[Grassroots-l] Grassroots Web Conference?

[Edward Cherlin]

On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 8:04 PM, Alex Keybl <alex.keybl at duke.edu> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> My name is Alex Keybl, and I'm the founder of the OLPC grassroots efforts at
> Duke University.  I'm emailing the list because I'd like to get a feel for
> interest in an idea a few of us at OLPC at Duke have been mulling over.
>
> We've been discussing the possibility of hosting an OLPC grassroots web
> conference, with the goal of increasing general communication between
> grassroots projects around the world, as well as increasing the visibility
> of OLPC projects.  This ranges from software/hardware development to pilot
> programs and public awareness campaigns.  We want to hear about what's going
> on, from the mouths of those involved.

Including the children.

> What we're suggesting is a live streaming conference online.  It would
> probably go something like this:
>
>
> Have people sign up for time slots to present at the conference beforehand
> Get a Skype account for the conference
> Have people call in at the time they signed up for (audio or video), or
> possibly even send an audio/video clip ahead of time
> Blast it out to Justin.tv (or Ustream.tv, or Operator11) using camtwist.
> All of these services are live streaming services (think live YouTube)
> Allow viewers (and other presenters) to ask questions of the presenters
> using a live chat
> Keep the video and chat history in the archives
>
> What's especially interesting is that this will not only be a live and
> interactive event, but it will also be available to grassroots projects and
> others in the future.

I would like to add this to the PyCon code sprint process, and would
suggest it for all of the PyCon presentations.

> Please let me know what you think by emailing me at alex.keybl @t duke.edu
> if you are interested or have questions.  I'm not sure about the rules of
> this list, but if they are lax, feel free to also reply here.  Thanks for
> your time.

Lax? Please! Talk to us more! Everybody! :)

> -Alex Keybl
> OLPC at Duke
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