[Fsuk-manchester] Fwd: Young Rewired State - get involved for 2012

[Michael Dorrington]

It would be good if someone could represent MFS at this event and
promote the Free Software philosophy.  These developers could be
programming the Free Software you use.

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Subject: Young Rewired State - get involved for 2012
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:11:27 +0100
From: Steven Flower <address@hidden>
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Hi everyone

Apologies for using the google group for this, but I think it could be of
interest to a wide range of organisers

We've held Young Rewired State [1] at MadLab for a week in August in 2010 &
2011.  It's a weeklong "hack" for developers aged 18 and under - held in
August

It's a chance for developers aged under 18 to come together, build stuff
and show the world.  Equally, it's also a great opportunity for the
communities around MadLab to work with young people.

In the past year, the success of YRS has also exploded out into a focus on
how IT is taught in our schools [2]

We're holding a short meeting at MadLab on* Monday 30th April* (4-6pm) to
gather support: http://lanyrd.com/2012/yrs-madlabuk-planning/

Could you volunteer to help during the week? Either by being there at some
point or even providing remote support (or even pizza!) is welcome.

Also - I'm keen this year that we help YRS'ers find out more about the
Madlab groups that take place during the year...

Thanks

Steven


[1] - http://youngrewiredstate.org/
[2] -
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/mar/31/manifesto-teaching-ict-education-minister
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