<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=windows-1252" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-western"> <div class="moz-text-flowed" style="font-family: -moz-fixed; font-size: 13px;" lang="x-western">Please all join us right now reviewing the latest OLPC/Sugar community projects over IRC Live Chat: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://forum.laptop.org/chat">http://forum.laptop.org/chat</a> Then type at bottom: /join #olpc-meeting AGENDA: * Fast Review of the 4 latest (greatest!) HW/Project Proposals -- please join us advocating for, and/or reviewing shortcomings of these proposals: 1. Open Solace - Haiti / New York, Los Angeles 2. NACIF OLPC-Lending Library in Gomoa-Dasum District of Ghana - New York 3. OLPC Pilot Education Project at Alamparai - India 4. Project Success Links: 3 Projects For Change - Los Angeles * Which projects might you enjoy Mentoring below?! <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Search/Results.html?Query=Queue=%27contributors%27">http://rt.laptop.org/Search/Results.html?Query=Queue=%27contributors%27</a> * New projects & libraries -- teaching them Community Outreach: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_Laptop_Lending_Libraries">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_Laptop_Lending_Libraries</a> 1. Open Solace - Haiti / New York, Los Angeles <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=55379">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=55379</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=54958"></a> [SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects</a> ] Requests 1,680 (or 25 initially) XOs over undetermined months Project Objectives: To provide compelling 2 way video communications between Haitians and the compassionate communities inside the US and around the world that include Haitian communities, church groups, Media organizations Our objective is to establish a method for American Haitian communities to send video messages of love, compassion, and inspiration to their relatives, friends and citizens of Haiti. We also plan to get video messages out of Haiti and deliver them to the American Haitian communities. We will encourage anyone to compose video postcards of hope to be sent to Haiti, by means of new media, News organizations, PR and word of mouth. Setting up residence in a secured Haitian NGO camp. Recruiting *5* bilingual locals instructors then educating those instructors on the value of the interviews and their intended use. Then train the instructors how to use the video recording app and the list of list of interview questions then role playing those questions. measure, adjust and repeat until we have *25* instructors. Once done We will set up our projector in the evening and show american messages of inspiration and use that moment to announce the Open Haiti project. 25 is the appropriate number because we have 25 portable solar powers tested and approved by manufacturer on OLPC. And 25 is the maximum number that can be managed by a worst case scenario of one available instructor. May cache to a local server and then "broadcast" the data to the public server as communications allow. 2. NACIF OLPC-Lending Library in Gomoa-Dasum District of Ghana - New York <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=55294">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=55294</a> [SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects</a> ] Requests 4 XOs over 3 months Project Objectives: Objectives Our goal is to build a number of "paperless" libraries in which OLPCs replace paper books. NACIF is a charitable organization dedicated to helping young girls obtain a great education and, towards this goal, is building or equipping a number of libraries in remote villages in Ghana. The cost of supplying books to these libraries is however prohibitive and NACIF has decided it can provide serve more girls by using e-books. The OLPC is the perfect medium for such a project in the areas in which NACIF works. Most importantly, we want to encourage girls to create and share content about their community, something they cannot easily do with books. The content will include creating diaries, news articles, and photo-albums. Thus, the OLPC provides these girls with the "active" educational experience as opposed to the passive education they will gain through reading paper books. 3. OLPC Pilot Education Project at Alamparai - India <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=55284">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=55284</a> [SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects</a> ] Requests 35 XOs over 12 months Project Objectives: Introducing the OLPC as a pilot project for 30 to 35 children at the Panchayat Union Alamparai Middle School with intention to expand to surrounding schools, organizations, and experts to adapt this XO technology for the successful achievement of the Educational goals. Assessment of the initial success of the project will then inform the rate of progress on expanding OLPC to the wider community. Fully equipping school teachers by rendering appropriate training in the use of the new technology for instructing their students. Improving the standard of Education with the aegis of new intervention and pave the way for attaining the self goals of each and every children targeted under this project. Creating conducive environment with the help of the XO technology to elicit the childrens interest in learning the Science and English subject. Initiating the knowledge revolution among the children and the youth in the community. 4. Project Success Links: 3 Projects For Change - Los Angeles area, California <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=54975">http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=54975</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://cocosouthla.org">http://cocosouthla.org</a> [SPECIFIC SITE NEEDS TO BE POSTED OFF <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects</a> ] Requests 15 XOs over undetermined months Project Objectives: Our project objective is to inspire and educate elementary school children to take an active role in their community by utilize technology tools for 3 Projects for Change. This project-oriented program will also act as a professional development program, which can help kids identify personal skills and develop career interests. The success of these projects will introduce different positive activities that can be emulated by other children. </div> </div> </body> </html>