A few people from our class attended an Ennis Hub Plan preparation meeting in UL on the 15th of March where we were given more information about the background and purpose of the Ennis Hub Plan. We were also introduced to other partners of the project such as the Clare Active Citizenship Network and also Members of Ennis Town Council and other UL students who were interested in the project. In this meeting we were also introduced to the concept of world café sessions which were to be used to engage citizens and residents in the process and give them a voice for the future of Ennis.
After this meeting I contacted Chris McInerney to ask if I could participate in one of the upcoming world café sessions. On Friday the 1st of April I attended a world café in the Ennis town council buildings. During the world café meeting I was involved in setting up the space and facilitating the world café participants as well as participating in the world café myself. All of the suggestions which had been made were then displayed on the walls afterwards to give people the chance to question or comment on any of the responses.
Apart from the tasks of creating an Ennis Hub Plan website and improving the current Practicum website other possible tasks for our summer projects were also suggested at the session. All of the results of the world café meeting and public space meetings need to be compiled into a report by June at the latest for distribution among partners and world café participants. Chris also suggested the possibility of creating an e-learning course to educate people on the findings from these initial interactions.
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