[Grassroots-l] OLPC in DR/Dominican Republic & Haiti [68078]

[Holt]

  Dear Isabella,

Can we have an OLPC dinner in Santo Domingo early evening Saturday Oct 
30?  I arrive from OLPC's Boston office that afternoon, and will be 
working with OLPC's volunteer coordinator for the Dominican Republic 
(Ivan, himself also a volunteer).  We would love to see you and others 
if so!

We'll be discussing OLPC/Sugar-like opportunities in the DR and Haiti 
first and foremost, inviting anybody you and Ivan feel will contribute 
to the discussion.

While also sharing details from the OLPC/Sugar Community's largest ever 
contributor/volunteer summit, taking place just 1 week prior in San 
Francisco:

     http://olpcSF.org/CommunitySummit2010/people.php

Thanks for considering!  Please invite the people you believe take 
modernizing education most seriously, no matter their age -- or all 28 
million from the Caribbean's most populous island if you prefer, where I 
can't wait to set foot ;)
--Holt (OLPC Community Support Manager)

/PS I'm paying for this 2-week Haiti exploration myself, as my 1st ever 
vacation from OLPC in 3 years, trying to rebuild this Port-au-Prince 
school (http://blueTarpSchool.blogspot.com) with a group of close 
friends, and very strongly welcome suggestions from all./


On 10/5/2010 3:05 PM, Isabella Linares Barrientos wrote:
> Thanks! i will contact them! Thanks!!
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 9:14 AM, Bastien <bastien.guerry at wikimedia.fr 
> <mailto:bastien.guerry at wikimedia.fr>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Isabella,
>
>     I would recommend you taking a close look at this program:
>
>     http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors_program
>
>     You can get XO for small projects through it, this is a good step
>     toward larger deployements.
>
>     OLPC talks with governments: contacts between Dominican Republic
>     and OLPC need to be quite formal at some point, depending on how
>     much the country is prepared to commit into a deployment.
>
>     But the larger OLPC community (essentially made of volunteers like
>     me) is always here to provide advice and help at any scale, so feel
>     free to start your own project and to let things blossom from there.
>
>     All the best,
>
>     --
>      Bastien
>
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