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Revision as of 19:03, 3 March 2009
Respond in complete sentences where possible! Be concise.
1. Project Title & Shipment Detail
- Name of Project:
- Shipping Address You've Verified:
- IS FEDEX-SHIPPABLE (NO POST OFFICE BOXES)
- INCLUDES A PHONE NUMBER
- CONTAINS TEAM LEADER'S FULL NAME
- Number of Laptops You Request to Borrow:
- Loan Length—How Many Months:
2. Team Participants (In list form)
- Name(s) & Contact Info:
- Teams of more than 1 person are not required, but strongly favored!
- Include email addresses & phone numbers.
- Employer and/or School:
- Past Experience/Qualifications:
3. Objectives (Bulleted list)
- Project Objectives (please list specific, measurable objectives for your project):
- Concrete proposals with defined outcomes are much more likely to result in a laptop than "it would be cool to play with these and demo them".
4. Plan of Action (One or more paragraphs)
- Plan and Procedure for Achieving the Stated Objectives:
5. Needs (A few sentences)
- Why is this project needed?
- Locally?
- In the greater OLPC/Sugar community?
- Outside the community?
- Why can't this project be done in emulation using non-XO machines?
- Why are you requesting the number of machines you are asking for?
- Will you consider (1) salvaged/rebuilt or (2) damaged XO Laptops?
6. Sharing Deliverables (A few sentences)
- Project URL:
- What pre-finished seeds will your Project offer the greater OLPC/Sugar community, as you work?
- How will the final fruits of your labor be distributed to children or community members worldwide?
- Will your work have any possible application or use outside our community?
- If yes, how will these people be reached?
- Have you investigated working with emerging nearby XO Lending Libraries or Project Groups?
7. Quality (Can be a bulleted list)
- Would your Project benefit from support, documentation and/or testing?
- Teachers' input into usability?
- How will you promote your work?
- Can we help you with an experienced mentor from the OLPC/Sugar community?
- If YES: specify the kind of ongoing mentoring that will benefit you most.
- If NO: specify who will help you share your progress, creations & results.
8. Timeline (Show start to finish)
- Please include a Proposed timeline for your Project life-cycle: (this can be in the form of Month 1, Month 2, etc rather than specific dates)
- Include a couple milestones, even if tentative.
- Specify how you prefer to communicate your ongoing progress and obstacles!
- [ ] I agree to pass on the laptop(s) to a local OLPC group or other interested contributors in case I do not have need for the laptop(s) anymore or in case my project progress stalls.