Hi Greg<br><br>We have been loaned laptops by olpc foundation to assist globally by testing Sugar and its activities on olpc hardware. We can also use these laptops for broadening awareness of the olpc initiative by taking them to events and conferences so people can try them out and ask us questions.<br>
<br>Martin (olpc's School Server Architect) and I sent two laptops to Christchurch and they were not used. So they went back to Wellington. We tried again and sent two laptops back to Christchurch but again they were not used. This was the unfortunate reality of the last two years trying to get a Christchurch testing community setup. These two laptops sat idle for months on end while the testers in Wellington and Auckland who did turn up every week and devote significant hours to the project were without the benefit of having XO hardware in front of them. <br>
<br>There is someone who owns an XO laptop who lives in Christchurch. He goes by the nickname "lerc" and can be found at screamingduck. If you are looking for a real name, I believe it is Neil Graham. He does some interesting things - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58UmxHryq8E">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58UmxHryq8E</a> - with his XO. Lerc does not run Sugar on his XO. <br>
<br>If there was a chance that Christchurch is ready for attempt number 3 then we can look at sending some XOs back. The rules for having XOs are that the tester/event-hopper reports back each week on what they are doing with the XO. If people want to get involved, then starting with Sugar on a Stick or running Sugar in virtual box and starting to talk regularly on the mailing list with us is a good place to begin. <br>
<br>Tabitha<br><br><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 21 September 2010 08:01, Gregory Baker <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gbaker555@gmail.com">gbaker555@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi both<br>
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I'm not sure what the above means. Are there laptop owners in Christchurch who are active, or does this refer to something else?<br>
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Regards<br>
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Greg<br>
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On Sep 20, 2010, at 11:42 PM, Tim McNamara <<a href="mailto:mcnamara.tim@gmail.com">mcnamara.tim@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Tabitha,<br>
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> Let me know if there is a better place for the laptops that have recently migrated. Wiki is up to date.<br>
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> Tim<br>
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