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Contents 1 Next issue 1.1 Editor/coordinator 1.2 Name 2 Topic ideas 2.1 Wiki News 2.2 OLPC News 2.3 Spotlight 2.4 Photos 2.5 Community 3 New Features 3.1 Where in the world is... Nicholas? 3.2 Restructure 3.3 Translations review 4 List of people offering reviews 5 OLPC in the Media

[edit] Next issue

[edit] Editor/coordinator

•  ?Seth will be the main person to "pull together" the zine
• Ixo will support and help as needed. :-)

[edit] Name

• Rename to 'XO zine' or OLPC zine?
  • I vote for a non time period specific name :) Adricnet 08:21, 29 February 2008 (EST)
• keep it as 'aptly named' Weekly zine, coming out only every other week ?
• Monthly better cycle ? or 2 to 3 times a month ?
• What's with the url ending in /1? Have some optimism -- at least use /001 (19 years)

[edit] Topic ideas

(Until structure is solidified, throw topics and ideas down here, leave your Wiki/IRC name so we know who to contact.)

Example, at end of line use Template, --{{user|NAME}}

[edit] Wiki News

• Wiki is now more than 5,000 pages, average of 15 new pages a day!
• Hot growth areas ? --ixo (talk · contribs)

[edit] OLPC News

• Re-organization in works, separated into four workgroups. --ixo (talk · contribs)
• Summary / overview of OLPC Community News ? --ixo (talk · contribs)

[edit] Spotlight

• ? Health project --ixo (talk · contribs)
• ? User:HoboPrimate --ixo (talk · contribs)
• ? Alternative power generation, available now? --ixo (talk · contribs)
• ? Non-native english volunteer, offering perspectives. --ixo (talk · contribs)

[edit] Photos

• Include link to: Pisaca pictures

[edit] Community

• Support Gang volunteers interviews --Adricnet (talk · contribs)
• Any volunteers for this?

[edit] New Features

[edit] Where in the world is... Nicholas?

• Nicholas recent travels.
  • Nicholas Negroponte on Robert Scoble's flickr (CC -by) --NAME (talk · contribs)
• Peru, startup

[edit] Restructure

• Mchua's restructure ideas --ixo (talk · contribs)

[edit] Translations review

• What worked, what didn't? (ask Sj/Adric?) --ixo (talk · contribs)
• "i18n or l10n ? all of this and more will be fixed next issue.." Need to pick a word and go with it. --Adricnet (talk · contribs)
• can certainly interview translators :)

[edit] List of people offering reviews

•  ? Xavi ? --ixo (talk · contribs)
•  ? Walter ? --ixo (talk · contribs)
•  ? Kim ? --ixo (talk · contribs)
•  ? Adam ? --ixo (talk · contribs)

[edit] OLPC in the Media

SJ wrote a blog about collaborating with CC on their LiveCD project. It's been Digged (Dugg?) and ./'d --NAME (talk · contribs)

• http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/sj/2008/02/14/olpc-bookdrive-and-hackathon/
  • http://digg.com/educational/OLPC_CC_Hackathon_submit_books_music_to_LiveContent
  • http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/15/1343248