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− | SugarCamp++ will be Mon Oct 22 to Wed Oct 24 in San Francisco | + | SugarCamp++ will be Mon Oct 22 to Wed Oct 24 in San Francisco (business hours especially) immediately following [http://www.olpcnews.com/use_cases/community/olpc_san_francisco_community_summit_2012.html OLPC SF's global community summit]. |
− | + | Presenting an opportunity for all to begin real hacking & implementation of the tech/learning/organizational ideas exchanged over the weekend summit | |
− | http:// | + | Please join & help strengthen collaborative global education! Inspired by the rapidly-approaching [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2012-August/015452.html dream of Sugar 1.0] and the [http://www.olpcnews.com/laptops/xo-4/olpc_xo_4_will_provide_significant_performance_boost.html XO-4]. |
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+ | We strongly welcome new participants. Read up on [http://planet.sugarlabs.org ongoing] [http://planet.laptop.org projects], think about [mailto:volunteer@laptop.org volunteering] with [http://www.sugarlabs.org Sugar Labs] and [http://one.laptop.org OLPC], open your imagination to what open-learning-for-all might become -- and [http://olpcMAP.net put yourself on the map] :) | ||
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+ | <br> | ||
+ | http://olpcSF.org/sites/default/files/u8/red_xo_in_sf_fog_2012.jpg | ||
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+ | = Photos = | ||
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+ | * From Adam Holt: http://flickr.com/tiayiti | ||
+ | * From Mike Lee: http://flickr.com/curiouslee/sets/72157631841452526 | ||
+ | * From Mark Battley: http://flickr.com/ntugigroup/sets/72157631839591590 | ||
+ | * From Pete Fecteau: http://flickr.com/africahacktrip/sets/72157631846071405 | ||
+ | * From Nancie Severs: http://blog.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/nsevers/4/1351172665/tpod.html | ||
+ | * From Mitchell Seaton: https://plus.google.com/photos/114766364529484115275/albums/5821209871799850449 | ||
= Topics = | = Topics = | ||
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Please add project topics below if you will give them legs :) | Please add project topics below if you will give them legs :) | ||
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* [http://cananian.livejournal.com/66654.html XOrduino], Curricular Arcs, Streamlined Teacher Training | * [http://cananian.livejournal.com/66654.html XOrduino], Curricular Arcs, Streamlined Teacher Training | ||
− | * Sugar 0.98 & 1.0 (vs Windows 8 releasing Fri Oct 26 ;) | + | * [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/server-devel/2012-August/006126.html School Server] [https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1dnhU2F6EntepVXTgN8QpkME8fZVUuPjcCoMUfAVKbcc Community Edition] (hassle-free [http://ChildrensLibrary.org ICDL], Yes We [http://khanAcademy.org Khan], lessons learned from Oct 19-21 demo classroom @ SFSU? etc) |
− | * Hackers Without Borders, Feedback from Small/Medium-sized Deployments | + | * [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-devel/2012-August/thread.html#38829 Sugar 0.98 & 1.0 and what lies beyond] (vs Windows 8 releasing Fri Oct 26 ;) |
+ | * Hackers Without Borders, Feedback from Small/Medium-sized Deployments, [http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings/2012-05-30T21:08:10 NewCo], [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/ALEARN_Network ALEARN] | ||
+ | * Documentation within Sugar; Video Tutorials; Books/Histories of OLPC/Sugar | ||
+ | * Power Infrastructure: developing countries' schools need what?? | ||
+ | * Translating [http://google.com/search?q=olpc+butia Butía] construction instructions from Spanish to English (Christoph) | ||
+ | * Sensors... build, test, create lesson ideas (STEM, SET, and SCIB), maybe video tutorials of how-to make? KISS! (Caryl) | ||
= Attendees = | = Attendees = | ||
