[Olpc_boston] Upcoming Events

Diane Serley olpc.aunti.mame at gmail.com
Mon May 19 09:31:47 EDT 2008


Hi --

Just a reminder about stuff happening in the near future that you might want
to participate in....

1. XO Activities Demonstration -- Cambridge, MA  on Tuesday May 20, 2008.
OLPC is having a day-long meeting for representatives from various countries
and departments of education. Concurrent with this meeting is a
"Demonstration Fair" -- where there will be several tables with multiple XOs
and a volunteer demonstrating a particular Activity for any of the meeting
attendees who are interested.

Please contact SJ sj at laptop.org if you can help out.

2. Mass XO Users Group (aka OLPC_Boston) monthly meetup -- Cambridge, MA on
Tuesday May 27, 2008. 6-8pm at Cosi restaurant in Kendall Square. We will b
e talking about how OLPC Boston can aid a local school that want to work
with XOs.

3. Field Trip -- to OLPC offices in Cambridge, MA on Sunday June 8, 2008.
Time TBA.

4. Unconference - Cambridge, MA on Saturday-Sunday, June 7-8 2008.

In the tradition of Barcamp, we will be holding a grassroots unconference
the weekend of June 7, dedicated towards community-organization, and
initiatives, events, structures, and best practices.  This is not just an
OLPC event -- anyone with interest in grassroots organizing is invited to
attend - so forward this out to your friends in LUGs, meetups, co-ops,
clubs, and the like.

See http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Grassroots_unconference for more information.
If you'd like to help unorganize the event, or run part of the open space
there, please contact Mel Chua at mel at laptop.org.


5. Bootcamp - Cambridge, MA from Monday-Thursday, June 9-12 2008.

We are hosting a bootcamp and conference from June 9-12, 2008 in Boston, MA
for current and future organizers of local groups.  The first days will be
held at OLPC headquarters in Cambridge (or a larger venue if there is enough
interest).  The objective of the bootcamp is to help community members
become grassroots advisors, who can serve as resources to others who want to
start local initiatives.

There will be sessions for hacking (and learning how to hack) on different
areas of the XO's software and hardware, organizing local materials and
creators, connecting with satellite communities around volunteering,
mentoring, learning, and sugar; and more.  Several slots are still open, and
we invite all community members to apply.

To ensure a focused and high-quality event for participants, there are some
prerequistes to participation.  In order to make the event accessible to
more people of varying backgrounds, we are holding online study groups
starting this week; even someone with no XO/programming background, no wiki
or editing background, and/or no educational theory background should be
able to get up to speed with two weeks of intense part-time work.

Admissions is on a rolling basis. All materials are provided, with limited
support available for travel and lodging for eligible attendees.  If you
need help getting to Boston or finding a couch to crash on, let us know at
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Talk:Grassroots_bootcamp, or give feedback on the
grassroots mailing list.


6. Jam - Manhattan, NY on Saturday-Sunday, June 14-15 2008.

Finally, to cap the bootcamp week, a Grassroots Jam will be held in NYC, run
by the bootcamp attendees.  We are finalizing details with potential host
organizations; stay tuned for a location update.  The jam will be open to
everyone, focusing on development of activity and hardware projects that
could work on/with the XO, and group projects / stories that could be
carried out with a small XO community.  There will be open space at the Jam
to discuss lessons learned from the previous week, suggest new topics, and
meet other NYC-area grassroots groups.

See http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Grassroots_Jam for more information.


Aunti
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