Hey guys<br><br>Thanks to all those who attended the first "Open Talk" of the Kindling Discoveries Series. Bryan Berry of OLE Nepal definitely shared some great insights that we will incorporate into our strategy as we move forward. Here are some of the topics discussed:<br>
<ul><li>Building a trusted board of directors<br></li><li>Balancing community, openness, and effectiveness</li><li>Transparency - maintaining community engagement </li><li>Core Group vs. Loose group of enthusiast</li><li>
Creating Content - Starting with Activity Text, Teacher Notes, and Lesson Plan<br></li><li>Creating content with HTML and Java</li><li>Working with average PH schools, rather than model schools</li><li>Out of 2000 laptops deployed in Nepal, none has been stolen</li>
</ul>We definitely had a rich conversation. For the meeting minutes, click: <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Bryan_Berry_-_Meeting_Minutes">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Bryan_Berry_-_Meeting_Minutes</a>. I hope you can join us on our next Open Talk, and if you have any questions or suggestions, please email us at <a href="mailto:community@ekindling.org">community@ekindling.org</a><br>
<br>More to come in the near future,<br><br>Ryan Letada<br>eKindling Team<br><a href="http://www.twitter.com/eKindling">www.twitter.com/eKindling</a><br>