[Olpc-uk] Marketing - OLPC UK Mission

Wed Jul 8 11:51:08 EDT 2009

thanks faisal, have looked at both of those previously and they appear excellent missions sur, although not sure they reflect the aims of this group (agreed, neither does the OLPC mission exactly). 

an important note is that all i have done is re-arrange most of your content as per my email - very little has been deleted and i have added some points; although the wiki is still to be updated to reflect that.

at any rate given no-one else is really involving themselves in this debate lets take it offline to the marketing / website meeting Dom has called for next wednesday (which of course everyone is invited to).  time and place has not been finalised but i look forward to comparing notes there.

--
Regards,

Michael Jordan
0409 581 323

---- Faisal Sadeq Khan <olpc at sadeq.me.uk> wrote: 
> I see you have changed the page almost beyond recognition.
> *
> *
> *>Your mission was more a start to the objective section than an actual
> mission statement,*
> 
> I don't think so.
> 
> Anyway, have a look at the following:
> 
> The mission of One Laptop Per Child Mali
> 
> http://www.olpcmali.org/about
> 
> One Laptop per Child (OLPC) Australia's mission
> 
> http://www.laptop.org.au/vision/
> 
> <http://www.laptop.org.au/vision/>
> Best wishes.
> 
> Faisal
> 
> --
> One Laptop per Child (OLPC)
> "Opening new opportunities to children the world over."
> http://laptop.org/en/vision
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 2009/7/8 Faisal Sadeq Khan <olpc at sadeq.me.uk>
> 
> > Thanks Michael,
> > I am not sure who wrote the other sections. They're not my thoughts.
> >
> > The initial mission statement was intended to kick start the process for
> > thinking about the purpose of the organisation with a view to soliciting
> > views and input from all members of the organisation in order produce an
> > effective mission statement, it was not the final version, just a draft.  It
> > should be no different from the main OLPC organisation in the overall scheme
> > of things. However, there needs to be a certain amount of localisation to
> > the statement.
> >
> > I will have a read of your input when I can.
> >
> > I think Warren made a 1 line contrbution to the statement.
> > Hopefully, others will jump in.
> > Best wishes.
> >
> > Faisal
> >
> > --
> > One Laptop per Child (OLPC)
> > "Opening new opportunities to children the world over."
> > http://laptop.org/en/vision
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 2009/7/6 <michael_jordan50 at bigpond.com>
> >
> > Thanks Faisal,
> >>
> >> I was aware of your initial efforts, good to see someone starting to think
> >> about the future and direction.  Mission statements by definition embody the
> >> hopes of the organisation and as such i was looking for a contribution from
> >> everyone who wants to be involved.
> >>
> >> i have tidied your wiki page and made a couple of points on it all below:
> >>
> >> Mission
> >> No need to move to far from the main OLPC organisation mission - we are
> >> not aiming to do anything different to them.  However it should reflect our
> >> individual perspective so anyone on the mailing list with thoughts in this
> >> area should send them through ASAP.
> >>
> >> Objectives / What OLPC UK wants to do
> >> Your mission was more a start to the objective section than an actual
> >> mission statement, see below thoughts on a full set of objectives that could
> >> be adopted by the group. Again, individual thoughts and contributions
> >> requested by all.
> >>
> >> Why OLPC UK?
> >> I have changed this entirely as your thoughts were more focused on the
> >> question why the  XO / Sugar which should be a separate section - an
> >> important question in itself.  Why OLPC UK is entirely different question
> >> and should focus on the impact to education of technology and the impact of
> >> education opportunities where there are currently limited options. Draft
> >> versions relating to both questions below
> >>
> >> Full details of all changes i have made and thoughts on additional
> >> sections that could be added to the About OLPC page are pasted below and
> >> available here http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_UK/About
> >>
> >> Thanks and Regards,
> >>
> >> Michael Jordan
> >> 07 8814 64213
> >>
> >> What is OLPC actually planning to achieve? / Objectives
> >>
> >> 1. Create educational opportunities for the UK's most needy children and
> >> schools by providing them with the purpose-built educational tool, the XO
> >> laptop, a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected machine with software
> >> explicitly designed for children, the first of its kind.
> >>
> >> 2. Provide opportunities for the UK to help the nearly two billion
> >> children of the developing world with little or no access to education, by
> >> providing them with the means to contribute content and software designed
