Thank you .I am very happy because so many people have responded to the need of the hour.<br>Satish,now that we have clear three groups: the tech team,the sales team and the lets-do -it- team with their immense grassroots level knowledge and exposure to the education system and its attendant problems ,can you formally start a group for us?<br>
We can put our heads together and not only formulate a strategy but also try and find means to take this forward.<br>Government and hence banks are going to be a huge issue but may be we can find a way around it?<br>Avadhanulu has listed has created a great workable list-may be we can work on it step by step?which means:<br>
How to order and the price is step one<br>Warm regards<br>Gowri<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 11:35 AM, JV Avadhanulu <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jv@auroville.org.in">jv@auroville.org.in</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><font size="2" color="#000080">I am really glad to see that the discussion is
moving to the real issues.I am pasting part of my mail of 10th July</font></div>
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<div><font size="2" color="#000080"><b>I am listing some of the major
issues in Auroville pilot ( and I think they would be common to many
other such efforts / projects)<br>1. The pilot starts with small numbers. How to
order and get them at a reasonable price. </b></font></div>
<div><font size="2" color="#000080"><b>2. Need for CDs of XO-1 and XS
images/ installation software. These are so huge that many people cant down load
them<br>3. Training of teachers and technical teams<br>4. A transition plan from
the conventional teaching of today to OLPC based education. This may involve
some courseware and interactive learning packages to be developed broadly in
line with 'standard syllabus'. This would be a huge task<br>5. A help line to
get technical support when the local resources run into a wall.<br>6. The
negative stance of the Government is big dampener and inhibits School
Administrators and potential funders. Can we do something to shift negative
stance of the Government?</b></font></div>
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<div><font size="2" color="#000080"><b>I request other pilot projects /
deployment coordinators to add to this list</b></font></div></div>
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<div>Regards,<br>JV Avadhanulu<br>+91-9443797563</div>
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<b>From:</b>
<a title="usha.gowri@gmail.com" href="mailto:usha.gowri@gmail.com" target="_blank">Usha
Gowri</a> </div>
<div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>To:</b> <a title="india@lists.laptop.org" href="mailto:india@lists.laptop.org" target="_blank">india@lists.laptop.org</a> </div>
<div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, November 08, 2008 11:03
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<div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OLPC India] India Digest,
Vol 24, Issue 17</div>
<div><br></div>My response to Seth is:<br><br><img style="margin: 0pt 0.2ex; vertical-align: middle;" goomoji="323"> <img style="margin: 0pt 0.2ex; vertical-align: middle;" goomoji="33A"> <img style="margin: 0pt 0.2ex; vertical-align: middle;" goomoji="1B2"><br>
For
Gods sake this is like dressing up and no where to go<br>XO tech blah blah
blah-and then we have to keep it in a photo frame and admire it<br>Get to the
brass track folks<br>First where are we selling it and how and where are the
more important support systems like teacher training
<br>G<br><br><br><br>Message: 1<br>> Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 11:30:19
+0530<br>> From: "Sayamindu Dasgupta" <<a href="mailto:sayamindu@laptop.org" target="_blank">sayamindu@laptop.org</a>><br>>
Subject: [OLPC India] Help the G1G1 marketing effort<br>> To: "localization
list olpc" <<a href="mailto:localization@lists.laptop.org" target="_blank">localization@lists.laptop.org</a>
<div>>,
"Seth<br>> Woodworth" <<a href="mailto:seth@isforinsects.com" target="_blank">seth@isforinsects.com</a>>, <a href="mailto:editors@olpcnews.com" target="_blank">editors@olpcnews.com</a>,
grassroots<br>> <<a href="mailto:grassroots@lists.laptop.org" target="_blank">grassroots@lists.laptop.org</a>>,
olpc <<a href="mailto:india@lists.laptop.org" target="_blank">india@lists.laptop.org</a>><br>>
Message-ID:<br>> <<a href="mailto:a1314bfe0811062200x1378137ave58ef4b8a3daad5a@mail.gmail.com" target="_blank">a1314bfe0811062200x1378137ave58ef4b8a3daad5a@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8<br>><br>> Hello
everyone,<br>><br>> Recently Seth Woodworth posted a list of
words/phrases which can be<br>> translated and used in the upcoming Give
One Get One marketing<br>> campaign. I have added those strings to
Pootle<br>> (<a href="https://dev.laptop.org/translate/projects/olpc/" target="_blank">https://dev.laptop.org/translate/projects/olpc/</a>). It would
be awesome<br>> if you can translate as many of those strings as possible
within the<br>> next few days (this is a bit urgent as we need the
translations pretty<br>> soon). Please let me know (<a href="mailto:sayamindu@laptop.org" target="_blank">sayamindu@laptop.org</a>) if you face
any<br>> issues with the translations/our Pootle
server.<br>><br>><br>?????????,<br>????? ?????? ?? ??? ??????? ???? ??
???? ?????? ???? ????, ??? ???? ??????? ??????? ?<br>???? ???????? ?? ????
??-?? ?????? ?? ???? ?? ??? ?? ??? ??. ???? ?? ???? ?? ?????<br>??? ???????
??? ?????? ?? ???? ???? ?? ???? ?? ???? ??? ????? ?? ??? ??? ?????.
??<br>????? ?? ??????? ???? ?? ???? ???? ????
????.<br><br><br><br>???<br></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Gowri<br>VP-Intl
Marketing<br><a href="http://www.globalcubeit.com" target="_blank">www.globalcubeit.com</a><br><a href="http://www.usasiaedu.com" target="_blank">www.usasiaedu.com</a><br>"The world is full of
abundance and opportunity, but >far too many people come to the fountain of
life with a sieve instead of a tank >car... a teaspoon instead of a steam
shovel. They expect little and as a result >they get little." ~ Ben
Sweetland <br><br><br>"Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an
obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose."Dr. Wayne
Dyer<br><br><br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br> Gowri<br>VP-Intl Marketing<br><a href="http://www.globalcubeit.com">www.globalcubeit.com</a><br><a href="http://www.usasiaedu.com">www.usasiaedu.com</a><br>"The world is full of abundance and opportunity, but >far too many people come to the fountain of life with a sieve instead of a tank >car... a teaspoon instead of a steam shovel. They expect little and as a result >they get little." ~ Ben Sweetland <br>
<br><br>"Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose."Dr. Wayne Dyer<br><br><br>