[Olpc-za] [Fwd: OLPC in S.A.]

[Morgan Collett]

SJ, It's the Meraka Institute. I'm trying to get contacts there
through multiple people - they don't have much of a web presence.

Regards
Morgan

On 2/27/08, Samuel Klein <sj at laptop.org> wrote:
> Antoine, meet Whitney and Neo, now in Soweto.  We were just talking about
> how they could start testing a school server setup, and preparing for the
> machines that are to arrive in the coming weeks.  They could use help from
> people with experience with XO upgrades, network tweaking, server
> customization (such as installing new software / services and even filters
> :/ )  and Linux administration in general; possibly also from someone who
> has done XO hardware hacking and sugar development.
>
> Morgan, which was the group working on a wireless project near Soweto?
>
> Cheers,
> SJ
>
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 10:12 AM, Morgan Collett <morgan.collett at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Paul
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Antoine van Gelder
> > <children at laptop.org.za> wrote:
> > >
> > >  OLPC-ZA- I'd like to get some additional information on what you all
> > are
> > >  doing, capable of, etc.  I'm a student in the states coordinating an
> > >  implementation project in S. Africa this August.  We'll be
> > participating in
> > >  the Give Many Program, 100 laptops to a community in Cape Town.
> >
> > Wow, awesome!
> >
> > We have a very active Linux community in Cape Town, with a good number
> > of people involved in community volunteer programs from time to time.
> > We'll definitely get people involved.
> >
> > I'm a developer with Collabora, working on the Sugar collaboration
> > stack using Telepathy and Jabber - so OLPC is my day job and I'll be
> > available to assist with technical issues with the deployment. (I'm in
> > Cape Town...)
> >
> > Whitney Hunter-Thomson is a volunteer who has come to Soweto to help
> > set up a similar 100 laptop deployment at Kliptown Youth Project. I'm
> > sure she and her team will introduce themselves on the list and let us
> > know how that is going.
> >
> > Regards
> > Morgan
> >
>

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