The July 14th comic, like most of my comics, is set in a fictional place. The difference with this comic, however, is that it doesn't have to be!
I would like to take a moment and introduce you to Natali. Many of you may already know her on Twitter as @UberDorkGirlie or as the newest member of the Power Geeks podcast team. I know her as "a dork with a dream".
I met Natali online last year and in the time I've known her she has changed my life. I could spend the rest of the post talking about how awesome she is just being herself, but I need to tell you about her dream, the UberDork Café and she needs your help to make that dream come true. She described the UDC (UberDork Café) in her blog a couple times here, and here. She's way better at telling you about her dream than I am. So go read her blog and get the details and then come back here. I'll wait for you in the next paragraph.
Back? So it's a cool idea, yes? Art + Science = Geeks. I like that. It will be a family friendly place where you can go and drink coffee, game, learn and do so much more. Every time I read about it I think more and more that it has the potential to become a Geek Cultural Center. A place where you can go and bring your mini-geeks with you. A place that will encourage you and them to grow and learn. Plus, did I mention there will be coffee?
Currently she has started a Kickstarter page to raise the capital needed to cover the startup costs of the UDC. What's Kickstarter? It's this awesome page that lets you pledge your financial support to different projects that interest you. And here's the key part, if the project you support doesn't raise the declared goal amount you're not charged. You only have to pay up on your pledge if enough people pledge. Right now she's trying to raise $5000 and she's over halfway there, but if she doesn't get to the $5000 mark it's all a wash. The backers don't get charged and she doesn't get anything.
I know the economy is tough right now, so I'm not asking you to pledge a $1000 or anything crazy like that. I'm not even asking you to pledge $100, but how about $1? or $5? There are almost 70 people backing the project already. If we can spread the word to enough people all of those $1 and $5 donations will add up fast. Granted, if you are feeling generous and want to dig deep and drop $100 on the project that's awesome cool too!
If you can't donate, how about you just do me a favor and tell some of your friends about it? Maybe they can help spread the word with us. Just link them to the UberDork Café's Kickstarter page.
Now for the fine print. I have to admit that part of the reason I am so excited about this project is the possibility of someday having the UDC be successful enough to start opening franchises across the country. How cool would it be to have a place like this in your hometown? But that won't happen if we don't get this first one built.
Thanks for reading. I appreciate your time and attention on something that means so much to so many people. If you'd like to donate, just click on the UberDork Café logo or one of the Kickstarter links above.
