[OLPC-Chicago] [Fwd: chicago or milwaukee jam, april 11-13?]

[Printz, Robert C]

I recently learned of some interest for OLPC in Milwaukee. There are a few professors at the Milwaukee School of Engineering that either have XOs or have them ordered, and there is a senior design team that is in the beginning stages of creating a biomedical device that would work with the XO. Also, I met someone that works with alternative energy sources and has designed solar panels for the XO. There is a Wisconsin thread on http://olpcnews.com/forum that could get a little interest. 
 
Let me know if I can be of any assistance.
 
Robert Printz
B.S. in Management Information Services
Milwaukee School of Engineering
printzr at msoe.edu
Cell: 847-302-5761
**Note: I will be out of town without access to email from Feb 23 - March 2 

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From: olpc-chicago-bounces at lists.laptop.org on behalf of Samuel Klein
Sent: Fri 2/22/2008 5:03 AM
To: Mel Chua
Cc: olpc-chicago at lists.laptop.org
Subject: Re: [OLPC-Chicago] [Fwd: chicago or milwaukee jam, april 11-13?]



It's not confirmed that I will go; I would primarily do it if it seems
a promising opportunity to host a jam and expand the community in
milwaukee.  So let me know if you or friends in the area would be
interested in such a thing; or if you know of groups forming in the
area (at UW & marquette...)

SJ

On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 1:28 AM, Mel Chua <mel at melchua.com> wrote:
> Anyone interested in making it out to WI in April, helping them plan,
>  maybe doing something in Chicago instead (if the location is much easier
>  to get and *lots* of Chicago people want to participate). Note that
>  there will probably be Jams happening in Chicago this summer.
>
>  Since the event SJ is going out for is an entrepreneurship one, it may
>  make sense to have an entrepreneurship-themed Jam - writing business
>  plans for repair centers, making something like the NFTE(.com)
>  curriculum on wiki, etc.
>
>  Discuss on-list, but make sure to cc SJ.
>
>  -Mel
>
>  PS: And Adam - hi!
>
>  ----------
>
>
>  I'm thinking of running a content jam in chi or milwaukee in early/mid
>  april.  What say you?  Mel, I know you'll have other things to worry
>  about by the end of the month.
>
>  Marquette is inviting me to speak on Monday April 14, and could
>  organize a follow-up workshop the next day.  (Do we have any active
>  olpcers in Milwaukee?)  ...it would be more fun for them to organize and
>
>
> sponsor a Jam over the previous weekend (then among other things I
>  could talk about what we'd done on Monday).    If it were held on
>  campus, I'm certain everything would be free, perhaps even catered.
>  If in Chicago, they would at least be a sponsor.
>
>  Let me know what you think / who else to brainstorm with.  we should
>  have a jam there before summer at any rate, to get people excited
>  about the summer studio.
>
>  SJ
>
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