[Volunteers] Darwin150 campaign: update, things to do, intros?

[Phil Terry]

Volunteers in the Darwin150 campaign,

I hope this note finds you well.

Here's an update and some stuff to do:

- Atlantic Monthly covered our efforts here:
http://correspondents.theatlantic.com/lane_wallace/2009/09/celebrating_the_origin_of_the_species.php

- Columbia University lecture - "Variation" - is this Wednesday,  
October 7
It's sold out for the live event but we have room for the  
teleconference. Can you help promote it?
Free registration here:
http://DarwinLecture2.eventbrite.com

- "On the Origin of Species" free reading group starts this week -  
there are a few spots. Join if you like or spread the word.
http://Darwin2009-1.eventbrite.com

- Brief intro?
Send a brief intro of yourself and what kinds of promotion/work you  
are doing at your site to the whole group - volunteers at darwin150.org.  
It's a good way to get to know each other.

Thanks for helping to make Darwin150 successful.

We'll schedule a call soon to get everyone together!

Thank you!

Phil
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Promote the Columbia Lecture

Wednesday, October 7
Speaker: JONATHAN WEINER
Professor, Columbia University
Lecture 2: Variation
8:00 PM EST/ 5:00 PM PST (90 minute lecture and Q&A)

Sign-up here for the teleconference:
http://DarwinLecture2.eventbrite.com

Wednesday, October 7, at 8pm eastern time at Columbia University and  
live via teleconference, Pulitzer-prize winning professor Jonathan  
Weiner, author of "Beak of the Finch", among other books will deliver  
the second lecture in our 150th anniversary "Origin of Species" series  
hosted by The Reading Odyssey and the Darwin Facebook project.  
Attendees optionally can read chapters 1 and 2 on variation in  
Darwin's great book.

Sponsors include National Geographic, Citrix Online and their HiDef  
Conferencing Division, Campaign Monitor,  Harvard Museum of  
Comparative Zoology, National Center for Science  
Education,Squarespace, Creation The Movie, and The New York Academy of  
Sciences.

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Join the Facebook group

Please join the Facebook group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=53320310123

Why is it important?
The Facebook group is helping to make a large mainstream cultural  
statement. It helps us attract sponsors, attention and awareness for  
the lecture series and reading group.

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Promote the reading group

We have *14* few free spots left for the "Origin of Species" reading  
group.

Fall 2009 Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" $49 or free*
Tuesdays Oct 6, Nov 3 and Dec 8 at 8pm ET
Moderator: Stephanie Aktipis, PhD, Harvard

Sign-up here:
http://Darwin2009-1.eventbrite.com

In the fall of 2009, we are running a Darwin phone-based reading group  
for those who would like the Reading Odyssey reading experience of  
this great scientific work. Special thanks to Reading Odyssey sponsors  
Citrix Online and their HiDefConferencing division.
The reading group will meet Tuesdays Oct 6, Nov 3 and Dec 8 at 8pm ET,  
5pm Pacific via phone. The conference call number will be supplied to  
all who register.
Edition? We'll read the Harvard University Press Fascimile of Darwin's  
first edition with introduction by the great Ernst Mayr. Here's the  
Amazon link.
Moderator? Stephanie Aktipis, Ph.D. in Evolutionary Biology from the  
Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard.  
Stephanie also holds a M.Sc. with honors in Science Policy from the  
London School of Economics where she studied the intersection of  
science, government, and public policy.   She has taught several  
biology courses at Harvard University and The George Washington  
University and received the Derek Bok Award for Excellence in Teaching  
at Harvard in 2004.  Most recently, Stephanie was a Teaching Fellow  
for the Evolutionary Biology course at Harvard College which included  
an in-depth study of The Origin of Species.  She currently serves as a  
Resident Tutor and Sophomore Advising Coordinator in Harvard College  
at Cabot House, an undergraduate residential community.

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Local viewing for the Sean Carroll webcast

We have *900* webcast spots available.

Are you hosting a local viewing on your campus/at your museum or  
institution?

Please consider doing so. Here are the details for the lecture.

Wednesday, November 4
Speaker: SEAN CARROLL
Professor, Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Wisconsin
Lecture 3: The Making of the Fittest: Natural Selection and the DNA  
Record of Evolution
8:00 PM EST/ 5:00 PM PST (90 minute lecture and Q&A)

Free registration:
http://DarwinLecture3.Eventbrite.com

Wednesday, November 4 at 8pm Eastern time, world-renowned scientist,  
Professor Carroll, author of a number of books for the general reader  
and over 100 scientific papers, will deliver the third lecture in our  
150th anniversary "Origin of Species" series. hosted by The Reading  
Odyssey and the Darwin Facebook project. Attendees are encouraged to  
read chapters 3 and 4 on variation in Darwin's great book.
Sponsors include National Geographic, Citrix Online and their HiDef  
Conferencing Division, Campaign Monitor,  Harvard Museum of  
Comparative Zoology, National Center for Science  
Education,Squarespace, Creation The Movie, and The New York Academy of  
Sciences.

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Brief intro

Send a brief intro to campus at Darwin150.org

Include:
- name of institution - university, college, museum, etc?
- your role
- why you joined the campus network
- what you are doing to promote - any innovations that others can copy

Thanks!

Phil