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Please add your name if you will come & contribute to the future of Sugar/OLPC or similar -- include 2 words about your preferred project: | Please add your name if you will come & contribute to the future of Sugar/OLPC or similar -- include 2 words about your preferred project: | ||
− | * Adam Holt, Boston | + | * [http://twitter.com/adborden Aaron Borden]? OLPC SF |
− | * Alex Kleider, SF - XS Community Edition | + | * Adam Gordon, Toronto/[http://ntugigroup.org Kenya] (Oct 19-22) |
− | * Bastien Guerry? Paris - XS Community Edition? | + | * Adam Holt, Boston (Oct 17-25) |
− | * Bernie Innocenti, Boston | + | * Alex Kleider, SF - [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Community_Edition XS Community Edition] |
− | * Bill Stelzer | + | * Aleksey Lim, Russia (Oct 19-24?) |
− | * Caryl Bigenho | + | * Anish Mangal, UMichigan, former Dextrose Project Manager (Oct 17-21) |
− | * Christoph Derndorfer, Vienna | + | * Anna Schoolfield, Birmingham Alabama (Oct 19-24?) |
− | * Craig Perue | + | * [http://lumiere.ens.fr/~guerry/ Bastien Guerry?] Paris - XS Community Edition? (Oct 19? 21-23?) |
− | * CScott Ananian? Boston - [http://cananian.livejournal.com/ | + | * [http://codewiz.org Bernie Innocenti], Boston - Google, Sugar Labs founder (Oct 19-28) |
− | * Daniel Drake? | + | * Bert Freudenberg, Germany - Etoys (Oct 19-21) |
+ | * Bill Stelzer, US Virgin Islands (Oct 18-27) | ||
+ | * Caryl Bigenho, Los Angeles area - Teacher & [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors_program Contributors Program] mentor (Oct 19-24)(Robots, Sensors, XS) | ||
+ | * Christoph Derndorfer, Vienna - OLPC News Editor (in SF Oct 17-25) | ||
+ | * Cherry Withers? San Jose CA | Philippines | ||
+ | * Christine Murakami? Ohio - [http://csgolpc2012.weebly.com Columbus School for Girls] | ||
+ | * Claudia Urrea? Boston | Colombia - OLPC [http://one.laptop.org/about/people/claudia-urrea Director of Learning] (Oct 21-23) | ||
+ | * [http://twitter.com/craigperue Craig Perue] - Jamaica Ministry of Education (Curricular Arcs, Project Mgmt, Oct 19-21) | ||
+ | * CScott Ananian? Boston - [http://cananian.livejournal.com XOrduino?] [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2012-September/015518.html Arduino?] | ||
+ | * Dafydd Harries - alum of Collabora Ltd (Oct 16-23) | ||
+ | * Daniel Drake, Nicaragua (Oct 18-24) | ||
+ | * David Farning, Wisconsin - [http://activitycentral.com Activity Central] founder (Oct 19-24?) | ||
+ | * David Jessup? Florida - OLPC/Liberty City [http://one.laptop.org/about/people/david-jessup-jr Project Manager] (Oct 19-22?) | ||
+ | * Ed Bigenho, Los Angeles area-Volunteer "helper" (Oct 19-24)(Robots, sensors) | ||
* Gary Martin? Scotland | * Gary Martin? Scotland | ||
− | * George Hunt, NYC - XS Community Edition | + | * George Hunt, NYC - [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Community_Edition XS Community Edition] (Oct 19-24) |
− | * Jerry Vonau? Winnipeg - XS Community Edition | + | * Giulia D'Amico, Miami - OLPC [http://one.laptop.org/about/people/giulia-damico VP of Business Development] (Oct 19-21?) |
− | * Kevin Gordon, Toronto/Kenya | + | * Grant Bowman - [http://olpcSF.org OLPC SF] |
− | * Mark Battley | + | * Janissa Balcomb - [http://olpc2010-lesotho.blogspot.com/ Lesotho] (Oct 19-23) |
− | * Mitch Seaton | + | * Jennifer Martino - [http://www.olpccanada.com/blog/ OLPC Canada] [http://twitter.com/olpccanada Director] (Oct 18-22) |
− | * Nancie Severs | + | * Jerry Vonau? Winnipeg - [http://www.laptop.org.au/ OLPC Australia], [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Community_Edition XS Community Edition] |
− | * Nick Doiron? SF | + | * John Watlington, Boston - OLPC VP of Hardware Engineering (Oct 20-22) |
− | * Sameer Verma | + | * Jonathan Ooms, Global Literacy Foundation |
+ | * Kevin Gordon, Toronto | [http://ntugigroup.org Kenya] (Oct 18-22) | ||
+ | * Luke Faraone, DC/Boston (Oct 19? 21-22?) | ||
+ | * Marina Zdobnova, LA/Russia (Oct 19-24?) | ||
+ | * Mark Battley, Toronto | [http://ntugigroup.org Kenya] - Curricular Arcs (Oct 16-25) | ||
+ | * Mary Lou Jepsen? Taiwan - [http://pixelqi.com/ Pixel Qi] | ||
