This is the first post in a series featuring interviews with the 2014 Mozilla Festival “Space Wranglers,” the curators of the many exciting programmatic tracks slated for this year’s Mozilla Festival. 
For our first interview, we chatted with Lindsey Frost Cleary, one of the Space Wranglers for the Hive Learning Networks track. This track is for people working on building local city learning networks (Hives) to determine how they can better globally connect to share learning experiences for youth interested in digital media.
What excites you most about your track? 
Lindsey: I’m really most excited about our global Hive meetups happening on Friday afternoon and Sunday at the Festival.  We’re inviting those involved with Hive communities all over the globe to join with Mozilla staff and the Hive-curious to work together over the course of the weekend to find solutions to common challenges to enacting and scaling connected learning.  It’s awesome to me that we’re bringing together our global Hive community to create and problem-solve together, not just mix and mingle (though there will be plenty of that too!).
Who are you working with to make this track happen?
Lindsey: We’re working closely with Hive communities in all stages of development, from longstanding networks like those in New York and Pittsburgh to our newest communities in Kansas City, the Bay Area, and (my home!) Chattanooga. Members from these communities are great thinkers and problem solvers. I encourage you to stop by, say hello and get your hands dirty at Saturday’s Maker Party Pop-Up.
How can someone who isn’t able to attend MozFest learn more or get involved in this topic?
Lindsey: The new Hive Learning Networks website is a great place to connect with your local Hive community (or learn how you might start your own!). We’re also planning to use Discourse both at and after MozFest to share the awesome conversations happening at the Festival with our broader networks and communities.  We hope everyone will join in this conversation!
Thanks, Lindsey! Stay tuned for more interviews with the incredible MozFest Space Wranglers.