OLPC:Volunteer Infrastructure Group

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IRC Nick: #olpc-admin on OFTC

Infrastructure gang

Are you an experienced *NIX sysadmin looking for a way to volunteer for One Laptop per Child? Are you committed to upholding high ethical standardsin the performance of your sysadmin duties?

One Laptop per Child is pleased to announce OLPC's Infrastructure-group! We are looking for a few good sysadmins to assist with our public-facing infrastructure.

Weekly meetings

Regular IRC meeting will be at irc.oftc.net:#olpc-admin 4:00 pm EST (-05:00 UCT), every Tuesday

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Get involved

The spirit of OLPC includes one core thing: the community. This includes everyone, from the children and their families to their teachers and everyone who are collaborating towards the success of the project.

How to get in touch
The fast way to find us:
  • IRC: channel #olpc-admin on irc.oftc.net or by clicking on this link
    (Please note that joining with the Guest nickname produces an (Erroneous Nickname) error on mibbit.)
Other Contacts
The following infrastructures are in place to support this initiative:

Purpose of the Volunteer Infrastructure Group aka infrastructure-gang

  • Make the sysadmin's job easier
  • Improve the infrastructure systems through "many hands/many minds"
  • Strengthen ties with the community

Agenda for next meeting

  • Guest Speaker: Seth Woodworth OLPC's web/media guy
    • Upcoming changes to laptop.org
    • what's going on with blog.laptop.org?
    • What happened to olpcusers.org and olpc.tv
  • Updates on Social Media stats
    • 2k followers on twitter
    • 28k group memebers on Facebook


Meeting Minutes and Logs

Current Projects

OLPC VIG projects include:

  • Trac and git maintenance
  • wiki extensions/improvements
  • RT updating and administration
  • Pootle administration
  • Mailing list administration
    • The Library and Sugar mailing lists could use some list administration help [1] 23:34, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
  • Increase availability and reliability of public and private systems

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