[OLPC-Philippines] Organization Formation

[Carlos Nazareno]

yes.

2009/1/22 Ryan Onell Letada <rletada at gmail.com>:
>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> First, here is the link to the Google group for OLPC Philippines:
> http://groups.google.com/group/olpc-philippines. This public forum can serve
> as a temporary means of communication. In this way, we can better organize
> our discussions topics. Please feel free to invite anyone and everyone. The
> following message is also one of the first threads at the google group.
>
> Second:
>
> I just want to reignite our conversation regarding the agenda for our
> first meeting. I have already begun to recruit those who are
> interested in XO deployment in the Philippines - in hopes of growing
> support and awareness. However, what would be the purpose of our
> meeting? Would this serve as an informational session to enlist
> further support in regards to OLPC PH, 21st century education,
> development, development (fundraising), etc. Would this be the entry
> point where we begin to build our core team? Is this when we define
> our mission/purpose, core values, etc.? Thus, I think before we begin
> to even talk about deployment, localization, curriculum development,
> etc, we need to cover the basics of leadership and mission, so that we
> may have a strong foundation.
>
> Assuming that the meeting will last 2-4 hours (Is this timeframe
> feasible?), I think the following discussions need to happen:
>
> (1) Mission: What is the purpose of our organization?
>                   (We have begun to talk about this in our thread)
> (2) Leadership: What are the types of leaders we are looking for? What
> positions do we need to fill? Discussing processes for identifying
> board of directors members, etc.
>
> Already, there is plenty to talk about with these two topics alone.
>
> I also think we need to have an informational session to get everyone
> up to speed. I am coming from a business development/education
> background, so I am lost when you guys begin to talk about the
> technology aspect. There have been many open source, educational
> innovations in regards to XO Laptops, and I think it would be
> noteworthy to be aware of some of them. In this sense, we can be
> better positioned to infuse development and educational initiatives.
>
> Also, numerous other potential stakeholders (MILK Foundation, Bernie
> Innocenti) have already approached Jerome, and other active volunteers
> regarding this project. I think it would be a great idea to have an
> inventory of the connections/resources that we have, so that we may
> look for what we dont have.
>
> What do you guys think?
>
> Ryan
> On 1/17/09, Bernie Innocenti <bernie at codewiz.org> wrote:
>>
>> Carlos Nazareno wrote:
>> > Sugar makes things better for kids and people not trained to use
>> > computers by simplifying the UI and reducing "option clutter" which
>> > can leave users petrified.
>> >
>> > That's the genius that makes Sugar a human-computer interface marvel
>> > and allows kids to do amazing things on their own ;)
>> >
>> > For high school to college level though, students are going to need
>> > something more robust and closer to traditional computer systems.
>> >
>> > Hoping to drive ICT accessibility & education further and to bridge
>> > the digital divide with the less fortunate or remote communities :)
>>
>> I agree 100% on this.
>>
>> Gnome might make a better desktop than Sugar for older students, while
>> providing them the tools they need to produce useful content for their
>> younger colleagues.
>>
>> --
>>   // Bernie Innocenti - http://www.codewiz.org/
>> \X/  Sugar Labs       - http://www.sugarlabs.org/
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