Week Long Popup Next February

[Gareth]

Hey folks,

Niamh Farren from AONTAS (the adult education charity) was kind enough to meet with me last month, to talk about possibly working together with Open Learning Ireland in the future. 

AONTAS have agreed to look into getting access to a NAMA building or similar for running a pop-up Learn Something; Share Something; Do Something week in February next year, to co-incide (or lead up to) AONTAS's Learning Festival (Feb 25th - 28th).

Basically, we need to figure out the logistics for this: What kind of building or space we'll need, what equipment we'll need, what costs are likely to incur. Source folks to lead workshops that will fill a week of time, and get cracking on promoting the event once we have the details nailed down. This is an amazing opportunity to build on what we've already done with our three previous pop-up weekend events, and to build interest in the idea of a more permanent open access learning institution in Dublin city.

Ideas for groups to collaborate with:

AONTAS 

Sharing Ireland  - David Collins - https://www.facebook.com/groups/SharingIreland/  and Justfortheloveofit.org

Samual Bishop - who organised last years Gluaiseacht Skillshare Festival (http://diyskillshare.org/)

Dublin Skill Share (https://www.facebook.com/DublinSkillshare)

Mutant Space (who run an indie performers festival and performance skill share group)

Transcolonia (who've helped source buildings for other projects in the past)

Science Gallery Make Shop (http://sciencegallery.com/makeshop) - run by Nora O'Murchu

Science Gallery ignite talks - run by Shaun O'Boyle

TOG (via Julian Fitzsimons)

Exchange Dublin's Language Exchange / Exchange Words (if writing group is off the ground by then) (https://www.facebook.com/groups/exchange.dublin.language.exchange/)

Dublin Intellectual (http://www.dublintellectual.ie/)

Contact Improv (http://www.dublintellectual.ie/)

Chocolate Factory Roof Garden - 

Near FM - http://near.ie (may teach radio workshops, and even lend laptops)

Knowledge Exchange (roster of speakers who might be interested in repeating talks or expanding into workshops)

Hedge School Dublin (who teach kids app development - ran a thing at NCAD last year)

Other arts festivals - e.g.: Ranelagh arts festival / Shakefest / Knockanstockan

Innovation Dublin Festival - http://www.innovationdublin.ie/festival/2012/

Social Entrepreneurs Ireland - http://www.socialentrepreneurs.ie/

Recyclism Hacklab - http://hacklab.recyclism.com/

Saor Ollscoil (Dublin Free University) - http://www.saor-ollscoil.ie/

Upstart Collective

Thinking big - could we try to find funding to bring over folks from further afield? i.e.: Noisebridge, Bike Kitchen, 

Ideas for workshops:

Guerilla Knitting

Guerilla Gardening

Digital Music

Photoshop / Final Cut / Audition

Creative Writing

Dance 

Radio Recording / Editing / Production workshops

Hardware Hacking / Software Design

Comedy / script writing

Journal Access - how to read a science journal article

Making the most of free learning resources - udacity, kahn academy, instructables etc

Fill in yours here!

In closing, I think this is an opportunity for us to open up the Open Learning Ireland idea to a much wider constituency, and work with other groups in a more collaborative and inclusive way (now that we have enough time to plan doing do properly). Lets get to work! Hop on board the discussion either at the OLI Google Group or Facebook Group. 

Gareth

[Tom Stewart]

Venue provisionally approved for Adult Learning Week.
Pencilled in, like. 2 rooms. This could be either viewed as a backup, or I'd suggest as the main chance unless anyone else has had success.

If anyone is free to have the chats this weekend/view the venue and/or view a proposed Mens Shed venue in <i forget where...Grangegorman?> that would be awesome.
At which point, we can schedule and promo.

Likely conditions, I'm guessing, will be donation-based stuff, with a fundraiser.
Split undefined on fundraiser, but imao offering one would indicate good faith.

What do people think?