Talk:Grassroots bootcamp

I need help in order to attend

Post what you need here and some info about your situation, and we'll start a conversation with you about what resources we can find to help.

• I need a place to crash from Friday evening (June 6) to at least Sunday (June 8) or possibly longer depending on whether I can get a day off work. ChristophD 18:23, 6 May 2008 (EDT)

Christoph, if my housemates say it's okay, we may have a futon in the living room you can crash at. Mchua 21:56, 6 May 2008 (EDT)

Thanks, that would be great! A futon, free wifi and the daily shower is all I really need anyway... ChristophD 23:43, 6 May 2008 (EDT)

People who should be invited

A suggestion list - add your thoughts here. Being on this list doesn't mean they will come to the event - we're not sure how much space we have yet... (Initial list by Christoph Derndorfer)

• Mike Lee who is running the OLPC Learning Club DC
• someone from the Dallas FortWorth Area XO users group to come to Boston.
• Maybe also one of the Nortel folks?
• Greg DeKonigsberg
• Benjamin Mako Hill
• support-gang members
• someone from OLPC Chicago - Sheila Miguez, someone from MVCC (Larry, Steve) or IMSA (Scott, Kevin, Jason, April-Hope)?

Schedule ideas

Have a relatively open and potentially larger session (open space session) on the preceding Saturday and/or Sunday to gather feedback from as many people as possible and then use the more private meeting from June 9 to 13 to draw upon that input in deciding on how to proceed with the community / grassroots / volunteer efforts. --Mel and Christoph

Proposed schedule

Example sessions/talks/presentations/discussions/tutorials listed below.

• June 7-8 (Sat-Sun) - Open space : see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Space_Technology for how this will run
• June 9 - 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 10 - Grassroots day
  • How to start a grassroots group
  • Survey/directory of existing grassroots groups
• June 11 - Laptop day
  • How to disassemble/repair an XO + how to run a repair center (Adam?)
  • Running a content project (SJ?)
  • Running a translation/il8n project (SJ?)
  • Running an Activity-making project (CJB?)
  • Getting involved in core development (mstone?)
• June 12 - Infrastructure day
  • Grassroots groups support program / developers program / community program from OLPC: what's needed? Let's make it.
  • Newsletter/communications (Seth)
  • Set up your group's webpage/wiki/mailing list/RT/trac/etc time
• June 13 - Jam prep day
• June 14-15 (Sat-Sun) - Final exam: Run a Jam in NYC

There will be sessions for hacking (and learning how to hack) on different areas of the XO's stack and supporting software/infrastructure, discussions of our satellite communities around volunteering, learning, and sugar -- globally and in countries, and much more. Stay tuned.