<p>Reminder Email: Message below directly copied from: <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Kindling_Discoveries_Series">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Kindling_Discoveries_Series</a></p><p>__________________________________________________________________________________________________________<br>
</p><p>Think about this as TED Talks - the <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/index.php?title=EKindling&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="EKindling (not yet written)">eKindling</a>
version, retro-fitted to address the needs of a growing OLPC community
in the Philippines. Here, we bring you the best and brightest..
</p><p>As part of our ongoing effort to learn best practices, and
develop our community capacity, eKindling will be sponsoring a series
of open talks on themes pertaining to OLPC deployment and content
development. By learning from the wealth of experience of other
organizations throughout the globe, we will be better positioned to
deploy programs and develop relevant content for the benefit of
children across the Philippines. Engage, ask questions, and learn as we
bring you the innovators and changemakers of the OLPC realm. -
eKindling Team
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<a name="Speaker_Schedule"></a><h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline">Speaker Schedule</span></h2>
<a name="Bryan_Berry:_Open_Talk_on_Community"></a><span class="editsection"></span> <span class="mw-headline">Bryan Berry: Open Talk on Community</span>
<p>When: July 24, 2009, 11am (Manila Time)<br>Where: Connect to <a href="http://irc.freenode.net">irc.freenode.net</a> and join #sugar-meeting
</p><p>The first talk of the series will focus on Bryan Berry's
experience with OLE Nepal and his views on the role of communities.
Bryan Berry is currently the Technology Director of OLE Nepal, and was
a volunteer community organizer at One Laptop Per Child. To date, OLE
Nepal has deployed nearly 1800 laptops in 26 schools in 6 districts
across Nepal.
</p><p>Guiding Questions:
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<ol><li>How do you define a community?
</li><li>What role did the community play in identifying leaders and formalizing a formal organization?
</li><li>What role did the community play in OLPC deployments?
</li><li>What role did the community play in content developments?
</li><li>In the experience of OLE Nepal and unrelated to OLPC
deployment and content development, how else have the community added
value? </li><li>What are your strategies for growing the community and its capacity?
</li><li>If any, what are the limitations and pitfalls of a community-driven organization?
</li><li><b>Add your question here</b>
</li></ol>
<a name="Connection_information"></a><span class="editsection"></span> <font size="4"><b><span class="mw-headline">Connection information </span></b></font>
<p>Virtual meetings will take place on IRC. You can download and use the following IRC clients:
</p><p>For Windows:<br>
Pidgin - <a href="http://www.pidgin.im/" class="external free" title="http://www.pidgin.im/" rel="nofollow">http://www.pidgin.im/</a><br>XChat - <a href="http://www.xchat.org/download/" class="external free" title="http://www.xchat.org/download/" rel="nofollow">http://www.xchat.org/download/</a><br>
mIRC - <a href="http://www.mirc.com/" class="external free" title="http://www.mirc.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.mirc.com/</a>
</p><p>For Mac:<br>
Colloquy - <a href="http://colloquy.info/" class="external free" title="http://colloquy.info/" rel="nofollow">http://colloquy.info/</a>
</p><p>Just make sure you connect to <a href="http://irc.freenode.net">irc.freenode.net</a> and join #sugar-meeting
</p><p>Freenode is a common server in most IRC clients. If you can't
find a freenode entry of the server list, just add <a href="http://irc.freenode.net">irc.freenode.net</a>
then
connect. You can create a username and assign a password but this is an
option. When you are connected, just type /#sugar-meeting
</p><p>Here's a good IRC tutorial as well: <a href="http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/irctutorial.html" class="external free" title="http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/irctutorial.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/irctutorial.html</a>
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