[OLPC-SF] RE Sameer: portable power sources

Sat Aug 8 15:38:48 EDT 2009

For power supply at the picnic we can bring UPS battery backup power
supplies.... if anyone else has some .... should give us a few hours each.
There may be outdoor "landscaper's outlets" at the park .

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> From: Grant Bowman <grantbow at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [OLPC-SF] this month's meeting...
> To: Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu>, Jack Deslippe
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> If Ed doesn't respond in time, Jack Deslippe and I are planning on
> going down to the picnic as well and can have at least one XO-1 on the
> table to facilitate discussion.  I will also be going over to the
> Fremont SV-LUG Installfest to talk with Rick Moen about his install
> server he's working on.  Rick and I discussed this idea on the
> conspire mailing list a bit.
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> Sameer, will you be posting these two items to opensource.sfsu.edu pretty
> soon?
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> Grant
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> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Sameer Verma<sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote:
> > I've heard back from a few people about meeting down in Sunnyvale at the
> > 18th Picnix event (http://www.linuxpicnic.org/twiki/bin/view/Picnix18/)
> on
> > the 15th. I have also heard back from the group that is doing a
> deployment
> > in South Africa. They will have updates for us and would like to come to
> a
> > meeting and do a presentation. There is some activity afoot with the
> Starr
> > King group. Maybe we'll get an update from them soon?
> >
> > Here's what I propose: We meet on the 15th in Sunnyvale for OLPC-SF &
> > Picnix, and see if we can do a regular meeting on the 22nd in downtown
> SF.
> >
> > Ed (Cherlin), can you coordinate some of the things for the 15th @
> Picnix?
> >
> > cheers,
> > Sameer
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> > Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
> > Associate Professor of Information Systems
> > San Francisco State University
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> Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 02:20:17 -0700
> From: Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [OLPC-SF] this month's meeting...
> To: Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu>
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> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Sameer Verma<sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote:
> > I've heard back from a few people about meeting down in Sunnyvale at the
> > 18th Picnix event (http://www.linuxpicnic.org/twiki/bin/view/Picnix18/)
> on
> > the 15th. I have also heard back from the group that is doing a
> deployment
> > in South Africa. They will have updates for us and would like to come to
> a
> > meeting and do a presentation. There is some activity afoot with the
> Starr
> > King group. Maybe we'll get an update from them soon?
>
> We have a tentative arrangement with Kipp SF Academy, also for this fall.
>
> > Here's what I propose: We meet on the 15th in Sunnyvale for OLPC-SF &
> > Picnix, and see if we can do a regular meeting on the 22nd in downtown
> SF.
> >
> > Ed (Cherlin), can you coordinate some of the things for the 15th @
> Picnix?
>
> Certainly. Please note that the event is from 11 am to 5 pm. This
> information is provided on the #linuxpicnic IRC channel, but not on
> the Web page.
>
> http://www.linuxpicnic.org/twiki/bin/view/Picnix18/WebHome
>
> Volunteers are needed for setup beforehand, during the event, and for
> cleanup.
>
> Everybody, please let me know if you can bring XOs, Sugar on a Stick,
> or Sugar on any other kind of Linux. I will have all three, with some
> lesson demos.
>
> Does anybody have a child who can demonstrate Sugar to attendees?
>
> Does anybody have spare XO battery packs? Does anyone have a c that we can
> use, either 12 V DC or standard AC? We would
> need extension cords to go with it. I can bring some, including power
> squids, and a DC-AC converter made for an auto lighter socket. I'll
> find out whether we can park a car nearby for recharging.
>
> What literature should we bring?
>
>  What else?
>
> > cheers,
> > Sameer
> > --
> > Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
> > Associate Professor of Information Systems
> > San Francisco State University
> > San Francisco CA 94132 USA
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