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==OLPC San Francisco Bay Area Community Summit 2010==
=OLPC San Francisco Bay Area Community Summit 2010=


''We're still in the planning phases of this event, please consider all details tentative''


OLPC San Francisco Bay Area Summit 2009 is [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_SanFranciscoBayArea OLPC-SF] community event designed to primarily foster collaboration amongst deployment teams in the SF Bay Area. We also hope that the event will help in improving the visibility of OLPC and Sugar to a wider group around this area.
== Kickoff meeting, July 17, 2010 ==


The event is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birds_of_a_Feather_%28computing%29 "Birds of a Feather"] type event but largely run as an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconference unconference]. Claim your session!
Photos of the white board:


Date (tentative): Saturday, October 23 - Sunday, October 24, 2010
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/File:20100717_003.jpg


Location (tentative): SFSU Downtown Campus
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/File:20100717_004.jpg
835 Market St. 5th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94103


Note: This location is not the main campus. This is the same building as the new Westfield mall that houses Bloomingdale's. Look for the SFSU banner on Market St. between 4th and 5th streets, right next to Walgreens. Take the elevator to the 5th floor.
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/File:20100717_005.jpg


== Presenters and Facilitators ==
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/File:20100717_006.jpg


== Organizing Volunteers ==
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/File:20100717_007.jpg


* Sameer Verma sverma@sfsu.edu
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/File:20100717_008.jpg
* Grant Bowman grantbow@gmail.com
* Hilary Naylor
* Carol Ruth Silver
* Elizabeth Krumbach lyz@princessleia.com


== Planning to attend? ==


== Planning Meetings ==
Notes taken by Ben Devine:


=== Weekly planning meeting July 28 ===
===Expected Contributions and Take Away===


==== Attendees ====
Evaluate problems


Sameer Verma, Hilary Naylor, Carol Ruth Silver, Elizabeth Krumbach
Report problems


==== Items discussed ====
E-books


* Dates requested: October 23-24, Saturday is fine, $$ for Sunday, Sameer looking into and will get back to us
Manage deployment interests: grassroots to ---> Large deployment
* Have an opening/welcome/introduction session Friday evening and/or Saturday morning
* Other options for location: Space on main campus, issue may be transportation there since there are restricted transit options
* Must have registration for head count regarding insurance, still need to hear about charging a fee (discuss token fee? donation?)
* Come up with list of what we will need to pay for.
* Name of the event: OLPC-SF Community Summit 2010
* Goal: More of a "meetup" than a "meeting" - focused on Discussion (collaboration, issues, possible solutions) rather than Decision.
* Do we want "facilitators" for rooms during sessions?
* Find more volunteers for planning and organization.


=== Kickoff meeting, July 17, 2010 ===
Moodle – Math modules


Photos of the white board:
Programming workshop (python, sugar)


* http://wiki.laptop.org/go/File:20100717_003.jpg
Advocacy


* http://wiki.laptop.org/go/File:20100717_004.jpg
SoaS on Mac.


* http://wiki.laptop.org/go/File:20100717_005.jpg
Documentation sessions


* http://wiki.laptop.org/go/File:20100717_006.jpg
Kids using XO session


* http://wiki.laptop.org/go/File:20100717_007.jpg
FOSS education


* http://wiki.laptop.org/go/File:20100717_008.jpg
Sugar onto MNCSF.org computers


MNCSF.org as a resource


Notes taken by Ben Devine:
School server on low power

Problems in rural schools

Advocacy participation

Kids from Oakland, CA

Technology (software, hardware, networks)

MOUSE, CA

Deployment Stories

Deployments Success/failures

Implementations success

Best practices

Failures

===Attending via Skype===

Caryl Bigenho

Southern California projects

Mail list Olpc-socal@lists.laptop.org

Roadshow in a box

XO-1 (9)


Cherry Withers

Ekindling

100 laptops in the Phillipines

pilot 4th &5th grades

Squeakland Board Member

E-toys


Attending via Phone

Sonya Sokolov

Internet math tutoring project

10 XOs + SoaS in Ghana

5 XOs in California

Math, Flash based (Flash on SoaS)

Ph.D. in Teaching/Design from Stanford.


===Attending in person===

Sameer Verma - Professor at SF State University, and organizer, OLPC SF


====Expected Contributions and Take Away====
Grant Bowman-XO toaster, organization help


* Evaluate problems
Lyz Krumbach- Organization help, Ubuntu community council
* Report problems
* E-books
* Manage deployment interests: grassroots to ---> Large deployment
* Moodle – Math modules
* Programming workshop (python, sugar)
* Advocacy
* SoaS on Mac.
* Documentation sessions
* Kids using XO session
* FOSS education
* Sugar onto MNCSF.org computers
* MNCSF.org as a resource
* School server on low power
* Problems in rural schools
* Advocacy participation
* Kids from Oakland, CA
* Technology (software, hardware, networks)
* MOUSE, CA
* Deployment Stories
* Deployments Success/failures
* Implementations success
* Best practices
* Failures


==== Attendees ====
Larry Cafiero- Fedora Ambassador (3 kids as XO testers)


'''Attending via Skype'''
Ben Devine- Student, SF State University. Organization help


''Caryl Bigenho'' - Southern California projects, Mail list Olpc-socal@lists.laptop.org, Roadshow in a box, XO-1 (9)
Luis Chavez- MNCSF.org ,Everett middle school and youth workshop


* ''Cherry Withers'' - Ekindling, 100 laptops in the Phillipines, pilot 4th &5th grades, Squeakland Board Member, E-toys
Robert Howard- Porting XS to ARM. Has several ARM devices at home.


