[OLPC India] FW: One Laptop per Child in India: Picking up momentum...

[Saurabh Adhikari]

I am sorry I forwarded this to the list.. There must be some reason why it was not sent to this list by the author.

The source is the email it was sent from..




Sincerely,

S Adhikari



 

> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:05:14 +0530
> Subject: Re: [OLPC India] FW: One Laptop per Child in India: Picking up momentum...
> From: foss.mailinglists at gmail.com
> To: adhikaris at hotmail.com
> CC: india at lists.laptop.org
> 
> 2009/3/30 Saurabh Adhikari <adhikaris at hotmail.com>:
> > On 3/28/09, Satish Jha OLPC <satish at laptop.org> wrote:
> >
> > Soon after being asked to support the India initiative by Prof Negroponte, I
> > spent sometime understanding the lay of the land and concluded that we
> > should target reaching 3 Million children by Dec 2009.
> >
> > It was not an easy goal and much energy had to be devoted to getting my team
> > to understand how to move forward. Finally, we have a team that understands
> > our goal and is moving as advised. The results have been encouraging.
> >
> > Our first significant success came last week when one state government took
> > the decision to support 150,000 children with OLPC's XO.
> >
> > Yesterday another state requested for 70,000.
> >
> > Three more are hoping to decide within the next week and another 3 in the
> > next 4 to 6 weeks.
> >
> > The election model code of conduct has slowed down the progress a bit as
> > most officers will also be on observation duties for much of April.
> >
> > But the momentum is beginning to build up and I hope that we succeed in our
> > goal.
> >
> > I look forward to your support in whichever way you believe can help us
> > reach our goal.
> 
> Would it be possible to point to the canonical source of the mail
> quoted above ? And, in order to assess how one can support, it would
> be a good idea to share a bit more details about what areas need
> tender loving care. As of now, the above mail is more of a
> memo/announcement and, not a 'call for support'
> 
> 
> 
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