Contributors program/March 23, 2012

[ AGENDA ]

* ASIDE/CLARIF: XO-1.75 prototype laptops will not be the core focus
  of today's meeting, as they are being distributed privately on a
  case-by-case and ongoing basis, with a few weeks delay typically,
  sometimes more.  Thanks to all serious software/hardware
  developers for applying here!

  http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors#FAQ

* XO-1.5 production machines available:
  http://blog.laptop.org/2010/02/25/xo-1-5-early-production-laptops-free-to-contributors-worldwide/

* New projects & libraries -- teaching them Community Outreach:
  http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_Laptop_Lending_Libraries

* Which projects might you enjoy Mentoring below?!
  http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects
  http://rt.laptop.org/Search/Results.html?Query=Queue=%27contributors%27

* Fast Review of the 7 latest (greatest!) HW/Project Proposals -- please
  join us advocating for, and/or reviewing shortcomings of these proposals:

 #1 Peer to Peer Disaster Network - Santa Barbard, California
 #2 Geo Learning: XO for Learning & Creating Community - Maragoli, Kenya
 #3 Empowerment of Kids & Community - Ngara District, Kagera Region, Tanzania
 #4 Haiti Empowerment Project, Solar Educ & Outreach Project - Ohio
 #5 XO for All and Green: Desiging Flexible & Sustainable XO apps - Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil
 #6 Low Vision and Blindness Testing and Development of Solutions - Smackover, Arkansas
 #7 Interactive Fiction Interactive Developer / game engine - Fiskdale, Massachusetts


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