Olin university chapter/Current project list
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[edit] Weekly Support-Gang Meeting
Person in charge: Elsa
[edit] Description
Every Tuesday, 3-5, we meet in the 1st floor of West Hall and trudge through RTs together. We also use this time to resolve general OLPC problems.
[edit] Tasks
(To take ownership, sign with four tildes (~))
[edit] Guru Fest
Person in charge: Colin
[edit] Description
A conference-style collection of information from OLPC-ers and alums to dump and share info. More details found at GuruFest
[edit] Tasks
[edit] Repair Center
Person in charge: Nikki
[edit] Description
Olin-based hardware repair center
[edit] Tasks
- get laptop from Katelyn
[edit] CFS deployment
Person in charge: Sandra
[edit] Description
Assist in the Cambridge Friends School deployment, in partnership with Harvard.
[edit] Tasks
- Get the server working in time for deployment yifiy 05:00, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
- Do we want to get involved with the Kenya deployment (Phase II?)
[edit] Newsletter
Person in charge: Elsa
[edit] Description
Provide a mode of communication between the university groups, as well as offer internship opportunities, etc.
[edit] Tasks
- For next week's issue (Feb 7ish?)
(Elsa, I don't remember the rest)
[edit] Sugar on a Stick
Person in charge: ???
[edit] Description
Work with Caroline Meeks on things dealing with the Sugar on a Stick development
[edit] Tasks
???
[edit] Python Wiki Tutorial
Person in charge: Yifan
[edit] Description
Provide a short tutorial for people who want to get involved with software development. Tutorial found Olin_university_chapter/Software/PythonTutorial
[edit] Tasks
- Developing it
- Testing it
(I need people!!! please post all complaints on the discussion page)
- Long term
- Add a PyGTK section?
[edit] Python One-day Tutorial
Person in charge: Andrea
[edit] Description
Do a one-day lecture on Python programming to get everyone on the same page and kick off developing
[edit] Tasks
- Flush out details? Andrea?
[edit] Design challenge
Person in charge: Elsa
[edit] Description
[edit] Tasks
[edit] OLPC online class development
Person in charge: ??
[edit] Description
There have been previous people who have had one-semester classes on programming for OLPC. Is there a way we can try to make that into a web class?
[edit] Tasks
- Email John Tiernney for more details

