<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> Talented social cartographers & deployment folks from across the OLPC/Sugar community will be fly to Boston Dec 27-31 -- to physically map our geo-social fabric of small/medium/large implementations in completely new ways -- on and around CMU/Nick Doiron's rapidly evolving global deployment/volunteering map: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://olpcMAP.net">http://olpcMAP.net</a> Just like a Book Sprint (writing an entire book within a week, like <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://laptop.org/manual">http://laptop.org/manual</a>) we will beautify, rigorize and publish this community product within 5 business days. We are looking for our very best talent globally to join us, to lay critical seeds Connecting-The-Dots of learning/deployment/content knowledge globally, starting with one single student's social map -- that has already powerfully captured the popular imagination of deployments worldwide, since its alpha-launch in San Francisco last week. SAVE THE DATE, and RSVP early to confirm your (a) contribution and (b) spot! We have a long way to go, and need your help. The venue will likely be OLPC's headquarters, in Cambridge, Massachusetts or a nearby university -- both very conveniently transit-accessible to Boston's airport "BOS". Details to follow later in November, off of this page: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OlpcMAP">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OlpcMAP</a> Thank you to the organizing volunteers (email <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:beautify@olpcMAP.net">beautify@olpcMAP.net</a>) already INvesting so much of their personal/family resources, flying in during 2010's Season of Giving, just 2 months away now, to celebrate a Cause They Believe In. That cause being to grow our community of face2face deployment doers, with new volunteer/internship opportunities None Of Us Have Yet Imagined. So far we have these powerhouse volunteers/contributors: Nick Doiron (Pittsburgh/NH) Marina Zdobnova (Russia, sort of!) Kurt Maier (Indiana) David Farning (Wisconsin) Walter Bender (Boston, partial attendance) Caroline Meeks (Boston, partial attendance) Claudia Urrea (Boston, partial attendance) Reuben Caron (Boston, partial attendance) Adam Holt (Boston) (Special Chicago guest/s from <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://IITempoweringHaiti.org">http://IITempoweringHaiti.org</a> !) Please spread the word to our most effective global contributors now. I with match up rich volunteers with poor, just as I did in <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://olpcSF.org/summit">http://olpcSF.org/summit</a>, to make sure housing and a few select airfares are covered, when truly exceptional talent is demonstrated. See you there!! </body> </html>