+ | * Matt Keller, Connecticut | Ethiopia - [http://www.technologyreview.com/view/429206/emtech-preview-another-way-to-think-about/ OLPC Literacy Project] (Oct 19-21) | ||
+ | * Mitch Seaton, Philippines (eKindling) | Australia | Denmark (Oct 18-26) | ||
+ | * Mike Lee, DC - Tablets, [http://youtu.be/VuOvwJAwA0U XOrduino, XO Stick], Scratch, Etoys, [http://proyectojuanchacon.blogspot.com/2012/09/sugarlabs-dc-is-back.html SugarLabs DC], [http://olpcLearningClub.org OLPC Learning Club], [http://bib.archive.org/ Books in Browsers] (Oct 19-23/26) | ||
+ | * Nancie Severs, New Hampshire/Thailand/Vietnam - [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors_program Contributors Program] coordinator (Oct 17/18-22) | ||
+ | * Nick Doiron? SF - Code For America (Oct 19-22) | ||
+ | * Richard M.Batna, Montreal (Oct 18-23) | ||
+ | * Richard Smith? Boston - [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/power power electronics], OLPC [http://one.laptop.org/about/people/richard-smith Director of Embedded Engineering] | ||
+ | * Rod Weis, Global Literacy Foundation | ||
+ | * Ruben Rodriguez? Spain - Activity Central CTO | ||
+ | * Sameer Verma - [http://olpcSF.org OLPC SF] Chief Organizer | ||
+ | * Sarah Naguib? [http://laptopsforegypt.wordpress.com Ohio | Egypt] | ||
* Simon Schampijer? Berlin | * Simon Schampijer? Berlin | ||
− | * Walter Bender, Boston | + | * SJ Klein? Boston - [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trustees Wikipedia Board], [http://dp.la Digital Public Library of America] (Oct 20-21) |
+ | * Tanja Kohn, Austria (in SF October 16 - 26 early morning) | ||
+ | * Tim Falconer, Pennsylvania (Oct 19-22?) | ||
+ | * Tony Anderson, Rwanda - Karma Learning System, XS Community Edition? (Oct 19-24) | ||
+ | * Walter Bender, Boston - [[Oversight Board|Sugar Labs Executive Director]] (Oct 21-24) | ||
* Yoshiki Ohshima? Los Angeles | * Yoshiki Ohshima? Los Angeles | ||
+ | |||
+ | = Registration = | ||
+ | |||
+ | <u>Be sure to add your name to the "Attendees" list above, with a couple words about your interests, and also write to <b>holt @ laptop.org</b> confirming there's still room!</u> | ||
+ | |||
+ | Both rooms below will be free (thanks to the amazing generosity of SF State University's College of Business) with reliable Wifi included -- lunch/dinner is available for individual purchase downstairs at the large Food Court. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Note the preceding weekend's [http://www.olpcnews.com/use_cases/community/olpc_san_francisco_community_summit_2012.html Oct 19-21 Community Summit] itself (structured talks/demos/panels etc, you don't want to miss, [https://www.eventbrite.com/event/4025544512 please register now!]) costs $25 to $40/person to pay for facilities rental, great community shirts, supplies etc. A price that would indeed be an order of magnitude higher if it weren't for the astonishing volunteer efforts of the http://olpcSF.org community :) | ||
= Location = | = Location = | ||
− | + | <b>In 2 modern classrooms, Oct 22-24 (Mon to Wed), 8AM to 5PM</b>: | |
− | San Francisco State University | + | San Francisco State University |
− | 835 Market St, | + | Rooms 667 & 668 |
− | San Francisco, CA 94103 | + | 835 Market St, 6th Floor <i>(go downtown, NOT main campus)</i> |
+ | San Francisco, CA 94103 | ||
− | + | = Evening Excitement = | |
+ | |||
+ | <b>Nearby pubs will be well-used too!</b> (And restaurants, and large food court below SFSU/downtown) | ||
+ | <br><br> | ||
+ | * [http://twitter.com/AfricaHackTrip AfricaHackTrip] Drink-up, Wednesday Oct 17, 6:30PM @ Showdown saloon (happy hour!) 10 6th Street, San Francisco: http://www.meetup.com/AfricaHackTrip/events/85351052/ | ||
+ | * Reception @ SFSU/Downtown [http://olpcSF.org/summit Friday Oct 19, 5:00PM]. [https://www.eventbrite.com/event/4025544512 Please Register Now] for the summit if you haven't! | ||
+ | * Party in Bolinas Sunday Oct 21, 6PM (1hr from SF, across Golden Gate). Rental vehicles will be arranged in person during the weekend summit, ask for the awesome June & Alex Kleider on the summit floor! | ||
