[Sugar-devel] [IAEP] details of upcoming Uruguay summit: eduJAM! 2011

[Martin Abente]

Claps, Claps! :D

This will be a fantastic opportunity to strengthen our community, by
sharing knowledge and experiences.

On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 7:55 PM, Gabriel Eirea <geirea at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear community,
>
> During the week we made some progress in the organization of the
> summit in Montevideo, Uruguay.
>
> The name of the event is eduJAM! 2011 and will take place from Thu May
> 5 to Sat May 7. Please see the attached file for logo and graphic
> identity.
>
> The summit main objective is to strengthen the free educational
> software developers community, with focus on Latin America and the
> Sugar and olpc communities. The event will feature discussions around
> future directions and strategy, hacking on specific projects, and
> exchange of experiences among different deployments.
>
> There is a Program Committee with the following members: Andrés
> Ambrois, Walter Bender, Gabriel Eirea, Pablo Flores, Gonzalo Odiard
> and Fernando Sansberro. This committee will define the summit program
> but of course input from the community is encouraged and appreciated.
> A first sketch of the event is shown in the wiki page:
>
> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Uruguay_Summit_2011
>
> Registration to the event will be required  but we are not ready to
> announce the details yet.
>
> In addition to eduJAM! a couple of extra activities are being planned
> to make the most of the summit.
>
> The "Conozco Uruguay Tour" is being organized by members of volunteer
> organization RAP Ceibal and the OLPC community. It will take place
> during the days prior to the summit (from Sat April 30 to Thu May 5).
> More information here:
>
> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Conozco_Uruguay_Tour
>
> We are also proposing a Sugar code sprint for Sunday May 8, right
> after the summit.
>
> There is a first sponsorship from Activity Central and we are looking
> for other sponsors both at the national and international level.
>
> We hope you can join us and are looking forward to your comments and
> suggestions.
>
> Best regards,
>
> The ceibalJAM! team.
> http://ceibaljam.org
>
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