[OLPC-Chicago] Fwd: taking an XO to uganda for 2 weeks

[Brian W. Fitzpatrick]

Looping in Jon Trowbridge who I believe has an XO he may or may not be
able to spare.

-Fitz

On Jan 4, 2008 12:23 AM, Andrew Pethan <Andrew.Pethan at students.olin.edu> wrote:
> Just so you know the details, I live in Appleton, WI (near Green Bay)
> and will be driving south to the Milwaukee airport Saturday morning.  I
> will fly to Boston, stay one night, then get on a flight with the rest
> of the group to Uganda.  If I got a laptop from Chicago, I would
> probably have to get it really early Saturday morning before my
> Milwaukee flight.  The further north an XO could travel the better but
> I'll see what I can do.  Thanks so much for checking into this.
> andy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Bicking [mailto:ianb at colorstudy.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 11:32 PM
> To: mel at melchua.com; Brian W. Fitzpatrick; olpc-chicago at laptop.org
> Cc: Andrew Pethan; sj at laptop.org; Nicole Lee
> Subject: Re: Fwd: taking an XO to uganda for 2 weeks
>
> Bringing a laptop to Uganda would be a great thing to do.  I could lend
> you my laptop, though it's always been a little odd with networking.
> But I don't really know if that's a problem with the machine, or the
> networks I'm around, or what.  I'm copying Brian Fitzpatrick at Google
> in Chicago, as they might have extra laptops (they have had some in the
> past).  Also copying the Chicago OLPC group in case anyone else has one
> to spare.
>
> In summary for those just now copied: Andrew is looking to borrow a
> laptop for a trip to Uganda, and he's in Chicago and leaving (I think)
> Sunday.
>
>
>
> Mel Chua wrote:
> > (note to those who don't know: Andy is home in Wisconsin.)
> >
> > I'm getting back to Chicago on Monday, dagnabbit. So I'll just miss
> you
> > and won't be able to loan you my machine. Will you/Ben/Matt/etc have
> net
> > access while you're there? As a fallback plan, you could always
> install
> > Sugar on your laptop and take along some pics/saved wiki pages for
> offline
> > reading.
> >
> > Map of some laptop users in the Chicago area (one Wisconsinite)
> > http://thepete.com/olpcxolpotd-frappr-xo-laptop-user-map/
> > Ian Bicking (cc'd here) is in the Chicago area and might know how to
> get
> > in touch with people with XOs faster.
> >
> > Btw, the last email should have read "If you're in Boston and the 1cc
> > office has no spares..." not "If you're in Boston the 1cc office has
> no
> > spares..."
> >
> > -Mel
> >
> >
> > On Thu, January 3, 2008 22:27, Andrew Pethan wrote:
> >> Yup im home i'll email you tonite
> >> ap
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Mel Chua [mailto:mel at melchua.com]
> >> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 7:52 PM
> >> To: Andrew Pethan
> >> Cc: Samuel Klein; Gregory Marra; Nicole Lee
> >> Subject: Re: Fwd: taking an XO to uganda for 2 weeks
> >>
> >> Andy, where are you right now, seeing as it's winter break? If you're
> >> home, there are some Chicago-area folks that might be able to loan
> you
> >> their XOs. If you're in Boston and the 1cc office has no spares,
> there
> >> should be profs/staff around Olin who can unlock doors and things for
> >> you; I've visited during winter break before.
> >>
> >> -Mel
> >>
> >> ps. I'm back on the internet, kind of. ;) Happy New Year!
> >>
> >> Andrew Pethan wrote:
> >>> I am getting on the plane at around 6am Sunday morning.  If I can
> get
> >> an
> >>> XO that would be awesome, but either way, would love to meet with
> your
> >>> UNICEF or any other contacts you have in Uganda.
> >>> Thanks SJ,
> >>> andy
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Samuel Klein [mailto:sj at laptop.org]
> >>> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 6:13 PM
> >>> To: Andrew Pethan
> >>> Cc: Mel Chua; Gregory Marra; Nicole Lee
> >>> Subject: Re: Fwd: taking an XO to uganda for 2 weeks
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Andy, will you be gone by Sunday?  Also: we have some UNICEF
> contacts
> >>> in Uganda that might be interesting to talk to at any rate; very
> into
> >>> local entrepreneurship and youth.
> >>>
> >>> SJ
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, 3 Jan 2008, Arjun Sarwal wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> SJ
> >>>> Were there 1/2 XOs given to the Olin chapter ?
> >>>>
> >>>> thanks
> >>>> Arjun
> >>>>
> >>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >>>> Date: Jan 3, 2008 5:13 PM
> >>>> Subject: taking an XO to uganda for 2 weeks
> >>>> To: Arjun Sarwal <arjun at laptop.org>
> >>>> From: Andrew Pethan <Andrew.Pethan at students.olin.edu>
> >>>> Cc: Mel Chua <mel at melchua.com>, Nicole Lee
> >>> <Nicole.Lee at students.olin.edu>,
> >>>> Gregory Marra <Gregory.Marra at students.olin.edu>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Hello,
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm Andy Pethan, an Olin student who is very interested in and
> >>> supportive of
> >>>> OLPC.  I will be traveling to Uganda in two days and was wondering
> if
> >>> it was
> >>>> possible to bring an XO with me on the trip.  I'm not sure what
> >> people
> >>> I
> >>>> will be meeting with but think there is a good chance I will make
> >>> contact
> >>>> with some education leaders in Kampala, the capitol city.  If this
> is
> >>> okay
> >>>> to do, I would be able to pick one up on Saturday afternoon.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>>
> >>>> andy
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Arjun Sarwal
> >>>> Intern, One Laptop per Child
> >>>> arjun at laptop.org
> >>>>
> >
> >
>
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