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Drinks and snacks will be provided for this fantastic talk (Kendall Sq
/ 1 Cambridge Center) but I ask that everybody RSVP today, thanks!!<br>
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Holt wrote:
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<div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-western">Please join us <b>Sunday
4PM (Eastern Time in Boston/NYC) July 18</b>, by
calling:<br>
<br>
+1 (712) 432-3030<br>
Conference Code: 637497<br>
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<div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-western">Live
Chat Backchannel:<br>
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<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://forum.laptop.org/chat">http://forum.laptop.org/chat</a>
(that's <b>#olpc-help</b>
on irc.freenode.net)<br>
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<div><font color="#000000">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!<b><br>
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<blockquote><font color="#000000"><b>Sunday July 18 - Eleven Years
Deploying
Computers in South African Schools</b></font><br>
<font color="#000000">By Alan Field & Donna Wainwright, in
person
at OLPC in Cambridge,
MA.<br>
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<div><font color="#000000"> Alan and Donna will discuss what has
succeeded and what has failed in<br>
providing old Macs for students in 30
township and rural schools in<br>
South Africa. They will describe how the
needs of economically<br>
stressed communities challenge our Western
assumptions about how<br>
things will work. Come learn some tough
and vital lessons about the<br>
place of technology in education as South
Africa strives to build a<br>
successful post-apartheid nation. To
visualize their school settings<br>
better, first look at pictures
at:<font face="Lucida Grande"> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://tinyurl.com/7v36p8">http://tinyurl.com/7v36p8</a></font></font><br>
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<b>Sunday July 25 NOON - East Africa and West Africa OLPC
Community
Public Brunch</b><br>
NYC/Bronx Location announced hereunder -- plz RSVP now to holt @ laptop
dot org, thx!<br>
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="ecxecxmoz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_NYC">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_NYC</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="ecxecxmoz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-nyc/">http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-nyc/</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="ecxecxmoz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://twitter.com/olpcnyc">http://twitter.com/olpcnyc</a><br>
<br>
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<b>Sunday Aug 1 - From Viet Cong to Venture Capital to Vietnam
Community (TENTATIVE)</b><br>
Location/Parti-Pants to be announced.<br>
<br>
How has OLPC's Vietnam Community progressed so far, so fast, in
just 1 year?<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="ecxecxmoz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://olpc.vn">http://olpc.vn</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="ecxecxmoz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://saigonolpc.wordpress.com">http://saigonolpc.wordpress.com</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="ecxecxmoz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Vietnam">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Vietnam</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="ecxecxmoz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://groups.google.com/group/olpc-vietnam/">http://groups.google.com/group/olpc-vietnam/</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="ecxecxmoz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://web.me.com/seanlaurence/olpc/olpc.html">http://web.me.com/seanlaurence/olpc/olpc.html</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="ecxecxmoz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog/nsevers/4/tpod.html">http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog/nsevers/4/tpod.html</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="ecxecxmoz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects/Vung_Vieng_Fishing_Vietnam">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects/Vung_Vieng_Fishing_Vietnam</a><br>
<b><br>
Sunday Aug 8 - What's Really Happening in India, at the Grassroots
Level? (TENTATIVE)<br>
</b>Locations to be announced.<br>
<br>
The astonishing number of volunteers and informal community projects<br>
in India makes it hard to keep track of them all. Professor Sameer
Verma<br>
in San Francisco will explain how these amazing community volunteers<br>
and corporate professionals scattered across the Indian subcontinent<br>
can now take their contributions to the next level.<br>
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<i>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 :)<br>
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