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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">Hi Folks,</font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">Several of you have expressed interest in getting XOs through the Contributors Program. The next meeting to read proposals for the program is this Friday, January 27 at 11 AM PST (2 PM EST). I will paste the email I got about this below for your reference. Most of the machines available at this time will be the XO-1s. </font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">While getting a proposal together on such short notice is a problem, it isn't impossible. The worst thing that can happen is that you will get turned down now, but with suggestions on how to make your proposal better. If you are interested in learning more about the Contributors Program, I suggest checking out all of the links in Adam Holt's email first, and then "attending" Friday's meeting on irc to see what actually goes on and how decisions are made on the proposals. If you attend, you even get to vote!</font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">Here is a link to more info about the meeting, including how to join in:</font></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors_program/meetings">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors_program/meetings</a></font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">If you have any questions about this before Friday morning, just send me an email at caryl@laptop.org</font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">Caryl</font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">**********************Note From Adam Holt*****************************************</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Tahoma">Know a community project needing XO-1s (*) to advance learning </p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Tahoma">software/hardware/activities/content using Sugar especially?!</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Tahoma">Remind all such serious projects to apply to OLPC's Contributors Program </p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Tahoma">well before 2PM EST this Friday Jan 27, thanks:</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Tahoma"> <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors_program">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors_program</a></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Tahoma">A quick email suffices, if the project is solid, and has posted to </p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Tahoma"> <a href="http://olpcMAP.net">http://olpcMAP.net</a> -- a blog syndicated to<a href=" http://planet.laptop.org"> http://planet.laptop.org</a> or </p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Tahoma"> <a href="http://planet.sugarlabs.org">http://planet.sugarlabs.org</a> never hurts either!</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Tahoma"> <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors_program/Project_proposal_form">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors_program/Project_proposal_form</a></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Tahoma">(*) Individual XO-1.5's and XO-1.75 prototypes may be available under </p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Tahoma">very special circumstances. Most all project will receive XO-1s </p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Tahoma">however. Thanks for applying and encouraging other strong contributors </p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Tahoma">to apply as well :)</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Tahoma">Help kids everywhere map their world, at <a href="http://olpcMAP.net">http://olpcMAP.net</a> !</p><div><br></div> </div></body>
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