Contributors program/Project proposal form

Respond in complete sentences where possible! Be concise.

1. Project Title & Shipment Detail

Name of Project: OLPC Jericho

Shipping Address You've Verified: via Palestine Ministry of Education

• due to restriction by Israel, the known precedure via the Ministry of Education shall be used
• A number of people are involved:
• Local Contact Persons
• Shadi Njoum, Local Project Leader, Network Engineer and Teacher, ++970-210922, al-njoum@hotmail.com
• Susanne Triner, Local Project Leader International Contacts, Organization: Friends of Jericho, ++972-598345687, st@together21.org
• Global Project Leader / Initiator
• Sebastian Umlauft, Project initator, OLPC Germany (Member of the Board, Fundraising, responsible for the proposal), ++49-40-22813456, sebastian.umlauft@gmx.de

Number of Laptops You Request to Borrow: 100 XO (not to borrow but to buy (as the previous G100), our target class 32 Students, therefore the minum number of laptops would be 35 XO

Loan Length—How Many Months: permanent - expanding project

2. Team Participants (In list form)

Name(s) & Contact Info: (include email addresses & phone numbers)

Teams of more than 1 person are not required, but favored!

Employer and/or School:

Past Experience/Qualifications:

3. Objectives (Bulleted list)

Project Objectives: (please list specific, measurable objectives for your project)

Concrete proposals with defined outcomes are much more likely to result in a laptop than "it would be cool to play with these and demo them".

4. Plan of Action (One or more paragraphs)

Plan and Procedure for Achieving the Stated Objectives:

5. Needs (A few sentences)

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 (A few sentences)

Project URL:

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 (Can be a bulleted list)

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?

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 (Show 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.