This is great, thank you Sameer.<br><br>one addition: our flickr can be reached at <a href="http://flickr.com/olpc">http://flickr.com/olpc</a> as well as <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/olpc">flickr.com/photos/olpc</a><br>
<br>Just FYI.<br><br>--Seth<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 10:49 PM, Sameer Verma <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sverma@sfsu.edu">sverma@sfsu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Information Management Systems Association (IMSA) is a student<br>
organization on our campus (disclaimer: I'm their faculty advisor).<br>
IMSA decided to raise $199 through a collection of small amounts of,<br>
well, any amount. We figured people wouldn't want to part with $199,<br>
but denominations of $5 or $10 makes it a lot easier on the pocket.<br>
So, IMSA is running a micro-donation drive to raise this money.<br>
<br>
The e-mail I sent out to my colleagues and friends (some of whom are<br>
on these lists) is:<br>
<br>
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<br>
I am writing to you as the faculty advisor for Information Management<br>
Systems Association (IMSA), a student organization on campus and their<br>
micro-donation drive for OLPC.<br>
<br>
This year, you can donate $399 towards two OLPC laptops, where you get<br>
one back and the other goes to some child in an under-developed<br>
nation. Pretty cool if you want to be seen in public with a strange<br>
green laptop! If you don't like the undue public attention though, you<br>
can simply donate $199 and one laptop will go to a child somewhere. If<br>
you missed the pictures of these laptops in use, see them all at<br>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/olpc" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/olpc</a><br>
<br>
IMSA has come up with a micro-donation drive, where they are<br>
collecting -any- amount, and when it adds up to $199, they will donate<br>
it to OLPC towards an OLPC laptop. So, if you're feeling generous, but<br>
not quite in the $199 range, visit IMSA's page at<br>
<a href="http://imsa.sfsu.edu/olpc" target="_blank">http://imsa.sfsu.edu/olpc</a> and donate whatever you can. They'll take<br>
cash, check and even credit cards via Paypal. For check or cash, you<br>
can write to Chas Yen, President IMSA (<a href="mailto:cyen@sfsu.edu">cyen@sfsu.edu</a>) or simply reply<br>
to me (<a href="mailto:sverma@sfsu.edu">sverma@sfsu.edu</a>) and someone will pick it up from you.<br>
<br>
So maybe skip a cup of coffee or that suspect muffin at 4pm, and pass<br>
along the cheer towards a great cause. <a href="http://imsa.sfsu.edu/olpc" target="_blank">http://imsa.sfsu.edu/olpc</a><br>
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<br>
<br>
Here's the surprise. We raised enough money for two laptops in less<br>
than 48 hours!<br>
<br>
Feel free to visit them and donate. <a href="http://imsa.sfsu.edu/olpcdonate" target="_blank">http://imsa.sfsu.edu/olpcdonate</a> or<br>
send it to your friends. Also feel free to replicate the process in<br>
your own circles! It may sound like chump change, but we now have two<br>
additional XOs that will go to some kid some place :-)<br>
<br>
cheers,<br>
Sameer<br>
--<br>
Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.<br>
Associate Professor of Information Systems<br>
San Francisco State University<br>
San Francisco CA 94132 USA<br>
<a href="http://verma.sfsu.edu/" target="_blank">http://verma.sfsu.edu/</a><br>
<a href="http://opensource.sfsu.edu/" target="_blank">http://opensource.sfsu.edu/</a><br>
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