OLPCorps MIT Loaner Library

1. Project Title & Shipment Detail

Name of Project: OLPCorps Boston Area XO Loaner Library

Shipping Address You've Verified:

Owen Derby

229 Vassar Street

Cambridge, MA 02139

Number of Laptops (or other hardware) You Request to Borrow: 15-20

Loan Length—How Many Months: 2 (Now through May)

2. Team Participants (In list form)

Name(s) & Contact Info: (include email addresses & phone numbers)

Included in emailed submission

Employer and/or School: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Past Experience/Qualifications: None, that's the point of establishing the library! I have had experience with linux and developing for an open source mmorpg, but in general the users of the library will be looking to familiarize themselves with the laptops

3. Objectives (Bulleted list)

Project Objectives: (WEB-PUBLISHED)

Concrete proposals with defined, measurable 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:

Please web-publish this entire completed proposal, removing any sections affecting your personal privacy. Ask if you want help!

How will you convey tentative ideas & results back to the OLPC/Sugar community, prior to completion?

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 nearby XO Lending Libraries or Project Groups?

7. Quality/Mentoring (Can be a bulleted list)

Would your Project benefit from Support, Documentation and/or Testing people?

Teachers' input into Usability?

How will you promote your work?

Can we help you with an experienced mentor from the OLPC/Sugar community? (WEB-PUBLISHED)

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.