[OLPC-SF] [IAEP] [Olpc-open] OLPC-SF March meeting: Ethiopia

Andreas Gros andigros72 at gmail.com
Sun Mar 12 00:51:10 EST 2017


Thanks, Chris!
We'll keep you guys in mind when we do localization. I'm surprised that
there is so little in Amharic, as there seem to have been a couple of
state-sponsored deployments in Ethiopia.

Andi

On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 2:58 PM Chris Leonard <cjlhomeaddress at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I'd love to get in touch with the speaker to talk about getting any
> locally performed Amharic localization upstreamed to our Pootle
> server.
>
> https://translate.sugarlabs.org/am/
>
> And to explore the possibility of getting more Amharic, or Oromo
> volunteers (possibly ex-pats) working on localization.
>
> I understand that English is the language-of-instruction, but it would
> possibly help with bridgi g to English.
>
> cjl
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 4:43 PM, Mike Lee <curiouslee at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I just watched here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4-GpTa-pJ0
> >
> > Inspiring!
> >
> > On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 4:26 PM, Adam Holt <holt at laptop.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 1:19 PM, Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Youtube stream should be here: http://youtube.com/-4-GpTa-pJ0
> >>
> >>
> >> Did an alternative URL show up?
> >>
> >> No worries, and thanks to Andi for keeping Ethiopia in the OLPC family
> >> after many famous attempts over the years ;)
> >>
> >>
> >>> Sameer
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 9:42 AM, Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote:
> >>> > Likely on Hangouts/YouTube at YouTube.com/olpcsf
> >>> >
> >>> > I'm on the train, getting there, but will ask Aaron to confirm and
> post
> >>> > update.
> >>> >
> >>> > Sameer
> >>> >
> >>> > On Mar 11, 2017 8:18 AM, "Samson Goddy" <samsongoddy at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>> >>
> >>> >> I was thinking about the possibility too. It would be nice to see
> the
> >>> >> live
> >>> >> coverage.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> On 11 Mar 2017 5:05 pm, "Dave Crossland" <dave at lab6.com> wrote:
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Will anyone run a Facebook live video of the presentation? :)
> >>> >>
> >>> >> On Mar 7, 2017 11:46 AM, "Aaron Borden" <adborden at live.com> wrote:
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Hello folks,
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> OLPC San Francisco will be hosting our monthly meeting Saturday,
> >>> >>> March 11th, from 10AM - 1PM at the downtown SFSU campus, 835 Market
> >>> >>> Street, 6th floor, room 609. Please RSVP[1].
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> This month, the **new** OLPC XO-NL3 Laptop is going to Ethiopia.
> Come
> >>> >>> and
> >>> >>> see the new device at work. We'll have a discussion with the
> project
> >>> >>> lead Andres Gros of Facebook and project computer expert Sameer
> Verma
> >>> >>> of
> >>> >>> SFSU. Discussion will be moderated by Alex Kleider.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> We will have Ethiopian coffee and light snacks.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Agenda
> >>> >>> - Meet and greet
> >>> >>> - Ethiopia and the new OLPC XO-NL3 Laptop
> >>> >>> - Project updates
> >>> >>> - Project working time
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Our meetings are held on the second Saturday of every month.
> Everyone
> >>> >>> is
> >>> >>> welcome to join us for our monthly meeting! We'll be discussing the
> >>> >>> latest in OLPC events and give updates on our local (and global)
> >>> >>> projects. There will be plenty of XO laptops with the latest builds
> >>> >>> to
> >>> >>> play around with, too.
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> [1]
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>>
> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/olpc-sf-march-meeting-ethiopia-tickets-8350942895
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>>
> >>> >>> Facebook https://www.facebook.com/events/1812685709045722/
> >>> >>> Google+ https://plus.google.com/events/c9fkbhafqujutd4bqb1as28il70
> >>> >>>
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> >>> >>
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
> >>> Professor, Information Systems
> >>> San Francisco State University
> >>> http://verma.sfsu.edu/
> >>> _______________________________________________
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> >>>
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