[OLPC_Boston] Sunday 4PM Talk @ OLPC: 11 Years Deploying Computers in South African Schools

[Holt]

Drinks and snacks will be provided for this fantastic talk (Kendall Sq / 
1 Cambridge Center) but I ask that everybody RSVP today, thanks!!


Holt wrote:
> Please join us *Sunday 4PM (Eastern Time in Boston/NYC) July 18*, by 
> calling:
>
>     +1 (712) 432-3030
>     Conference Code: 637497
>
> Live Chat Backchannel:
>
>     http://forum.laptop.org/chat (that's *#olpc-help* on irc.freenode.net)
>
> Alan & Donna have revised their talk description, and will be happy to 
> take difficult questions.  Hope to see you in Cambridge/Kendall Sq 
> this Sunday 4pm -- plz RSVP early if you require directions!*
>
> *
>
>     *Sunday July 18 - Eleven Years Deploying Computers in South
>     African Schools*
>     By Alan Field & Donna Wainwright, in person at OLPC in Cambridge, MA.
>
>         Alan and Donna will discuss what has succeeded and what has
>     failed in
>         providing old Macs for students in 30 township and rural
>     schools in
>         South Africa. They will describe how the needs of economically
>         stressed communities challenge our Western assumptions about how
>         things will work.  Come learn some tough and vital lessons
>     about the
>         place of technology in education as South Africa strives to
>     build a
>         successful post-apartheid nation. To visualize their school
>     settings
>         better, first look at pictures at: http://tinyurl.com/7v36p8
>
>
>     *Sunday July 25 NOON - East Africa and West Africa OLPC Community
>     Public Brunch*
>     NYC/Bronx Location announced hereunder -- plz RSVP now to holt @
>     laptop dot org, thx!
>
>         http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_NYC
>         http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-nyc/
>         http://twitter.com/olpcnyc
>
>
>     *Sunday Aug 1 - From Viet Cong to Venture Capital to Vietnam
>     Community (TENTATIVE)*
>     Location/Parti-Pants to be announced.
>
>         How has OLPC's Vietnam Community progressed so far, so fast,
>     in just 1 year?
>         http://olpc.vn
>         http://saigonolpc.wordpress.com
>         http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Vietnam
>         http://groups.google.com/group/olpc-vietnam/
>         http://web.me.com/seanlaurence/olpc/olpc.html
>         http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog/nsevers/4/tpod.html
>         http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects/Vung_Vieng_Fishing_Vietnam
>     *
>     Sunday Aug 8 - What's Really Happening in India, at the Grassroots
>     Level? (TENTATIVE)
>     *Locations to be announced.
>
>         The astonishing number of volunteers and informal community
>     projects
>         in India makes it hard to keep track of them all.  Professor
>     Sameer Verma
>         in San Francisco will explain how these amazing community
>     volunteers
>         and corporate professionals scattered across the Indian
>     subcontinent
>         can now take their contributions to the next level.
>
>
> /REMINDER: meetings are for OLPC volunteers/staff, and accompanying 
> friends who are willing to help Make S---^h^h^hUPPORT Happen!! Please 
> remember to RSVP :)
> /
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