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== OLPC Contributor Program Proposal== |
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[[Contributors Program|Background information]] on the OLPC Contributors program |
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== Team == |
== Team == |
Revision as of 14:45, 9 June 2009
OLPC UK is trying to establish a 100% volunteer organization and platform to support the deployments of XO computers towards solving defined needs in UK schools paired with schools in developing countries.
OLPC UK has gone from glimmer in the eye of Daniel Drake to a organisation:
- with financial backing for a school pilot in September
- actively pursuing registered charity status in the UK
- with a vibrant online community of OLPC and SugarLabs contributors
- meeting regularly in person
OLPC Contributor Program Proposal
- Background information on the OLPC Contributors program
Team
- Warren Pimm – OLPC UK Lead Organiser
- Head Teacher TBD - School XYZ Head Teacher
- Teacher 1 - School XYZ Year NNN teacher
- Teacher 2 - School XYZ Year NNN teacher
- IT manager 1 - School XYZ IT manager
- IT support coordinator 1 - Volunteer group ABC IT support coordinator
- Peter Robinson – OLPC UK Project Manager
- Martin Dengler – OLPC UK Software
The team will be ably supported by all OLPC UK participants; details of all contributors can be found in the People section of the OLPC UK wiki.
Community Relationship
OLPC UK views the larger OLPC / SugarLabs community as a valuable source of advice. We aim to be a significant contributor to the community as well.
People
Our members are the most important part of our contribution to the community. We are proud of our members' work for the ongoing pedagogical, design, and software engineering volunteer efforts of OLPC and SugarLabs.
Materials
We are collecting information from around the web into a set of browsable resources for pilots in developed nations.