Grassroots bootcamp/Schedule

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June 7-8 (Sat-Sun) - Grassroots unconference

See Grassroots unconference for more information.

June 9 (Mon) Grassroots day

  • 10am-11:30am - Introductions and round-table mini-spiels on what everyone's grassroots group is up to, biggest vents/gripes/problems-to-fix; updating list of projects to tackle during the week.
  • 11:30am-12:30pm - Information gathering party - create/update a survey/directory of existing grassroots groups and projects those groups are doing
  • 12:30pm-2pm - Lunch, open work time
  • 2pm-4pm - break up into subteams to work on various problems (we may have a brainstorm for each first, if teams want them)
    • "How to start a grassroots group" - a guide on what you'd tell new grassroots groups leaders about what you wish you'd known. Be sure to cover communication, meetups, events, and partnerships.
    • How to run a Jam - fleshing out details of the upcoming weekend, generalizing this into a skeleton howto for putting together such an event
    • So you want to run a grassroots bootcamp - meta-exercise on how others could run a bootcamp like the one we're in right now (it won't be finished, but a framework to put notes into throughout the week should be in place).
    • Other subgroups that may have been defined during the morning
  • 3:30pm - subteams present their deliverables, whatever state they're in
  • 4pm - official end, but people can stay to work on projects

June 10 (Tue) Education day

  • Roleplay being kids in an XO pilot, like they did in Nepal
  • Presentation on current deployments, what they're doing in classrooms
  • Constructionism 101
  • How to start a pilot

June 11 (Wed) Infrastructure day

  • Grassroots groups support program / developers program / community program from OLPC: what's needed? Let's make it.
  • Newsletter/communications
  • Set up your group's webpage/wiki/mailing list/RT/trac/etc time
  • Practice setting up the above for the test Jam
  • Joining global efforts : support-gang, open working groups

June 12 (Thu) Laptop day

  • How to disassemble/repair an XO + how to run a repair center
  • Running a content project
  • Running a translation/il8n project
  • Running an Activity-making project
  • Getting involved in core development

June 13 (Fri) Jam prep day

  • Review of how to run a jam
  • Presentation/timeline from core team (selected on Grassroots day)

June 14-15 (Sat-Sun) Grassroots Jam NYC

See Grassroots Jam for more details.