* '''Attending via Phone'''
Carol Ruth Silver- Afghanistan Deployment, Planning


* ''Sonya Sokolov'' - Internet math tutoring project, 10 XOs + SoaS in Ghana, 5 XOs in California, Math, Flash based (Flash on SoaS), Ph.D. in Teaching/Design from Stanford.
Hilary Naylor- Oakland Schools, Trainer, amnesty international.


'''Attending in person'''
June Kleider- Madagascar deployment.


* ''Sameer Verma'' - Professor at SF State University, and organizer, OLPC SF
Alex Kleider- Technology, Linux, Python, etc.
* ''Grant Bowman'' - XO toaster, organization help
* ''Elizabeth Krumbach'' - Organization help, Ubuntu community council
* ''Larry Cafiero'' - Fedora Ambassador, works with 3 kids as XO testers
* ''Ben Devine'' - Student, SF State University. Organization help
* ''Luis Chavez'' - MNCSF.org ,Everett middle school and youth workshop
* ''Robert Howard'' - Porting XS to ARM. Has several ARM devices at home.
* ''Carol Ruth Silver'' - Afghanistan Deployment, Planning
* ''Hilary Naylor'' - Oakland Schools, Trainer, amnesty international.
* ''June Kleider'' - Madagascar deployment.
* ''Alex Kleider'' - Technology, Linux, Python, etc.

Revision as of 19:58, 1 August 2010

OLPC San Francisco Bay Area Community Summit 2010

We're still in the planning phases of this event, please consider all details tentative

OLPC San Francisco Bay Area Summit 2009 is OLPC-SF community event designed to primarily foster collaboration amongst deployment teams in the SF Bay Area. We also hope that the event will help in improving the visibility of OLPC and Sugar to a wider group around this area.

The event is a "Birds of a Feather" type event but largely run as an unconference. Claim your session!

Date (tentative): Saturday, October 23 - Sunday, October 24, 2010

Location (tentative): SFSU Downtown Campus 835 Market St. 5th Floor San Francisco, CA 94103

Note: This location is not the main campus. This is the same building as the new Westfield mall that houses Bloomingdale's. Look for the SFSU banner on Market St. between 4th and 5th streets, right next to Walgreens. Take the elevator to the 5th floor.

Presenters and Facilitators

Organizing Volunteers

  • Sameer Verma sverma@sfsu.edu
  • Grant Bowman grantbow@gmail.com
  • Hilary Naylor
  • Carol Ruth Silver
  • Elizabeth Krumbach lyz@princessleia.com

Planning to attend?

Planning Meetings

Weekly planning meeting July 28

Attendees

Sameer Verma, Hilary Naylor, Carol Ruth Silver, Elizabeth Krumbach

Items discussed

  • Dates requested: October 23-24, Saturday is fine, $$ for Sunday, Sameer looking into and will get back to us
  • Have an opening/welcome/introduction session Friday evening and/or Saturday morning
  • Other options for location: Space on main campus, issue may be transportation there since there are restricted transit options
  • Must have registration for head count regarding insurance, still need to hear about charging a fee (discuss token fee? donation?)
  • Come up with list of what we will need to pay for.
  • Name of the event: OLPC-SF Community Summit 2010
  • Goal: More of a "meetup" than a "meeting" - focused on Discussion (collaboration, issues, possible solutions) rather than Decision.
  • Do we want "facilitators" for rooms during sessions?
  • Find more volunteers for planning and organization.

Kickoff meeting, July 17, 2010

Photos of the white board:


Notes taken by Ben Devine:

Expected Contributions and Take Away

  • Evaluate problems
  • Report problems
  • E-books
  • Manage deployment interests: grassroots to ---> Large deployment
  • Moodle – Math modules
  • Programming workshop (python, sugar)
  • Advocacy
  • SoaS on Mac.
  • Documentation sessions
  • Kids using XO session
  • FOSS education
  • Sugar onto MNCSF.org computers
  • MNCSF.org as a resource
  • School server on low power
  • Problems in rural schools
  • Advocacy participation
  • Kids from Oakland, CA
  • Technology (software, hardware, networks)
  • MOUSE, CA
  • Deployment Stories
  • Deployments Success/failures
  • Implementations success
  • Best practices
  • Failures

Attendees

Attending via Skype

Caryl Bigenho - Southern California projects, Mail list Olpc-socal@lists.laptop.org, Roadshow in a box, XO-1 (9)

  • Cherry Withers - Ekindling, 100 laptops in the Phillipines, pilot 4th &5th grades, Squeakland Board Member, E-toys
  • Attending via Phone
  • Sonya Sokolov - Internet math tutoring project, 10 XOs + SoaS in Ghana, 5 XOs in California, Math, Flash based (Flash on SoaS), Ph.D. in Teaching/Design from Stanford.

Attending in person

  • Sameer Verma - Professor at SF State University, and organizer, OLPC SF
  • Grant Bowman - XO toaster, organization help
  • Elizabeth Krumbach - Organization help, Ubuntu community council
  • Larry Cafiero - Fedora Ambassador, works with 3 kids as XO testers
  • Ben Devine - Student, SF State University. Organization help
  • Luis Chavez - MNCSF.org ,Everett middle school and youth workshop
  • Robert Howard - Porting XS to ARM. Has several ARM devices at home.
  • Carol Ruth Silver - Afghanistan Deployment, Planning
  • Hilary Naylor - Oakland Schools, Trainer, amnesty international.
  • June Kleider - Madagascar deployment.
  • Alex Kleider - Technology, Linux, Python, etc.
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