User:Mchua/Sandbox

these are all old notes; notes for the give many/change the world tech guide will also go here.

notes from dc

Goals of grassroots groups? Dream people? Future vision? Success metric?

Close feedback loops with programmers Education-driven development

Meetups --> do things --> lead/replicate

More OLPC resources - staff

laptops - don't need OLPC. Can't get XOs, though. process? getting ~100 laptops to Austria...

OLPC austria ppt - get?

grassroots == passion in sales

problem from field --> grassroots solution --> field fix

education levels of parents are going to be low
power to change the education system
how does the grassroots thing actually work?
how do you engage with governments to make sure it succeeds?
how can we, sitting in WA, understand what is needed in the developing world - push vs pull?

Cambodia example: "If you raise the money to biuld a school, he'll raise the money to put in teachers."
Kids teach the kids - actually hired older students to teach in different schools
Even got connectivity - he saw 9/11 from that satellite school
Bandwidth by motorcycle (they've worked with MIT)

Governments are great, but private individuals should be able to start pilots too.
Virtual grassroots groups to support those really energetic individuals

it needs to be localized... we can't just copy-paste solutions everywhere
"It's like giving fire to people who've never had fire. You don't know whether it's going to cook or burn."
How do you measure?
We can't worry too much about measuring...

Allow people to stay with their communties but still intellectually travel the world.
PEACE CORPS ex volunteers

Maybe people in the developing world don't grok it yet - we need to communicate the benefits to them.
we need more feedback and reports from the feed... but who do they go to?