+ | * Will Obama/Romney mention OLPC in their [http://www.2012presidentialelectionnews.com/2012-debate-schedule/2012-presidential-debate-schedule/ foreign policy debate] Monday Oct 22, 6PM PDT? As [http://blog.laptop.org/2012/10/03/former-president-clinton-mentions-olpc/ Bill Clinton just did] Sept 23? Find out at a local bar with us! | ||
+ | * [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Cbigenho Caryl Bigenho] and [http://derndorfer.eu Christoph Derndorfer] invite you to an on-street segway city adventure for about $30, perhaps late Mon/Tue Oct 22-23? Music/shows also possible. Please contact them or jot something in right here ! | ||
+ | * SF [http://www.africahacktrip.org/ AfricaHackTrip] Meeting #1, Wednesday Oct 24, Noon @ SFSU downtown: http://www.meetup.com/AfricaHackTrip/events/85328062/ | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | The olpc-social@googlegroups.com mailing list for [https://www.eventbrite.com/event/4025544512 registered summit attendees] can also help coordinate ad hoc/spontaneous in-city get-togethers etc! | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Relevant SF Communities == | ||
+ | |||
+ | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noisebridge Award-winning] anarchistic SF educational hackerspace: http://Noisebridge.net | ||
+ | * Silicon Valley-San Francisco Bay Area Python Interest Group, meets Oct 25: http://BayPIGgies.net | ||
= Accommodations = | = Accommodations = | ||
− | + | San Francisco is not cheap, but great hostels are available if you book them early. Please write to the olpc-sf@lists.laptop.org public mailing list for tips, so you can get to know & stay nearby others: http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-sf | |
+ | |||
+ | The olpc-social@googlegroups.com mailing list for [https://www.eventbrite.com/event/4025544512 registered summit attendees] can also help coordinate ad hoc/spontaneous in-city get-togethers etc! | ||
+ | |||
+ | = Ride Board = | ||
+ | |||
+ | Drivers and Passengers: Post your ride information here. | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Driver: Janissa Balcomb, traveling from Wayan, Idaho. Room for 1 passenger comfortably, 2 if one has short legs. Leaving Idaho Thu Oct 18, Returning ?Wed (or Thu) Oct 24 (or 25). Main route will be via I-80 thru Elko, Reno & Sacramento. Will probably camp overnight partway. | ||
= Suggestions = | = Suggestions = |
Latest revision as of 06:51, 2 January 2013
SugarCamp++ will be Mon Oct 22 to Wed Oct 24 in San Francisco (business hours especially) immediately following OLPC SF's global community summit.
Presenting an opportunity for all to begin real hacking & implementation of the tech/learning/organizational ideas exchanged over the weekend summit
Please join & help strengthen collaborative global education! Inspired by the rapidly-approaching dream of Sugar 1.0 and the XO-4.
We strongly welcome new participants. Read up on ongoing projects, think about volunteering with Sugar Labs and OLPC, open your imagination to what open-learning-for-all might become -- and put yourself on the map :)
Photos
- From Adam Holt: http://flickr.com/tiayiti
- From Mike Lee: http://flickr.com/curiouslee/sets/72157631841452526
- From Mark Battley: http://flickr.com/ntugigroup/sets/72157631839591590
- From Pete Fecteau: http://flickr.com/africahacktrip/sets/72157631846071405
- From Nancie Severs: http://blog.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/nsevers/4/1351172665/tpod.html
- From Mitchell Seaton: https://plus.google.com/photos/114766364529484115275/albums/5821209871799850449
Topics
Please add project topics below if you will give them legs :)
- XOrduino, Curricular Arcs, Streamlined Teacher Training
- School Server Community Edition (hassle-free ICDL, Yes We Khan, lessons learned from Oct 19-21 demo classroom @ SFSU? etc)
- Sugar 0.98 & 1.0 and what lies beyond (vs Windows 8 releasing Fri Oct 26 ;)
- Hackers Without Borders, Feedback from Small/Medium-sized Deployments, NewCo, ALEARN
- Documentation within Sugar; Video Tutorials; Books/Histories of OLPC/Sugar
- Power Infrastructure: developing countries' schools need what??
