Even though OLPC's Contributors Program has a bit of a temporary inventory
shortage this month, please all join us voting for the latest OLPC/Sugar
community projects over IRC Live Chat! Please join us live now, to make
the best project allocations & mentoring relationships--starting right here:
http://forum.laptop.org/chat
Then type at bottom:
/join #olpc-meeting
AGENDA:
* Fast Review of the 9 latest (greatest!) HW/Project Proposals -- please
join us advocating for, and/or reviewing shortcomings of these proposals:
1. Zuva Rabuda / Sunrise - Zimbabwe
2. Escolar Carlos Bravo - Granada, Nicaragua
3. VoIP-on-Mesh - Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
4. Fedora Asia Pacific Ambassadors Event Box
5. RAP Ceibal San Jose - XO Una Amiga En Casa - Uruguay
6. Zambia School Expansion and Skill Development (Mothers Without Borders)
7. Creating alternatives for life with children living on the streets
- Bolivia
8. XO Laptop to Aid Teaching of English/Literacy Skills - Kenya;
Webster, Massachusetts
9. Generación Digital - Managua, Nicaragua
* Which projects might you enjoy Mentoring below?!
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects
http://rt.laptop.org/Search/Results.html?Query=Queue=%27contributors%27
* New projects & libraries -- teaching them Community Outreach:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_Laptop_Lending_Libraries
1. Zuva Rabuda / Sunrise - Zimbabwe
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=67914
http://zuvarabuda1.wordpress.com
[SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF
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Requests 20 XO over 12 months
Project Background/Objectives:
1. To improve the computer literacy rate of children from
Maware rural community
2. To work towards improving the general education system within the
community
3. To work towards accommodating the marginalized rural children
into the global
village
4. To orient and accommodate the marginalzed rural community
children into the
contemporary world with lots of technological developments
5. To use technology as a tool for information dissermination to the
rural youth
especially on issues of HIV and AIDS
6. To use the centre as a tool to expose the hidden possibilities
from the
marginalized society
2. Escolar Carlos Bravo - Granada, Nicaragua
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=68885
[SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF
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Requests 30 XOs over undetermined months
Project Objectives:
In December 2009 a small group of family and friends started
to collect and transport school supplies and books to the largest public
school in Granada, Nicaragua. While this has been a grassroots effort,
we have already been able to provide more than 1,200 lbs. of paper,
books, pencils and notebooks to the school and in April 2010 contributed
$1,200 to fund the expansion of a small storage room to a large,
air-conditioned library complete with a broadband internet connection.
Mission of pilot: In conjunction with the director, teachers, students
and parents of Carlos Bravo, the pilot will establish the frameworks for
a successful rollout of One LapTop per Child to the entire school
population on an ongoing basis.
3. VoIP-on-Mesh - Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=69256
"If project is approved, i create a blog in blogspot."
[SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF
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Requests 1-2 XOs over 6 months
Project Objectives:
- Port a VoIP application to XO system
- Integrate VoIP with Mesh network (to detect and talk with other users)
4. Fedora Asia Pacific Ambassadors Event Box
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=70403
[SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects ]
Requests 6 XOs over undetermined months
Project Objectives:
To promote OLPCs cause and Fedora's use, by present the olpc as part
of the 'APACK box' (see plan of action) Encouraging participation in
fedora
and the OLPC project, while people who are interested in fedora but
want to
help olpc, can help take up one of the fedora maintained olpc packages.
Also to help create a presence for Fedora and OLPC at Events.
5. RAP Ceibal San Jose - XO Una Amiga En Casa - Uruguay
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=70762
http://rapsanjose.blogspot.com
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Requests 5 XO-1.5s over 36 months
Project Objectives:
In URUGUAY the government decided in 2007 to follow the OLPC project,
becoming the first country in the world to deliver literally one
laptop per
child in the two following years.
As a result of the PLAN CEIBAL it was clear that the support of the
delivery and people's contact with the laptops, had to be held on
the basis
of a horizontal net, which was called Red de Apoyo al Plan
