Re: [Dfey-nw-discuss] Girl Geek Afternoon Tea - Sunday 6/12 @ Madlab Manchester

[Paul Sutton]

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Tim Dobson wrote:
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [GeekUp] Girl Geek Afternoon Tea - Sunday 6/12 @ Madlab Manchester
> Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:43:34 +0000
> From: Samantha Bail <address@hidden>
> 
> 
> Hello everyone!
> 
> What could be better on a Sunday afternoon then a nice cup of tea, yummy
> biscuits, a good chat and... GEEKERY! Yes Ladies, the Girl Geek Dinner
> has got a little sister - Girl Geek Afternoon Tea!
> 
> Similar to the good ol' GG Dinner, but held on a family friendly Sunday
> afternoon. This is your chance to have a cup of tea and a geeky chat,
> meet new people, hear some interesting talks and take part in fun tech
> related workshops for all skills levels (there may be snorkels,
> screwdrivers and partitioning tools involved...maybe.)
> 
> The first Afternoon Tea will be a Show & Tell - so bring something
> really cool and fun that you would like to show to others. This could be
> anything, from ancient knitting techniques to mad hacking skills - no
> need to prepare formal slides, a few of minutes of live action will do!
> 
> When: Sunday, 6 December 2009 - 2pm to 4pm
> Where: Madlab Manchester, 36-40 Edge Street (Northern Quarter)
> How much? Free!
> 
> We're going to keep it rather informal, so pop in and bring
> - your favourite mug (spare teapots / cafetieres would be helpful, too)
> - your favourite tea or coffee (we'll have proper "tea" tea, milk and
> sugar, but if you prefer something more fancy... :)
> - BYOB - bring your own biscuits to share with your fellow girl geeks
> (rumour has it we'll have cake...oooh!)
> 
> And, last but certainly not least - bring someone along who wouldn't
> normally come to a Girl Geek Dinner! Any friends, colleagues, junior
> girl geeks, sisters, mums,... are welcome!
> 
> To give us an idea of the number of people we can expect, we would ask
> you to sign up if you're planning on coming:
> http://girlgeektea.eventbrite.com/
> Spontaneous visitors are always welcome anyway, of course!
> 
> Check out the Madlab page:
> http://madlab.org.uk/content/girl-geek-afternoon-tea/
> 
> Hope to see you all there!
> 
> Thanks to Madlab for being so kind to offer us their space in the
> Northern Quarter - you're awesome!
> 
> 
> PS:  And what about men? Same rules as for the GG Dinners apply - if
> you've got a girl geek as a date, you're welcome! :)
> 
> 
I wish there were more dfey members here in the SW so we could organise
similar events.  I contacted the source (youth online magazine thing),
got no reply,  from first or follow up e-mail.
http://www.ukyouth.org/whatwedo/publications/#the%20Source has a link to
it. I just used the contact details at the back.

Not sure if its because I am not a young person, or if they just totally
ignore people if its the latter, no wonder young people get
dis-illusioned with these services aimed at them.

I have contacted several other places to try and promote us,  its hard
going.  Catch 22, need young people to help promote dfey here,  but need
to reach out first.

Looking at this
The four key elements for the new service as described in Youth Matters are:

    * Empowering young people ? ensuring they are engaged in shaping the
services they receive and providing more things to do, places to go and
someone to talk to.
    * Making a contribution ? encouraging more young people to volunteer
and become involved in their communities.
    * Supporting Choices ? providing better information, advice and
guidance to help young people make more informed choices.
    * Reforming targeted support ? providing better and more
personalised intensive support for those young people with the greatest
need.

I think dfey seems to cover most of these,  certainly the first 2 the
second would perhaps cover getting involved with dfey, local lugs etc,
and open source projects,  and the community generally. Perhaps number 3
if you want to give people informed choices on software and electronic
freedom.  the latter one could be if people can be


Paul

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