Dear Ms Gowri,<br><br>We appreciate your concern with regard to people just looking for information as to when and how; to have to look through a lot of technical posts on the mailing list.<br><br>We are in the process of developing a database and mechanisms on the wiki to co-ordinate efforts of organizations/people wanting to get involved with OLPC in India.
<br><br>You might also want to have a look at the 'Give Many' program (part of the G1G1) starting in November., which allows you to buy 100+/1000+/10000+ laptops <br><a href="http://laptopfoundation.org/participate/givemany.shtml" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://laptopfoundation.org/participate/givemany.shtml</a><br><br><br>Also, I'd recommend all related queries to also be copied to
<a href="mailto:olpc-india@laptop.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">olpc-india@laptop.org</a> which is the email id for the OLPC- India foundation, which would be spearheading distribution efforts in India.
<br><br><br>Thank you for your interest.<br><br>Regards,<br>Arjun
<br><br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/25/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Usha Gowri</b> <<a href="mailto:usha.gowri@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">usha.gowri@gmail.com
</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div>I have been following up with the digest and am wondering if it is a good idea to have two sets of digests-one for the technical folks and the other for those of us waiting to buy the computers and start using them in the rural areas.
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<div>The Government has been keen to implement ICTs and computer based education in rural schools as also in the Government and corporation schools.It will be a good idea to start the process and to work with volunteers like me who have been in this space for a long time to fire -fight or pro-actively solve problems so typical to an Indian
environment.For us ,bottle necks are the in things and we know how to get past them.</div>
<div>So it might be a good idea to help those of us waiting to start ,by formulating a plan and setting off the process.</div>
<div>I am sure the whole thing looks daunting -the sheer size of the country and differences-the bottlenecks-but starting is a good way to go ahead.</div>
<div>Also because we have thought out methods and ways of reaching an exciting-oh-so useful -product like this to many and the uncertainty is definitely worrying .</div>
<div>Warm regards</div><span>
<div>Gowri</div>
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