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For the '''XOCamp-2''', originally scheduled for November but now postponed to January, [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XOcamp_2 see here].
 
For the '''XOCamp-2''', originally scheduled for November but now postponed to January, [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XOcamp_2 see here].
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== What happened ==
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Read Tomeu's writeup of the event, [http://blog.tomeuvizoso.net/2008/11/sugarcamp-nov-08-part-i.html part 1] and [http://blog.tomeuvizoso.net/2008/12/sugarcamp-nov-08-part-ii.html part 2].
  
 
== Space-time coordinates ==
 
== Space-time coordinates ==
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=== When ===
 
=== When ===
  
'''November 17, 2008 - November 20, 2008'''
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'''November 17, 2008 - November 22, 2008'''
  
 
=== Where ===
 
=== Where ===
  
 
:Cambridge Innovation Center
 
:Cambridge Innovation Center
:One Broadaway
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:One Broadway
 
:Cambridge MA, USA
 
:Cambridge MA, USA
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Please sign in at the front desk and use Chris Rowe @ OLE as your contact.
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If you have problems you can call the conference phone in the room 617-682-3760
  
 
* Training room, 5th floor (Mon to Thu)
 
* Training room, 5th floor (Mon to Thu)
* Meeting room, 15th floor (Fri)
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* Charles Meeting room, 14th floor (Fri)
 
* MIT Media Lab (Sat)
 
* MIT Media Lab (Sat)
  
== Schedule ==
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== Resources ==
  
[[Sugarcamp/Schedule]]
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=== Important announcements ===
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[[Marketing Team/Events/Sugarcamp Boston 2008/Announcements|Announcements]] (watch this page for updates)
  
== Attendees ==
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=== Week schedule ===
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[[Marketing Team/Events/Sugarcamp Boston 2008/Schedule|Schedule]] (watch this page for updates)
  
* C. Scott Ananian (speaker)
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=== List of attendees ===
* Michael Stone (speaker)
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[[Marketing Team/Events/Sugarcamp Boston 2008/Attendees|Attendees]] (please add yourself to the table)
* Chris Ball (speaker)
 
* Marco Gritti (Milan, Italy) (speaker)
 
* Tomeu Vizoso (Prague, Czech Republic) (speaker)
 
* Martin Langhoff (?) (speaker)
 
* [[User:Bernie|Bernie Innocenti]] (Florence, Italy) (speaker)
 
* Walter Bender (at the end of the week) (speaker)
 
* Mel Chua (speaker)
 
* Wade Brainerd (Monday at least)
 
* Caroline Meeks
 
* David Farning
 
* Eben Eliason
 
* Greg de Koenigsberg
 
* Brian Jordan
 
* Edward [[User:Mokurai|Mokurai]] Cherlin (Silicon Valley) 16 eve-22 afternoon
 
* Greg S. Will try to stop by when I can. Waiting to see the agenda to figure out exactly when.
 
* John Tierney
 
* Brendan Powers
 
*[[User:Yamaplos|Yamandú Ploskonka]] (speaker) 15th eve to 20th afternoon
 
* Christian Marc Schmidt
 
* [[User:Cassidy|Guillaume Desmottes]]
 
* [[User:Chris|Chris Rowe]] (speaker) Open Learning Exchange ([http://ole.org OLE])
 
  
== Proposals ==
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=== Slides for the presentations ===
Moved to [[Sugarcamp/Proposals]].
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[[Marketing Team/Presentations|Presentations]] (presenters, please add '''before''' the talk)
  
== Events ==
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=== Minutes for brainstorms ===
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[[Marketing Team/Events/Sugarcamp Boston 2008/Minutes]]
  
* [[Sugarcamp hackathon]] the evening of Monday, November 17. ([[User:Mchua|Mchua]] coordinating)
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=== IRC channel ===
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irc.freenode.org #sugar
  
== Donations ==
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=== Conference call ===
These were donations made for the original XOcamp; the contributors need to be contacted to see whether they are willing to put the money towards a sugarcamp instead.
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:Dial-in number: +1 218-486-2209
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:Participant IDs: 3113474
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:Host ID (for the meeting room): 9592075
  
* [[User:CScott]] (cscott at cscott.net) has pledged $1000 for ''sugar developers''
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=== Printer ===
* [[User:Mstone|Michael Stone]] (michael at laptop.org) has pledged $1000 for ''speakers''
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:balto.cictr.com, HP LaserJet 4250 (JetDirect).
* Christoph ( christoph at olpcnews.com) has pledged $100 for ''anyone''
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:Ask [[User:Bernie|Bernie]] for physical access.
* [[User:Ohshima]] (yoshiki at vpri.org) has pledged $50 for ''anyone''
 
* An anonymous donor has pledged $800.
 
* [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-October/020435.html Peter Robinson] pledged $50.
 
* George Mavrothalassitis pledged $50.
 
