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News outlets : see [[OLPC:News]], and the less regular [[Weekly zine]] and [[OLPC Europe/Newsletter]].
This page is for weekly updates from various departments for the purposes of regular public updates, global advocacy, and community coordination. The updates will contribute to something like a new newsletter; the advocacy messages will help us design announcements and prioritize campaigns, and the community coordination is for wiki and blog updates, including more technical or info-geeky detail than would go out in an all-purpose newsletter.


== Example, Nov 9 ==

'''Engineering''': input from Ed & Wad

'''Public talks''':
* Nicholas spoke at UCLA on Nov # for the 40th Anniversary of the Internet.
* SJ presented in Paris on Nov 7 on the need for simple, localized multimedia-publishing tools for educators

'''Press mentions'''
* NYT Arts section
* HuffPost blog
* Xconomy article


== Example, December 5 ==
'''Events'''
* from the wiki - OLPC India event, with names & photos: [[Events/HBC-DBF, December 2009]]


= Current news outlets =
* See [[OLPC:News]] for old examples of the public newsletter.
* For other possible models, see the less regular [[Weekly zine]] and [[OLPC Europe/Newsletter]]


'''Sources''' :
'''Sources''' :
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* [[Special:Recentchanges]], [[Special:Newpages]]
* [[Special:Recentchanges]], [[Special:Newpages]]
* [[IRC]], primarily ''sugar'' and ''olpc''
* [[IRC]], primarily ''sugar'' and ''olpc''



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Revision as of 22:03, 10 December 2009

This page is for weekly updates from various departments for the purposes of regular public updates, global advocacy, and community coordination. The updates will contribute to something like a new newsletter; the advocacy messages will help us design announcements and prioritize campaigns, and the community coordination is for wiki and blog updates, including more technical or info-geeky detail than would go out in an all-purpose newsletter.


Example, Nov 9

Engineering: input from Ed & Wad

Public talks:

  • Nicholas spoke at UCLA on Nov # for the 40th Anniversary of the Internet.
  • SJ presented in Paris on Nov 7 on the need for simple, localized multimedia-publishing tools for educators

Press mentions

  • NYT Arts section
  • HuffPost blog
  • Xconomy article


Example, December 5

Events


Current news outlets

Sources :