User:Mchua/Todo

This is Mel's list o' tasks. If you add to this or take something from it, please tell Mel.

Fun Times

• Unrelated: jam howto DO IT NOW
• Reword SoCon 2007 page for inclusion and clarity (and visual prettiness - outsource to art community)
• Make template letters for recruiting mentors, interns, mentor orgs.
• Contact mentor organizations. Have conversations. Get buy-in.
• By Monday: start recruiting students.

• review squad forms
• 6th to 10th graders for review squad

Contact

Summer of Content

• August 13 - Sep 23, app deadline aug 5, notifications by aug 9, midterm aug 27, report sep 23, curr. jam bash
• mentor orgs - sj's list from wikied talkpage

Curriculum Jam

• Manila: - Yolynne, Mel
• Korea: - php5
• Mexico (Tech) - Philipp <@bruehlhof.de> - sj emailed
• Thailand - Roger, Santi
• Nepal -
• New York - Lauren
• Chicago - Mel, Ian
• Vancouver - Wayne

Game Jam

• How to make a Jam tutorial (with Omar)

Community building

• Get Olin folks on the wiki
• Ping Olin profs who expressed interest
• Read Curators

Pinging people

• Ben Fisher - pypercard
• Josh Gay - free textbook project
• sj - whole earth catalog orphan project

things to think about

• laptop as a peace corps project?
• Open Plans + OLPC = awesome

Waiting on

Game Jam

• Making sure prizes reach winners (SJ)
• Clear up finances (Ben, SJ)

Communities forming

• Art (Jessi, Nikki)
• Entrepreneurship (Andy)
• Local groups (Manuela)
• Newbie developers (Kelcy, starting with games)