Mitch Altman and Jimmie Rodgers are creating:

FR + UK + DE +NL Workshop Tour 2015![edit | edit source]

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Can we do a workshop at your hackerspace or library or museum or school or artist space (or wherever!) this April & May?
(We are still available for some dates in May in Germany.)

Please email me with questions, or to get more info:
mitch *at* CornfieldElectronics *dot* com

We were paid by the UK Maker Faire to go to/from Europe this spring. So Mitch Altman (starting 1-April) and Jimmie Rodgers (starting 15-April) are giving workshops and talks in Paris and around FR, at the UK Maker Faire and UK hackerspaces, back to FR, then to Berlin on 11-May, and ending in Hack In The Box in Amsterdam, where Jimmie flies home (via Iceland) to Boston on 31-May and I fly home to San Francisco on 1-June.

Our workshops are for all ages, and all skill levels.

Workshops are great ways to attract new cool people to your hackerspace or other organization (existing or forming), and to energize people already at the space. You can also use the workshops to raise funds, if you like.

Me and Jimmie don't make money from our workshops. The money we charge (€10 to €25, depending on the kit) pays for kit parts and travel. We do this because we love teaching people how to make cool things! And we love helping hackerspaces and other cool orgs.

Would you be interested in having us do workshops at your space?
We still have some dates open in Germany (please see below).

Please let me know!
mitch *at* CornfieldElectronics *dot* com

Workshops & Talks[edit | edit source]

This is the workshop that we can do for this tour:

Variety of Cool Kits / Learn to Solder workshop (3 hours)

We'll be bringing lots of our kits, all designed for total beginners, but fun and intriguing enough for everyone.
We can teach anyone and everyone how to solder -- soldering actually is easy!   It's also fun to learn.
        Itinerary:
                 * intro
                 * demo of all available kits, and how they work
                 * learn how to solder!
                 * everyone solders their kit, with as much help as they need

We can also give talks, if there's interest.
I'm also happy to share experience and compare notes on keeping spaces and communities healthy and strong.
Anything that can help out your hackerspace!

Requirements for the hosting space, and more info on workshops, kits, costs, and publicity[edit | edit source]

Please use the following links for:[edit | edit source]

       * more info on the workshop
       * a list of kits we'll bring
       * the kit cost for participants
       * publicity
       * for the requirements for hosting spaces:

Requirements for hosting spaces <-- IMPORTANT -- PLEASE READ
Kits and costs in EUR
Kits and costs in GBP
Publicity -- the more publicity, the better! Let's attract more cool people to your space!

Add your space to the FR + UK + DE + NL Workshop Tour 2015![edit | edit source]

I'd love to add your space to our tour. Please let me know if you're interested, and we'll make it happen.

We're into any and all interested spaces:

hackerspaces
libraries
museums
community organizations
arts organizations
your cool space, whatever it is

Please email me for questions, or to get more info:
mitch *at* CornfieldElectronics *dot* com

Cheers,
Mitch Altman

Schedule[edit | edit source]

Please don't add your space to this schedule -- please email me first -- thanks! <mitch *at* CornfieldElectronics *dot* com>

FR[edit | edit source]

April 1 Wednesday -- leave San Francisco (SFO) UA #990 2:30pm
April 2 Thursday -- arrive --> Paris (CDG) --> 10:45pm

April 3 Friday -- 3:00pm - 8:00pm setup for La fête de la Récup’, Paris
April 4 Saturday -- 5:00pm - 8:00pm Day 1 La fête de la Récup’ -- solder workshop, Paris
April 5 Sunday -- 4:00pm - 7:00pm Day 2 La fête de la Récup’ -- solder workshop, Paris
April 6 Monday -- interviews and meals with interesting people, Paris
April 7 Tuesday -- interviews and meals with interesting people, Paris
April 8 Wednesday -- interviews and meals with interesting people, Paris
April 9 Thursday -- interviews and meals with interesting people, Paris

