[OLPC-SF] June meeting items...

[Sameer Verma]

Edward Cherlin wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 10:54 PM, Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>> Usually we have freeform meetings, but if anyone is interested in
>> presenting some of their work or talking about interesting ideas, let me
>> know and I'll put you up on the agenda.
>>     
>
> I can talk a bit about Sugar Labs, the Illinois Children's Low-Cost
> Laptop Act, and planning for XO events at various conferences, all
> things that I have a hand in. When some of my friends get their
> software ready to submit as XO activities, I can give demos, but we
> aren't at that point yet.
>
>   

Hi Ed,

Sorry about the late response. I was traveling and I just got back to 
SF. A general talk on Sugarlabs would be terrific. Other topics that you 
have been working on would be good too. As for demos, we should start 
planning out a list of items and perhaps populate the wiki page so that 
we have a "trove" of items that can be addressed each month and have 
some spillover for the next couple of months. I'll keep on looking for 
meeting spaces in the mean time so that we can keep the momentum going.

Everyone on the list: *Please* feel free to pitch in!!! I have mentioned 
this before and I do so again. Don't let me be the bottleneck. This is 
your group too. Populate the wiki with ideas and let's get that fountain 
of ideas going.

>> Additionally, announcing
>> specific topics in advance might bring in people who are interested in
>> what you are doing with your XO or OLPC in general. I hope we can get
>> some folks from Google at the meeting and hear from them if they have
>> any OLPC-related projects to share.
>>     
>
> Make sure to let Chris DiBona know, and send announcements to the
> BayPiggies list. Guido van Rossum attends fairly frequently.
>
>   

Chris already knows, but can't make it. If any of you are on BayPiggies, 
please forward the meeting info. Other lists, please do the same. The 
more the merrier. The Google location holds about 50 people.


Sameer

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Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Information Systems
San Francisco State University
San Francisco CA 94132 USA
http://verma.sfsu.edu/
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