From: "Gathering 4 Gardner Organizers" c

From: "Gathering 4 Gardner Organizers" c To: "[email protected]" <jeevacationca Subject: Test Run - G4G Martin Gardner Celebration of Mind Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:32:15 +0000 Dear fellow G4G Participants, As you know Martin Gardner passed away on May 22, 2010. He wanted no memorials, but he expressed a desire for the Gatherings for Gardner to continue. In this spirit the Gathering For Gardner Foundation invites you to celebrate Martin's life and work, and continue his pursuit of a playful and fun approach to Mathematics, Science, Art, Magic, Puzzles and all of his other interests and writings. On October 21,2010, which would have been Martin's 96th Birthday, the Martin Gardner Global Celebration of Mind Gatherings will take place in different locations around the world. Information about these events can be found at: http://www.g4g4.com/G4G-COM/index.htm Everybody is welcome to join this celebration party by signing up to attend an event in your area or to take the lead and host a celebration party. We encourage everyone to bring a magic trick, puzzle, recreational mathematics problem or story about Martin to share at your event. We will host an archive of the events to share with all of the participants. The Global Gathering welcomes everybody to join this celebration party by signing up to attend an event in your area, or take the lead to organize and host a celebration party by following these instructions: http://www.g4g4.com/G4G-COM/G4G CoM Hosting.htm If you are interested in hosting a local event, send an email to: [email protected] with the following information: Host Name: City: Actual Address (optional): Time of Your Event: Theme (if you want one): Contact Information (preferably) Email Address: Maximum Capacity of Your Event: Some ground rules: This is NOT a memorial. Martin did not want a memorial. We will post the maximum capacity of your event. If you have limited space for your event, please indicate the number. Also, contact us when your event becomes full and we will post this on the website. To help us archive the activities and people celebrating this inaugural event, we expect the following follow-up from our hosts by Friday, November 5th, 2010. EFTA00757803 A complete list of names and email addresses (or contact information) of attendees. Note: We will not sell or give-away these lists to third parties. A written summary of what happened at your event. Any photos and videos, either links or files, taken at your event (with copyright permission for web display)! We encourage our hosts to inform their attendees about the Gathering 4 Gardner 10 coming up in March, 2012. Visit the G4G website for more details closer to the event. This is not limited to G4G Attendees. Please pass this information on to others who may enjoy such events. If you have anything that you would like to contribute to the Tools/Resource section of the website, please pass them along to us at: [email protected] with the subject: "CoM Resources". The Gathering 4 Gardner Organizers Elwyn Berlekamp - Mark Setteducati - Thomas Rodgers The G4G Celebration of Mind Committee Mark Setteducati, Tom Rodgers, Scott Hudson, Tanya Thompson, Stan Isaacs, Thane Plambeck Jerry Farrell, Gary Foshee, Bill Ritchie To unsubscribe to the Gathering for Gardner group, please send reply to [email protected] EFTA00757804