Logistics: We will be using this link for aesops for registration, and #online-tournaments-3 on the Netrunner Event Hub Discord:

Hi all, I'm a member of The University of Minnesota's Graduate Labor Union and we're more or less on a crash course to striking (see UMN GLU for more details but tl;dr we've been negotiating for over a year and the University has effectively halted bargaining with us).

Update: Strike avoided for now, but we as a union still expect negotiations to eventually stall out again

Update 2: We're voting for strike next week!

Since we're a young union that just started getting dues from members in the last few months, I'm hoping to combine my love for organizing events, Netrunner, and Startup to have a casual level fundraiser for the union's eventual Strike Fund. Donations will go towards supporting striking graduate workers, as well as for the infrastructure and material costs that will occur during our fight for a fair contract.

Here's how this works:

There will be a google form with registration information including your address for prize support etc.

We will do at least 5 rounds of Single Sided Swiss on Aesops or Cobra (with more and a top cut depending on player count) starting at noon CST, or 18:00 UTC

Since startup events are already rare, I'm not going to require a donation or monetary cost to play. However, I'm going to ask that if you want prize support, to please donate at least $10 USD to the union (with the link in the google form when it goes live).

Prizing

Since this is more of a casual level event, here's what prizing looks like:

I'll be ordering a few of the 2021 Startup Prize kits, they have Jailbreak full arts, Send a Message full arts, and then Tao/Zahya and PD/BTL full arts. I'll also be augmenting this with the latest GNK which has Your Digital Life and Curupira.

• All players will get their choices of two playsets from the following: Send A Message, Jailbreak, Curupira, Your Digital Life

• Top 16 will get to choose a Burner/Strike Fund playset (see below)

• Top 8 will get their choice from the Identity cards (either Runner or Corp) and the other playset of Burner / Strike Fund that they didn't choose from their Top 16 prizing

• Top 4 will get the other identity card as well alongside a foil Burner playset if they want it (see below)

Alongside the official NSG prizing for GNKs, I have the following prizing I'll be providing:

• For players who don't mind stuff that's soon set to rotate, when submitting your google form you can say you want a random alt from my pile of "stuff that'll rotate with Dawn". This includes alts of FFG cards, some of it may be legal in standard, some of it may be legal in only eternal. When you submit the form, just say you want it and I'm happy to throw it in, it won't change shipping costs :)

• The Tomorrow's Headline from Run Together summer 2024 (see image below) is available, and you can swap out any of the prizing you got from playing (including participation) for it if you would like.

• I'm currently working on a Burner alt (see below for a possible draft), top 16 will automatically get a playset if they want.

• Saving the best for last, SeaRose and Zoe Hope from The Tag Mill are currently making a GLU themed Strike Fund alt art