[Olpc-philippines] PBSP partnership proposal

[Mel Chua]

Charles (and all),

Congratulations!

Have you seen http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Developers_program ? (They're 
redesigning the process right now, so it's a little slower than usual.)

I'd recommend writing up a proposal of how many laptops you want, for 
how long, how soon, and why - what you're going to do with them, who the 
beneficiaries will be, who will be responsible for them (and what 
qualifications and experiences they have), and whether you're willing to 
pass the machines to another group when you're done using them. (This 
description makes it sound longer and more formal than it actually is - 
3-4 paragraphs should be more than adequate for everything.)

Having a clear statement of what you want and why will make it easier to 
pass this information on to the right people. I'll be at the Boston 
office this coming weekend, so if you have that proposal/request written 
up by Saturday, I can ask in person then. (Please post the request to 
the wiki and email us the link so we can spread the word).

If you could also update the wiki with the information you've just 
posted, that would be great! Let's try to keep communication channels open.

-Mel

Charles Chen wrote:
> This is to inform all the members of OLPC PH that I had met two weeks 
> ago with the officials of the Philippine Business for Social Progress 
> (PBSP), the country's largest NGO in working in partership in 
> establishing an OLPC pilot to be done with the primary school level of 
> the Don Bosco Technical College in Mandaluyong.
>  
> The benefit OLPC PH gains with this partnership are:
> 1. The financial resources and business resources of PBSP being the 
> largest NGO in the country with some of the largest corporations as 
> member donors. PBSP is currently headed by Manny Pangilinan, CEO of 
> PLDT. Please see enclosed link for further information about PBSP.
>  
> http://www.pbsp.org.ph/
>  
> Aside from helping OLPC PH to validate a business model that can be used 
> to easily replicate the success of such pilot in public schools in other 
> parts of the country, PBSP can support OLPC PH by developing the needed 
> governance practices we need to implement this program. At the moment, 
> PBSP is currently evaluating the project requirements of this pilot as 
> well as the possible use of the OX for its own educational program. 
> Their program initially aims to provide about 20,000 laptops and will be 
> a big boost to OLPC PH if they find OX suitable for their needs.
>  
> 2. The technical expertise and infrastructure resources of the Don Bosco 
> Technical College. The school is part of the religous order of the 
> Salesians that run the various Don Bosco schools in the country known 
> for their technical and vocational training. This particular school has 
> a Electronics and Communications Engineering Department which the pilot 
> can tap its faculty and students for technical support in addition of 
> using their technical facilities for this purpose. In addition, their 
> primary school classrooms are already wired for internet access.
>  
> http://www.dbtc.edu.ph/
>  
> One urgent need I have is to provide for PBSP for their further 
> evaluation is obtaining the latest OX as the ones available with OLPC PH 
> are not the current versions. I need to provide them one as soon as 
> possible in preparation for a executive committee presentation scheduled 
> for this purpose next month.
>  
> If anyone within the group who can assist me in obtaining the current 
> version, I will appreciate this very much. Through Sandeep's help I have 
> already approached Robert Fadel of OLPC US and am still awaiting a response.
>  
> Thanks.
>  
> Charles
> 
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>     We are having some news there in the blog.
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>     Also I'm also planning to join school server projects. Let's keep
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