Open Source in the Hood Building communities one hood at a time

Epiphany Freakonmics + A Students blog + Mario Morino + Open source growth = OSITH

Freakonmics +

A Students blog +

Mario Morino +

Open source growth = OSITH

Project Overview This will be an open source project to promote open source development efforts in inner cities and under privileged areas. The primary objective is to provide training, tools, hardware, and software on open source subjects areas such as programming skills, operating systems, network management, database management and applications. The primary objective is build inner city communities of open source development resources that can be use as a pool to create and promote open source projects, startups, and large software companies.

This will be an open source project to promote open source development efforts in inner cities and under privileged areas. The primary objective is to provide training, tools, hardware, and software on open source subjects areas such as programming skills, operating systems, network management, database management and applications. The primary objective is build inner city communities of open source development resources that can be use as a pool to create and promote open source projects, startups, and large software companies.

Statement of the Problem United States of America has a shortage of IT professional resources. Cost of labor in IT has caused many US based companies to look globally for IT resources. The Unitized States is not fully exhausting its own resource pools. Opportunities for youths from 18 to 25 in the inner cities suck!

United States of America has a shortage of IT professional resources.

Cost of labor in IT has caused many US based companies to look globally for IT resources.

The Unitized States is not fully exhausting its own resource pools.

Opportunities for youths from 18 to 25 in the inner cities suck!

Baseline Assumptions OSITH Training Material (phase 1) Donations and Funding (phase 2) Facilities (phase 3)

OSITH

Training Material (phase 1)

Donations and Funding (phase 2)

Facilities (phase 3)

Baseline Assumptions OSITH Training material Open Source classes Get open source companies to donate material MIT open source classes Printable material for students Get Libraries, Kinkos/Office max/depot in inner cities to print for free) Online Videos Get studios and or professionals to donate studio time Online portals (pdfs, odx, videos) Libraries, Kinkos, Starbucks

OSITH

Training material

Open Source classes

Get open source companies to donate material

MIT open source classes

Printable material for students

Get Libraries, Kinkos/Office max/depot in inner cities to print for free)

Online Videos

Get studios and or professionals to donate studio time

Online portals (pdfs, odx, videos)

Libraries, Kinkos, Starbucks

Baseline Assumptions OSITH Donations and Funding Tier 1 Magic Johnson Mark Shuttleworth Google Yahoo Govt. Grants Social venture capitalists Teir 2 Kinkos Starbucks Office Depot Office Max ISP’s Tier 3 Guest instructors Guest curriculum managers OSS company donated classes

OSITH

Donations and Funding

Tier 1

Magic Johnson

Mark Shuttleworth

Google

Yahoo

Govt. Grants

Social venture capitalists

Teir 2

Kinkos

Starbucks

Office Depot

Office Max

ISP’s

Tier 3

Guest instructors

Guest curriculum managers

OSS company donated classes

Baseline Assumptions OSITH Facilities Donated facilities Funding to get world class inner city training facilities and labs.

OSITH

Facilities

Donated facilities

Funding to get world class inner city training facilities and labs.

Project Scope (Phase 1) Trademark Create a non profit company Create a SorceForge project Form a project committee Compile existing open source training material Get the word out

Trademark

Create a non profit company

Create a SorceForge project

Form a project committee

Compile existing open source training material

Get the word out

Project Scope (Phase 2) Create a funding committee Market to Tier 1 Market to Tier 2 Market to Tier 3

Create a funding committee

Market to Tier 1

Market to Tier 2

Market to Tier 3

Project Scope (Phase 3) Create inner city world class training facilities (classrooms and Labs)

Create inner city world class training facilities (classrooms and Labs)

Works Cited Sources and credits http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2001/ocw.html http://oedb.org/library/features/how-the-open-source-movement-has-changed-education-10-success-stories http://oedb.org/library/features/how-the-open-source-movement-has-changed-education-10-success-stories

Sources and credits

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2001/ocw.html

http://oedb.org/library/features/how-the-open-source-movement-has-changed-education-10-success-stories

http://oedb.org/library/features/how-the-open-source-movement-has-changed-education-10-success-stories