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[Nettime-nl] 1st OLPC NL meeting: 15 Dec 2007, 2 PM, in Amsterdam |
Onderwerp: 1st OLPC NL meeting: 15 Dec 2007, 2 PM, in Amsterdam Datum: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 14:55:42 +0100 Van: Sabine Hengeveld-Auer <sabine.hengeveld@gmail.com> Aan: contact@olpc-nl.org
Hallo,
you are invited to join our first informal gathering, the very beginning of the Dutch OLPC grassroots group. OLPC stands for 'One Laptop Per Child', the non-profit project more commonly known as the '100 $ Laptop initiative' (see 'General Information' below).
As a grassroots initiative, we aim to build a network of people that are genuinely interested in OLPC and have fun in contributing to projects with whatever expertise they have. Contributions can range from software, hardware, content, documentation, pedagogical input for programs to designing laptop-bags, organizing cooperations with other projects or raising awareness.
Interested? Then pop by at our OLPC-NL wiki - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Netherlands - and our first meeting on Saturday.
/*** Please forward this invitation to all people (mailinglists) you think are interested in the subject.. We want to promote this informal meeting only P2P and every help to spread the word is appreciated. Thank you.***/
*The meeting*
* *When:* Saturday, December 15th 2007, starting at 2 pm
* *Where:* 'Canvas op de 7e' (Horeca & Exhibitions), Wibautstraat 150 (oude Volkskrant gebouw), 1091 GR Amsterdam; take the elevator to the 7th floor.
* *Getting there:* I won't even get started about parking your car in Amsterdam... but the Metro station Wibautstraat is basically in front of the building (btw, all metro lines from central station will stop at Wibautstraat).
* *Available infrastructure at the location:* fast and free wireless, a beamer, enough comfty seats, an open bar and a spectacular view.
* *Agenda: *The idea of this Saturday afternoon is an informal, pleasant and enjoyable get-together. We plan a short intro on OLPC, OLPC-NL, XO and Sugar, we will have several XOs available for demonstrations, and some people will show what they've been working on so far. We'd like to discuss necessary organizational aspects of our grassroots group. Also, we'll attempt a livestream with the European OPLC grassroots meeting in Vienna. Please check http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC-NL_meetings for updates.
* General Information*
* What is OLPC*
OLPC is an education project - the idea is that children get the opportunity to playfully learn to use computers, and to explore, experiment and express themselves this way. Children easily acquire skills when using the computers, some might even go further into programming. Either way, this learning experience gives chances to their lives, they would otherwise not have. Some developing countries have already ordered large numbers of XOs to give to pupils in their countries, also quite a number of XOs can be given to children in poor regions due to the ongoing Give 1 Get 1 program. The deployment of the first mass produced XOs has started recently in Uruguay. The official OLPC website: http://www.laptop.org/en/index.shtml The official OLPC wiki: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Main_Page <http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Main_Page>
*Hardware*
*Software*
All software on the XO is free and open source software. Open standards are used for the same reason: transparency is empowering and allows to develop further, as it gives to its users the 'freedom to reshape, reinvent, and reapply their software, hardware, and content.' Learn more about software: http://www.laptop.org/en/laptop/software/specs.shtml
See you Saturday,
Sabine Hengeveld-Auer & Bastiaan Bakker
e-mail: contact@olpc-nl.org <mailto:contact@olpc-nl.org> OLPC-NL wiki: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Netherlands OLPC-NL mailingllist: http://lists.lo-res.org/mailman/listinfo/olpc-nl
Disclaimer: We are not speaking on behalf of OLPC, we are just people that want to contribute to the project.
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