Template:Grassroots group

How to use this template

This template is designed to make it easy to create a main page for a local OLPC grassroots group. To use it:

1. Create a new page with the name of your grassroots group. This is typically "OLPC Location" where Location is the location of your group, as in OLPC Chicago and OLPC New York. If a page with that name already exists (you're making a group specifically for your neighborhood, or two or more groups coexist in a large city), use a more specific name, such as "OLPC Chicago South Side" or "OLPC Evanston."
2. type {{subst:Template:Grassroots group|location = ''Location''|startedby = ''Username''}} into that page (where Location is the location you used to create your pagename and Username is your username), then save it. For instance, if User:Mchua were starting OLPC Chicago, the text would be {{subst:Template:Grassroots group|location = Chicago|startedby = Mchua}}.
3. That's it! You'll have to go in and edit the content to customize it for your particular location, but feel free to add/remove sections as needed. See OLPC Bellingham and OLPC Chicago for examples of usage.

Contact a wiki admin if you need help. See Special:Listusers and display users starting at Group:Sysops.

OLPC {{{location}}}

About

The {{{location}}} Interest Group is a way for people in the {{{location}}} area and surrounding locations to talk about and work together on OLPC. We aren't necessarily interested just in trying to bring OLPC into classrooms in {{{location}}} (although we generally think it's a wonderful idea) we're also interested in volunteering/contributing to the project.

OLPC {{{location}}} IS

1. a nucleation point for exchange between local groups, towards the OLPC Boston office and back, and with other groups worldwide
2. helping in organizing XOs for the local groups
3. supporting and cherishing the autonomy of local groups
4. focusing on rough consensus, grassroots involvement, and working projects

OLPC {{{location}}} IS NOT

1. going to do a local pilot in your school (although we'll encourage and support you if you want to do one yourself)
2. going to tell you what you are and aren't allowed to do (although we're always up for idea-bouncing and brainstorms)

Contact and chapters

Mailing list

If there's enough demand, we'll set up a mailing list. If you'd like to have an {{{location}}}-OLPC mailing list, post a link to your contact info (wiki userpages work) below - the minimum number for starting a list is 10 recent requests.

1. [[User:{{{startedby}}}]]

Chapters

If you know of any {{{location}}} area schools, organizations, individuals, or groups of interested people who have organized or want to organize a Grassroots group or an University chapter, please ask them to add a link below.

Existing projects

If you're in the {{{location}}} area and have a project you'd like to share, please link to it below.

Events

Future Activities

• We're planning a meetup! We'd like to have an informal, getting-to-know-you gathering soon, but need a place to host it, and a date. Can you help? Want to come? Want to help plan? Let [[User:{{{startedby}}}]] know.

Past Activities

None yet - we're still working on upcoming events, which will be posted here as their dates pass.

Project ideas

If you're in {{{location}}} and want to work on a project with someone local, post ideas here.