<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> OLPC/Sugar Community: Already more than 100 people signed up to join <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://CrisisCamp.org">http://CrisisCamp.org</a> tomorrow in Boston alone (2 blocks north of the MIT campus). 140 tech-democratizers showed up last week in DC, as widely broadcast on NPR.  Now over A Dozen Cities are Involved; don't change the channel on Haiti! Please Join In Person Saturday, showing your face & your skills if your city's involved -- paving the way for Haitians to not only survive, but thrive, Educating each other long term to escape dependency cycles -- your help is vitally needed creating software/content/storytelling etc eg. around community-mapping like <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://haiti.ushahidi.com">http://haiti.ushahidi.com</a>, innovative DIY capacity-building projects like the Haiti Video Postcard Network etc, born just 1 week ago in NYC alongside keystone Haitian Diaspora communities across major US cities especially: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.crisiscommons.org/wiki/The_Open_Solace_Haiti_Project">http://wiki.crisiscommons.org/wiki/The_Open_Solace_Haiti_Project</a> Likewise in Boston, Waveplave founder Tim Falconer, OLPC Community Repair Center founding pioneer Ian Daniher & I (coordinator of OLPC's worldwide community support volunteer team) will lead similar efforts, with similar participation from OLPC volunteers in Miami, LA, etc -- thanks to tremendous community-organizing occuring every day and night this week at the MIT Media Lab: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://CrisisCamp.org">http://CrisisCamp.org</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://twitter.com/c4fcm">http://twitter.com/c4fcm</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://krikkrak.media.mit.edu/IAP2010">http://krikkrak.media.mit.edu/IAP2010</a> Please remind all thoughtful contributors worldwide: they too can receive free XO Laptops if they're patiently helping dedicated Haitians take back control of a badly shaken island and nation, sharing long-term community/learning methods all can learn from -- approval takes place online right here over Live Chat Fridays 2PM Eastern Time in an open/transparent community process you are strongly encouraged to join: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://blog.laptop.org">http://blog.laptop.org</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors_program">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors_program</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors_program/meetings">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors_program/meetings</a> Quite Separately: Please also consider applying to work on the ground in Haiti committing to 1-full-year with OLPC's brand new more structured OLPCorps program, where you will receive (if approved) a stipend of $500/month: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://laptop.org/en/olpcorps/">http://laptop.org/en/olpcorps/</a> </body> </html>