NOW: OLPC Contributors Program Mtg (#olpc-meeting, 3:20PM Boston Time, Friday)

Fri Dec 3 15:22:05 EST 2010

Even though OLPC's Contributors Program has a bit of a temporary inventory
shortage this month, please all join us voting for the latest OLPC/Sugar
community projects over IRC Live Chat!  Please join us live now, to make
the best project allocations & mentoring relationships--starting right here:

http://forum.laptop.org/chat

Then type at bottom:
/join #olpc-meeting

AGENDA:

* Fast Review of the 9 latest (greatest!) HW/Project Proposals -- please
  join us advocating for, and/or reviewing shortcomings of these proposals:

  1. Zuva Rabuda / Sunrise - Zimbabwe
  2. Escolar Carlos Bravo - Granada, Nicaragua
  3. VoIP-on-Mesh - Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
  4. Fedora Asia Pacific Ambassadors Event Box
  5. RAP Ceibal San Jose - XO Una Amiga En Casa - Uruguay
  6. Zambia School Expansion and Skill Development (Mothers Without Borders)
  7. Creating alternatives for life with children living on the streets 
- Bolivia
  8. XO Laptop to Aid Teaching of English/Literacy Skills - Kenya; 
Webster, Massachusetts
  9. Generación Digital - Managua, Nicaragua

* Which projects might you enjoy Mentoring below?!
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects
http://rt.laptop.org/Search/Results.html?Query=Queue=%27contributors%27

* New projects & libraries -- teaching them Community Outreach:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_Laptop_Lending_Libraries

1. Zuva Rabuda / Sunrise - Zimbabwe
    http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=67914
    http://zuvarabuda1.wordpress.com
    [SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF 
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects ]

    Requests 20 XO over 12 months

    Project Background/Objectives:
    1. To improve the computer literacy rate of children from
       Maware rural community
    2. To work towards improving the general education system within the 
community
    3. To work towards accommodating the marginalized rural children 
into the global
       village
    4. To orient and accommodate the marginalzed rural community 
children into the
       contemporary world with lots of technological developments
    5. To use technology as a tool for information dissermination to the 
rural youth
       especially on issues of HIV and AIDS
    6. To use the centre as a tool to expose the hidden possibilities 
from the
       marginalized society

2. Escolar Carlos Bravo - Granada, Nicaragua
    http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=68885
    [SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF 
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects ]

    Requests 30 XOs over undetermined months

    Project Objectives:
    In December 2009 a small group of family and friends started
    to collect and transport school supplies and books to the largest public
    school in Granada, Nicaragua. While this has been a grassroots effort,
    we have already been able to provide more than 1,200 lbs. of paper,
    books, pencils and notebooks to the school and in April 2010 contributed
    $1,200 to fund the expansion of a small storage room to a large,
    air-conditioned library complete with a broadband internet connection.
    Mission of pilot: In conjunction with the director, teachers, students
    and parents of Carlos Bravo, the pilot will establish the frameworks for
    a successful rollout of One LapTop per Child to the entire school
    population on an ongoing basis.

3. VoIP-on-Mesh - Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
    http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=69256
    "If project is approved, i create a blog in blogspot."
    [SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF 
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects ]

    Requests 1-2 XOs over 6 months

    Project Objectives:
    - Port a VoIP application to XO system
    - Integrate VoIP with Mesh network (to detect and talk with other users)

4. Fedora Asia Pacific Ambassadors Event Box
    http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=70403
    [SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF 
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects ]

    Requests 6 XOs over undetermined months

    Project Objectives:
    To promote OLPCs cause and Fedora's use, by present the olpc as part
    of the 'APACK box' (see plan of action) Encouraging participation in 
fedora
    and the OLPC project, while people who are interested in fedora but 
want to
    help olpc, can help take up one of the fedora maintained olpc packages.
    Also to help create a presence for Fedora and OLPC at Events.

