Re: [Debian-NYC] MacArthur Digital Media and Learning Grant for Debian-NYC
Win! NYC needs this!
-lee
On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Richard Darst <rkd@zgib.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Hans-Christoph got the idea to apply for this MacArthur Foundation
> grant, for some sort of DebConf funding. We got together last night
> and worked on this idea - it morphed into a more Debian-NYC focused
> thing, creating a physical group for learning and community.
>
> See below (thread started on debconf10-localteam list, but moving here
> now). Debian-NYC support/feedback/participation is encouraged! We'd
> like to see who else could be involved.
>
> ----- Forwarded message from Hans-Christoph Steiner -----
>
> So Richard, Clint, and I met at NYC Resistor to work on a idea for
> this grant, and came up with something more targeted to Debian-NYC as
> a whole, and including DebConf10 in part. This is for the MacArthur
> Foundation's DML Learning Lab grant. This provides $30-250k of money
> for a project designed for digital media and learning. Emphasis is on
> learning, sharing, mentoring, collaboration, and empowerment.
>
> We want to make our teaching, organizing, hacking, and learning
> activities more formalized by starting an group with a regular meeting
> time/space organized around Debian. This means having people working
> quarter, half, or full time as Debian-NYC organizers and teachers. How
> big we make this is up to how many people want to be involved.
> Additionally, we want to organize related events, like Debian/Ubuntu
> release/upgrade parties, Software Freedom Day events, Free Software
> Barcamp, etc.
>
> The core idea is to organize a year of activities around teaching,
> improving, learning, etc. all aspects an operating system that is Free
> Software and run by a democratic institution with its own constitution.
>
> We would use our money to do things like:
> - provide a once- or twice-weekly learning lab space to meet. Once a
> week would be a workshop type thing, once a week or so would be a
> "hackerspace" just to get people together to collaborate on their own
> things. Perhaps include food.
> - Pay registration for the students for DebConf
> - Pay for some workshops to be given at DebConf (support DebConf this
> way)
> - Stipend for organizers
> - Various computer equipment and supplies
>
> The first round (360 word blurb) is due in one week. We'd like to get
> together interested local people and try to flesh out who would like to
> be involved and get our application submitted.
>
> -->
> --> If you're interested, please let us know, and we will meet sometime
> --> early next week.
> -->
>
> You can see more brainstorming notes here:
> http://whiteboard.debian.net/dml_debconf.wb
>
> .hc
>
> [...]
>
> ----- End forwarded message -----
>
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