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join us Right Now reviewing the latest OLPC/Sugar community projects
over IRC Live Chat: (2PM EDT Boston Time Friday)<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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* 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>
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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. Vung Vieng Fishing Village Deployment - Vietnam & New Hampshire,
USA (REVISED)<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=47367">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=47367</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects/Vung_Vieng_Fishing_Vietnam">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects/Vung_Vieng_Fishing_Vietnam</a><a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://gi-at-school.de"></a><br>
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Requests 10+ XO's over Undetermined months<br>
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Project Objectives:<br>
<p> * <b>To Generate Interest and Excitement for Small Deployments
of XOs.</b><br>
A successful deployment in this very unique site will be visible<br>
to
visitors from many nations, generating interest and excitement<br>
for
OLPC. Small deployments around the world are a good business<br>
model to
keep the OLPC Laptop Project excitement alive, and to<br>
effect change,
one child, one school, and one community at a time. </p>
<p> * <b>To Provide a Deployment Model and Activity Model.</b>
This project<br>
will be a good deployment and activity model for the OLPC
Community.<br>
I will publish the "how tos" of the Vung Vieng Fishing
Village<br>
Laptop Project with the OLPC/Sugar Community, from the very
idea<br>
and preparation, to site visit details for fact-finding, team<br>
building, XO demonstration, community building and initial teacher<br>
training; how to solve technical and power issues, and later, the<br>
XO
Activities. See Class Act Entry here:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/ClassActs/StartingANewProject">http://en.flossmanuals.net/bin/view/ClassActs/StartingANewProject</a><br>
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<p> *<b> To Provide Follow-Up And Assessment.</b> It has been
difficult for<br>
OLPC to obtain follow-up and assessment information on
deployments<br>
where the XOs have been purchased outright, especially on
large<br>
government deployments. Hopefully,the initial XOs for the first<br>
stage of the deployment will come from the OLPC Contributors
Program. </p>
<p> A condition of receiving/using these XOS will be willingness
to<br>
participate in follow-up by the VVV Laptop Project Team in Vietnam.<br>
The VVV is isolated, but it is visited regularly by a group of tour<br>
boats. This site is unusual in that my team members from outside of<br>
the
village can visit regularly. They have English skills, and<br>
internet
connectivity and email for help and support, and for<br>
sharing
information.
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<p> Additionally, the remote location is accessible to other
interested<br>
members of the OLPC/Sugar Community for site visits. The
school is<br>
used to scheduled visitors and visits will not disrupt the
children's<br>
school day.
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2. Sugar Labs XO Special Interest Group - Onalaska, Wisonsin, USA<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=47588">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=47588</a><br>
[needs public page, forthcoming]<br>
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Requests 5 XO's over 6 months, with option to extend<br>
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Project Objectives:<br>
Create a Special interest group at Sugar Labs to creating community<br>
interest in developing and supporting the XO. Long term objective is<br>
to create a frequently released (every 6 months) community developed<br>
and supported distribution. This would leave OLPC free to focus on<br>
the infrequent, stable releases necessary for mass deployment.<br>
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