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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Hello Gede & Dean:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Yes, I am on the OLPC list serve as well,
and am happy to hear from you. I have been in <st1:place w:st="on">Bali</st1:place>
with an XO laptop since December 2007. During that time I’ve been
demonstrating the laptop to various Yayasans and schools. My objective
has been to foster grassroots support and carry that information to OLPC for
the purposes of seeding the units to appropriate institutions here in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Indonesia</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
It’s been a valuable experience for me as I’ve met many people in the
small educational communities that could benefit from the XO laptop. During
this time I’ve also seen OLPC change their strategy. From the website it
seems they are only interested in selling the units in lots of no less than
10,000. This is a change from previous tactics where units could be
purchased in lots of 300. Phone calls and emails to the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Cambridge</st1:place></st1:City> offices of OLPC go unreturned, and
it’s apparent the enterprise is under duress as they struggle to find
their place in the world. All the while Intel’s Classmate laptop
(with Windows XP) seems to be gaining visibility. A recent article in the
Jakarta Post focused on the Classmate while barely mentioning OLPC. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>About me, I am a 57-year-old technology
worker from <st1:City w:st="on">Seattle</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Washington</st1:State>
in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
I have been coming to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Indonesia</st1:place></st1:country-region>
for 15 years, the first time under sponsorship of my city government. I’ve
been active in a Sister City Association between <st1:City w:st="on">Seattle</st1:City>
and <st1:City w:st="on">Surabaya</st1:City>, and have a small US-based
foundation that identifies and supports small projects within <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Indonesia</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
We are not an NGO and, no, we don’t have money. But we have the
energy and ingenuity to identify communities of need and, I hope, advise OLPC
of these needs. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I’d like to know more about your
interests in this program, and explore how and if we might work together to
forward this invaluable project within <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Indonesia</st1:place></st1:country-region>. I am here until
the end of May, and then return to my home in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Seattle</st1:place></st1:City>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Warm regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dennis N. Raymond<br>
</span></font><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'><a
href="mailto:dennisnr@comcast.net"><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>dennisnr@comcast.net</span></font></a></span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'><br>
+62 087 8610-40100 phone</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Gede Suparsa
[mailto:gede.suparsa@gmail.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, April 22, 2008 5:23
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b>
olpc-indonesia@lists.laptop.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Olpc-indonesia]
Anyone still active on OLPC Indonesia?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Well Dean it looks like
just you and me on this list.<br>
<br>
I think what might be a good start would be translating some of the existing
material into Bahasa.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 11:10 AM, Dean Boulding < > wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I joined a few months ago and yours is the first message I've seen!<br>
<br>
I'd be interested in helping out, but I don't have the time to take on<br>
a leadership role at this time. Anybody else out there?<br>
<br>
Dean<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 6:56 PM, Gede Suparsa <<a
href="mailto:gede.suparsa@gmail.com">gede.suparsa@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi There,<br>
><br>
> Is anyone still active on this list contributing to the OLPC project?<br>
><br>
> I'm new and would like to know what's happening and where I can help out?<br>
><br>
> -Gede<br>
> ps: That's right, my name is Gede - anaknya <st1:place w:st="on">Bali</st1:place>.<br>
><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'>> _______________________________________________<br>
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> <a href="http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-indonesia"
target="_blank">http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-indonesia</a><br>
><br>
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