Good morning!
This is the weekly DKos Asheville open thread where we try to get together every Saturday morning around eleven, and then drift in and out throughout the day. We hope this group serves to reinvigorate us locally and regionally here on Daily Kos, building on the sense of community that's grown through our online engagement. DKos Asheville can give us all a better sense of connection, a better understanding of who these people are that we stand with, work with, and share with in the political process. We hope, through this community, that we can do a better job of leveraging our orange passion for progressive politics to help elect more and better Democrats.
If you would like to host a weekly open thread, please let us know.
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If you haven't done so yet, please send your RSVP's and Maybe's for our October 19 meetup to Randall (randallt) so he can add them to the list in the "New Day" diaries. And it's ok to go ahead and send him a Maybe, as you can always upgrade to RSVP once you get all that other stuff erased from your calendar. We currently have 13 RSVP's and 10 Maybe's!
The meetup will once again be at The Bywater in Asheville. This is an outdoor private club by the French Broad River. There is an outdoor grill, and we will be bringing food to share, eat, and to serve as subjects for photography. The first two meetups were wonderful events; so do please plan to come if you can.
And I should point out that folks from the extended area, not just us Western North Carolina residents, have been coming to these meetups. So it's a good opportunity to meet a number of Kossacks whom you've been reading; and at the same time visit Asheville, maybe take a drive along the Blue Ridge Parkway, or even spend some time hiking and enjoying the fall colors. So do mark your calendars!
Well, this week I met with the person at Earthfare who books their outdoor vendors, and their "scheduling" is such that it does not look like our idea of setting up a table once a week for the purpose of registering voters is going to work there. So I'm going to look elsewhere.
Our idea was to find a place that sees a lot of foot traffic, where we can set up a table and have space for some lawn chairs, where we would be out the way but close enough to get noticed, and where the majority of the traffic would be people that tend to share our progressive take on issues. I'm thinking that some other grocery stores in town might be good places to try next.
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Randall sends along this note ...
Greetings from the wonderful environs of Western North Carolina where the weather has turned cooler and the first hints of fall are in the trees and shrubs. September may be my favorite month.
Don't forget to mark those calendars for our third DKos meetup on Saturday, October 19th at The Bywater in Asheville. The leaves will be at their peak, the weather will be cool and food will be awesome. Oh! And there will be politics!
Have a great weekend. Football!!!!
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Organicfest is tomorrow at Pack Square Place in Asheville, from 10:00 - 6:00. I've attended several of these in the past, and it's a wonderful way to spend some time on a sunny September afternoon in Asheville.
Let us know of any events this weekend that you think might be of interest.
And enjoy your day!