World Possible Executive Director Report 5/15 - 5/30

[Jeremy Schwartz]

Hi Team,

 

Feels like we’re making all the right connections to people who see the value in RACHEL and are in a position to do something about it.  Great work.

 

We re-acquired a key asset, bringing Daniel Jin back to the team.  Daniel will be interning with us this summer focused on documentation for RACHEL.  Daniel is CC’d here.  Have you created any guides to installing, creating, using, teaching, or spreading RACHEL that would be helpful?  Are you interested in contributing?  Now is the time to get this done!  He can work to lead collaboration and collection here.

 

Johnny at Hackers For Charity has been working with the BRCK team and has a copy of RACHEL content (USB) installed on the innovative router coming soon.  We also released some beta instructions for installing RACHEL on an android tablet.  Both instructions can be seen on our dev website (which appears down right now) – we’ll get that fixed up!  There’s also a good discussion ongoing on the google group (www.worldpossible.org/gg.php) .

 

For those of you stateside, don’t forget a comment period on net neutrality is open with the FCC.  We’re pretty committed to free, open, and equal access to the internet and would encourage you to log a comment if you feel the same way also.  (http://www.fcc.gov/comments )  Click proceeding 14-28.

 

Other updates from the last couple weeks:

 

5/15/2014	New User	Genesis	Ghana	Letter of support/ confirmation of free license for Tamale Polytechnic
5/15/2014	Foundation	LRW	Market Research	Offer of market research pro bono pilot brainstorm
5/15/2014	New User	Randy T.	Mexico	Plans for 5-7 labs with up to 100 computers in June (Oaxaca)
5/15/2014	Dev	Randy T.	Install Script	Pulling content and script from KA-Lite RACHEL-Pi on external HD
5/16/2014	Content	Mihir	Gujarati	Admin access to free Gujarati language site for rebuild in RACHEL
5/17/2014	Update	Brandon F	Tanzania	Deliver drive to update Tanzania deployment
5/17/2014	Update	Genesis	Ghana	Installation support for Tamale Polytechnic
5/19/2014	New User	Pat M.	Uganda	David and Loum updates from the field installing RACHEL (attached)
5/19/2014	Dev	Bjoern H.	Uni of Cambridge	Collaboration opportunities for content and deployment call
5/19/2014	Update	Don B.	Bali/ Indonesia	Don B presentation to Rotary Ubud Bali on May 19
5/20/2014	Update	Paul S.	Pakistan	Strategy conversation of Farsi/ Urdu RACHEL content collections
5/21/2014	Dev	Johnny L.	HackersForCharity	Beta of RACHEL running on BRCK router
5/21/2014	Update	Keith M.	Camara (E. Africa)	Update conversation/ strategy call on broader RACHEL deployment
5/22/2014	Content	Lisa S.	Uganda	Content Contest for Local Creators (poster attached)
5/22/2014	Content	Zack M.	Kenya	Content suggestions for farming content (audio/visual/text)
5/23/2014	New User	Lisa S.	Uganda	eLearning Africa presentation sourcing 4/5 more RACHEL installers
5/24/2014	New User	Int'l Profs	India	(attached) project to teach solar power in rural India (volunteers?)
5/26/2014	Update	David/ Bob	Kenya	Introductions by Pat M. to RACHEL distribution partners in Kenya
5/26/2014	Dev	Randy T.	Spanish Guides	Installation instructions for USB Spanish installation on Linux (attached)
5/27/2014	Update	Francis	Tanzania	Guide for setting IP address on Pi (attached)
5/27/2014	Content	Carrie C.	S. Sudan	Collecting materials for South Sudan package in RACHEL
5/27/2014	New User	Danusia S.	Tanzania	Introduction to RACHEL by CK12, www.theschoolfund.org
5/27/2014	Dev	Mark K.	Rugged-Pi	Investigations and testing for ruggedized server enclosure
5/28/2014	Update	Penny H.	Rwanda	Beginning creation of RACHEL manual. Trainings in Rwanda
5/28/2014	Dev	Sam K.	RACHEL USB	Beginning work on 64GB USB RACHEL w/ Pi content mirror
5/29/2014	New User	Israel	Guatemala	Continued work by Joan/ Israel to spread updated Spanish package
5/30/2014	Dev	John W.	Refurbishments	Shipment of refurbished Pasha donated computers to Guatemala

 

 

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Best,
Jeremy

 

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[Jeremy Schwartz]

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Great work Team!

Regards

Adam

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[Jeremy Schwartz]

Hello Vedaste,

We’d be happy to support your work in Rwanda.  Has someone from your group contacted us before?  Do you have access to anyone travelling from the U.S. to Rwanda who could help carry RACHEL?

 

I’m adding some folks (Penny and Mike) who have used RACHEL in Rwanda to see if we can connect you to RACHEL locally there.