5. RAP Ceibal San Jose - XO Una Amiga En Casa - Uruguay
    http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=70762
    http://rapsanjose.blogspot.com
    [SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF 
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects ]

    Requests 5 XO-1.5s over 36 months

    Project Objectives:
    In URUGUAY the government decided in 2007 to follow the OLPC project,
    becoming the first country in the world to deliver literally one 
laptop per
    child in the two following years.
    As a result of the PLAN CEIBAL it was clear that the support of the
    delivery and people's contact with the laptops, had to be held on 
the basis
    of a horizontal net, which was called Red de Apoyo al Plan Ceibal
    **RAP CEIBAL** (PLAN CEIBAL Supporting Net). OUR MAIN OBJECTIVE IS 
TO EDUCATE AND
    GIVE SUPPORT TO CHILDREN AND PARENTS SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE AS MUCH 
ADVANTAGE
    OF THE LAPTOPS AS POSSIBLE .WE ARE IN PERMANENT CONTACT WITH THE 
STUDENTS,
    AND SINCE SOME OF THE MEMBERS ARE NOT SCHOOL TEACHERS WE HAVE NO 
LAPTOP OF
    OUR OWN TO GIVE PROPER SUPPORT TO THE PLAN. WE HAVE HELD A SURVEY IN 
OUR CITY,
    WICH IS PUBLISHED IN OUR WEBSITE http://rapsanjose.blogspot.com/ AND IT
    WAS CLEARLY NOTICED THAT CHILDREN`S FAMILIES ARE NOT TAKING 
ADVANTAGE OF THE
    POSIBILITIES THAT A LAPTOP AT HOME CAN GIVE THEM.AS A RESULT OF THAT
    DIAGNOSIS, WE HAVE ORGANIZED MEETINGS WITH FAMILIES IN ORDER TO GIVE 
THEM
    SUPPORT IN THE CORRECT USE AND MAINTENANCE OF THE LAPTOP.

6. Zambia School Expansion and Skill Development (Mothers Without Borders)
    http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=70990
    [SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF 
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects ]

    Requests 100 XOs over 24 months

    Project Objectives:
    Zambia has population of 12 million with 1 million being orphans. 
The project's goal is the following:
    1) Many of the orphan population live on the streets and beg, steal, 
and/or
       prostitute for a living. This project will provide them and other 
children
       of poverty an opportunity to learn/incorporate computer skills 
into their
       lives to open up new life/job opportunities for them.
    2) The school being run by Mothers Without borders will also entice more
       children to come to the school to be able to have this opportunity.
       This will enhance the attendance of the school. The end result 
will be
       more jobs for adults (teachers, headmaster, etc.) and more 
opportunities
       for the children with the options that this education will open 
up for them.

7. Creating alternatives for life with children living on the streets - 
Bolivia
    http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=70998
    [SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF 
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects ]

    Requests 7 XOs over 4 months

    Project Objectives:
    - Generate alternatives for life, funds and resources from and for kids
      living on the streets in the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.
      Promoting and showing to the whole world a new form of education
      appropriate to our times, creative, innovative and open.
    - Create and adapt activities for the Xo, working with children's that
      usually live on the streets and now are in a "foster home", making
      them accessible to the world community.
    - Make possible life alternatives and create future companies with the
      help of Xo's as a learning tool aimed for children between 8 and
      12 years old, moving into a new form of education.
    - Connect the world via new â€œcreative worlds.
    - Build a self-funded creative center connected to the world.
    - Produce a book and a documentary film about the experience.

8. XO Laptop to Aid Teaching of English/Literacy Skills - Kenya; 
Webster, Massachusetts
    http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=71539
    http://playgroundgallery.org
    [SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF 
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects ]

    Requests 2-10 XOs over 2-8 months

    Project Objectives: (excerpt)
    Use XO laptops to promote ‘Verbal-Linguistic’ skills. The learners 
will enjoy
    learning through speaking, writing, reading, and listening, 
researching with
    the XO.  The XO  will give students an opportunity to
    express themselves creatively with words, capture student voices 
with audio,
    text, pictures, students will create stories, interactive activities 
related to
    reading, writing, and speaking, students will read stories online, 
record their
    own stories and play literacy games. Our goal is to set a syllabus that
    reinforces and harmonizes well with the Ministry of education 
English curriculum.

9. Generación Digital - Managua, Nicaragua
    http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=71573
    http://www.lasenramdas.wordpress.com
    [SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF 
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects ]

    Requests 25 XOs over 24 months

    Project Objectives:
    Generación Digital was implemented in Colegio Las Enramadas two 
years ago
    and this program has motivated more children to enroll in Las Enramadas.
    With an estimated increase of 25% in student enrollment for next 
year, we
    will need a proportional increase in XO laptops for 2011 to meet these
    needs.
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