Every one of you has played a big part in making 2009 a great year for SMC Seattle, and we want to see all of you at our anniversary event! So, we are happy to announce that, with the approval of Spitfire Grill to fill the entire place, we will now be selling tickets at the door for our January event. (150 of them!)

This also gives us a great opportunity to raise even more money for the Jolkona project with Technology Access Foundation.

Here are the details -

What: SMC’s One-Year Anniversary Celebration

Where: Spitfire Grill, downtown Seattle 2219 4th Avenue  Seattle, WA 98121

Date: Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Time: 6-9 p.m.

Cost:
$10 tickets includes 2 drinks and apps http://smcseattlejan.eventbrite.com/ – SOLD OUT!
$5 minimum donation tickets to be sold at the door (cash/check only – drinks and food not included)

100% of the ticket sales will go to fund one year of specialized science, technology, engineering, and math training for kids (through a Jolkona project with Technology Access Foundation).

For more information on the event, please see the original announcement here – http://smcseattle.com/jan2010/

Thanks to our sponsors, Seattle.SocialCentral.Net, Spitfire and Gist!

About Jolkona’s TAF Project and Technology Access Foundation:

Jolkona Foundation believes that small amounts of money can change the world. As a 501(c)3 organization, Jolkona addresses problems across the world by connecting people to innovative non-profits and showing one-to-one proof of where the donation money goes. SMC Seattle is supporting them through funding their TAF project.

TAF is a Seattle-area non-profit that prepares underserved children of color for success by providing a rigorous and relevant K-12 curriculum. Founded in Seattle in 1996, TAF provides opportunities for urban youth of color to gain necessary skills and education to successfully compete for professional careers in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and math).

RealNetworks parlayed the great weather, venue, and of course the great people of the Seattle social media community to launch RealPlayer SP.

RealPlayer SP (part of RealNetworks) was the sponsor this month. It was great to see Rob Glaser – Founder, Chairman and CEO of RealNetworks do a demo of Real Player SP. Rob even tweeted about the event while he was there.

We were honored to have this SMC Seattle event utilized as the launch pad for a new product — this was a first. We hope to see more and more companies share their new offerings with the Social Media community on future launch efforts.

Lacy Kemp of RealNetworks was the person that brought all of this together. Lacy is part of the Social Media team at RealNetworks and can be found tweeting about work and her outside of work passions @RealTweeter. Lacy is an action sports fanatic including Mountain Biking — which made me like her right away.

There were over 150 people attending the SMC Seattle event and there are too many people to name here. However, there were a few people I saw that kept the event lively. I saw many more people chatting in the atrium, at tables, and even outside under the I-5 overpass.

• Shauna Causey, Kenji Onozawa, and Chris Pirillo were manning the live streaming of the event
• Danielle Morrill, Elliot Pesut, and Kristy Bolsinger were engaged in deep conversations with lots of people.
• Shannon Paul was also there. She is a recent transplant to Seattle from Detroit. Welcome the the Pacific Northwest.

We are fortunate to have such a great team behind the scenes of the SMC Seattle events. Rachel Bergstedt, Joann Jen, and Kevin Urie are a few of the people that keep the SMC Seattle events running like clockwork. A big thanks to them for their time to put all the pieces in place.

Thanks again to RealNetworks and RealPlayer SP for sponsoring the July event. We look forward to working with the RealNetworks team for many years.

Next up

August 18th — We will post a link for the event shortly. We look forward to seeing you at the next SMC Seattle event.

Image Credit: Lacy Kemp