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join us (right now!) reviewing the latest OLPC/Sugar community projects
over IRC Live Chat, 2PM EDT Boston Time Friday, right here right now :)<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://forum.laptop.org/chat">http://forum.laptop.org/chat</a><br>
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Then type at bottom:<br>
/join #olpc-meeting<br>
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AGENDA:<br>
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* New projects & libraries -- teaching them Community Outreach:
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href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects#XO_Laptop_Lending_Libraries">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects#XO_Laptop_Lending_Libraries</a>
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href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects#XO_Laptop_Lending_Libraries"></a><br>
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* Which projects might you enjoy Mentoring?!<br>
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href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://rt.laptop.org/Search/Results.html?Query=Queue=%27contributors%27">http://rt.laptop.org/Search/Results.html?Query=Queue=%27contributors%27</a><br>
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* Fast Review of the 2 latest (greatest!) HW/Project Proposals --
please<br>
join us advocating for and/or reviewing shortcomings of these
proposals:<br>
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1. Ceibal Jam - Uruguay<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=44651">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=44651</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://drupal.ceibaljam.org/?q=contributorsProgram">http://drupal.ceibaljam.org/?q=contributorsProgram</a><br>
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Requests 20 XO's over 12 months<br>
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Project Objectives:<br>
This project aims to expand our Developers Program and increase<br>
the number of contributors. We plan to promote a paid internship<br>
program funded with donations and grants that will become available<br>
thanks to our new NGO status. This program is inspired by the Google<br>
Summer of Code program.<br>
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The volunteer nature of the work makes our progress slow and<br>
despite our efforts we don't have the amount of contributors and<br>
finished activities we desire. We hope to get more things done with a<br>
paid internship program that could attract students. In Uruguay there<br>
is zero unemployment in the ICT sector and most university students<br>
can get a good job after their first year at school, then they get<br>
very busy with work and studies and are unable to contribute as we<br>
wish. This new batch of XOs would help us boost the internship
program<br>
and hopefully increase the number of finished activities.<br>
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Our measurable objectives are:<br>
- increase by ten the number of active projects by the end of<br>
the year (current number = 16)<br>
- increase by five the number of finished projects by April<br>
2010 (current number = 6)<br>
- complete at least five paid internships by April 2010<br>
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2. XO Laptops for Mayan children in Guatemala - Sponsor in West
Florida/FL, USA<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=44982">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=44982</a><br>
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Requests 2 XO's<br>
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Project Objectives:<br>
We believe that the combined efforts of individuals and
organizations can<br>
make great ideas a reality. The combined efforts of OLPC, Rotary,<br>
Adopt-A-Village and Advanced Computer Systems can significantly
change the<br>
lives of the Mayan children of NW Guatemala. Our objective is to
deploy the<br>
XO laptops to one classroom at a time in selected Mayan villages of<br>
Guatemala. The XO laptop will empower the young Mayan children to
learn and<br>
have a better future.<br>
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Additionally, our business and community contacts will allow us to
excite<br>
others about the OLPC concept. We anticipate obtaining additional
donations<br>
for OLPC.<br>
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We anticipate a first deployment of twenty XO's to be scheduled for
a trip<br>
to Guatemala in Feb. 2010. We request two XO's now for training and<br>
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