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==Proposed criteria for starting a Regional XO Laptop Library== |
==Proposed criteria for starting a Regional XO Laptop Library== |
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'''Requirements''' |
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* what is your active library URL? This should be a page describing what you have in mind, what you hope to receive, and who is organizing the program. |
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* spell out how you (and your library "clientele") will [[Contributors_program/Project_proposal_form|Give Back]] to the OLPC/Sugar community |
* spell out how you (and your library "clientele") will [[Contributors_program/Project_proposal_form|Give Back]] to the OLPC/Sugar community |
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'''Suggestions and further questions''' |
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* demonstrate detail-oriented [http://librarian.net librarian] skills; articulating how laptops will continually recirculate & new projects will be seeded |
* demonstrate detail-oriented [http://librarian.net librarian] skills; articulating how laptops will continually recirculate & new projects will be seeded |
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* demonstrate outreach & buzz-creating acumen! |
* demonstrate outreach & buzz-creating acumen! |
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* describe the team of people helping you and/or your institutional backing |
* describe the team of people helping you and/or your institutional backing |
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* have you reached out to other XO libraries to learn what works and doesn't? |
* have you reached out to other XO libraries to learn what works and doesn't? |
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* are you the kind of person that might later [[Support Gang|Mentor]] other library entrepreneurs? |
* are you the kind of person that might later [[Support Gang|Mentor]] other library entrepreneurs? |
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* what is your active library URL? |
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* what is your personal long-term plan; what will you get out of this? |
* what is your personal long-term plan; what will you get out of this? |
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Revision as of 20:32, 4 March 2009
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NOTE: The contents of this page are not set in stone, and are subject to change! This page is a draft in active flux ... |
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Draft criteria for a great contributors project proposal. Please revise mercilessly and add your own.
- Produce results helpful to others
- start by enumerating how & where this will "give back" to the community.
- Be clear about how this relates to / is different from related proposals
- Have a team and a contact person
- Have a plan and timeline
- Indicate past contact with developers, or potential supporting orgs
See the following templates related to Projects for review:
- Template:pfr - for tagging a page for review (use: {{pfr|pg=PageName}})
- Template:pfr2 - for the review itself (use: {{subst:pfr|pg=PageName|text=description}})
- Template:pfr3 - for logging the review (use: {{subst:pfr3|pg=PageName}})
Proposed template for requests for the contributors program
The Project Proposal Form for our new Contributors program has since moved. Thanks to everyone who helped polish it while it was here!
Proposed criteria for starting a Regional XO Laptop Library
Requirements
- what is your active library URL? This should be a page describing what you have in mind, what you hope to receive, and who is organizing the program.
- spell out policy mechanics of loans/returns: EG. mail order? in-person? monthly meetings? other?
- spell out how you (and your library "clientele") will Give Back to the OLPC/Sugar community
- what is the long-term plan for the library? who will coordinate your library if you move on?
Suggestions and further questions
- demonstrate detail-oriented librarian skills; articulating how laptops will continually recirculate & new projects will be seeded
- demonstrate outreach & buzz-creating acumen!
- describe the team of people helping you and/or your institutional backing
- have you reached out to other XO libraries to learn what works and doesn't?
- are you the kind of person that might later Mentor other library entrepreneurs?
- what is your personal long-term plan; what will you get out of this?