> >> for collaborative, joyful and self-empowered learning.
> >>
> >> 3.  Create a community of educators and developers committed to ensuring
> >> the evolution of educationally focused, high quality applicatioins available
> >> for use by children and teachers for learning
> >>
> >> 4. Create awareness of the importance of education to development; and the
> >> impact that contributing to education focused projects worldwide can have on
> >> developing nations and poverty stricken regions
> >>
> >> When children have access to this type of tool they get engaged in their
> >> own education. They learn, share, create, and collaborate. They become
> >> connected to each other, to the world and to a brighter future.
> >>
> >> Why OLPC UK
> >>
> >> OLPC is an organisation aiming to make a real, sustainable difference
> >> worldwide. The continued success of the organisation demands a large
> >> community of contributors across a variety of areas from fund raising
> >> through to developing, from teaching skills through to curriculum creation.
> >> OLPC UK has the opportunity to contribute significantly to OLPC efforts in
> >> each of these areas.
> >>
> >> IN addition the UK school system is a long way from full integration of
> >> technology to the classroom.  As a non-profit organisation focused on
> >> education opportunity through low cost devices we are exceptionally placed
> >> to increase the quality of educaiton and especially the integration of
> >> technology into the UK school system.
> >>
> >> Why XO / Sugar
> >>
> >> Our collective future is dependent on our children's ability to develop
> >> creative problem-solving and collaboration skills, which is not the same as
> >> “excelling” in the use of one word processor versus another.
> >>
> >> In order to provide a rich learning experience to as many of the world’s
> >> children as possible, it is critical to not just provide computers to
> >> children, but to ensure that the software that runs on the computers
> >> maximizes the potential for engaging in activities that promote learning:
> >> exploration, expression, and collaboration. We want to help children,
> >> parents, teachers, and schools participate in, improve, and help others the
> >> best educational opportunities.
> >>
> >> The XO, combined with the Sugar operating system achieve these aims, and
> >> at a fraction of the cost of other units.  Their open source approach
> >> ensures quality content provided free to all for learning and development
> >> purposes. They have been created to make possible the goal of One Laptop Per
> >> Child worldwide
> >>
> >> For more detail see OLPC and SugarLabs.
> >>
> >> ---- Faisal Sadeq Khan <olpc at sadeq.me.uk> wrote:
> >> > Most of the information requested can be found here:
> >> >
> >> > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_UK/About
> >> > Including the mission statement.
> >> >
> >> > Please use this as the basis for any comments or views.
> >> > <http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_UK/About>
> >> > Best wishes.
> >> >
> >> > Faisal
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > One Laptop per Child (OLPC)
> >> > "Opening new opportunities to children the world over."
> >> > http://laptop.org/en/vision
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > 2009/6/28 Michael Jordan <michael_jordan50 at bigpond.com>
> >> >
> >> > >  Good afternoon everyone,
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > I think it an important thing to define what OLPC UK is trying to
> >> achieve.
> >> > > Most importantly, defining a mission ( or for the anti marketing among
> >> us –
> >> > > about us / what we do) will assist in ensuring consistency of message
> >> across
> >> > > all public media about what it is that OLPC UK is trying to achieve.
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > The mission is aimed at why do you want to be involved, why would you
> >> like
> >> > > OLPC UK to succeed? Simply from collating this from all interest
> >> parties we
> >> > > can ensure the organisation is designed to achieve the aims of all
> >> members –
> >> > > and ensure the public receive a consistent, professional message from
> >> all
> >> > > media.
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > It would be great if everyone could take 5 minutes to put one line
> >> together
> >> > > answering these questions to ensure this organisation is moving in the
> >> right
> >> > > direction.
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > Regards,
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > Michael Jordan
> >> > >
> >> > > 07 8814 64213
> >> > >
> >> > > _______________________________________________
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> >> > > Olpc-uk at lists.laptop.org
> >> > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-uk
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >>
> >>
> >