* [[User:garycmartin|Gary]] (gary at garycmartin dot com) has paypaled $100 for ''sugar developers''
 
* [[User:Bernie|Bernie Innocenti]] has paypaled $42.42 as a symbolic gesture to fund ''sugar developers and supporters''
 
  
== Housing ==
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=== Photos ===
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[[Marketing Team/Events/Sugarcamp Boston 2008/Photos]] (Ryan & Yama)
  
* Bill Bogstad will host Edward Cherlin.
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=== Feedback ===
* Mel Chua (and Chris Carrick) <s>can take 2 guests</s> (update: both mattresses in our guest room are full, we are housing two guests for Sugarcamp - hurrah!) We do live 15min walking from the airport for those with weird flight times who don't mind air mattresses or the sofa in the living room. (mel at laptop)
 
* The [http://www.acetarium.com/ Acetarium] and its dépendence reserved royal suites for their valued Italian attendees (bernie and marcopg).
 
* Tomeu is hosted by Adam and Seth, arriving the 16th at 9.45PM and leaving on the 23rd at 6.05PM.
 
* [[User:Chris | Chris Rowe]] has 2-3 beds available 10 min. walk from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Square Harvard Square] and a 5-10 min. subway to the Conference.
 
  
== Housing Requested ==
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[[Marketing Team/Events/Sugarcamp Boston 2008/Feedback]] from the last day - please add your thoughts.
  
* <s>need an indoor surface to spread a sleeping bag the night of Saturday.  I am arriving Saturday, but accommodations previously arranged begin the evening of Sunday...</s>  Solved!  thank you for several kind offers! Yama Ploskonka
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== Talk proposals ==
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[[Marketing Team/Events/Sugarcamp Boston 2008/Proposals]]
  
 
== Adopt a speaker! ==
 
== Adopt a speaker! ==
These are out-of-town speakers (and links to their proposals) who could present at Sugarcamp.
 
 
''Please feel free to add anyone I've missed; I just compiled this quickly by scanning emails to [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/ devel@] and [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/sugar/ sugar@] with 'Proposal' in the title.  If you're one of the listed developers, please add your location and the approximate cost of airfare, if you can determine it -- or remove yourself if you've made a proposal but aren't actually interested in attending, or can donate your own travel costs.  I tried to roughly sort by number of proposals made (talks to be given).''
 
 
; Marco Pesenti Gritti (marcopg).
 
: Core Sugar developer
 
: Proposals: [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-October/020595.html Desktop compatibility], [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-October/020597.html Top Five performance problems], [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-October/020598.html Web-based activities]
 
: From: Milan, Italy.  Cost: booked for US$542.
 
 
; Tomeu Vizoso
 
: Core Sugar developer
 
: Proposals: None
 
: From: Prague, Czech Republic Cost: booked for US$720
 
 
; Carlos Mauro
 
: Proposals: [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-October/020695.html MouseTrap for Sugar], [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-October/020694.html Per-Country Sugar themes], [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-October/020696.html Usability testing]
 
: From: ?  Cost: ?
 
 
; Martin Langhoff
 
: School server developer
 
: Proposals: [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-October/020416.html Printing], School Server Update
 
: From: ? Cost: ?
 
  
; Mikus Grinbergs?
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:Want to contribute?
: Proposals: [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-October/020436.html Submitting homework], [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-October/020566.html Control Panel improvements]
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:Looking for an accommodation?
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:Need travel funding?
  
; Edward Cherlin
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Go to [[Marketing Team/Events/Sugarcamp Boston 2008/Logistics]].
: Proposals: [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-October/020447.html Textbooks]
 
: From: Cupertino CA Cost: $300
 

Latest revision as of 19:08, 24 February 2010

Participation is open to all Sugar and OLPC volunteers and employees!

For the XOCamp-2, originally scheduled for November but now postponed to January, see here.

What happened

Read Tomeu's writeup of the event, part 1 and part 2.

Space-time coordinates

When

November 17, 2008 - November 22, 2008

Where

Cambridge Innovation Center
One Broadway
Cambridge MA, USA

Please sign in at the front desk and use Chris Rowe @ OLE as your contact. If you have problems you can call the conference phone in the room 617-682-3760

  • Training room, 5th floor (Mon to Thu)
  • Charles Meeting room, 14th floor (Fri)
  • MIT Media Lab (Sat)

Resources

Important announcements

Announcements (watch this page for updates)

Week schedule

Schedule (watch this page for updates)

List of attendees

Attendees (please add yourself to the table)

Slides for the presentations

Presentations (presenters, please add before the talk)

Minutes for brainstorms

Marketing Team/Events/Sugarcamp Boston 2008/Minutes

IRC channel

irc.freenode.org #sugar

Conference call

Dial-in number: +1 218-486-2209
Participant IDs: 3113474
Host ID (for the meeting room): 9592075

Printer

balto.cictr.com, HP LaserJet 4250 (JetDirect).
Ask Bernie for physical access.

Photos

Marketing Team/Events/Sugarcamp Boston 2008/Photos (Ryan & Yama)

Feedback

Marketing Team/Events/Sugarcamp Boston 2008/Feedback from the last day - please add your thoughts.

Talk proposals

Marketing Team/Events/Sugarcamp Boston 2008/Proposals

Adopt a speaker!

Want to contribute?
Looking for an accommodation?
Need travel funding?

Go to Marketing Team/Events/Sugarcamp Boston 2008/Logistics.