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1: It looked fake as the registration details seemed to have been deliberately hidden. Someone with little to hide may not choose to so in the event of a public cause.<br><br>2: A volunteer effort should be seen as a volunteer effort, not an official part of an organization when it is not.<br><br>3: Would anyone be able to create an UN South Asia? Or Amnesty South Asia or Transparency International South Asia without being embroiled in immediate legal challenges?<br><br>4: OLPC South Asia gives the impression of being a regional body of OLPC, which it is clearly not.<br><br>5: When India and China organizations were announced, there was an official press release: http://www.google.co.in/#hl=en&q=satish-jha%2Banthony-wong+olpc&aq=&aqi=&aql=&oq=satish-jha%2Banthony-wong+olpc&gs_rfai=&fp=22e37276bca27659<br><br>Do we have an official press release for OLPC South Asia as well?<br><br>Clarity usually helps. Such voluntary efforts create more confusion than good.<br><br>Governments do not like to purchase from organizations with no defined structures either.<br><br>Quite possible the effort is full of goodwill. But while some volunteers may feel excited about it, its going to harm the cause of OLPC<br><br><div>Sincerely,<BR>
S Adhikari<BR></div><br><br><br><br>> From: sverma@sfsu.edu<br>> Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:55:22 -0700<br>> Subject: Re: [OLPC India] Fake OLPC South Asia<br>> To: adhikaris@hotmail.com<br>> CC: india@lists.laptop.org<br>> <br>> I wouldn't characterize it as fake. Its a volunteer effort just like<br>> http://olpc-france.org , http://olpcsf.org/<br>> http://olpclearningclub.org/ etc. blog.laptop.org, OLPC's official<br>> blog site recently wrote about olpcsouthasia.<br>> http://blog.laptop.org/2010/08/25/olpc-south-asia-takes-flight/<br>> <br>> cheers,<br>> Sameer<br>> -- <br>> Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.<br>> Associate Professor, Information Systems<br>> Director, Campus Business Solutions<br>> San Francisco State University<br>> http://verma.sfsu.edu/<br>> http://opensource.sfsu.edu/<br>> http://cbs.sfsu.edu/<br>> http://is.sfsu.edu/<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 4:46 AM, Saurabh Adhikari <adhikaris@hotmail.com> wrote:<br>> > Someone has created a fake website claiming OLPC South Asia name without<br>> > authority..<br>> > If they volunteers they may choose to have volunteers added to their site<br>> > name.<br>> > The details are as follows:<br>> ><br>> > Domain ID:D159846854-LROR<br>> > Domain Name:OLPCSOUTHASIA.ORG<br>> > Created On:08-Aug-2010 04:54:08 UTC<br>> > Last Updated On:08-Aug-2010 04:54:08 UTC<br>> > Expiration Date:08-Aug-2011 04:54:08 UTC<br>> > Sponsoring Registrar:Directi Internet Solutions Pvt. Ltd. d/b/a<br>> > PublicDomainRegistry.com (R27-LROR)<br>> > Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED<br>> > Status:TRANSFER PROHIBITED<br>> > Registrant ID:PP-SP-001<br>> > Registrant Name:Domain Admin<br>> > Registrant Organization:PrivacyProtect.org<br>> > Registrant Street1:P.O. Box 97<br>> > Registrant Street2:Note - All Postal Mails Rejected, visit<br>> > Privacyprotect.org<br>> > Registrant Street3:<br>> > Registrant City:Moergestel<br>> > Registrant State/Province:<br>> > Registrant Postal Code:5066 ZH<br>> > Registrant Country:NL<br>> > Registrant Phone:+45.36946676<br>> > Registrant Phone Ext.:<br>> > Registrant FAX:<br>> > Registrant FAX Ext.:<br>> > Registrant Email:contact@privacyprotect.org<br>> > Admin ID:PP-SP-001<br>> > Admin Name:Domain Admin<br>> > Admin Organization:PrivacyProtect.org<br>> > Admin Street1:P.O. Box 97<br>> > Admin Street2:Note - All Postal Mails Rejected, visit Privacyprotect.org<br>> > Admin Street3:<br>> > Admin City:Moergestel<br>> > Admin State/Province:<br>> > Admin Postal Code:5066 ZH<br>> > Admin Country:NL<br>> > Admin Phone:+45.36946676<br>> > Admin Phone Ext.:<br>> > Admin FAX:<br>> > Admin FAX Ext.:<br>> > Admin Email:contact@privacyprotect.org<br>> > Tech ID:PP-SP-001<br>> > Tech Name:Domain Admin<br>> > Tech Organization:PrivacyProtect.org<br>> > Tech Street1:P.O. Box 97<br>> > Tech Street2:Note - All Postal Mails Rejected, visit Privacyprotect.org<br>> > Tech Street3:<br>> > Tech City:Moergestel<br>> > Tech State/Province:<br>> > Tech Postal Code:5066 ZH<br>> > Tech Country:NL<br>> > Tech Phone:+45.36946676<br>> > Tech Phone Ext.:<br>> > Tech FAX:<br>> > Tech FAX Ext.:<br>> > Tech Email:contact@privacyprotect.org<br>> > Name Server:NS13.M2HOST.COM<br>> > Name Server:NS14.M2HOST.COM<br>> > Name Server:<br>> > Name Server:<br>> > Name Server:<br>> > Name Server:<br>> > Name Server:<br>> > Name Server:<br>> > Name Server:<br>> > Name Server:<br>> > Name Server:<br>> > Name Server:<br>> > Name Server:<br>> > DNSSEC:Unsigned<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > Sincerely,<br>> > S Adhikari<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > India mailing list<br>> > India@lists.laptop.org<br>> > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/india<br>> ><br>> ><br> </body>
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