I have add OLPC spase for eu grassroots. http://opencommunitycamp.org/trac/wiki/OLPC
I can surely sure help and euro speakers, developers teacher etc etc to help me. I will make sure that all availible XO's are avilible: - 3 from Gras root - 7 from the Repairing/Recycling Centre I run. (if possible more) I would to also to have OPLC representatives on board (Europe?) If You live Europe and want to come and/or do something please let me know. kind regards, Marten On Sun, 2008-05-18 at 23:23 -0400, Mel Chua wrote: > For experienced hackers: You almost certainly don't need to read the > rest of this email, since you'll work on things you find interesting > with or without additional encouragement. ;) > > For "newbies": > > Now. I know the bootcamp prerequisites may look daunting to some people, > but I would personally love to have enthusiastic newcomers attend. > (Oftentimes the people who don't think they can do something end up > being the best teachers of that something once they *do* learn how to do > it and realize it's not as hard as they though it was.) > > If you're willing to put in the time and energy to learn some new and > difficult things rapidly, I and others would love to work with you to > get your application prerequisites ready so you can fully participate. > Heck, I'll be learning some of these things myself (I haven't really > used pootle before, for example). Even if you can't physically attend > the bootcamp but still want to learn these things, THAT'S GREAT! Join us > in the learning! > > The point of the bootcamp is to get people to be comfortable teaching > themselves more and to be comfortable teaching other people more - > including teaching them how to teach themselves more. (How's that for > many layers of meta?) Wiki usage isn't that hard to learn. Neither is > programming. I used to think so on both counts - it isn't, though - really! > > So if you're willing to dive into the deep end, we'd love to have you > apply. Let me know and we can get you started - post your name in the > study groups section on the wiki: > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Talk:Grassroots_bootcamp/Prerequisites#Study_groups > (if you're reading this message and don't know how to use the wiki, > email back - we can teach you that too if you're willing to put in the > effort.) > > -Mel > > Samuel Klein wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > There are three grassroots events coming during the second week of June > > that we would like to invite the OLPC grassroots community to attend. > > Your input and participation is welcome. > > > > We are looking for one or two open space organizers for the unconference > > the weekend of June 7; the grassroots bootcamp and workshop the > > following week is limited to active community members, and has a short > > application process; and the organizers of the Grassroots Jam the next > > weekend will come from interested attendees to the bootcamp the week > > before. Please send your comments and inspirations to Mel and me, and > > sign up on the wiki for the events you would like to join. > > > > --SJ > > > > > > 1. Unconference - Cambridge, MA on Saturday-Sunday, June 7-8 2008. > > > > In the tradition of Barcamp, we will be holding a grassroots > > unconference the weekend of June 7, dedicated towards > > community-organization, and initiatives, events, structures, and best > > practices. This is not just an OLPC event -- anyone with interest in > > grassroots organizing is invited to attend - so forward this out to your > > friends in LUGs, meetups, co-ops, clubs, and the like. > > > > See http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Grassroots_unconference for more > > information. If you'd like to help unorganize the event, or run part of > > the open space there, please contact Mel Chua at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > > > > > > 2. Bootcamp - Cambridge, MA from Monday-Thursday, June 9-12 2008. > > > > We are hosting a bootcamp and conference from June 9-12, 2008 in Boston, > > MA for current and future organizers of local groups. The first days > > will be held at OLPC headquarters in Cambridge (or a larger venue if > > there is enough interest). The objective of the bootcamp is to help > > community members become grassroots advisors, who can serve as resources > > to others who want to start local initiatives. > > > > There will be sessions for hacking (and learning how to hack) on > > different areas of the XO's software and hardware, organizing local > > materials and creators, connecting with satellite communities around > > volunteering, mentoring, learning, and sugar; and more. Several slots > > are still open, and we invite all community members to apply. > > > > To ensure a focused and high-quality event for participants, there are > > some prerequistes to participation. In order to make the event > > accessible to more people of varying backgrounds, we are holding online > > study groups starting this week; even someone with no XO/programming > > background, no wiki or editing background, and/or no educational theory > > background should be able to get up to speed with two weeks of intense > > part-time work. > > > > Admissions is on a rolling basis. All materials are provided, with > > limited support available for travel and lodging for eligible > > attendees. If you need help getting to Boston or finding a couch to > > crash on, let us know at > > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Talk:Grassroots_bootcamp, or give feedback on > > the grassroots mailing list. > > > > > > 3. Jam - Manhattan, NY on Saturday-Sunday, June 14-15 2008. > > > > Finally, to cap the bootcamp week, a Grassroots Jam will be held in NYC, > > run by the bootcamp attendees. We are finalizing details with potential > > host organizations; stay tuned for a location update. The jam will be > > open to everyone, focusing on development of activity and hardware > > projects that could work on/with the XO, and group projects / stories > > that could be carried out with a small XO community. There will be open > > space at the Jam to discuss lessons learned from the previous week, > > suggest new topics, and meet other NYC-area grassroots groups. > > > > See http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Grassroots_Jam for more information. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Grassroots mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/grassroots > _______________________________________________ > Grassroots mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/grassroots -- Marten Vijn Koop mijn huis: http://martenvijn.nl/trac/wiki/huis http://martenvijn.nl http://wifisoft.org http://opencommunitycamp.org _______________________________________________ Olpc-open mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-open
