2PM EST TODAY/FRI: Contributors Program Mtg! (#olpc-meeting)

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Please all join us reviewing the latest OLPC/Sugar community projects 
over IRC Live Chat:  (2PM EST Boston Time Today/FRIDAY -- in just over 
2.5hrs from now!)
http://forum.laptop.org/chat

Then type at bottom:
/join #olpc-meeting


AGENDA:

* Fast Review of the 4 latest (greatest!) HW/Project Proposals -- please
  join us advocating for, and/or reviewing shortcomings of these proposals:

  1. OLPC Ideas for Moshi, Tanzania Area - Virginia/Washington DC, USA
  2. Small Solutions/Hands of charity @ Keongo School - Kenya, 
Newburyport, Massachusetts
  3. NACIF OLPC-Lending Library in Gomoa-Dasum District of Ghana / New 
York, USA
  4. Application - Turtle Art Curriculum Pilot - Needham, Massachusetts
  5. Gambia StartUp / XO-machines used as a tool to collect data for the 
District Health Information System, DHIS - The Gambia / Asker, Norway

* 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. OLPC Ideas for Moshi, Tanzania Area - Virginia/Washington DC, USA
    http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=50418
   [SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF 
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects ]    

   Requests (12?) XO-1.5 over 9 months

   Project Objectives:
   See referenced proposal [WHERE?]. OLPC input would be a major part
   of a sustainable, cooperative teacher capacity building effort in the 
Moshi,
   Tanzania area.


2. Small Solutions/Hands of charity @ Keongo School - Kenya / 
Newburyport, Massachusetts
    http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=52890
    http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects/KenyaSmallSolutions_HOC_KeongoSchool
    http://hoclaptop.blog.com [NEED UPDATING!]

   Requests 10 XOs over 4 months

   Project Objectives:
   We hope to make learning of Mathematics easier and more interesting by
   using the activities the XO laptop has to inspire interest and
   raise the average percentage mark of all the children by 20% by the
   end of the three months.


3. NACIF OLPC-Lending Library in Gomoa-Dasum District of Ghana / New 
York, USA
   http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=52942
   [SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF 
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects ]

   Requests 4 XOs over 3 months

   Project Objectives:
   Our goal is to build a number of "paperless" libraries in
   which OLPCs replace paper books. NACIF is a charitable organization
   dedicated to helping young girls obtain a great education and, 
towards this
   goal, is building or equipping a number of libraries in remote 
villages in
   Ghana. The cost of supplying books to these libraries is however 
prohibitive
   and NACIF has decided it can provide serve more girls by using 
e-books. The
   OLPC is the perfect medium for such a project in the areas in which NACIF
   works. Most importantly, we want to encourage girls to create and share
   content about their community, something they cannot easily do with 
books.
   The content will include creating diaries, news articles, and 
photo-albums.
   Thus, the OLPC provides these girls with the "active" educational 
experience
   as opposed to the passive education they will gain through reading paper
   books.


4. Application - Turtle Art Curriculum Pilot - Needham, Massachusetts
   http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=54466
   http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Olin_university_chapter/Projects/Curriculum
   [SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF 
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects ]    

   Requests 10 XOs over 6 months

   Project Objectives:
   The immediate goal is to run an after
   school program for 3rd-5th graders that teaches math and engineering
   concepts by using Turtle Art. We would like to demonstrate that programs
   like Turtle Art allow students to grasp concepts such as angles and
   variables at a younger age. We plan to document the curriculum and 
make it
   available online and to the OLPC Community. We are also attempting to 
find
   teachers willing to try out the curriculum in the classroom concurrently
   with our pilot or shortly after. There has been some interest from the
   Cambridge Friends School in partnering with us. Finally, if the 
project is
   successful we hope to continue developing and piloting curricula that use
   the XO and/or Sugar as teaching tools.


5. Gambia StartUp / XO-machines used as a tool to collect data for the 
District Health Information System, DHIS - The Gambia / Asker, Norway
   http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=54571
   http://gambiastartup.com
   [SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF 
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects ]    

   Requests 3-10 XOs over 6 months

   Project Objectives:
   Gambia has become a part of the HISP program. http://hisp.org/

   DHIS is deployed in the regional levels, and the plan is now to connect
   as many of the health facilities with sustainable equipment. The
   XO-machines will be used in different rural health facilites for
   collecting of health data.
   The health data can be collected both off/online.