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#REDIRECT [[University Chapter Jam Boston]] |
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== The Event == |
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=== Modules === |
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* Education |
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* Hawes |
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* Stolk |
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* Usability and Design |
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* Stein |
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* Jaded |
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* IDEO/Continuum |
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* Linder/Eris/MurMiranda? |
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* Power Generation |
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* Carrick?? MechE prof? |
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* Open Source Software |
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* Jaded |
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* Downey |
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* Social Entrepreneurship |
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* Caslin |
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* Charles |
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* Impact |
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* Martello |
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* Chua |
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=== Schedule of Events === |
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Complete here |
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=== People to Invite as Participants === |
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* Ken's Wellesley education students |
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* OLPC interns, grassroots list |
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* Publicize at Babson, primarily in Social E! class |
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* Publicize at Olin |
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* Email all students, faculty, listserve at Olin (faculty can bring their kids too!) |
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* Ritter and a few hand picked friends (not a list spam) from MIT |
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* Olin community invite to bring along friends from off campus |
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=== Interested Speakers and Special Guests === |
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* Allen Downey - doing a talk on open source software dev |
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* Lynn Stein - (maybe HFID talk) |
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* Ken Hawes on things to consider in designing a curriculum |
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* Mel Chua leading a brainstorm room(s), may not be there until 130 |
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* (maybe Rob Martello) - chat on tech transfer re: OLPC |
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* (maybe Caslin / SEM guy) - social entrepreneurship models of distribution |
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* Matt Jadud |
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* Jon Stolk |
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=== Problem Tasks to Work On === |
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* Emulation package for PC and MAC networks, especially schools |
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* Talk to Nikki and SJ for bug list of software flaws to be resolved |
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== To do == |
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=== Andy === |
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* Ad-Astra rooms in dhall area |
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* Talk to Rob M about doing a talk on tech transfer between cultures and design considerations for OLPC software |
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* Connect with Arjun and Manu in particular, Yani and Andriani, Jessica and Chih-yu about coming |
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* Email Mel a forwardable letter for Continuum |
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* Find and email Richard Freeland (former president of Northeastern University, something to do with the Graduate School of Education at Harvard this year) recommended by Rod |
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* Email Lauren (Guatemala girl) about BC email lists for OLPC like things |
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* Make website with Ollie |
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* '''SENT''' - Talk to Nick Tatar about a big conf with off campus guests Feb 16 |
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* '''SENT''' - Follow up with Chris C about his Friday conference and about his plans for his power generation section |
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* '''SENT''' - Talk to SJ at 1cc Friday to get education people, OLPC people, get XOs for Feb 16 |
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* '''DONE''' - ALSO - ask him to champion open source stuff (talk to Allen Downey to be the “champion” of open source) |
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* '''DONE''' - Talk to Stolk (after Ollie does on Friday in class) |
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* '''DONE''' – Email Rod about Ted Sizer talking and speaking - no can do. He recommends Stolk. |
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* '''DONE''' - Email Ritter about MIT people for an OLPC day |
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* '''DONE''' - Email Lynn Stein about her coming as an HFID designer and programmer and pass on to Harvard lists |
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* '''DONE''' - Email Ken Hawes about him and Wellesley education students coming |
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=== Ollie === |
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* '''Done, Follow Up in Progress'''Talk to Blinder/Ozgur/Oscar about coming as design guys, also which student could champion it |
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* Olin faculty recruitment – targeting talking and mass email |
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* '''Done''' 8x11 small poster |
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* Table tents for dining hall |
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* Big poster for dining hall |
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* Talk it up amongst the frosh before plans are made to leave for the 3 day weekend |
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* Bring it up in Babson Social E! class, bring Caslin and Charles? |
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* Do website with Andy, also do an internal site for participants on the day of to have access to useful wiki links and such |
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* '''Sent initial email''' SERV SERV SERV!!! Especially money, probably pizza and soda and maybe design materials, $300 max |
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* Talk to George Butler about dining hall usage upstairs during the day and at all after hours |
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=== Nikki === |
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* Email Matt Jadud – tell him the plan and get him to recruit and come too |
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* '''DONE''' - Email Mel and keep her up to date with plan and seek advice and contacts, other OLPC groups? |
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* Get XOs to develop on (note that Andy is already emailing SJ, Nikki is CC’d) |
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* Build up support within OLPC chapter members at Olin and thru SJ in the greater Boston area |
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=== Yifan === |
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* Call panara and peets coffee to ask for free stuff feb 16 around noon. |
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* Create a simple procedure for porting programs from PC to OLPC and testing |
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* Acquire supplies for free, make shopping list of the rest for Andy |
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=== Day of Logistics === |
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* Create a schedule with time slots and rooms for speakers/discussions/brainstorming, |
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* Nametags (bright ones for "leaders") |
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* Pizza and beverage |
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* Power strips and extension cords (talk to logan) |
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* Ethernet and WEP keys printed |
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* Whiteboards (steal morning of) |
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* Dry erase markers (steal morning of) |
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* Normal markers and paper and design materials |
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* Post its |
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Latest revision as of 20:12, 15 February 2008
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