 40
ORGANIZER: Send John Crapper a kosmail to attend
RSVPs:
1. John Crapper
2. navajo
3. Meteor Blades
4. Lefty Coaster
5. PennyGC
6. Momomia
7. Momomia's friend
8. doingbusinessas
9. Smrichmond
10. capt snagger
11. bleeding blue
12. John Crapper's SO
13. Ryan P - guest of JC
14. Kitsap River
15. Charles Curtis Stanley
16. jessical
17. seabos84
18. Basilia
19. mharges
20. LarisaW
21. N in Seattle
22. Creosote
23. eagle keeper
24. Piren
25. Eagle Of Freedom
26. ratcityreprobate
27. Flamingogrrl
28. Assaf
29.
MAX OCCUPANCY: 40
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Maybees:
Angie in WA State
James Wells
James Wells SO
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Latest diary: S&PS Kos Welcomes Meteor Blades & Navajo to Seattle 1/17/15 for Pep Talk!
Saturday, February 28th
Texas State Daily Kos Meet-up
Lunch and dinner/party compliments of Daily Kos. Please come for an afternoon of camaraderie and progressive strategizing with Big Orange flavor!
TIME: Noon
LOCATION: TBD
[Address] • Austin
ORGANIZER: Send nomandates a kosmail to attend
RSVPs:
1. nomandates
2. Chrislove
3. navajo
4. johnatx
5. mrs johnatx
6. Blood
7. cosette
8. anotherdemocrat
9. bastrop
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Latest diary: Planning for TexKos Spring Meet-Up 2.0: We need your input!
navajo maintains the above event list. Kosmail her if you have any diaries
about your event or if you have changes or additions.
EVERYONE is welcome, tell us what you're working on,
share your show and tell, vent, whatever you want.
This is an open thread. Nothing is off topic.