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join us in 5min reviewing the latest OLPC/Sugar community projects
over IRC Live Chat:  (2PM EDT Boston Time Friday)<br>
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Then type at bottom:<br>
/join #olpc-meeting<br>
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AGENDA:<br>
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* New projects &amp; libraries -- teaching them Community Outreach:
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 href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects#XO_Laptop_Lending_Libraries">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects#XO_Laptop_Lending_Libraries</a>
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* Which projects might you enjoy Mentoring?!<br>
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* Fast Review of the 3 latest (greatest!) HW/Project Proposals --
please<br>
  join us advocating for and/or reviewing shortcomings of these
proposals:<br>
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1. Waadookodaading OLPC/Ojibwe Laptop Library - Wisconsin, USA<br>
   <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=45715">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=45715</a><br>
  
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.waadookodaading.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=31">http://www.waadookodaading.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=49&amp;Itemid=31</a><br>
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   Requests 10 XO's over 9+ months<br>
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   Project Objectives:<br>
   Provide Children in grades K - 5 with<br>
   computers they can "check out" and take home with them. <br>
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   These activities could be monitored by the "check out"<br>
   procedures themselves.<br>
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2. MMEduGamePack Project - Brazil<br>
   <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=45775">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=45775</a><br>
   <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.mmeduproject.org">http://www.mmeduproject.org</a> (upcoming)<br>
   <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://sourceforge.net">http://sourceforge.net</a> (to be announced)<br>
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   Requests 4 XO's over 15 months<br>
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   Project Objectives:<br>
   1 - Integrate SDL and OpenCV to provide a multimodal interface using
the laptop integrated video camera.<br>
   2 - Build a multimodal SDL library
for basic multimodal input routines.<br>
  
3 - Create a parser to generate SDL or PyGame source code (C++ or
Python).<br>
   4 - Develop a package of Multimodal Educational Mini Games
(initially, 4 games).<br>
   5 - Simplify the design process for game developers.<br>
   6 - Simplify and expand user interaction using a multimodal interface<br>
   7
- Give to the poor children a chance to interact with multimodal
educational games using XO machines.<br>
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3. OLPC Bayern Library - Munich/Munchen, Germany (SECONDARY REVIEW WITH
REPAIR SHOP, after last week's conditional approval)<br>
   <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
 href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=45454">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=45454</a><br>
   <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
 href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Bayern">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Bayern</a>
(NEEDS REVISING)<br>
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   Requests 15 XO's over 18 months<br>
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   Project Objectives:<br>
   Translate the english manuals into a German/understandable version.<br>
   Examine the look and feel of the laptop and how to provide more<br>
   useful online help on the laptop for the different target groups (eg.<br>
   developer, child, teacher, other people...)<br>
   Test the help and search for improve potential<br>
   The idea of OLPC is good. To see what potential is possible in<br>
   technical writer environment we will look on the system and<br>
   seek to write useful help text for user.<br>
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