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Toronto Sprint/Summit Oct 10-13th, 2015:
Toronto Summit/Sprint Oct 9-12th, 2015, hopefully co-hosted with [http://www.olpccanada.com/ OLPC Canada]:


The core focus will be Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB), specifically evolving the highest quality offline education resources, into much wider global adoption, building off [[../../6.0 | XSCE 6.0]].
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US volunteers can save a lot of money flying into Buffalo, if you align days/times with others flying in similar times, to see if someone can pick you up and drop you off:


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Don't forget your passport, but US volunteers can sometimes save a lot of money flying into Buffalo, if you align days/times with others flying in similar times -- if someone from Toronto is available to drive several hours to pick you up and drop you off!
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* Saturday Oct 10th - Reflect on XSCE+IIAB+OSM Successes & Evolving Support Cycle/Needs
* Friday Oct 9th - Dinner for Early Arrivals!
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* Sunday Oct 11th - Road Map XSCE 6.0 & increasing OpenStreetMap involvement! (how can we integrate [http://projectbernie.org BERNIE]? what's the true potential of "offline" grassroots content?)
** 6PM @ Dim Sum King, 421 Dundas St W
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* Monday Oct 12th - Thanksgiving Dinner! (what have we learned from [[../../5.5|XSCE 5.5]]'s 18-month release cycle?)
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* Saturday Oct 10th - Reflect on XSCE+IIAB+OSM Successes - Evolving Support Cycle/Needs
** 9AM E-Teams (Education & Engineering) meet & greet
** 10AM CALL: '''Deployment-Driven Curation''' (Brainstorm: which grassroots/pro educators do this best? How do we honor them best, with what [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_viable_product MVP] tools?)
** 11AM Open / Q&A / New Hardware Demos
** Noon LUNCH
** 1-5PM E-Teams Split for Coming Year's Agenda-Setting, optional 3PM trip to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Park High Park] What content are we truly missing? Medical? Environmental? Languages? What McGyver or Bill Nye science programs might be freely distributed in which countries, to spark legit in-country maker movements?
** 6PM Turkey Dinner with OLPC Canada's greatest people we hope!
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* Sunday Oct 11th - Road Map [[../ | XSCE 7.0]] beyond imminent [[../../6.0 | XSCE 6.0]], with increasing [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/unleashkids/VR9S1t7vMDE OpenStreetMap] involvement! (How can we integrate [http://projectbernie.org BERNIE]? What's the true potential of "online goes offline" customizable grassroots content?)
** 9AM E-Teams (Education & Engineering) Come Back Together to review Coming Year's Goals
** 10AM CALL: '''[https://jeromegagnonvoyer.wordpress.com/ Offline OpenStreetMap Design]''' with Braddock Gaskill (Internet-in-a-Box.org) & Emmanuel Engelhart (Kiwix.org)
** 11AM Kiwix/RACHEL/KA Lite: where should we be in 2020?
** Noon LUNCH
** 1PM-5PM How could an "IIAB 2.0" transcend existing offline challenges BEFORE 2020? (enterprise support for NUC/RPi2/XO-1.5/etc yields "fieldback" loops of which flavors, for which countries?)
** 6PM Dinner on a nearby farm or BBQ at a uniquely Toronto location!
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* Monday Oct 12th - Thanksgiving "Noon" Dinner!? (What have we learned from [[../../6.0|XSCE 6.0]]'s yearlong+ release cycle?)
** Thankful for today's intentionally Open Schedule!
** What [[../../FAQ | onboarding documentation]] matters most, speaking of Thankfulness?!
* Tuesday Oct 13th - Canoe Home :)
* Tuesday Oct 13th - Canoe Home :)


Details emerging week-by-week @ http://tinyurl.com/xsceminutes
Further Details emerging week-by-week @ http://tinyurl.com/xsceminutes


= Attendees =
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Contact: holt@laptop.org

