[Grassroots-l] [Olpc-open] OLPCorps : a summer grant program for student initiatives?

[Samuel Klein]

On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 10:33 PM, Benjamin M. Schwartz
<bmschwar at fas.harvard.edu> wrote:
>
> 2. The entire text seems to be written with a subtle implication that the
> students in question live in the United States.  For example:

Or at least that they live in a country other than the one where they
are spending the summer.  Good point.


>> #  1 member of each team will participate in a workshop at MIT/OLPC in
> Cambridge this October 10-12 (all expenses covered by OLPC).
>
> Does that "all expenses" include a round-trip flight from Nigeria, if the
> team is composed of Nigerian university students?  Yes or no, the answer
> should be there.

It doesn't say, but I should hope so.  This is only for one person per
team, however.


> 3. Given our emphasis on local control, this program should be advertised
> aggressively to high-performing African university students.  Perhaps you
> already have a plan for this.

Absolutely right.  People are reaching out to schools everywhere, but
it's important to give extra emphasis to those unis.  Considering that
we haven't yet saturated schools in Peru or Uruguay with
correspondence, I'm guessing that this hasn't yet been aggressive
enough.

I'm in touch with some localization lists in the area, but please pass
it on to others.  It is worth pointing out (to help people pass it on
to others at their own school) that this proposal isn't a competition
among proposals, but an effort to see how many, working together, can
be successful.


> 4. What is the purpose of the "workshop at MIT/OLPC in Cambridge" in
> October (roughly a month after the end of the internship)?

Presumably for a post-mortem and presentation of outcomes.  I expect
the initial workshop would include guidelines for how to actively
communicate about and report on progress over the summer.

SJ