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Check inboxes in mail and Fb <3
Yes, please! 
What tours?
Sorry guys, I’m just trying to catch up.
@Noemi when are you coming to Armenia? Looking forward to catch up! Have a place to stay? xx
If you want to consider ICA’s space in Yerevan, count us in as a potential space for LOTE6.
Thanks dear!
I don’t know exactly, sometime February-March, UNDP stuff more than OpenCare as we are planning a follow up to Future Makers, and so the community dimension is there anyway… so I thought it might be worth doing something on the side. Will email you the details in case we don’t get to blog about this soon.
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Shared calendar => win
Maybe make it open, so that people can add themselves to it?
BUT: please, do not just go out and make something. I think this needs to be “done right”, like @Matthias likes to say. Among other things, this means taking into account what people are already using as calendar apps, to save them (er, us) the hassle of having to manage TWO calendars (one for yourself, one for the shared part).
A shared google calendar
Natalia and Alex both confirmed g calendars OK.
I have set one up, see here. The problem with public calendars is that while they are visible, not anyone can automatically add to them. So I am adding people manually upon request. Then syncing should not be a problem - but you do need to edit your own calendar events and assign them to the OpenCare PopUp Village Calendar.
Guys, most of you are added already.
Embed on a collaboration page (openandchange)
that makes it visible and if we have some comment field below people can interact around it…No?
Redraft
I spent today writing a brand new draft of the call out document.
It combines the info written by @Natalia_Skoczylas in this Wiki, @Nadia in the ‘Brainstorming LOTE6’ wiki and my suggested structure in the comment here:
I would welcome any suggestions, or comments. As you can see it’s quite long, but it is in depth about the what, the why and the how. I feel it is quite comprehensive. I’ve also split the structure so that the first pages deal with the ‘story’ of what we want to do and the last pages deal with the details.
I’ve made the link open but comment only for now. If anyone wants edit rights just email me and request them:
Ping: @Alberto, @Noemi, @johncoate @Patrick_Andrews
Perhaps Birmingham?
I read this article that someone wrote about my University city:
I definitely think they are looking at ideas that fit with ER values. Perhaps we could reach out to them. Birmingham is a really interesting, exciting and cosmopolitan young city. I had a great 4 years living there and still go back to visit it regularly.
I have been there and i really liked it;) do you have contacts there? i will try the same with my university city and some of the ‘rebel cities’ whose politicians i have met at euroalter campus.
I have already written back to Lille but no response. @Aravella_Salonikidou is the call detailed enough for you to try?
This way we have talks going on with Gallway Lille thessaloniki and we start pitching in Uk and Poland. something will surely work out.
I have a few contacts
I could try reaching out them.
@Natalia_Skoczylas did you see the redraft that i posted above?
Yes,it is not that different - i think we are pretty much happy with the shape of it at the moment? @Noemi, @Nadia @Alberto, please give it one last look and let us know if there is something missing. maybe the benefits for the city could be longer, but can’t think of more at the moment.
Shall i move it to the wiki above so it is easy to see the contents?
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Managed to update and keep the formatting
Updated version is now available above
The special status of Milan
At last week’s consortium meeting in Milan I informed the consortium of what we are doing here.
They strongly support the idea that LOTE6 should take place in Milan. They also appreciate that an open call is a good way to do engagement.
Just let’s keep @Rossana_Torri and @Luciascopelliti in the loop. Hopefully the result of this will be that Milan will make us a great offer. Certainly it is a fairly unique city for progressiveness of policies, especially around public spaces, and robustness of the charitable sector (several wealthy foundations focused on the city).
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Sow the seed
If Milan are keen to be our host for LOTE6 then i would welcome that. There is certainly some sense to that partnership as Edgeryders have already invested time and work in the city, and some of the work of highlighting initiatives will be done. As the city is heavily invested in the OpenCare program, but didn’t run a workshop during Open&Change there is some sense in it being a strong candidate.
