[IAEP] Google Rise Awards

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi Folks,
I would really like a link to somewhere that we could view the winning proposals and learn from them. Does anyone have this information?
Caryl

> From: sandra.thaxter at verizon.net
> To: walter.bender at gmail.com; e0425826 at student.tuwien.ac.at
> Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 09:59:06 -0400
> CC: iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org; Kevin.Brooks at ndsu.edu
> Subject: Re: [IAEP] Google Rise Awards
> 
> Sugar Labs Friends,
>                  I didn't see your proposal,  but I suspect from looking at 
> the winners, connecting to communities on the ground, who are grassroots 
> organizations is more their focus.
> 
> Small Solutions is thinking of applying to support the village XO projects 
> in HIV/AIDS education, and the wonderful work of Peter Amunga (local Kenyan 
> school teacher and playwrit) at Eshibinga with Jiggers. 
> http://eshibinga.wordpress.com.  But let's work together, keep each other 
> informed.
> 
> Sugar is wonderful.  It's not that the green machine isn't but with out your 
> Sugar work, we would be nowhere.
> 
> Sandra Thaxter
> www.smallsolutionsbigideas.org
> sandra at smallsolutionsbigideas.org
> (617) 320-1098
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Walter Bender" <walter.bender at gmail.com>
> To: "Christoph Derndorfer" <e0425826 at student.tuwien.ac.at>
> Cc: <iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org>; "Brooks, Kevin" <Kevin.Brooks at ndsu.edu>
> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 12:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [IAEP] Google Rise Awards
> 
> 
> > On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Christoph Derndorfer
> > <e0425826 at student.tuwien.ac.at> wrote:
> >> Hi Kevin,
> >>
> >> thanks a lot for the heads-up and for all the information on your Web 
> >> site.
> >>
> >> Did you get any feedback as to why the proposal wasn't accepted? Because
> >> similarly to you it's my impression that Sugar-related activities should 
> >> fit
> >> in quite well with RISE's scope...
> >
> > You'd think Sugar would be a good fit for Summer of Code as well, but
> > apparently not.
> >
> > -walter
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Christoph
> >>
> >> On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 6:29 PM, Brooks, Kevin <Kevin.Brooks at ndsu.edu> 
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> We submitted a Google Rise proposal last year, but were not funded. The
> >>> competition does seem like a good fit for Sugar Camps, after school
> >>> programs, etc., especially if working with populations underrepresented 
> >>> in
> >>> the CS world.
> >>>
> >>> http://fargoxo.wordpress.com/grant-proposals/google-rise-proposal-2012/
> >>>
> >>> Kevin
> >>>
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> >>>
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> >>>
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> >>
> >> --
> >> Christoph Derndorfer
> >>
> >> volunteer, OLPC (Austria) [www.olpc.at]
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> >>
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