Hi Martin,<br><br>Thanks for the info. I've tried to login to the sites, but keep getting a timeout.<br><br>I assume its just busy, so I'll try again later.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Jon<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 4:00 AM, <<a href="mailto:grassroots-request@lists.laptop.org">grassroots-request@lists.laptop.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:04:52 +0200<br>
From: Marten Vijn <<a href="mailto:info@martenvijn.nl">info@martenvijn.nl</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [Grassroots-l] Uganda<br>
To: Jon Chamberlain <<a href="mailto:jonachamberlain@gmail.com">jonachamberlain@gmail.com</a>><br>
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Jon,<br>
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You may want to meet/get friends on the i-network mailinglist.<br>
I forwarded your question.<br>
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<a href="http://www.i-network.or.ug" target="_blank">http://www.i-network.or.ug</a><br>
<a href="http://www.dgroups.org/groups/i-network/index.cfm?op=main&cat_id=1520" target="_blank">http://www.dgroups.org/groups/i-network/index.cfm?op=main&cat_id=1520</a><br>
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kind regards,<br>
Marten<br>
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On Wed, 2008-06-11 at 10:09 +1200, Jon Chamberlain wrote:<br>
> Howdy,<br>
><br>
> I am moving my family to Uganda, and one of my goals for the trip is<br>
> to use my skills and knowledge for community-development initiatives.<br>
> I have already made a few good contacts in Uganda through the<br>
> <a href="http://nabuur.com" target="_blank">nabuur.com</a> community project site, but many of them seem to focus on<br>
> 'recycling' old computers for community-based projects across the<br>
> country.<br>
><br>
> However, as someone with a good technical background, a pro-'open<br>
> source' attitude and a career in IT project management, I wondered if<br>
> there an opportunity to become an advocate for the OLPC programme in<br>
> Uganda?<br>
><br>
> Is anyone working on OLPC in Uganda? If not, how would I get something<br>
> off the ground?<br>
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> Cheers<br>
> Jon<br>
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