[Community-news] [sugar] where is Walter?

[Edward Cherlin]

On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 12:10 PM, Wes Kussmaul <wes at authentrus.com> wrote:
> Edward Cherlin wrote:
>
>  > I recently wrote to Nicholas about Illinois HB5000, the Children's
>  > Low-Cost Laptop Act, and received no reply.
>
>  Yeah, I know the feeling. I recently wrote to the CEO of General Motors about customizing my minivan for my work and
>  didn't hear back either...

What's this hostility about? Does it accomplish something?

>  OLPC now has a big installed base and that means its leadership has lots of pressing responsibilities. It's leaving the
>  collegial club behind as it undergoes the wrenching transformation into a global enterprise.

Illinois wants to spend $50 million in a pilot project to put laptops
into 300 schools, a project bigger than all of Give One Get One, and I
can't the time of day from management. The official line is that
Illinois doesn't count. Only getting XOs to poor kids in developing
countries counts.

>  Your Earth Treasury has worthwhile and compatible goals - as do some hundreds of other OLPC related organizations. If in
>  that environment you manage to get some of Nicholas's time and attention you should consider yourself lucky.

Not me and my piddly little NGO, the State of Illinois! They are the
ones being stiffed. Barack Obama has proposed increasing US foreign
aid to $50 billion annually, including a $2 billion Global Education
Fund. What is he going to hear from his political friends in Illinois
about OLPC?

>  Wes Kussmaul
>
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Edward Cherlin
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