Smojoe snapped some shots at HaiHaiTO at The Courthouse on Thursday Feb 11
Post by Robert Campbell on Feb 12, 2010
The twitter community of Toronto united at The Courthouse on Thursday February 11th 2010 to donate their money over drinks and conversation to the people of Haiti, who need it more than anyone else in the world.
It was a very entertaining evening, and I had a great time talking to everyone, especially the bloggers and business people who came out to mix and mingle and help make a difference.
Of course the music was too loud. And it really was impossible to hear anything in the main room, where everyone gathered, and I found myself seeking corridors and cavities away from the audio assault. The DJ played dance music, like any other night at The Courthouse, and it was a little sad. My ears didn’t need it, and I would have drunk more and stayed longer if they’d played native Haitian music at comfortable levels.
The high points of my night included meeting David Black, the Coordinator of Emergency Response Planning at the University of Toronto, and Heather Lesson, a Communications Lead at Tucows that was instrumental in their team’s response to the calamity.
The Big Thinker was there, Jonathon Sinden, and beside him is Kat Scrivener who is a smart young woman with a Masters in Globalization & the Human Condition.
I also met Kurt Gooden the co-founder of Targetivity and if you are reading this Kurt please know I’d still like to talk to you more, and I consider it unfortunate that we were interrupted. But as I was standing at the name tag table and holding the only red sharpie in my hand the interruption was perhaps inevitable. Hanging out at the name tag table or even appointing myself as name-tag-maker is an old trick of mine. Its a great way to survey the landscape and meet dozens of people in short order. If they are boring you can move along to the next customer quickly and efficiently, and as a self appointed name tag maker, you can walk away anytime.
Here’s Lisa Charleyboy, the most beautiful native girl I know, and her friend Jon Gauthier who has a remarkable business card that bears a star burst on the back with the words ‘connect yourself with the limitless’, and when I stare at it, I get a warm feeling and it makes me happy.
I met Carly-Anne Fairlie of the Fairlee Agency standing in the quiet room (the room with the prizes which was 17 decibles less intense than the courtroom), and ofcourse the girl at the very top of the post is Casie Stewart holding a limitless supply of raffle tickets. When I think back on the evening I regret not buying any of those… Jason bought some, and he didnt regret it. Jason if you are reading this please tell us the story behind this photo in the comments.
