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I drafted a wiki page with a list of people that could be invited or involved into organizing it. Please contribute if you have more ideas.

https://wiki.fscons.org/Maker_Faire

On Jan 15, 2014, at 12:57 PM, Gregoire wrote:

Hello Thomas,

I think that we've had some collaboration in the past with Gothenburg hackerspace on a maker oriented track (although if I remember correctly, it didn't work out this year)

But I absolutely love the idea of having a mini makerfaire at fscons. :-)

We had some very large, unexploited spaces this year and that would be a very good way to develop the out-of-the-lecture-room part of the conference. It could also help make the conference more kids friendly, as Makerfaires usually are, while potentially keeping the kids out of the lecture rooms, which I consider a win-win situation :-)
A few robots and 3D-printers could maybe even warmth the heart of some of the technically inclined people who have been disappointed by the broadening of topics at fscons those last 2-3 years ;-)

I'm in :-)

Grégoire

P.S. too bad I'm not in Gbg right now I would have loved to come to the Oslo Faire!!!!
BTW, I don't really know of any maker related event in gbg, except maybe for the hackerspace meetings, and would be interested to learn about them :-)


On Jan 14, 2014, at 2:10 AM, Thomas Gramstad wrote:

Hi,

I'm wondering if it could be a good idea to have a Maker

track at the next FSCONS?

I'm referring to the Maker Faire events that are spreading:

"Part science fair, part county fair, and part something entirely new, Maker Faire is an all-ages gathering of tech enthusiasts, crafters, educators, tinkerers, hobbyists, engineers, science clubs, authors, artists, students, and commercial exhibitors. All of these “makers” come to Maker Faire to show what they have made and to share what they have learned."

(quoted from http://makerfaire.com/makerfairehistory/ )

I believe there are already Maker events in Gothenburg.

And this upcoming week end there is the Oslo Maker Faire (maybe

some of you in Gothenburg would like to take a trip to Oslo?) :

The Oslo Maker Faire festival takes place at Teknisk Museum

(11-18).

Program and practical info at http://makerfaireoslo.no/ .

(I'm involved in it as I'll talk there about "Open Money and

Cryptocurrencies".)

Thomas

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