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I got involved with OLPC initially as a G1G1 donor, interested in the technical features of the XO laptop and also interested in making a personal contribution to the educational effort through content development in the field of health.  I have found a wealth of opportunities to do something useful and rewarding and I have worked to leverage what I have learned to assist others in becoming involved with the project.  Much of this has taken the form of behind-the-scenes work as a wiki sysop on both wikis, working to lower language barriers (e.g. creating and deploying the ''GoogleTrans-xx'' templates for "reverse localization"), and reaching out to folks from deployments via IRC, wiki or e-mail to help them get their stories on the wiki, and most recently by working as a member of the "support gang".

I got involved with OLPC initially as a G1G1 donor, interested in the technical features of the XO laptop and also interested in making a personal contribution to the educational effort through content development in the field of health.  I have found a wealth of opportunities to do something useful and rewarding and I have worked to leverage what I have learned to assist others in becoming involved with the project.  Much of this has taken the form of behind-the-scenes work as a wiki sysop on both wikis, working to lower language barriers (e.g. creating and deploying the ''GoogleTrans-xx'' templates for "reverse localization"), and reaching out to folks from deployments via IRC, wiki or e-mail to help them get their stories on the wiki, and most recently by working as a member of the "support gang".

With Walter's departure from OLPC and the initiation of Sugar Labs as an independent project, I have broadened the scope of my activities to include Sugar Labs because my interest is in the educational goals of (lower case) olpc and how best to achieve those goals.  I believe that the separation of software development (Sugar Labs) and hardware marketing/deployment (OLPC) is a "good thing" and with careful nuturing, the whole will become greater than the sum of the parts alone.  I would like to contribute my expertise in working with and advising non-profit organizations (various patient advocacy groups), government agencies (external reviewer/advisor National Institutes of Health Roadmap Initiative) and software development operations (member of the Scientific Advisory Board of scientific software firm, Artuslabs).  I have a great deal of experience in acting as an "honest broker", analyzing the roles and needs of various stakeholders and designing and implementing strategic plans to achieve optimal results.  I believe I have the necessary expertise to advise on a wide scope of issues that are facing Sugar Labs in these initial stages of it's growth and it is my intent to continue to do so in whatever capacity I can.

With Walter's departure from OLPC and the initiation of Sugar Labs as an independent project, I have broadened the scope of my activities to include Sugar Labs because my interest is in the educational goals of (lower case) olpc and how best to achieve those goals.  I believe that the separation of software development (Sugar Labs) and hardware marketing/deployment (OLPC) is a "good thing" and with careful nurturing, the whole will become greater than the sum of the parts alone.  I would like to contribute my expertise in working with and advising non-profit organizations (various patient advocacy groups), government agencies (external reviewer/advisor National Institutes of Health Roadmap Initiative) and software development operations (member of the Scientific Advisory Board of scientific software firm, Artuslabs).  I have a great deal of experience in acting as an "honest broker", analyzing the roles and needs of various stakeholders and designing and implementing strategic plans to achieve optimal results.  I believe I have the necessary expertise to advise on a wide scope of issues that are facing Sugar Labs in these initial stages of it's growth and it is my intent to continue to do so in whatever capacity I can.