Hi-<br><br>Good work Charles! Just posted an excerpt to all OLPC Philippines members on the Facebook site.<br><br>Hi Mel: How are you? I'll be going to Cambridge to attend this:<br><br><b>OLPC News Boston Meetup</b><br>
Saturday, March 8 at 5pm<br>
<a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/cosi-cambridge">Kendal Square Cosi</a><br>
290 Main St, Cambridge<br><br>Hope you're there so we can discuss how to get at least one <font size="2"><b>XO</b></font> to Charles asap.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Sandeep<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 12:00 PM, <<a href="mailto:olpc-philippines-request@lists.laptop.org">olpc-philippines-request@lists.laptop.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:49:08 -0500<br>
From: Mel Chua <<a href="mailto:mel@melchua.com">mel@melchua.com</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [Olpc-philippines] PBSP partnership proposal<br>
To: Charles Chen <<a href="mailto:ideasman88@yahoo.com.au">ideasman88@yahoo.com.au</a>><br>
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Charles (and all),<br>
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Congratulations!<br>
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Have you seen <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Developers_program" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Developers_program</a> ? (They're<br>
redesigning the process right now, so it's a little slower than usual.)<br>
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I'd recommend writing up a proposal of how many laptops you want, for<br>
how long, how soon, and why - what you're going to do with them, who the<br>
beneficiaries will be, who will be responsible for them (and what<br>
qualifications and experiences they have), and whether you're willing to<br>
pass the machines to another group when you're done using them. (This<br>
description makes it sound longer and more formal than it actually is -<br>
3-4 paragraphs should be more than adequate for everything.)<br>
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Having a clear statement of what you want and why will make it easier to<br>
pass this information on to the right people. I'll be at the Boston<br>
office this coming weekend, so if you have that proposal/request written<br>
up by Saturday, I can ask in person then. (Please post the request to<br>
the wiki and email us the link so we can spread the word).<br>
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If you could also update the wiki with the information you've just<br>
posted, that would be great! Let's try to keep communication channels open.<br>
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-Mel<br>
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Charles Chen wrote:<br>
> This is to inform all the members of OLPC PH that I had met two weeks<br>
> ago with the officials of the Philippine Business for Social Progress<br>
> (PBSP), the country's largest NGO in working in partership in<br>
> establishing an OLPC pilot to be done with the primary school level of<br>
> the Don Bosco Technical College in Mandaluyong.<br>
><br>
> The benefit OLPC PH gains with this partnership are:<br>
> 1. The financial resources and business resources of PBSP being the<br>
> largest NGO in the country with some of the largest corporations as<br>
> member donors. PBSP is currently headed by Manny Pangilinan, CEO of<br>
> PLDT. Please see enclosed link for further information about PBSP.<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.pbsp.org.ph/" target="_blank">http://www.pbsp.org.ph/</a><br>
><br>
> Aside from helping OLPC PH to validate a business model that can be used<br>
> to easily replicate the success of such pilot in public schools in other<br>
> parts of the country, PBSP can support OLPC PH by developing the needed<br>
> governance practices we need to implement this program. At the moment,<br>
> PBSP is currently evaluating the project requirements of this pilot as<br>
> well as the possible use of the OX for its own educational program.<br>
> Their program initially aims to provide about 20,000 laptops and will be<br>
> a big boost to OLPC PH if they find OX suitable for their needs.<br>
><br>
> 2. The technical expertise and infrastructure resources of the Don Bosco<br>
> Technical College. The school is part of the religous order of the<br>
> Salesians that run the various Don Bosco schools in the country known<br>
> for their technical and vocational training. This particular school has<br>
> a Electronics and Communications Engineering Department which the pilot<br>
> can tap its faculty and students for technical support in addition of<br>
> using their technical facilities for this purpose. In addition, their<br>
> primary school classrooms are already wired for internet access.<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.dbtc.edu.ph/" target="_blank">http://www.dbtc.edu.ph/</a><br>
><br>
> One urgent need I have is to provide for PBSP for their further<br>
> evaluation is obtaining the latest OX as the ones available with OLPC PH<br>
> are not the current versions. I need to provide them one as soon as<br>
> possible in preparation for a executive committee presentation scheduled<br>
> for this purpose next month.<br>
><br>
> If anyone within the group who can assist me in obtaining the current<br>
> version, I will appreciate this very much. Through Sandeep's help I have<br>
> already approached Robert Fadel of OLPC US and am still awaiting a response.<br>
><br>
> Thanks.<br>
><br>
> Charles<br>
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> From: Rowen Remis Iral<br>
> Subject: [Olpc-philippines] Please check wiki and contribute - OLPC<br>
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> We are having some news there in the blog.<br>
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> Also I'm also planning to join school server projects. Let's keep<br>
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> Please keep in touch with Tim and Chief Mike.<br>
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> Thank you.<br>
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