April 10 Friday -- Paris Gare de Lyon --> Lyon Part Dieu train #6613 11:53am --> 1:56pm
April 10 Friday -- 7:00pm - 9:00pm Espace-ALTNET talk on: The Importance of Failure, Pluses & Minuses of Technology, and my experience of such, Lyon
April 11 Saturday -- 10:00am - 1:00pm Labatoire Ouvert Lyonnais solder workshop, Lyon
April 11 Saturday -- 2:00pm - 5:00pm Espace-ALTNET / Labatoire Ouvert Lyonnais solder workshop, Lyon

April 12 Sunday -- Lyon Part Dieu --> Paris Gare de Lyon train #6620 2:04pm --> 4:07pm
April 13 Monday -- 8:30am - 6:00pm Day 1: UNESCO Leadership Program on Teaching Through Research, Centre Recherche Interdisciplinaire, Paris
April 13 Monday -- Day 1: UNESCO Leadership Program on Teaching Through Research -- talk: "How to learn through hands on experience?", Centre Recherche Interdisciplinaire, Paris
April 14 Tuesday -- 8:30am - 6:00pm Day 2: UNESCO Leadership Program on Teaching Through Research, Centre Recherche Interdisciplinaire, Paris
April 15 Wednesday -- 8:30am - 6:00pm Day 3: UNESCO Leadership Program on Teaching Through Research, Centre Recherche Interdisciplinaire, Paris
April 16 Thursday -- 8:30am - 12:00pm Day 4: UNESCO Leadership Program on Teaching Through Research, Centre Recherche Interdisciplinaire, Paris
April 16 Thursday -- 1:00pm -- Jimmie arrives at CDG, Paris
April 16 Thursday -- 2:00pm - 6:00pm Day 1: 2015 Sage Paris Assembly: Connecting Open Research, Open Education and Open Social Impact, Institut Pasteur, Paris
April 17 Friday -- 8:30am - 4:00pm Day 2: 2015 Sage Paris Assembly: Connecting Open Research, Open Education and Open Social Impact, Institut Pasteur, Paris
April 17 Friday -- 5:30pm - 8:00pm Day 2: 2015 Sage Paris Assembly: Connecting Open Research, Open Education and Open Social Impact -- Healing Paris Projects Ceremony, Hotel de Ville, Paris
April 18 Saturday -- 8:30am - 3:00pm Day 3: 2015 Sage Paris Assembly: Connecting Open Research, Open Education and Open Social Impact, Institut Pasteur, Paris

April 19 Sunday -- Paris Gare de Lyon --> Montpellier Saint Roach train #iDTGV2927 10:05am --> 1:36pm
April 19 Sunday -- 2:00pm - 6:00pm Arduino For Total Newbies workshop at Le BIB hackerspace, Montpellier
April 20 Monday -- Montpellier
April 21 Tuesday -- Montpellier

UK[edit | edit source]

April 22 Wednesday -- Montpellier Saint Roach --> Paris Gare de Lyon train #TGV6062 12:26pm --> 3:53pm
April 22 Wednesday -- Paris Gare du Nord train --> London St Pancras train #Eurostar9053 6:40pm --> 8:02pm

April 23 Thursday -- Londond Kings Cross --> Newcastle train #GR44000 1:30pm --> 4:42pm

April 24 Friday -- 11:00am - 8:00pm -- setup for UK Maker Faire, Life Science Centre, Newcastle
April 25 Saturday -- 9:00am - 6:00pm -- Day 1 UK Maker Faire -- solder workshop, Life Science Centre, Newcastle
April 25 Saturday -- 2:30pm - 3:00pm -- Day 1 UK Maker Faire -- talk: "The Need for Community", Life Science Centre, Newcastle
April 25 Saturday -- 7:00pm - 10:00pm -- UK Hackspace meetup, The Union Rooms, Newcastle
April 26 Sunday -- 9:00am - 6:00pm -- Day 2 UK Maker Faire -- solder workshop, Life Science Centre, Newcastle
April 27 Monday -- Newcastle

April 28 Tuesday -- Newcastle --> Carlisle train #NT107900 11:22am --> 12:47pm
April 28 Tuesday -- hang out with Pat Smith, Carlisle
April 28 Tuesday -- Carlisle --> Manchester Picadilly train #TP806000 5:33pm --> 7:27pm
April 29 Wednesday -- Manchester
April 30 Thursday -- Manchester
May 1 Friday -- Manchester
May 2 Saturday -- 1:00pm - 4:00pm -- Madlab solder workshop, Manchester
May 3 Sunday -- 1:00pm - 4:00pm -- Madlab Salford solder workshop, Salford

