Hi all,
Dublin City of Science 2012 is definitely going ahead, yes! And I am a member of the organising team.
The Irish made a great bid and the amazing Convention Center Dubiln will host ESOF 2012, a gathering of scientists from all over the world to discuss the major topics in science today.
The government also made a great decision to also back the project of making Dublin the European Capital of Science for 2012 and there will be some funding to arrange outreach events throughout 2012 (and hopefully beyond). Particular favour for funding will be given to events with one or more partners and it is hoped that other partners could provide some level of funding (altough this is not always necessary!).
I'd love for Wikimedia to get involved and it would also be a great impetus to get the Irish chapter launched. The call for outreach is not officially launched yet, but I will let you all know when it goes out.
I would certainly work on this, but I'm not an expert Wiki-editor! Who else would be on-board for potentially helping? All suggestions are welcome for event-types and styles.
Cheers,
Conor.
p.s. Although I am very interested in web science, I won't be able to make it to Galway - thanks Jodi.
On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 4:03 PM, Michael Peel email@mikepeel.net wrote:
Hi Conor, all,
I'd love to be able to help with this, although I'm from England... Can you clarify: is 'Dublin City of Science' something that's definitely going ahead, or is this a bid for that status in that year?
IMO, having 'how-to-edit' or 'Ask a Wikimedian' sessions would be perfect - either done as classes, or as a drop-in session throughout the conference. Doing a talk that advertises that session to conference-goers would also be good. I'm sure that WMUK could help with some of the logistics, provided that enough wikimedians in Ireland want to take part.
Thanks, Mike
On 5 Mar 2011, at 19:15, Conor Wao wrote:
Hi all,
sorry about lack of contact over last while but I started a new job and was quite busy. The new job is, however, as a Project Coordinator for Dublin City of Science 2012. Dublin will host the Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF) in July 2012 and is currently seeking calls for proposals for talks to be held at the 5-day conference. http://www.dublinscience2012.ie/calls Deadline for proposals is June 30th 2011.
We will also be hosting a lot of outreach events over the next year and I definitely think Wikimedia should get involved in some way - either by presenting a talk or hosting in some outreach events. Do we have anyone confident enough to speak about Wikimedia's activities and goals on board? Maybe a how-to-edit master-class? Ideas are welcome. Anyone from England (and worldwide) is welcome too.
I hope Wikimedia can collaborate in some way,
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Conor.
p.s. my name is Conor Dowdall ... Conor Wao is just an online profile!
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