[OLPC-Chicago] Chicago Office Needs...

[Kevin Crews]

Bob;

At IMSA it is part of our mission to make the XOs available, and we have a
large-party give many program in the works.

Please point anyone who is interested to
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Chicago_area_bulk_purchase

Thanks!  Let me know if you have any questions.

Kevin

On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 4:19 PM, Robert Myers <rmyers7 at mindspring.com> wrote:

> Mel,
>
> _School_ _Servers_
>
> The XO is part of a system. Those of us that only get to play alone
> aren't getting the whole picture. If we had access to school servers we
> could get a better feel for the whole system.
>
> Getting the Chicago Jabber server up is a good start, but not the whole
> experience.
>
> The only time I've really had a chance to interact with other XOs was
> just about long enough to make me realize that I had no clear idea of
> what to expect.
>
> So I'd suggest in descending order of priority:
>
> 1) WAN school server accessible to Chicago area XO users. Probably
> remote admin access to those who are interested in seeing how this end
> of things works and looks. no local mesh antennas needed.
>
> 2) School server for the Lab-In-A-Van. Full mesh.
>
> 3) School servers for seed labs. Single mesh antenna.
>
> Now that there's an off the shelf spec for a XSX school server
> (http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XSX_Server_Implementation), it should be
> practical to roll our own. The spec notes an Athenatech 600 Series
> Mid-Tower case. The first samples have a really boring silver and black
> one. The same internals are available in jazzier externals with color,
> all at about the same price. How about #605 cases with XO green trim?
> http://www.athenatech.us/ -- click on 'A600 (MidTower)', scroll down to
> A605.
>
> The Active antennas also look like they should be getting easier to
> obtain.
>
> I'd be willing to help assemble and load the servers.
>
> _More_ _XOs_ in peoples hands
>
> I really feel like a buzzkill when I show off my XO and then tell
> someone that they can't have one. How about lobbying for an open Give
> Many, where someone could buy an XO from OLPC Chicago for a Give Many
> price, say $300? Maybe if OLPC were nice they'd even kick back some of
> that to OLPC Chicago to help finance local operations.
>
> A couple of other possible location suggestions (budget allowing).
>
> What about a tech incubator like the NU Evanston Research Park
> 'http://researchpark.com/'?
>
> Are there similar incubator or shared office spaces geared to
> non-profits? Maybe they'd offer a better deal than the commercial shared
> office space you mentioned.
>
> Rather than an apartment with an office shoved in, why not look for a
> live/work loft space?
>
> Bob
>
> PS. I'm located in Evanston and share some of your can't get there from
> here pain. North and south is quick, but going west is nigh on
> impossible. I can only laugh when meetups in Palos are suggested.
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