[Blackpool] Fwd: Raspberry Pi Needs You!

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From: Mister C
Date:27/02/2017 14:25 (GMT+01:00)
To: blackpool-owner at mailman.lug.org.uk
Subject: Raspberry Pi Needs You!

To the tinkerers, creators, movers and shakers of Blackpool Makerspace;

My name is Mark (but most people call me MrC) and I'm one of the
'architects of awesome' at the Raspberry Pi Foundation. We're all about
making stuff at Raspberry Pi; so we're looking for active, inventive
makerspaces to help bring the next crop of coders and creators online
through our exciting new project - Raspberry Pi Pioneers. I tried to get in
touch with you from the contact details on your site but was rejected by
the mailing list bot.

You're all experts at innovating already; probably because you've put in a
lot of hours over the years improving and honing your skills with tools,
design, re-design, fabrication, and innovation. Maybe you were even lucky
enough to have a mentor or master who imparted their wisdom to you over the
years and taught you how to be this powerful. Well; we're calling upon your
substantial talents to help mentor a small group (or a couple of groups) of
early teens (12-15 years old) who are just starting on their path to being
'workshop wizards' like yourselves... if you're up for it. It isn't
resource heavy and we're not asking for anything but a few hours of your
time and a space where the kids can invent.

We've got some brilliant teachers on our team here at the Foundation;
according to them, around ten hours of workshop time over three months
should be enough for these young inventors to create something great. We
will set a theme for them to follow at the start of the competition to give
them some guidance on what to create, but we need people in the space with
them, coaching them toward a final product over the time. We can even help
you get together a group of teens to liven up your workshop from a local
school or group, if you don't have any laying around in the back somewhere.
:)

If you think this is something your makerspace or workshop might like to
get involved with, we'll provide help and structure for your volunteers in
the form of mentor packs - complete with timed session plans, resources and
tips - to anyone in your crew who feels they might like to take a few young
apprentices under their wing and show them how a real shed works, from the
inside. We will also have online forums where you can post requests for
help, will be sharing and boosting any social media posts from Twitter or
Facebook and you can contact me at any time should you have any queries or
need support.

We'd really love for you to come on board with us and make the program a
success, as well as bring some eager young makers into your fold. The UK
has one of the biggest and most active maker communities in the world, but
without bringing in some 'new blood' from time to time, that won't continue
for long. Raspberry Pi wants to harness some of your hometown heroes to
bring in the new generation of inventors and innovators and keep the
creative community in the UK at the top of its game, while making our
community tighter and improving our interactions and communication across
the nation.

I'd love to schedule a time to talk to you about the project or meet up to
give you some more details. Email me back at mark.calleja at raspberrypi.org,
skype me at markcalleja or give me a call on 07446659880. You can even DM
me on Twitter at @__misterc__ if that's more convenient.

Looking forward to hearing from you,

MrC.