* [https://www.linkedin.com/pub/morgan-g-ames/5/4b7/318 Morgan Ames?] (Paraguay)
* [http://projectbernie.org Tony Anderson] (Rwanda & Africa)
* [http://www.olpcnews.com/use_cases/education/twinning_canadian_and_kenyan_s.html Mark Battley?] (Kenya)
* [http://catholicherald.com/stories/Computers-for-change,16849 Denny Baumann] (remote, Haiti)
* [http://mapmeld.com Nick Doiron] (remote, Myanmar)
* [http://projectrive.wordpress.com Sora Edwards-Thro] (Haiti)
* [http://elkner.net Jeff Elkner?] (remote, El Salvador)
* [http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/09/12/emmanuel-engelhart-inventor-of-kiwix/ Emmanuel Engelhart] (remote, Switzerland, Mali, Cameroon)
* [https://ca.linkedin.com/in/jeromegagnonvoyer Jérôme Gagnon-Voyer] (Philippines)
* [http://internet-in-a-box.org Braddock Gaskill] (remote, USA)
* [https://ca.linkedin.com/pub/adam-gordon/a7/7b4/426 Adam Gordon?] (Kenya)
* [https://ca.linkedin.com/pub/kevin-gordon/18/7b/440 Kevin Gordon?] (Kenya)
* [http://technologyforghana.weebly.com/ Katie Henderson?] (Ghana)
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Holt Adam Holt] (Antarctica)
* [https://schoolserver.wordpress.com/author/georgejhunt/ George Hunt] (Bangladesh?)
* [http://www.nurturingeducation.com/management/tkkang.html TK Kang] (remote, Malaysia)
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Mikelee Mike Lee?] (remote, Zambia)
* [https://www.linkedin.com/pub/gerri-light/47/576/1ba Gerri Light] (Rwanda, Uganda)
* [https://in.linkedin.com/in/anishmangal Anish Mangal] (remote, India)
* [http://olpccanada.com Jennifer Martino?] (Canada)
* [http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/tim-moody/6/722/2a6 Tim Moody] (Canada)
* [http://csgolpc.weebly.com/meet-the-team.html Christine Murakami] (Barbados?)
* [https://laptopsforegypt.wordpress.com/ Sarah Naguib?] (Egypt)
* [https://ilovemyxo.wordpress.com/ Nathan Riddle?] (USA)
* [https://twitter.com/germanrs German Ruiz?] (remote, Nicaragua)
* [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Ruth_Silver Carol Ruth Silver] (Afghanistan)
* Destin Silver (Haiti)
* [http://www.waveplace.com/about/people/bio.jsp?id=6 Bill Stelzer] (Haiti)
* [http://youtu.be/0KymB6QWEXo Curt Thompson] (remote, Haiti)
* [https://ca.linkedin.com/pub/jerry-vonau/5b/905/627 Jerry Vonau] (Canada)

= Registration =

RSVP required, Thanks!

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Contact: [mailto:holt@laptop.org holt @ laptop.org]

Discussion:<br>
https://groups.google.com/group/unleashkids<br>
http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Live Chat:<br>
http://webchat.freenode.net<br>
...requesting channel: #schoolserver

Accommodations are very affordable at [https://www.airbnb.com/s/Toronto--Canada AirBnB] and free using the [https://www.couchsurfing.com/ Couchsurfing.com] social network.

Latest revision as of 19:16, 17 December 2015

Toronto Summit/Sprint Oct 9-12th, 2015, hopefully co-hosted with OLPC Canada:

The core focus will be Internet-in-a-Box (IIAB), specifically evolving the highest quality offline education resources, into much wider global adoption, building off XSCE 6.0.

Don't forget your passport, but US volunteers can sometimes save a lot of money flying into Buffalo, if you align days/times with others flying in similar times -- if someone from Toronto is available to drive several hours to pick you up and drop you off!

  • Friday Oct 9th - Dinner for Early Arrivals!
    • 6PM @ Dim Sum King, 421 Dundas St W
  • Saturday Oct 10th - Reflect on XSCE+IIAB+OSM Successes - Evolving Support Cycle/Needs
    • 9AM E-Teams (Education & Engineering) meet & greet
    • 10AM CALL: Deployment-Driven Curation (Brainstorm: which grassroots/pro educators do this best? How do we honor them best, with what MVP tools?)
    • 11AM Open / Q&A / New Hardware Demos
    • Noon LUNCH
    • 1-5PM E-Teams Split for Coming Year's Agenda-Setting, optional 3PM trip to High Park What content are we truly missing? Medical? Environmental? Languages? What McGyver or Bill Nye science programs might be freely distributed in which countries, to spark legit in-country maker movements?
    • 6PM Turkey Dinner with OLPC Canada's greatest people we hope!
  • Sunday Oct 11th - Road Map XSCE 7.0 beyond imminent XSCE 6.0, with increasing OpenStreetMap involvement! (How can we integrate BERNIE? What's the true potential of "online goes offline" customizable grassroots content?)
    • 9AM E-Teams (Education & Engineering) Come Back Together to review Coming Year's Goals
    • 10AM CALL: Offline OpenStreetMap Design with Braddock Gaskill (Internet-in-a-Box.org) & Emmanuel Engelhart (Kiwix.org)
    • 11AM Kiwix/RACHEL/KA Lite: where should we be in 2020?
    • Noon LUNCH
    • 1PM-5PM How could an "IIAB 2.0" transcend existing offline challenges BEFORE 2020? (enterprise support for NUC/RPi2/XO-1.5/etc yields "fieldback" loops of which flavors, for which countries?)
    • 6PM Dinner on a nearby farm or BBQ at a uniquely Toronto location!
  • Monday Oct 12th - Thanksgiving "Noon" Dinner!? (What have we learned from XSCE 6.0's yearlong+ release cycle?)
  • Tuesday Oct 13th - Canoe Home :)

Further Details emerging week-by-week @ http://tinyurl.com/xsceminutes

Attendees

Registration

RSVP required, Thanks!

Contact: holt @ laptop.org

Discussion:
https://groups.google.com/group/unleashkids
http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel

Live Chat:
http://webchat.freenode.net
...requesting channel: #schoolserver

Accommodations are very affordable at AirBnB and free using the Couchsurfing.com social network.

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