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notes from dc
Goals of grassroots groups? Dream people? Future vision? Success metric?
Close feedback loops with programmers Education-driven development
Meetups --> do things --> lead/replicate
More OLPC resources - staff
laptops - don't need OLPC. Can't get XOs, though. process? getting ~100 laptops to Austria...
OLPC austria ppt - get?
grassroots == passion in sales
problem from field --> grassroots solution --> field fix
notes from lfnw
- have needs that get met
- people know one another, community
- clear need - if we don't do it, nobody will.
- partner with library system
- education levels of parents are going to be low
- power to change the education system
- how does the grassroots thing actually work?
- how do you engage with governments to make sure it succeeds?
- how can we, sitting in WA, understand what is needed in the developing world - push vs pull?
- Cambodia example: "If you raise the money to biuld a school, he'll raise the money to put in teachers."
- Kids teach the kids - actually hired older students to teach in different schools
- Even got connectivity - he saw 9/11 from that satellite school
- Bandwidth by motorcycle (they've worked with MIT)
- Governments are great, but private individuals should be able to start pilots too.
- Virtual grassroots groups to support those really energetic individuals
- it needs to be localized... we can't just copy-paste solutions everywhere
- "It's like giving fire to people who've never had fire. You don't know whether it's going to cook or burn."
- How do you measure?
- We can't worry too much about measuring...
- Allow people to stay with their communties but still intellectually travel the world.
- PEACE CORPS ex volunteers
- Maybe people in the developing world don't grok it yet - we need to communicate the benefits to them.
- we need more feedback and reports from the feed... but who do they go to?
- grassroots contact point
- oral history association