As you say @Alberto we wait to hear what the offer is.
In the short term i agree that this is a good way of undertaking outreach to other cities. My gut feeling is that we could find LOTE 7/8/9 through committing now. It feels like the OpenCare project and what we have learnt from it will stay with us for a few years, so if we prototype the OpenCare PopUp village this year it may be a theme we return to for the next few years.
A proposal for the pop up village
While in Galway this weekend (writup coming soon), I met Pat (carpenter and permaculture/organic agriculture specialist) and we hatched an idea which I think is both fun, easier to finance and shortens the distance for us to go from pop-up into leaving behind useful infrastrucutre/ permanent structures.
Tiny houses.
If we were to set up tiny houses and dedicate each one to a specific topic/ kind of solution/or challenge… then it’s probably going to be a lot easier to fundraise too
If we stretch the time of the event to a three week festival with following phases:
- Week 1: People build tiny houses on an empty stretch of land. Some are for sleeping, some are for housing the "exhibits/showcases" of opencare projects
- Week 2 &3 : People work to build the "exhibits/showcases" inside the tiny houses alllocated to them, do the whole co-living and hanging out this, plus more structured activities (e.g. lightening talks and discussions, etc) in the evenings.
- Week 4: Public facing part of the event opens to the general public. Lots of celebrations and planning next steps.
Pat is up for guiding the work of preparing for and building the tiny houses. I think the tour could be about finding appropriate slots of land/locations and local partners…
What do you say?
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Some important details!
Guys, do not forget the heart of the initiative is the “Take Care”!
As regards the choice of where to hold this event, alongside the necessary evaluation, may I suggest a connection with reality is active both locally and internationally. I thought about it the network “Impact Hub” which, for its planning and operational dynamics purposes, could be an interesting collaboration.
Relatively logistical and organizational aspects, suggest a greater focus on the physical and sensory accessibility of sites and content that, if neglected, could constitute an unacceptable discriminatory for Edgeryders “disabled” eager to concretize their participation in the event. It seems appropriate, therefore, to devote a minimum percentage of the project energy to the search for adequate space and for the realization of support activities to those who attend the event and only in need of some extra attention.
If you were to opt for Milan, these are some tips to help the hospitality, operations and mobility:
- http://www.cascinabellariamilano.org/
- http://www.lacordata.it/en/zumbini-6/
- http://www.olinda.org/ostello/en
- http://alatha.org/ing-transport/
- http://www.trasportodisabiligtp.it/chi-siamo/
To close, in addition, it would be a major step in the implementation of care by making “alternative versions” of pre | during | post documentation and “material” event.
Thank You
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Clarification
Hi Francesco,
I understand and fully agree with your second point (ensuring access to the LOTE site to encourage participation by people with various access requirements)
The documentation you have provided is very useful, thank you. @Nadia, @Natalia_Skoczylas, I think we need to look at this as a specific area of focus. The OpenCare project is likely to attract participants with diverse access needs in greater numbers than previous events. Do we need one person to focus solely on ensuring a quality experience for these participants? If so is there an obvious candidate? My personal experience is that events that really focus on providing support for mixed ability groups create really high quality events because they’ve ‘sweated the details’ in every area.
With regards your first point about ‘Impact Hub’ i didn’t understand what you are suggesting. Could you rephrase it?
Why Not?
Sure Allex
“Impact Hub” is an international network focused on joint planning and acellerating of sustainable self-employment and social innovation projects. U can make contact through the web address http://www.impacthub.net/ or http://milan.impacthub.net/ (in Italian).
My suggestion would consist both in the realization of effective collaboration for the operation of LOTE6, having such organization spaces and an important visibility in Milan, both in the contamination as regards the approaches and good design practices for the realization of local initiatives, which in essence is the Edgeryders focus.
With regard to Your question on the candidacy “expert” in accessibility and fruition issues “4all” during LOTE6, I believe that the writer can contribute. 
Thank You