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Textbook Revolution Wiki Jam

 * Date: Saturday, May 17th

 * Time: 12:00 -- 4:00 EST

 * Place: OLPC 1 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142

 * Contact: Joshua Gay

 * IRC: irc.freenode.net  #textbookrevolution

Help us (re)create TextbookRevolution.org! We need your help relaunching the site, which is scheduled to go live on May 24th.

We'd love to see the following folks join us for the Jam:

 * People who love knowledge enough to do data entry (we will provide
   coffee, both at the Jam and virtually in IRC)

 * Savvy web designers willing to help make our templates and pages
   look great!

 * Systems Administrators to make sure our server continues to hum
   speedily along!

 * Comedians and jokers to help keep things lively!

 * Masters of Ontology to help us make sure our semantic metadata is
    well formed!

 * IRC friends to help keep things going so we can make a worldwide
    effort!

The focus of the new site is not only to be Wiki-based, but it is also focused on bringing together the various free textbook projects out there by sharing metadata, using distributed annotation/review tools, and well, just opening up conversations and making and active effort to share when we can! For those not in the Boston area, you can join us on IRC in #textbookrevolution on i--Jgay 22:56, 12 May 2008 (EDT)rc.freenode.net.

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 == Textbook Revolution Wiki Jam ==
-'''Date''': Saturday, May 17th
+  * '''Date''': Saturday, May 17th
-'''Time''': 12:00 -- 4:00 EST
-'''Place''': [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=1+Cambridge+Center,+Cambridge,+MA+02142&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=48.77566,113.027344&ie=UTF8&ll=42.368057,-71.08532&spn=0.011193,0.027595&z=15&iwloc=addr OLPC 1 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142]
-'''Contact''': [mailto:joshuagay@gmail.com Joshua Gay]
+  * '''Time''': 12:00 -- 4:00 EST
-We will be having a Wiki Jam (barnraiser) to help put in place all of the necessary components, pages, and design needed to relaunch the new wiki-based, and community oriented TextbookRevolution.org site. The site will be based upon semantic-mediawiki.org extension with the semantic forms plug-in, and will have a focus on bringing together the various free textbook projects out there by sharing metadata, using distributed annotation/review tools, and well, just opening up conversations and making and active effort to share when we can! For those not in the Boston area, you can join us on IRC in #textbookrevolution on irc.freenode.net.
+  * '''Place''': [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=1+Cambridge+Center,+Cambridge,+MA+02142&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=48.77566,113.027344&ie=UTF8&ll=42.368057,-71.08532&spn=0.011193,0.027595&z=15&iwloc=addr OLPC 1 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142]
-This is a major step forward for the world of free textbooks, and we need your help in any way you can:
+  * '''Contact''': [mailto:joshuagay@gmail.com Joshua Gay]
+  * '''IRC''': irc.freenode.net  #textbookrevolution
+Help us (re)create TextbookRevolution.org! We need your help relaunching the site, which is scheduled to go live on May 24th.
+We'd love to see the following folks join us for the Jam:
+  * People who love knowledge enough to do data entry (we will provide
+    coffee, both at the Jam and virtually in IRC)
+  * Savvy web designers willing to help make our templates and pages
+    look great!
+  * Systems Administrators to make sure our server continues to hum
+    speedily along!
-  * Data entry construction workers to build the site up!
-  * Savvy designers willing to help make our templates and pages look great!
-  * Masters of Ontology to help us make sure our semantic metadata is well formed!
-  * Systems Administrators to make sure our server continues to hum speedily along!
   * Comedians and jokers to help keep things lively!
-  * IRC friends to help keep things going so we can make a worldwide effort!
+  * Masters of Ontology to help us make sure our semantic metadata is
-Join us in person at 1 Cambridge Center (OLPC Headquarters) on Saturday, May 17th from 12 to 4 EST, or join us online on irc.freenode.net in #textbookrevolution
+     well formed!
+  * IRC friends to help keep things going so we can make a worldwide
+     effort!
+The focus of the new site is not only to be Wiki-based, but it is also focused on bringing together the various free textbook projects out there by sharing metadata, using distributed annotation/review tools, and well, just opening up conversations and making and active effort to share when we can! For those not in the Boston area, you can join us on IRC in #textbookrevolution on i--[[User:Jgay|Jgay]] 22:56, 12 May 2008 (EDT)rc.freenode.net.
-Please feel free to redraft this email and to send it out to your friends and others who may be interested in helping. We will be setting up a wiki page tomorrow. --[[User:Jgay|Jgay]] 21:53, 12 May 2008 (EDT)

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