- Translating Butía construction instructions from Spanish to English (Christoph)
- Sensors... build, test, create lesson ideas (STEM, SET, and SCIB), maybe video tutorials of how-to make? KISS! (Caryl)
Attendees
Please add your name if you will come & contribute to the future of Sugar/OLPC or similar -- include 2 words about your preferred project:
- Aaron Borden? OLPC SF
- Adam Gordon, Toronto/Kenya (Oct 19-22)
- Adam Holt, Boston (Oct 17-25)
- Alex Kleider, SF - XS Community Edition
- Aleksey Lim, Russia (Oct 19-24?)
- Anish Mangal, UMichigan, former Dextrose Project Manager (Oct 17-21)
- Anna Schoolfield, Birmingham Alabama (Oct 19-24?)
- Bastien Guerry? Paris - XS Community Edition? (Oct 19? 21-23?)
- Bernie Innocenti, Boston - Google, Sugar Labs founder (Oct 19-28)
- Bert Freudenberg, Germany - Etoys (Oct 19-21)
- Bill Stelzer, US Virgin Islands (Oct 18-27)
- Caryl Bigenho, Los Angeles area - Teacher & Contributors Program mentor (Oct 19-24)(Robots, Sensors, XS)
- Christoph Derndorfer, Vienna - OLPC News Editor (in SF Oct 17-25)
- Cherry Withers? San Jose CA | Philippines
- Christine Murakami? Ohio - Columbus School for Girls
- Claudia Urrea? Boston | Colombia - OLPC Director of Learning (Oct 21-23)
- Craig Perue - Jamaica Ministry of Education (Curricular Arcs, Project Mgmt, Oct 19-21)
- CScott Ananian? Boston - XOrduino? Arduino?
- Dafydd Harries - alum of Collabora Ltd (Oct 16-23)
- Daniel Drake, Nicaragua (Oct 18-24)
- David Farning, Wisconsin - Activity Central founder (Oct 19-24?)
- David Jessup? Florida - OLPC/Liberty City Project Manager (Oct 19-22?)
- Ed Bigenho, Los Angeles area-Volunteer "helper" (Oct 19-24)(Robots, sensors)
- Gary Martin? Scotland
- George Hunt, NYC - XS Community Edition (Oct 19-24)
- Giulia D'Amico, Miami - OLPC VP of Business Development (Oct 19-21?)
- Grant Bowman - OLPC SF
- Janissa Balcomb - Lesotho (Oct 19-23)
- Jennifer Martino - OLPC Canada Director (Oct 18-22)
- Jerry Vonau? Winnipeg - OLPC Australia, XS Community Edition
- John Watlington, Boston - OLPC VP of Hardware Engineering (Oct 20-22)
- Jonathan Ooms, Global Literacy Foundation
- Kevin Gordon, Toronto | Kenya (Oct 18-22)
- Luke Faraone, DC/Boston (Oct 19? 21-22?)
- Marina Zdobnova, LA/Russia (Oct 19-24?)
- Mark Battley, Toronto | Kenya - Curricular Arcs (Oct 16-25)
- Mary Lou Jepsen? Taiwan - Pixel Qi
- Matt Keller, Connecticut | Ethiopia - OLPC Literacy Project (Oct 19-21)
- Mitch Seaton, Philippines (eKindling) | Australia | Denmark (Oct 18-26)
- Mike Lee, DC - Tablets, XOrduino, XO Stick, Scratch, Etoys, SugarLabs DC, OLPC Learning Club, Books in Browsers (Oct 19-23/26)
- Nancie Severs, New Hampshire/Thailand/Vietnam - Contributors Program coordinator (Oct 17/18-22)
- Nick Doiron? SF - Code For America (Oct 19-22)
- Richard M.Batna, Montreal (Oct 18-23)
- Richard Smith? Boston - power electronics, OLPC Director of Embedded Engineering
- Rod Weis, Global Literacy Foundation
- Ruben Rodriguez? Spain - Activity Central CTO
- Sameer Verma - OLPC SF Chief Organizer
- Sarah Naguib? Ohio | Egypt
- Simon Schampijer? Berlin
- SJ Klein? Boston - Wikipedia Board, Digital Public Library of America (Oct 20-21)
- Tanja Kohn, Austria (in SF October 16 - 26 early morning)
- Tim Falconer, Pennsylvania (Oct 19-22?)
