Fedora Developers XO program

[Karlie Robinson]

Dave -

There's strong interest in the XO at RIT [1] and I've forwarded this 
email to Professor Jacobs - with the caveat that it would be 
inappropriate to ask for machines that wouldn't fit within the scope 
you've outlined.
If you recall [2], there's a SIG forming at RIT which will be the 
community side of things [3].  RIT will be holding a class centered on 
the XO itself.  (they have 3 XOs being donated by Nortel)

The ideas popping around at the January meeting included the XO as a 
machine that can be morphed for other usage and I threw in my $0.02 with 
"why not join an established project?"  (my meeting follow-up is pasted 
below)

So my hope is that this will wet their appetite some and encourage the 
SIG and RIT to consider working closer with the Fedora Ambassadors and 
OLPC.
Let me know what I can do for you here in Rochester.  If the RIT folks 
get out of hand or anything, just let me know and I'll go have a chat 
with them.  <span style="Spoken Accent: Sara Palin">I can see RIT from 
my house</span> (sorry, the only language I can code in is HTML)

~Karlie

[1] http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Stephen_Jacobs
[2] 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-olpc-list/2009-January/msg00074.html
[3] http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Rochester,_NY (yes, that girl in red 
is me)


-------- Original Message --------
Subject:     Re: [Fwd: [Lugor-discuss] One Laptop Per Child Rochester 
group forming]
Date:     Sat, 24 Jan 2009 08:48:28 -0500
From:     Karlie Robinson <karlie_robinson at webpath.net>
To:     Greg DeKoenigsberg <gdk at redhat.com>, Mel Chua <mel at melchua.com>
References:     <49739B96.4060105 at webpath.net>



I'm updating you directly because I'm not sure what mailing list this 
would be on-topic.
I discovered that many in the crowd weren't familiar with the Open 
Source development model used on the XO so I spent some time explaining 
the basics.
I also covered high points on XO history including the Fedora/OLPC 
relationship, What is intuitive? as it relates to the XO and the Sugar 
environment, and general Q&A that was spawned from the above.

Since there were developers and users of all sorts in the audience there 
was quite a bit on how to get involved - both at OLPC and Fedora.  (I 
did sweeten the pot with history on test one get one.  That by getting 
involved there /may/ be an opportunity to work directly on an XO.)

And in case you're wondering... No I wasn't scheduled to present any of 
this info.  I simply showed up and was talking about F10 and Sugar to a 
couple of students who stopped in before the meeting.  I was then asked 
to hold off so I could explain it to everyone.  Then I did most of the 
talking.  (I should learn to mind my manners)

I was also interested to discover that RIT Professor Stephen Jacobs will 
be teaching a class based on the XO in the spring.  Nortel will be 
donating 3 XO's for the class and I've offered my resources (meaning you 
might get an email from me asking for stuff [wink]) in hopes that I can 
be an Open Source influence on the projects.
The official meeting minutes are pasted below.
~Karlie

Frederick Grose wrote:
> Thank you all for attending the meeting last night!
>
> See our wiki page, http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Rochester,_NY, for 
> an update with pictures from Chuck's camera.
>
> Be sure to click on the 22 January 2009 - Getting to know you and the 
> OLPC XO 
> <http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Rochester,_NY/Event_history/22January2009> 
> link just under 'Past events' to see Stephen Jacobs notes.
>
> Feel free to edit the wiki with any of your ideas, questions, or 
> corrections! (or to me, if you choose).
>
> If you have friends that might be interested, invite them to the next 
> meeting.  Tell them they they'll be able to play with an XO--and 
> possibly take one home on loan!
>
>       Best wishes until next time,          --Fred Grose
>
> p.s., in the mean time, if you have any questions about your XO or the 
> project, send me or the group a note, and we'll try to help you out.