[Grassroots-l] NOW! Contributors Program Mtg (#olpc-meeting, 2PM Boston Time, Friday)

[Holt]

Please all join us right now reviewing the latest OLPC/Sugar community 
projects over IRC Live Chat:
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. XO Mobile and Lending Library for Haitians - Delray Beach, Florida
 2. Apex Communication aid for the earthquake victims of Haiti - Miami, 
Florida
 3. Project Success Links: 3 Projects For Change - Los Angeles area, 
California
 4. Small Solutions/Hands of charity @ Keongo School - Kenya / 
Newburyport, Massachusetts

* 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. XO Mobile and Lending Library for Haitians - Delray Beach, Florida
   http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=54958
   [SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF 
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects ] 
 
   Requests 3 XOs over 24 months

   Project Objectives:
   Immediate/Short term objective: help Haitian children in Delray Beach 
help
   their families make contact with people in Haiti due to the 2010 
earth quake.

   Plan and Procedure for Achieving the Stated Objectives:
   Connect with the Haitian community here is Delray Beach thru 
organizations
   such as the Catholic church and schedule locations where the XOs can 
be taken
   and made available for use primarily as a means of finding friends 
and family
   via established web sites such as 
http://www.familylinks.icrc.org/haiti/people.
   Once people are found the XOs can be used to communicate with those 
in Haiti.


2. Apex Communication aid for the earthquake victims of Haiti - Miami, 
Florida
   http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=54982
   [SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF 
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects ]

   Requests 10 XOs over 2 months

   Project Objectives:
   We plan to provide a means of communication to the victims of the
   earthquake in Haiti. With their homes destroyed, we want to provide 
access
   to the internet so that they can give their loved ones abroad a sign 
of life.


3. Project Success Links: 3 Projects For Change - Los Angeles area, 
California
   http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=54975
   http://cocosouthla.org
   [SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF 
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects ]

   Requests 15 XOs over undetermined months

   Project Objectives:
   Our project objective is to inspire and educate elementary school 
children
   to take an active role in their community by utilize technology tools 
for 3
   Projects for Change.

   This project-oriented program will also act as a professional development
   program, which can help kids identify personal skills and develop career
   interests. The success of these projects will introduce different 
positive
   activities that can be emulated by other children.


4. Small Solutions/Hands of charity @ Keongo School - Kenya / 
Newburyport, Massachusetts
   http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=54629
   http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects/KenyaSmallSolutions_HOC_KeongoSchool
   http://hoclaptop.blog.com
   http://smallsolutionsbigideas.org/blog
   http://hocmathematics.blogspot.com [NEEDS UPDATE & CURRICULUM POSTED]

   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.
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