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|Founder, [[User:Mokurai/Earth Treasury|Earth Treasury]], an NGO to link schools around the world for education and business.
|Founder, [http://www.earthtreasury.org/ Earth Treasury], an NGO to link schools around the world for education and business. See [[User:Mokurai/Plans and Essays|Plans and Essays]].
NEW PROJECT: [[Translation Team/Pootle Projects#Replacing Textbooks|Replacing Textbooks]] XOs and other netbooks cost much less than printed textbooks, so as soon as we replace enough of the textbooks with Open Education Resources, we can explain that OLPC + Sugar delivers better education while saving money. Mokurai has received permission to set up a server for this purpose at Sugar Labs, and is also raising funds to support it.
[[File:Crowdrise_logo_51x51-1.gif]] [http://www.crowdrise.com CrowdRise Fundraiser donations]
Mokurai volunteers at OLPC and Sugar Labs as a volunteer coordinator, localization administrator ([http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Khmer Khmer] and [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Kreyol Kreyòl]), and general knoker (an especially Yiddish know-all, the kind who did math homework in pen), based on
Mokurai volunteers at OLPC and Sugar Labs as a volunteer coordinator, localization administrator ([http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Khmer Khmer] and [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Kreyol Kreyòl]), and general knoker (an especially Yiddish know-all, the kind who did math homework in pen), based on
* his training as a mathematician, classroom teacher, amateur musician and linguist, philosopher, and Buddhist priest
* his training as a mathematician, classroom teacher, amateur musician and linguist, philosopher, and Buddhist priest
* plus his lifetime of encyclopedic reading, many years in high-tech market research and technical writing, and work in Unicode and Free Software.
* plus his lifetime of encyclopedic reading, many years in high-tech market research and technical writing, and work in Unicode and Free Software.
|[[Image:Cherlin-xo.jpg|Ah haz teh bestest toyz]]
|[[Image:Cherlin-xo.jpg|Ah haz teh bestest toyz]]
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==Vision==
End Poverty at a Profit all around by educating children to collaborate and not be helpless.
==Quotes==
==Quotes==
[[User:Mokurai/Quotes|More quotes]]
[[User:Mokurai/Quotes|More quotes]]
==Mokurai's Vision==
==Mission==
The mission is whatever planning, funding, research, development, and deployment is needed to make that happen, with a focus on Management by Exception in order to keep on top of what is needed in changing circumstances and make sure that nothing gets missed that we must have.
The mission is whatever planning, funding, research, development, and deployment is needed to make that happen, with a focus on Management by Exception in order to keep on top of what is needed in changing circumstances and make sure that nothing gets missed that we must have.
Components
Components
* Interactive [[Creating textbooks|digital textbooks]], with Lots of partners.
* Interactive [[Education Team/Creating textbooks|digital textbooks]], with Lots of partners.
* Free computers for schools, two per pupil: one at school, one at home. Possibly Computers4Africa
* Free computers for schools, two per pupil: one at school, one at home. Possibly Computers4Africa
* Flash drives for carrying software and work, so that students can use them on any computer
* Flash drives for carrying software and work, so that students can use them on any computer
==Contact==
==Contact==
* [mailto:echerlin@gmail.com My e-mail]
* [mailto:echerlin@gmail.com My e-mail]
* AIM chat: mokurai
* ICQ chat: 441484252
* 812 764 0552 New phone number in Indiana
* [http://www.linkedin.com/in/cherlin LinkedIn profile]
* [http://www.wiserearth.org/user/cherlin Wiser Earth]
* Twitter: Mokurai
* [http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/edward.cherlin?ref=profile Facebook page]
* [http://mokurai.dailykos.com/ My Daily Kos Diary Entries]
* [http://flickr.com/photos/toepfer/2254179681/ At SCALE x6] Sixth SoCal Linux Expo
* [http://flickr.com/photos/toepfer/2254179681/ At SCALE x6] Sixth SoCal Linux Expo
* [http://livingdirectory.net/FF/ Friendly Favors] I'm FF10136 - Edward Cherlin
* [http://livingdirectory.net/FF/ Friendly Favors] I'm FF10136 - Edward Cherlin
* [http://isde5.pbwiki.com/Earth_Treasury My Digital Earth wiki page]
* [http://isde5.pbwiki.com/Earth_Treasury My Digital Earth wiki page]
==Contributions==
==Contributions==
I started to work on [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Publications OLPC documentation], but then I discovered that even more pressing needs were being ignored. So now I have appointed myself Shadow Chairman & CEO of OLPC. Don't tell Nicholas.
I started to work on [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Publications OLPC documentation], but then I discovered that even more pressing needs were being ignored. So now I have appointed myself Shadow Chairman & CEO of OLPC. Don't tell Nicholas.
==Social Networks==
==Social Networks==
[http://www.geekcode.com/geek.html Geek code] GAT d-- s+:+ a+++ C++ UL++ P+ L+++ E- W++ N+++@ o+ K++ M+ b+++ e+++ h---- r+++ w--- APL++++ House, MD+++
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Basic level in Korean, Chinese, Swahili, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, German<br>
Basic level in Korean, Chinese, Swahili, Japanese, Spanish, German<br>
Intermediate level in Russian, French
Intermediate level in Russian, French
[[Category:Education Team]]
[[Category:Education Team]]
[[Category:Earth Treasury]]
[[Category:Earth Treasury]]