Re: Urgent: please confirm your attendance: Debate Watch/Holiday Party (fwd)

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

OK, posted a message at

 http://www.meetup.com/Santa-Clara-County-Democratic-Socialism-Meetup/events/227326456/

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 07:23:45 -0800 (PST)
 >
 >  > From: Margaret <http://www.meetup.com/~info>
 >  > Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 21:49:15 -0500
 >  > 
 >  > Your Organizer, Margaret, sent the following message to some members of 
 >  > Silicon Valley for Bernie:
 >  > 
 >  > Thanks for signing up for my debate watch party in Sunnyvale this Saturday, 
 >  > now scheduled to begin at 4 PM.
 >  > The restaurant requires 40 people minimum and I only have 31 people signed 
 >  > up so far through various methods. So I'm nervous about proceeding--if I 
 >  > don't get more signups and some of you are no-shows I'll be on the hook for 
 >  > any shortfall, and I need to let them know tomorrow if I'm going to proceed 
 >  > or need to cancel.
 >  > PLEASE REPLY to this email right away to confirm that you still plan to 
 >  > attend, and provide the names of your guests if any. If I don't get good 
 >  > response and more confirmations soon I will cancel the event.
 >  > While Bernie events typically fill up quickly, we are finding that this is 
 >  > a challenging time of year for many folks, and all of the debate watch 
 >  > parties in our region that I'm aware of have been very slow to fill up. 
 >  > Some say this was part of the DNC's plan when they scheduled the debates, 
 >  > to give Bernie Sanders as little exposure as possible.
 >  > If you know of others who might want to attend, here is the event link to 
 >  > RSVP:Â  https://secure.berniesanders.com/page/event/detail/4vb4q 
 >  > ,https://secure.berniesanders.com/page/event/detail/4vb4q,
 >  > This debate watch party is one of only 2 in our county that are being 
 >  > organized by Bernie supporters for Bernie supporters. The other is at a 
 >  > Round Table Pizza in Palo Alto (more chaotic environment, poorer sound 
 >  > quality, food won't be as good). A third event is being organized by the 
 >  > Democratic Club of Sunnyvale (a potluck) and will include people who 
 >  > support other presidential candidates.
 >  > 
 >  > To visit Silicon Valley for Bernie, go here:
 >  > 
 >  > http://www.meetup.com/Silicon-Valley-for-Bernie/?_xtd=gatlbWFpbF9jbGlja9oAJGFjNzBmMTVkLTM5OTEtNDIwOS05OWViLTljZmU5MzNmNGY0OQ