Best,
Jeremy

 

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From: Vedaste Kanamugire [mailto:kana...@yahoo.fr]
Sent: Wednesday, June 4, 2014 1:55 AM
To: Jeremy Schwartz
Subject: Re: World Possible Executive Director Report 5/15 - 5/30

 

Hi team; Thank you for the RACHEL program. The International Education Exchange would be happy to have a training on the use of RACHEL and if possible to get the devices. We support teachers in English and Learner centered teaching approach in Rwanda. We have 90 schools allover the country. Best regards; Vedaste Kanamugire +250 788 887 081 Jeremy Schwartz wrote: >Hi Team, > >Feels like we’re making all the right connections to people who see the value in RACHEL and are in a position to do something about it. Great work. > >We re-acquired a key asset, bringing Daniel Jin back to the team. Daniel will be interning with us this summer focused on documentation for RACHEL. Daniel is CC’d here. Have you created any guides to installing, creating, using, teaching, or spreading RACHEL that would be helpful? Are you interested in contributing? Now is the time to get this done! He can work to lead collaboration and collection here. > >Johnny at Hackers For Charity has been working with the BRCK team and has a copy of RACHEL content (USB) installed on the innovative router coming soon. We also released some beta instructions for installing RACHEL on an android tablet. Both instructions can be seen on our dev website (which appears down right now) – we’ll get that fixed up! There’s also a good discussion ongoing on the google group (www.worldpossible.org/gg.php) . > >For those of you stateside, don’t forget a comment period on net neutrality is open with the FCC. We’re pretty committed to free, open, and equal access to the internet and would encourage you to log a comment if you feel the same way also. (http://www.fcc.gov/comments ) Click proceeding 14-28. > >Other updates from the last couple weeks: > >5/15/2014 > >New User > >Genesis > >Ghana > >Letter of support/ confirmation of free license for Tamale Polytechnic > >5/15/2014 > >Foundation > >LRW > >Market Research > >Offer of market research pro bono pilot brainstorm > >5/15/2014 > >New User > >Randy T. > >Mexico > >Plans for 5-7 labs with up to 100 computers in June (Oaxaca) > >5/15/2014 > >Dev > >Randy T. > >Install Script > >Pulling content and script from KA-Lite RACHEL-Pi on external HD > >5/16/2014 > >Content > >Mihir > >Gujarati > >Admin access to free Gujarati language site for rebuild in RACHEL > >5/17/2014 > >Update > >Brandon F > >Tanzania > >Deliver drive to update Tanzania deployment > >5/17/2014 > >Update > >Genesis > >Ghana > >Installation support for Tamale Polytechnic > >5/19/2014 > >New User > >Pat M. > >Uganda > >David and Loum updates from the field installing RACHEL (attached) > >5/19/2014 > >Dev > >Bjoern H. > >Uni of Cambridge > >Collaboration opportunities for content and deployment call > >5/19/2014 > >Update > >Don B. > >Bali/ Indonesia > >Don B presentation to Rotary Ubud Bali on May 19 > >5/20/2014 > >Update > >Paul S. > >Pakistan > >Strategy conversation of Farsi/ Urdu RACHEL content collections > >5/21/2014 > >Dev > >Johnny L. > >HackersForCharity > >Beta of RACHEL running on BRCK router > >5/21/2014 > >Update > >Keith M. > >Camara (E. Africa) > >Update conversation/ strategy call on broader RACHEL deployment > >5/22/2014 > >Content > >Lisa S. > >Uganda > >Content Contest for Local Creators (poster attached) > >5/22/2014 > >Content > >Zack M. > >Kenya > >Content suggestions for farming content (audio/visual/text) > >5/23/2014 > >New User > >Lisa S. > >Uganda > >eLearning Africa presentation sourcing 4/5 more RACHEL installers > >5/24/2014 > >New User > >Int'l Profs > >India > >(attached) project to teach solar power in rural India (volunteers?) > >5/26/2014 > >Update > >David/ Bob > >Kenya > >Introductions by Pat M. to RACHEL distribution partners in Kenya > >5/26/2014 > >Dev > >Randy T. > >Spanish Guides > >Installation instructions for USB Spanish installation on Linux (attached) > >5/27/2014 > >Update > >Francis > >Tanzania > >Guide for setting IP address on Pi (attached) > >5/27/2014 > >Content > >Carrie C. > >S. Sudan > >Collecting materials for South Sudan package in RACHEL > >5/27/2014 > >New User > >Danusia S. > >Tanzania > >Introduction to RACHEL by CK12, www.theschoolfund.org > >5/27/2014 > >Dev > >Mark K. > >Rugged-Pi > >Investigations and testing for ruggedized server enclosure > >5/28/2014 > >Update > >Penny H. > >Rwanda > >Beginning creation of RACHEL manual. Trainings in Rwanda > >5/28/2014 > >Dev > >Sam K. > >RACHEL USB > >Beginning work on 64GB USB RACHEL w/ Pi content mirror > >5/29/2014 > >New User > >Israel > >Guatemala > >Continued work by Joan/ Israel to spread updated Spanish package > >5/30/2014 > >Dev > >John W. > >Refurbishments > >Shipment of refurbished Pasha donated computers to Guatemala > > > >Please reply unsubscribe if you’d like to be removed. Old reports seen here: (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!tags/rachelproject/ED_Report ) > >Best, >Jeremy > >-- >Jeremy Schwartz >Executive Director >World Possible >+1.415.535.2138 > >World Possible is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization >