OLPC Bayern
Contents
1. Project Title & Shipment Detail
- Name of Project: (WEB-PUBLISHED)
- Shipping Address You've Verified:
- Number of Laptops (or other hardware) You Request to Borrow:
- Loan Length—How Many Months:
2. Team Participants
- Name(s) & Contact Info: (include all email addresses & phone numbers)
- Teams of more than 1 person are not required, but favored!
- Employer and/or School:
- Past Experience/Qualifications:
3. Objectives
- Project Objectives: (WEB-PUBLISHED)
- Concrete proposals with defined, measurable outcomes are much more likely to result in a laptop than "it would be cool to play with these and demo them".
- what is your active library URL? This should be a page describing what you have in mind, what you hope to receive, and who is organizing the program.
- spell out policy mechanics of loans/returns: EG. mail order? in-person? monthly meetings? other?
- spell out how you (and your library "clientele") will Give Back to the OLPC/Sugar community
- what is the long-term plan for the library? who will coordinate your library if you move on?
- how will you report statistical patterns on lending/recirculation trends (important: to help all laptop libraries worldwide!)
- demonstrate detail-oriented librarian skills; articulating how laptops will continually recirculate & new projects seeded & fertilized
- what innovative techniques do you have to spur on local projects? demonstrate outreach & buzz-creating acumen!
- describe the team of people helping you and/or your institutional backing
- have you reached out to other XO Libraries and Groups to learn what works and doesn't?
- are you the kind of person that might later Mentor other library entrepreneurs?
- what is your personal long-term plan; what will you get out of this?
4. Plan of Action
- Plan and Procedure for Achieving the Stated Objectives:
5. Needs
- Why is this project needed?
- Locally?
- In the greater OLPC/Sugar community?
- Outside the community?
- Why can't this project be done in emulation using non-XO machines?
- Why are you requesting the number of machines you are asking for?
- Will you consider (1) salvaged/rebuilt or (2) damaged XO Laptops?
6. Sharing Deliverables
- Project URL:
- Please web-publish this entire completed proposal, removing any sections affecting your personal privacy. Ask if you want help!
- How will you convey tentative ideas & results back to the OLPC/Sugar community, prior to completion?
- How will the final fruits of your labor be distributed to children or community members worldwide?
- Will your work have any possible application or use outside our community?
- If yes, how will these people be reached?
- Have you investigated working with nearby XO Lending Libraries or Project Groups?
7. Quality/Mentoring
- Would your Project benefit from Support, Documentation and/or Testing people?
- Teachers' input into Usability?
- How will you promote your work?
- Can we help you with an experienced mentor from the OLPC/Sugar community? (WEB-PUBLISHED)
- If YES: specify the kind of Ongoing Mentoring that will benefit you most.
- If NO: specify who will help you share your progress, creations & results.
8. Timeline (Start to Finish)
- Please include a Proposed timeline for your Project life-cycle: (this can be in the form of Month 1, Month 2, etc rather than specific dates)
- Include a couple milestones, even if tentative.
- Specify how you prefer to communicate your ongoing progress and obstacles!
- [ ] I agree to pass on the laptop(s) to a local OLPC group or other interested contributors in case I do not have need for the laptop(s) anymore or in case my project progress stalls.
