[OLPC_Boston] OLPC_Boston Digest, Vol 6, Issue 1

[Abe fakemen]

maybe you could be a part of the give many group? its my understanding that
there is an organization which basically  gets all the various groups which
needs odd number of XOs together and then orders one big supply of them and
ships them out to the individual groups.

On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 12:00 PM, <olpc_boston-request at lists.laptop.org>wrote:

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> I am an educator in a very rural, very poor community in Maine. How do I
> find out about getting OLPC in my school?
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> Any information would help.
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> Rene Albison
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> From: "Diane Serley" <olpc.aunti.mame at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [OLPC_Boston] becoming a olpc school
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> Rene,
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> Normally I'd suggest talking with a local XO User Group to get started, but
> I don't know of one in central or northern Maine. So here's the good news
> and the bad news...
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> The good news: the official OLPC FAQ page has this note: *"A number of U.S.
> states and cities have approached OLPC and expressed interest in the
> program. It is up to the relevant officials of a government entity or
> organization to contact us by emailing countries at laptop.org to start a
> dialogue."*
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> The bad news: OLPC usually deals with much larger organizations. Note that
> the email address is *countries@*, not *myschool@*.
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> Having said that, there are small, school-based pilots happening. If your
> needs are very small (e.g., 1-room schoolhouse with few students), you
> might
> try to get a local social (Elks, Shriners, etc.) or business (Chamber of
> Commerce, Rotary, etc) organization to partner with the school and purchase
> XOs through the up-coming "Give One, Get One" program. If your needs are
> larger, I'd recommend the countries@ contact.
>
> As an added bonus, there are employees of OLPC who are on this list and
> they
> might contact you. (hint, hint, nudge, nudge) The organization is currently
> in a big crunch to get an operating system update released, so you may not
> hear from anyone immediatley.
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> Diane Serley
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> On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 9:09 PM, Stephen Albison <smalbison at gmail.com>
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> > I am an educator in a very rural, very poor community in Maine. How do I
> > find out about getting OLPC in my school?
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> > Any information would help.
> >
> > Rene Albison
> > ralbison at augustaschools.org
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