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<DIV>I'll get back to you in September to borrow 1 XO laptop, and maybe in the meantime I'll find a way to get them with programs in Arabic.</DIV>
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<DIV>Good luck with all the computers arriving from the States.</DIV>
<DIV>Benedicte<BR></DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Daniel Drake <dsd@laptop.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Benedicte Clarkson <secbms@yahoo.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> olpc-uk@lists.laptop.org<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, July 9, 2009 11:32:09 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Olpc-uk] Marketing - OLPC UK Mission and the BRitish Moroccan Society<BR></FONT><BR>Hi Benedicte,<BR><BR>On Thu, 2009-07-09 at 11:00 +0100, Martin Dengler wrote:<BR>> On Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 02:43:46AM -0700, Benedicte Clarkson wrote:<BR>> <BR>> > and I am missing something because last time I looked at the project<BR>> > proposal form, it said you can borrow up to 10 laptops to start<BR>> > with.<BR><BR>The 2 laptops that you are going to borrow from OLPC UK are simply for<BR>exploratory purposes, for use here in the UK.
We'll expect you to return<BR>them after a short time. Please do not take them to Morocco.<BR><BR>The purpose of us lending you these laptops for a short time is so that<BR>you can familiarize yourself with what the laptops can and cannot do. Am<BR>I right in thinking that you have not spent much time with XOs<BR>in-the-flesh before now?<BR><BR>After you have spent some time locally with the 2 XOs that we lend you,<BR>you will be able to write a concrete proposal to the OLPC Contributors<BR>Program (based in the US, coordinated by Adam Holt) for obtaining a<BR>larger number of laptops, for a longer time period (or perhaps even<BR>permanently).<BR><BR>The thing is, the contributors program does not just give out laptops to<BR>anyone, you need a good and solid proposal. It's in your interest and<BR>theirs that your project is feasible. However, you cannot really write a<BR>good proposal without having experience with XOs first - so that's where<BR>OLPC
UK's lending library comes in to help you. You borrow 2 laptops<BR>from OLPC UK, learn as much as you can from them, use them to plan<BR>exactly what will happen in your project in Morocco, and then you return<BR>the laptops to OLPC UK. Next, you write up that plan and send it to<BR><A href="mailto:contributors@laptop.org" ymailto="mailto:contributors@laptop.org">contributors@laptop.org</A> including a request for (e.g.) 10 laptops to<BR>take to Morocco.<BR><BR>Does that make sense?<BR><BR>Daniel<BR><BR><BR></DIV></DIV></div><br>
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