[IAEP] XOCamp fundraising (and, please sign up to donate)

[David Farning]

On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 4:19 PM, Jameson Quinn <jameson.quinn at gmail.com> wrote:
> It's getting to be time to buy tickets for XOCamp 2, which is in under a
> month now. Those of us who'd like to come from far away would love to know
> whether we can get some financial support for our journey. However, the
> relevant wiki page is somewhat out-of-date. When I asked today on IRC:
>
> [13:45] <cscott> yes, but both SL and OLPC have issues with actually being
> the coordinating party; there are tax implications
> [13:45] <cscott> it might even be best if someone not affiliated took on the
> coordination
> [13:46] <cscott> poke bernie hard about it; he's a little more empowered to
> act on behalf of SL than I am to act on behalf of OLPC
> [13:46] <cscott> and i'm sure that if you volunteer to help w/ the
> coordination, it would be appreciated
>
> So bernie, consider this a hard poke. Others who'd be willing to donate,
> consider this a request to add your pledge to the wiki page. Anyone outside
> SL/OLPC but inside the US who can do the actual money coordination (funnel
> money through checks and/or paypal, devote some time to handling the issues
> involved) please step forward. And in general, this is also me volunteering
> to take some tasks: if someone will explain to me how the money part works,
> I would be happy to do a fundraising post for OLPC News, to blog it on the
> planet, to keep the wiki up-to-date, and/or to be in charge of contacting
> people.

Thanks for stepping up!  You are now the official point of contact for
Sugar Labs at the up coming event:)

Some thoughts. Sugar Labs held SugarCamp last month.  At that event
Sugar Labs struggled with many of its hard problems.  I expect that
OLPC will be looking at some of its hard problems this time around.  A
full week of hard problems is really long.