[corkbiomakerspace] Re: Events and Workshops etc
- From: jean o neill <jean.oneill@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "corkbiomakerspace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <corkbiomakerspace@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 18:01:18 +0100
I've no problem with either :D
One thing I was thinking of as an aside, and more so for smallies (ie
7-10's), would be themed workshops along the lines of be a... for the day.
I've an idea as to how we could do it for really outlandish things like
astronaut on the (reasonably) cheap, so long as folk weren't expecting zero
gravity training (although I do know a cool way of imitating gravitational
centre changes). I need to posit though, and I'll do that at some stage
over this weekend hopefully.
On 11 July 2014 14:11, Cathal Garvey <cathalgarvey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> We're definitely not Synbio-only, I don't think that'd be good for the
> space and I think it'd be doing a disservice to the diversity of
> bio/tech and Ireland's range of life-related interests.
>
> In my head, we're versatile enough to do synbio, nutrition, urban
> gardening, food fermentation, basically anything involving mostly
> Carbon, Oxygen and Hydrogen. :)
>
> Would love to see your ideas and, even better, to see you delivering
> said workshops! (poke)
>
> On 10/07/14 13:56, jean o neill wrote:
> > So, I have a bit of unanticipated free time over the weekend and was
> > planning on plotting event and workshop ideas, to see what would sink and
> > what would swim with ye all.
> > With that in mind, I wanted to see what type of age groups we're
> > considering e.g broad as in under 12 under 16 over 18?, Beginners,
> > middlers, experts? or if we're aiming for more tailored things like
> family
> > events, transition year student events etc?
> > Also are we aiming for just events in syn bio, or shall we encompass more
> > tradional sciences like lab biology and chemistry? Just syn bio could
> put a
> > lot of folk off, but equally draw a load in for curiosity alone. Simple
> > biology and chemistry/physics stuff though like flying toasters can be
> > great with smallies, especially if we tie them in with big themes like
> > space/vets/transformers etc. And from a more materialistic POV, small
> > workshops like that that cost a fiver per smallie can be a decent short
> > term income source that's fairly cheaply run.
> > What cha think?
> >
>
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