<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Late-Breaking News: Several OLPCorps team members who deployed XO laptops across Africa this summer are eager to join us in NY City, eg. talking about their individual school experience in Sierra Leone, Ghana, Kenya, etc: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://laptop.org/en/olpcorps/teams.shtml">http://laptop.org/en/olpcorps/teams.shtml</a> --------DRAFT Announcement-------- On [Tentatively Saturday November 21, 1PM], join One Laptop per Child/Sugar Labs visionaries as they converge on New York City for an afternoon Community Summit:     <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_New_York">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_New_York</a> OLPC and Sugar community innovators will be presenting some of the critical developments taking place this year, including:     · The imminent launch of the XO 1.5 laptop, and 1st public hands-on demo of our latest prototype     · The impact of more than 1 Million XO Laptops already shipped around the world, including every child in Uruguay     · The development of groundbreaking new Sugar Learning software, open source as always [watch Walter Bender's video: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://tr.im/Bg0F">http://tr.im/Bg0F</a>]<a href="http://tr.im/Bg0F" class="tweet-url web" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>     · Personal accounts of our community’s strongly maturing Volunteer Ladder and Community Deployments, providing meaningful participation to to all Explore our guides, manuals and books [paper versions of <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Manuals">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Manuals</a>] written by pioneering members of our community – and take part in our strategy session considering the long-term future of OLPC and Sugar, building on our unheralded successes – and continuing the build-out of exceptional Local Projects. So Teachers, Technologists, and Twitter Gurus, you’re invited!  How are we empowering kids/teachers with guided discovery and content TODAY, 2 years after Give1Get1 sparked creatives collaborating around the World?  How is Community Mentoring and Peer Tutoring now delivering the goods in the Rich West and the Toughest corners of Africa?  How can you directly take part in reshaping struggling kids' opportunities in the US Northeast? Join us to learn [Tentatively Saturday November 21, 1PM] and you’ll be joining something bigger – a movement that directly impacts education throughout the world.  Further details of the Community Summit will be announced [at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_New_York">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_New_York</a>] very soon.  Meantime, follow the latest [at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://twitter.com/olpc">http://twitter.com/olpc</a>] and please help by letting people know about the great work OLPC and Sugar Labs are doing – and encouraging others to support our cause.  Everyone Can Help: learning innovators, software carpenters, community marketing gurus, usability experts, local teachers, grassroots organizers, artists, quality assurance/support gurus, and more.  Share our vision.  Make a difference.  Everybody is welcome! <div align="center"><img src="cid:part1.02030101.06090909@laptop.org" alt=""> <div align="left">--------End DRAFT Announcement-------- Contact me personally (holt @ laptop dot org) if you can help Wake Up NYC (strategically connected communities on meetup.com / beyond) and/or finalize the venue (preferably at a university or <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://nycresistor.com-like">http://nycresistor.com-like</a> space in or very close to Manhattan!) </div> </div> </body> </html>