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)?
• maybe Ben Racher (the guy who wants to start OLPC Tennessee)

Ideas for June 2008

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
• Christoph
• --Sj talk

To invite

People who should be on the community@ mailing list.

• Existing groups
  • Team: contributors
  • Support-gang members
• People who actively want to come / have been suggested to invite individually
  • Grassroots leaders within the US
  • OLPC bloggers
• Contributors
  • People in the contributors program / with XOs
  • People in the community-group program

next steps

• Inviting people
  • We want 20-40. Can we make a list of people to invite?
  • Prerequisites list - see below
• Open space weekend
  • The site of Community Jam Boston was glorious... can someone from MIT book the space for us?
  • Need to find someone to run this, preferably someone who's facilitated open space before.
• Supplies
  • Tshirts?
  • Food?
  • Markers, giant post-it notes, nametags for the first day
  • Loaner XOs - Jam kit should be okay
• Jam
  • See what's needed, below

"See my Wares" - design for possible poster

Hi Mel, it seems to me that the top svg image at User:HoboPrimate/socon would be a great fit for a poster for this camp.HoboPrimate 18:12, 14 May 2008 (EDT)