<div>Hi all,</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for the invitation. <br></div><div><br></div><div>1)</div><div><br></div><div>The meeting I called last week on OLPC's IRC meeting channel did not go ahead due to lack of interest and participants.</div>
<div><br></div><div>After speaking to Dom, we concluded that it was better to cancel the meeting.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>2)</div><div><br></div><div>I originally thought that one of the participants of the IRC meeting would then feed back the results to the main face-to-face meeting as I was not in a position to attend.</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>3)</div><div><br></div><div>If someone could look into how charity status can be gained, then that will make finding a cheaper location that much easier.<br></div><div><br></div><br clear="all">
Best wishes.<br><br>Faisal<br><br>--<br>One Laptop per Child (OLPC) <br>"Opening new opportunities to children the world over."<br><a href="http://laptop.org/en/vision">http://laptop.org/en/vision</a><br><br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Michael Jordan schrieb:<br>
> Good afternoon everyone,<br>
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> Just a reminder that the next meeting of the OLPC UK group is on:<br>
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> Date: Wednesday 27^th May<br>
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> Arrival: 6:00pm<br>
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> Start: 6:30pm (Sharp)<br>
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> Finish: 8:30pm<br>
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> Venue: TBC – No option suitable to all has been uncovered that costs<br>
> less than £175 – if we have sufficient RSVP’s prepared to contribute to<br>
> venue hire we could run with that option which is the Holiday Inn at<br>
> Kings Cross<br>
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> Catering: TBC<br>
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> Please RSVP by COB Friday to ensure that we know how many people we need<br>
> to accommodate.<br>
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> There will be two main objectives for this meeting:<br>
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> · Pilot Update: ensure all involved in the pilot are across<br>
> where it is at, and that any roles that need to be filled are discussed<br>
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> · OLPC UK: look toward planning of the next phases of growth and<br>
> promotion<br>
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> To facilitate this I have drafted the following agenda:<br>
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> 1. Pilot September 2009<br>
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> a. Progress Update (Warren Pimm)<br>
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> b. Deployment Issues and Requirements (Peter Robinson)<br>
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> c. Curriculum Issues and Requirements<br>
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> d. Pilot Discussion<br>
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> 2. OLPC UK Promotion<br>
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> a. Minutes from IRC Chat (Faisal Sadeq Khan)<br>
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> b. Logo Concepts<br>
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> c. Goals of promotion activity<br>
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> d. PR Concepts – Pilot Focused<br>
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> e. Website Updated (Dom Baker)<br>
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> f. Draft Timeline of Promotion Activity<br>
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> 3. OLPC UK Organisation<br>
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> a. Charity Organisation registration – the requirements and pitfalls<br>
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> b. Open Discussion – timing of formal organisation creation<br>
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> Any further details or agenda items would be appreciated; please advise<br>
> ASAP.<br>
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> Regards,<br>
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> Michael Jordan<br>
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> 07 8814 64213<br>
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