- Tony Anderson, Rwanda - Karma Learning System, XS Community Edition? (Oct 19-24)
- Walter Bender, Boston - Sugar Labs Executive Director (Oct 21-24)
- Yoshiki Ohshima? Los Angeles
Registration
Be sure to add your name to the "Attendees" list above, with a couple words about your interests, and also write to holt @ laptop.org confirming there's still room!
Both rooms below will be free (thanks to the amazing generosity of SF State University's College of Business) with reliable Wifi included -- lunch/dinner is available for individual purchase downstairs at the large Food Court.
Note the preceding weekend's Oct 19-21 Community Summit itself (structured talks/demos/panels etc, you don't want to miss, please register now!) costs $25 to $40/person to pay for facilities rental, great community shirts, supplies etc. A price that would indeed be an order of magnitude higher if it weren't for the astonishing volunteer efforts of the http://olpcSF.org community :)
Location
In 2 modern classrooms, Oct 22-24 (Mon to Wed), 8AM to 5PM:
San Francisco State University Rooms 667 & 668 835 Market St, 6th Floor (go downtown, NOT main campus) San Francisco, CA 94103
Evening Excitement
Nearby pubs will be well-used too! (And restaurants, and large food court below SFSU/downtown)
- AfricaHackTrip Drink-up, Wednesday Oct 17, 6:30PM @ Showdown saloon (happy hour!) 10 6th Street, San Francisco: http://www.meetup.com/AfricaHackTrip/events/85351052/
- Reception @ SFSU/Downtown Friday Oct 19, 5:00PM. Please Register Now for the summit if you haven't!
- Party in Bolinas Sunday Oct 21, 6PM (1hr from SF, across Golden Gate). Rental vehicles will be arranged in person during the weekend summit, ask for the awesome June & Alex Kleider on the summit floor!
- Will Obama/Romney mention OLPC in their foreign policy debate Monday Oct 22, 6PM PDT? As Bill Clinton just did Sept 23? Find out at a local bar with us!
- Caryl Bigenho and Christoph Derndorfer invite you to an on-street segway city adventure for about $30, perhaps late Mon/Tue Oct 22-23? Music/shows also possible. Please contact them or jot something in right here !
- SF AfricaHackTrip Meeting #1, Wednesday Oct 24, Noon @ SFSU downtown: http://www.meetup.com/AfricaHackTrip/events/85328062/
The olpc-social@googlegroups.com mailing list for registered summit attendees can also help coordinate ad hoc/spontaneous in-city get-togethers etc!
Relevant SF Communities
- Award-winning anarchistic SF educational hackerspace: http://Noisebridge.net
- Silicon Valley-San Francisco Bay Area Python Interest Group, meets Oct 25: http://BayPIGgies.net
Accommodations
San Francisco is not cheap, but great hostels are available if you book them early. Please write to the olpc-sf@lists.laptop.org public mailing list for tips, so you can get to know & stay nearby others: http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-sf
The olpc-social@googlegroups.com mailing list for registered summit attendees can also help coordinate ad hoc/spontaneous in-city get-togethers etc!
Ride Board
Drivers and Passengers: Post your ride information here.
- Driver: Janissa Balcomb, traveling from Wayan, Idaho. Room for 1 passenger comfortably, 2 if one has short legs. Leaving Idaho Thu Oct 18, Returning ?Wed (or Thu) Oct 24 (or 25). Main route will be via I-80 thru Elko, Reno & Sacramento. Will probably camp overnight partway.
Suggestions
Most welcome (register & click Edit above!) & also here: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:Sugarcamp_SF_2012
Please also join the olpc-sf public mailing list if you'd like to volunteer making this event an important if not historic contribution to global collaborative learning, thanks! You may also write privately to Adam Holt if you prefer: holt @ laptop.org