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