May 4 Monday -- Manchester Picadilly --> London Euston train #TL833076 1:15pm --> 3:32pm
May 5 Tuesday -- London
May 6 Wednesday -- 7:00pm - 10:00pm -- London Hackspace solder workshop, London
May 7 Thursday -- London

FR[edit | edit source]

May 8 Friday -- London Victoria --> London Gatwick Gatwick Express train -- 11:00am --> 12:00pm
May 8 Friday -- London Gatwick --> Toulouse EZY5337 -- 2:10pm --> 4:55pm
May 9 Saturday -- 10:00am - 6:00pm -- Fablab Festival 2015 solder workshop, Artilect FabLab Toulouse, Toulouse
May 10 Sunday -- 3:30pm - 4:30pm -- Fablab Festival 2015 Mitch talk: "The Need for Community", Jimmie talk: "Community Engagement", Artilect FabLab Toulouse, Toulouse

May 11 Monday -- Leave Toulouse Matabiau --> Paris Austerlitz, train 3700 10:38am --> 5:38pm

DE[edit | edit source]

May 12 Tuesday -- Paris Est --> Strasbourg, train TGV9573 11:25am --> 1:42pm
May 12 Tuesday -- Strasbourg --> Frankfurt Hbf, train TGV9583 1:56pm --> 3:58pm
May 12 Tuesday -- Frankfurt Hbf --> Berlin Hbf, train ICE596 4:13pm --> 8:46pm
May 13 Wednesday -- Berlin
May 14 Thursday -- 9:00am - 10:00pm -- Open Tech Summit solder workshop, Berlin
May 15 Friday -- Berlin

May 16 Saturday -- Berlin Hbf --> Köln Hbf, train ICE858 1:46pm --> 6:28pm
May 17 Sunday -- 1:00pm - 3:00pm -- Chaos.Cologne Konferenz solder workshop, Köln
May 18 Monday -- Köln Hbf --> Berlin Hbf, train IC1920 2:45pm --> 7:53pm
May 19 Tuesday -- 5:00pm - 8:00pm -- Betahaus solder workshop
May 20 Wednesday -- Berlin

CH[edit | edit source]

May 21 Thursday -- Berlin Hbf --> Berm, train ICE371 10:32am --> 6:56pm
May 21 Thursday -- Bern Hbf --> Lausanne, train IR2532 7:04am --> 8:10pm
May 22 Friday -- Lausanne
May 23 Saturday -- 2:00pm -- Fixme solder workshop, Lausanne

NL[edit | edit source]

May 24 Sunday -- Leave Lausanne --> Paris Gare de Lyon, train TGV9264 8:24am --> 12:05pm
May 24 Sunday -- Leave Paris Gare du Nord --> Amsterdam Centraal, train THA9351 2:22pm --> 5:42pm
May 25 Monday -- Amsterdam
May 26 Tuesday -- 3:00pm - 5:30pm -- Fabschool???, Amsterdam
May 27 Wednesday -- 9:00am - 6:00pm -- Hack In The Box / Haxpo workshop solder workshop, Amsterdam
May 28 Thursday -- 9:00am - 6:00pm -- Hack In The Box / Haxpo workshop solder workshop, Amsterdam
May 29 Friday -- 9:00am - 6:00pm -- Hack In The Box / Haxpo workshop solder workshop, Amsterdam
May 30 Saturday -- Amsterdam
May 31 Sunday -- Amsterdam

May 31 Sunday -- 10:25pm -- Jimmie leaves Amsterdam for Reykjavik

June 1 Monday -- Amsterdam (AMS) --> Frankfurt (FRA) UA #9203 11:10am --> 12:20pm
June 1 Monday -- Frankfurt (FRA) --> San Francisco (SFO) UA #902 1:55pm --> 4:15pm

* June 1 Monday San Francisco, CA -- Back home!