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Wow. Just wow. You're awesome, Chris! Cheers, David "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 9:32 PM, Hugh Smitham <hughsmit...@gmail.com> wrote: > Cocochen comes through big! Awesome. > > -Hugh > On Mar 5, 2014 9:25 PM, "Chris Chen" <cc...@nougat.org> wrote: > >> My Family is from Burma. I can put him up. >> >> We can make Shan-style "Tofu". >> >> cc >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 7:37 PM, Kip Otteson <kip.otte...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Hello from Thailand. I'm currently helping a student look into the UBI >>> school in Portland for the mechanics course. The course is 6,450 dollars >>> for the whole shebang and he has that much money. He can also fly over >>> from Thailand to do the course. What I'm looking for is some good soul >>> that would house him and let him work for food and lodging while he's in >>> Portland from the beginning of October to November 8th or so. The courses >>> run from the 6th of October to November 7th. So, one month. >>> >>> This kid is named Kan Kyi and he's an ethnic Burmese/Shan person. He's >>> very motivated to start a community bike shop in Chiang Mai and use the >>> space to bring communities together of Thai, Burmese, and various ethnic >>> tribes through cycling and art. My family has land in town that is >>> available for him to use for a shop and the lease runs for five years. Kan >>> Kyi has applied and been accepted to numerous universities in the states >>> but there is just not enough scholarship money for his needs to be met. >>> His family has chosen public service over money and it is hard to pay such >>> huge fees for American schools. >>> >>> The space that Kan Kyi's shop would be located on includes Documentary >>> Arts Asia and the Pun Pun Farm restaurant. This is going to be a kind of >>> alternative, organic, sustainable think tank in the middle of the city. >>> Super cool! >>> >>> So does anyone on the list want to take a risk and host a budding bike >>> nut for a month? I know Kan Kyi wants to work out some kind of rent >>> payment. (He'll soon have crazy bike skills!) He'll come to Portland with >>> his Surly LHT and get to work. Two other list guys can vouch for him, Earl >>> Grey (Gernot Huber) and Paul Y. >>> >>> Thanks for the time. >>> >>> Kip Otteson >>> Chiang Mai, Thailand >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> "I want the kind of six pack you can't drink." -- Micah >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/L39kNhOshJE/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
