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OLPC's Lidet Tilahun, currently based out of Ethiopia -- who helps
coordinate/negotiate many large OLPC projects in their early stages
around Africa, is sadly unable to join us due to a wedding -- but will
call in Sunday approx 2PM or soon after our meal.<br>
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We are honored to have her presence, and deep voice of experience,
however briefly!<br>
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Great I've received over a dozen RSVP's for Noon Sunday (incl 3+
deployment people very recently returned from East/West Africa) but the
restaurant wants a more precise count -- plz RSVP to me now if you
haven't!<br>
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Marife Mago wrote:
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<div>can we include here our initial meet-up can be earlier
before
brunch or after brunch?</div>
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Yes, let's meet afterwards 2PM or soon after, for those serious about
driving forward partic projects.<br>
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I'm quite happy to improvise walking to a nearby park/cafe/oceanfront
etc at that time -- Soundview Park is just a few min to the South, or
we can follow others' suggestions...<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Holt <span
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<pre>Why:
OLPC/Sugar community volunteers working in East Africa (Uganda,
Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, etc) updating each/others working in West
Africa (Ghana, Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso, etc) on their progress.
The restaurant is a few blocks away from where the famous incident
of Guinean immigrant Amadou Diallo occurred. The restaurant building
is connected to the NYS Assemblyman Diaz clinic named after Diallo.
We might even allow discussion of Sao Tome & Principe from
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://bethstepsup.blogspot.com/"
target="_blank">http://bethstepsup.blogspot.com</a> since Beth is in fact flying thru
NYC on her way back from Africa, exactly then :)
Date:
12 NOON
Sunday July 25th
Location:
Fouta Food Corp Restaurant
1762 Westchester Ave (Subway #6 Uptown Bronx St. Lawrence station)
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Between Commonwealth & St Lawrence Aves.
Bronx NY 10472
Tel: 718 792 1700
Owner / Manager: Amadou
Menu:
We've spoken to Amadou and he intends to provide West African's best.
The menu is very affordable. He'll be glad to know what would be
your favorite dishes, wishing the very best for our team!
Please forward as appropriate, joining our open-community conversation:
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target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_NYC</a>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://twitter.com/olpcnyc"
target="_blank">http://twitter.com/olpcnyc</a>
1729 and Present Day Maps:</pre>
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