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- everyone should find a faculty member to write a recommendation for them (by March 30!)
- each person will be submitting their own application for a fellowship (specify that you will be working with your OLPC group)
- Owen is going to start looking at the application
- Owen will talk to Allison Hynes Alison Hynd about the best way for our group to apply
- Need letter of endorsement from OLPC (contact Paul)
- $4000/ person or $4000/ team
- Will try to apply for additional funding for David? (he is a crucial team member etc)
- Over past 5 years, 200 students have been fellows.
Budget
- Maddie is working on it on an itemized list from which we can ask Ginger for details/prices
- screwdrivers (multiple)
- two servers
- server= $2000
- ask Ginger about
- access points
- regulators
- routers
- hardware ~$300-$500 per team
- food
- living expenses
- travel
- airplane tickets
- taxis/buses, ground transport
- ferries? along senegal river
- malaria medication
- immunizations
- MIT med will cover immunizations, $20 copay for each
- checking baggage?
- Delta has free 2 check-ins < 50 lb and 2 carry-ons
- we should talk care not to bring too much--we will have to transport from Senegal to Mauritania
- clothes
- Long sleeves and long pants, will need to buy clothes there
- bug spray / needs to be 50% DEET (to buy locally)
- bottled water (will need A LOT of)/ iodine tablets?
- Walkies-talkies for our team and collaborators
- laptop locks?
- visas ~$150 per person
- OLPC Wiki
- Owen will start work on putting up sites for both Kaedi and Bababe/Bogue once we have finalized location and teams
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