NaNo WriMo Gators

In the works – it looks like we may have a UF student organization this year. We’ve been able to find a faculty advisor and students who are interested in making this a club. A draft of the constitution has been written, and the forms are going to be submitted this week to see if NaNo WriMo Gators will become an official organization.

This will be a year-round group for writers, encouraging writers to set and meet goals, including, but not limited to, completion of NaNo WriMo in November.

If you are a UF student, (or even an interested community member) and you’d like to join NaNo WriMo Gators, keep your eyes here. We’ll let you know when the club is official, and when the first meeting will be.

One Less Car challenge

For those of you who are NaNo WriMo participants, and are UF Students, Staff or Faculty, we have created a group for the One Less Car Challenge. Starting October 17th, the challenge is to find alternate means for your commute to campus other than a single occupancy vehicle for that day, then as often as possible for the Fall semester. You can meet the challenge by carpooling, riding a bike, taking the bus (free with your gator1 card), etc.

There are events on Oct. 16th and 17th for participants of the challenge, and you can sign up for the Gainesville/UF NaNo WriMo team and help see how we are doing as a group. Alison is listed as our team leader for this event.

**If you sign up for this challenge before Sept. 16th, and list Gainesville/UF NaNo WriMo as your team, you will receive a t-shirt in October as part of our team. Sign up continues after that date, but the free t-shirts don’t.**

For more information see the website at  http://www.sustainable.ufl.edu/onelesscar/

Or you can see the instructions on how to sign up at this powerpoint:
http://www.sustainable.ufl.edu/documents/OneLessCar_Instructions.ppt

Let’s make this a worthwhile event, and maybe even carry over to November, carpooling or finding other transportation to write-ins and events, and make a little dent in making a more sustainable city.