Contributors program criteria
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NOTE: The contents of this page are not set in stone, and are subject to change! This page is a draft in active flux ... |
Draft criteria for a great contributors project proposal. Please revise mercilessly and add your own.
- Produce results helpful to others
- start by enumerating how & where this will "give back" to the community.
- Be clear about how this relates to / is different from related proposals
- Have a team and a contact person
- Have a plan and timeline
- Indicate past contact with developers, or potential supporting orgs
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Proposed template for requests for the contributors program
Respond in complete sentences where possible! Be concise.
1. Project Title & Shipment Detail
- Name of Project:
- Shipping Address You've Verified:
- IS FEDEX-SHIPPABLE (NO POST OFFICE BOXES)
- INCLUDES A PHONE NUMBER
- CONTAINS RECIPIENT'S LEGAL NAME
- Number of Laptops You Request to Borrow:
- Loan Length—How Many Months:
2. Participants (In list form)
- Names & Contact Info:
- Include email addresses & phone numbers.
- Employer and/or School:
- Past Experience/Qualifications:
3. Objectives (Bulleted list)
- Project Objectives (please list specific, measurable objectives for your project):
- Concrete proposals with defined 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)
- What pre-finished seeds will your Project offer the greater OLPC/Sugar community?
- How will the final fruits of your labor be distributed to children or community members?
- Will they have any possible application or use outside the community?
- If yes, how will these people be reached?
- Have you investigated working with emerging nearby XO Lending Libraries / Project Pools?
7. Other resources needed (Can be a bulleted list)
- Would your Project benefit from Support, Documentation and/or Testing People?
- Teachers' input in usability?
- How will you promote your work?
- Can we help you with an experienced Mentor from the OLPC/Sugar community?
- 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 the Project: (this can be in the form of Month 1, Month 2, etc rather than specific dates)
- [ ] 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.