I messaged the head of Hacksmiths at Goldsmiths asking if they would be interested in holding a game Jam event with fairtrade or on fairtrade issues. He said that he would raise the point in the upcoming board meeting on Wednesday to discuss this as a possibility. I asked if I could come along ... I felt that there really is value in games in this charitable field and that by harnessing the creative power of people drawn to hackathons we can start to make headway into working out whether or not games can make a real impact in raising awareness and making a tangiable difference to people's lives. A fairtrade hack represents many communities coming together to work on something together. I found the connections and I hope that I can galvanise people to make those steps towards making something like this happen. This means convincing people at fairtrade to back something like this in addition to my project and getting Hacksmiths to want to organise and run such an event. (perhaps over the summer). The meeting will happen this wednesday and we will find out soon what the result of that meeting is. With Hacksmiths backing the idea I can apply to fairtrade with the idea and this will help to legitimise the idea. (i.e established community wants to get involved with fair trade to make games).