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In 2009 Caryl Bigenho took the pioneering initiative of building the
1st known <i>local</i> (and lowercase ;) olpcMAP, showcasing ~10
Sugar/XO projects -- long before olpcMAP.net itself reached 500
volunteer/projects -- crystallizing and catalyzing a community now
made up of well over 100 Southern California volunteers:<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://j.mp/erEQQJ">http://j.mp/erEQQJ</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-socal">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-socal</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Southern_California_OLPC_Projects">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Southern_California_OLPC_Projects</a><br>
<br>
<b><font color="#000000" size="+1">Thanks OLPC Southern California
OSSIE (Open Source Software in Education!) </font></b>We've
come a long way Babe!<br>
<br>
Now, on Sunday 1PM PST (that's 4PM EST) we're coming together to
reinforce Caryl's extensive+amazing "glocal" mentoring of projects
around her city, and around the globe. Much of this work done
silently around <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors_program">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors_program</a> and
not yet recognized by anyone at all! And she's not the only one.<br>
<br>
So our "barn raising" will introducing new larger LA/Southern Calif
edutech volunteers to the next level here -- to each other -- and to
each others' projects we'll work together to showcase here:<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://olpcMAP.net/?go=southern_california">http://olpcMAP.net/?go=southern_california</a><br>
<br>
In preparation for Feb 25-27's quite huge SCALE / Southern CA Linux
Expo:<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.socalLinuxExpo.org/scale9x/">http://www.socalLinuxExpo.org/scale9x/</a><br>
<br>
Join us to raise !!<br>
<br>
Sunday Feb 20, 1PM PST (4PM EST)<br>
<br>
+1 866 213-2185 or +1 609 454-9914<br>
Access Code: 1671650#<br>
<br>
Backchannel:<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://forum.laptop.org/chat">http://forum.laptop.org/chat</a><br>
(that's #olpc-help on irc.freenode.net)<br>
<br>
Sunday we're all about to learn how far we've come, with
OLPC/Sugar/edutech with along our favorite Hollwood iBoulevards
& iHighways -- next week we'll be hitting the longer road
exploring a new city/region each week, so think hard about those
Sugar/OLPC teachers/kids projects in your own town that have done
phenomenal stuff, WHY YOUR CITY IS DIFFERENT, and most important the
secret dad/sister/mentors behind the scenes who deserves their fair
shake / quiet honor around our global community map at long last
(lowercase+UPPERCASE ;)<br>
<br>
Those who share the very most creative stories of
grassroots/community accomplishment (whether told already in
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://planet.laptop.org">http://planet.laptop.org</a> and <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://planet.sugarlabs.org">http://planet.sugarlabs.org</a>) or not,
will receive a RED XO, as a month+ ago here, when so many similarly
unknown talents were shared here:<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OlpcMAP/Trivia_Contest">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OlpcMAP/Trivia_Contest</a><br>
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Help kids everywhere map their world, at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://olpcMAP.net">http://olpcMAP.net</a> !</pre>
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