Contributors program/Project proposal form: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 14:56, 7 March 2009

Respond in complete sentences where possible! Be concise.

1. Project Title & Shipment Detail

Name of Project:

Shipping Address You've Verified:

IS FEDEX-SHIPPABLE (NO POST OFFICE BOXES)
INCLUDES A PHONE NUMBER
CONTAINS TEAM LEADER'S LEGAL NAME

Number of Laptops You Request to Borrow:

Loan Length—How Many Months:

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.

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 ===5. Needs (A few sentences) ===
 :'''Why is this project needed?'''
+:'''Locally?'''
-Palestine is a devloping nation with lots of problems due to the instable situation in the Middle East. Children Jericho and around Jericho can change there perspective of life with the OLPC Project. The poores children here live in two refugee camps nearby and villages around jericho, where children cannot leave the village due to settlements. Therefore a good pilote project with international support is needed.
 :'''In the greater OLPC/Sugar community?'''
-''serveral points can turn this project into a showcase for the olpc idea and community:''
-*
 :'''Outside the community?'''
-Focusing on the international support, the project still can grow
-beyond those 100 machines including all schools in Jericho (which is
-the vision of OLPC Jericho and will hopefully come true by the city's
-.000 years (!) anniversary in 2010. That would be a remarkably
-success of OLPC in the Arabic world.
 :'''Why can't this project be done [[Emulating_the_XO|in emulation]] using non-XO machines?'''
 :'''Why are you requesting the number of machines you are asking for?'''