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| communities need sunlight, water and modern tools; a majestic forest | | communities need sunlight, water and modern tools; a majestic forest |
| will come. Organized Community Mentoring within OLPC Contributors | | will come. Organized Community Mentoring within OLPC Contributors |
− | Program (which I overhauled earlier this year thanks to a dedicated | + | Program (which I overhauled [in 2009] thanks to a dedicated |
| team of volunteers) has proved instrumental to this end. | | team of volunteers) has proved instrumental to this end. |
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| * Build Places for Teachers: Techie <i>and</i> [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects/Vung_Vieng_Fishing_Vietnam Non-Techie] | | * Build Places for Teachers: Techie <i>and</i> [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects/Vung_Vieng_Fishing_Vietnam Non-Techie] |
| Vividly illustrating how learning with Sugar might make their jobs | | Vividly illustrating how learning with Sugar might make their jobs |
− | easier, building lifelong [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bricolage Bricolage] | + | easier, building lifelong [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bricolage Bricolage] dreams in their kids, eg: |
− | dreams in their kids, eg: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/ClassActs/Resources
| + | http://wiki.laptop.org/go/ClassActs/Resources |
| I will work with the Red Hat-inspired http://teachingopensource.org | | I will work with the Red Hat-inspired http://teachingopensource.org |
− | initiative to match techie teachers with non-techie teachers to establish | + | initiative (join me for [http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/TOSS09 Toronto's Summit Oct 29-30]) to match techie |
− | this critical social fabric. Building a movement around diverse Grassroots
| + | teachers with non-techie teachers to establish this critical social fabric. |
− | Innovation means learning from our failures. While I prefer the word
| + | Building a movement around diverse Grassroots Innovation means learning |
− | Adoption to Deployment, XO/Sugar supporters spontaneously came together
| + | from our failures. While I prefer the word Adoption to Deployment, |
− | with me Sept 6-11 in Washington DC (with zero funding) to prove [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/ClassActs This Can Work!]
| + | XO/Sugar supporters spontaneously came together with me Sept 6-11 [2009, among others] |
| + | in Washington DC (with zero funding) to prove [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/ClassActs This Can Work!] |
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| + | REAFFIRMED MORE EXPLICITLY FOR 2010-2011: |
| + | http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2010-September/011662.html |
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| * Bring Budgetary Authority to Sugar Labs from OLPC, and Others | | * Bring Budgetary Authority to Sugar Labs from OLPC, and Others |
| Our business is kids but our management must be adult if scalability is | | Our business is kids but our management must be adult if scalability is |
| to be realized. Credibility does not come overnight, and is even | | to be realized. Credibility does not come overnight, and is even |
− | harder to establish in the funding battles of the non-profit world -- | + | harder to establish in the funding battles of the non-profit world-- |
| but the time is now... | | but the time is now... |
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| day, driven by more quiet consciences than will ever send us email. | | day, driven by more quiet consciences than will ever send us email. |
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− | * Cross-fertilizing Sugar/OLPC Local Labs | + | * Cross-fertilize Sugar/OLPC Local Labs |
| Gratuitous travel exhausts our earth's vanishing resources. But I | | Gratuitous travel exhausts our earth's vanishing resources. But I |
| paid for several trips around North America and Europe over the | | paid for several trips around North America and Europe over the |
− | past 2 years for a reason -- to lay these seeds. Now we can move | + | past [3] years for a reason -- to lay these seeds. Now we can move |
| our community-building beyond cultivating hobbyists into a learning | | our community-building beyond cultivating hobbyists into a learning |
| organization, willing to both negotiate large contracts and | | organization, willing to both negotiate large contracts and |
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| perfect example: building Sugar/XO synergies with deployment | | perfect example: building Sugar/XO synergies with deployment |
| expertise, physical XO libraries, a grassroots repair shop, monthly | | expertise, physical XO libraries, a grassroots repair shop, monthly |
− | talks and a sophisticated network of nearby computer blubhouses. | + | talks and a sophisticated network of nearby computer clubhouses. |
− | Similarly, I will be working hard with [http://olpclearningclub.org Mike Lee] to seed a broad-based | + | Similarly, I [worked] hard with [http://olpclearningclub.org Mike Lee] to seed a multitalented |
− | Sugar/OLPC group this fall in NY City, starting Saturday Oct 17 if | + | Sugar/OLPC group in NY City [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_New_York going strong for a year now] if |
| you can hopefully join! EG. The [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Repair_center_locations volunteer repair centers] | | you can hopefully join! EG. The [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Repair_center_locations volunteer repair centers] |
| I coordinate worldwide for OLPC can now grow into a much stronger | | I coordinate worldwide for OLPC can now grow into a much stronger |
− | network with proper Care And Feeding. | + | network of networks with proper Care And Feeding. |
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| * Now is the time to build a Broad-Based 21st Century Learning Movement | | * Now is the time to build a Broad-Based 21st Century Learning Movement |
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| the coming decade, open to all meaningful partnerships, while always | | the coming decade, open to all meaningful partnerships, while always |
| protecting our organic grassroots. This will not be easy, but the | | protecting our organic grassroots. This will not be easy, but the |
− | lifelong friends I've made over the last 2 years in the OLPC/Sugar | + | lifelong friends I've made over the last [3 years] in the OLPC/Sugar |
− | community will make this possible. Kids need healthy families to | + | community makes this possible. Kids need healthy families to |
| explore their worlds, not tabloid divorces, to advocate for | | explore their worlds, not tabloid divorces, to advocate for |
| 1 billion small-but-growing brains on this planet. Sugar Labs and | | 1 billion small-but-growing brains on this planet. Sugar Labs and |
| OLPC owe it to the world's children to similarly mature into | | OLPC owe it to the world's children to similarly mature into |
| responsible, playful, lifelong parents! Even if not <i>always</i> loved :) | | responsible, playful, lifelong parents! Even if not <i>always</i> loved :) |