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<DIV><SPAN class=906420102-03062008><FONT size=2>By the way, when and where is
the next meeting? I'd like to try to attend.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>James Shields<BR></FONT></P>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
olpc-philippines-bounces@lists.laptop.org
[mailto:olpc-philippines-bounces@lists.laptop.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Rowen
Remis Iral<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 03, 2008 9:51 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
olpc-philippines@lists.laptop.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Olpc-philippines] This
was the Meeting Minutes last April 27, 2008<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<TD vAlign=top><BR>Hi Everyone,<BR><BR>This has been a great effort with
Charles' activities. By the way, I'm hoping that some of you will
help the OLPC Philippines to find ways on how we can help PBSP and other
interested parties to purchase XO machines for schools.<BR><BR>On the
other hand, OLPC-PH Enterprise is here to help you with deploying
servers and help in configuration of specialized knowledge websites for
education. We also have some partner connection for establishing a
net-connected school or community at a lower price.<BR><BR>We also set
up plans on having a hardware clone for the XO, if there are people out
there who can help, give us a mail and we'll work on it. PBSP
agreed on our plans to roll out using this method if this is
faster.<BR><BR>Wifi works with the XO, i have tried it already with
AirBorneAccess.net especially when I'm out for
meeting.<BR><BR>wenmi<BR>Project
Manager<BR>http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Philippines<BR>--------------------------------------<BR><BR>Date:
Sun, 18 May 2008 20:05:17 +1000 (EST)<BR>From: Charles Chen
<ideasman88@yahoo.com.au><BR>Subject: OLPC PH Get together of 27
Apr 2007 and OLPC AUS<BR><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1212457355_1
style="BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; CURSOR: pointer; BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,102,204) 1px dashed; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial"></SPAN>CC:
Willie Pertubal<BR><BR>
<DIV>Hello Everybody,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>1. Get together of 27 Apr 2007 at Starbucks Greenbelt </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The meeting had only 4 members present but there was Rowen and
Chief Mike who advise regrets on their inability to come to the
meeting. Sandeep, myself (Charles) and Harv Viray (who joined us as
a new member last year) were only ones present. Willie Pertubal, who I
recruited as a new member joined us as the 4th person in the
meeting.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I brought 1 of the XOs given by OLPC Boston to show to everybody.
We tried to work out how to access the internet using the wifi of
Starbucks but none of us was able to work out how to do this.This was
one of the technical problems PBSP had in testing the XO. They were
unable to access the web using the broadband access they had in the
office as well as using a SMART modem. The Starbucks wifi was powered by
Globe Telecom. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Discussing our future plans for <SPAN class=yshortcuts
id=lw_1212457355_3
style="CURSOR: pointer; BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,102,204) 1px dashed">OLPC</SPAN>, the
following information was shared:</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>OLPC PH Pilot</DIV>
<DIV>PBSP who I approached as a partner for this purpose is still
considering our proposal. They are also still evaluating the technical
features of XO for their own online program. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>At the same time, Don Bosco Mandaluyong has started with their
evaluation of XO and their technical requirements. I am told they are
able to get the XO to access the web inside the campus using an open
source application. Assuming, they agree to do the pilot in the
elementary level of the school, we will start with a business model
of an initial 200 XOs. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>OLPC Foundation</DIV>
<DIV>Moving forward, I have advised the group I will start with
the formation and formal registration of the Philippine OLPC
foundation. This will enable us to have a formal entity
to manage our activities. I have asked Willie to assist me in
managing this task. I will appreciate all of your help and
support in assisting me and Willie in this task. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>2. OLPC AUS </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>OLPC AUS was organised this week and got started with an
information evening last Friday in Sydney. I got to meet Dr Barry
Vercoe, the OLPC Asia-Pacific Liaison and the core group who shared
with more than 60 people present the plan of OLPC AUS to be
the resource hub to serve the OLPC needs of Australia and the 22
island countries who are members of the South Pacific Commission
(American Samoa, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM),
Fiji Islands, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, <SPAN class=yshortcuts
id=lw_1212457355_4
style="CURSOR: pointer; BORDER-BOTTOM: rgb(0,102,204) 1px dashed">Marshall
Islands</SPAN>, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands
(CNMI), Palau, Papua New Guinea (PNG), Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Solomon
Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna).</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I have made representations with OLPC AUS to share the
wealth of its technical expertise with OLPC PH particularly with
planned pilots to be done in the South Pacific islands which
has similar characteristics with the Philippines. Furthermore, I will be
proposing that OLPC PH to play a similar role to cover the other 9
member countries of ASEAN (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia,
Mynamar, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam). At the moment only Laos has a
core group.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Working with OLPC AUS will enable OLPC PH to access the needed
resources available and leverage them for rolling them out in
the Philippines and the rest of the ASEAN region. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Thanks.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>Charles</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>