[Toronto-dev] Sun Sept 18: Canada's Own OLPC Community BBQ!

[Holt]

/Hope to see you all Sunday 4-9pm, when it looks like we may have 30 or 
more in the end!/

(Rides are indeed available from Toronto and Waterloo -- please reply 
ASAP if you did not receive the map I emailed to all who RSVP'd)


On 9/1/2011 11:59 AM, Holt wrote:
> We have 25 RSVPs already, I can't wait to meet so many Canadians 
> committed to giving others a fighting chance!
>
> REMINDER: if you'd like a full invitation with address and directions, 
> the volunteers who are organizing and paying for our Elora Garden BBQ 
> just request you send me a bit more about your interests in OLPC.
>
> Two sentences in a private mail suffice!  
> Background/interests/talents/whatever.  (Whether or not you are 
> interested in volunteering overseas or in person, that is OK.  Of 
> course if you are interested, don't hesitate to send your resume to 
> volunteer at laptop.org)
>
> PS I'd also ask you please send me your phone number and rough 
> location privately, as we are organizing rides from Toronto and 
> Waterloo, thanks :)
>
>
> On 8/23/2011 3:09 PM, Holt wrote:
>> A quite unbelievable group of OLPC social entrepreneurs and 
>> volunteers working in Kenya, Haiti, South American, Central America 
>> (and Canada!) have clustered around Toronto and Southern Ontario in 
>> recent years, and are now coming together to discuss the very latest 
>> around all 3 "current" generations of laptops (XO-1, XO-1.5 and XO-1.75).
>>
>> And of course the latest insider rumors on the upcoming XO-3 tablet!
>>
>> What an important time for Canada's Best to kick back and reflect on 
>> what's really emerging from our almost-4-year-effort now, providing 
>> free and open software making exploratory learning happen.  Among the 
>> world's poorest chidren, inside schools and far beyond -- across so 
>> many nations, one kid at a time... SAVE THE DATE SUNDAY SEPT 18!
>>
>> All are most welcome to join us if you reply -- that means everyone, 
>> Intl Development specialists, curriculum experts, and...teachers into 
>> technology especially!/  We just ask you to RSVP for the address of 
>> the private garden and farmhouse where this will be hosted, thanks =)/
>>
>>     OLPC Community BBQ
>>     Sunday, Sept 18
>>     4-9PM
>>     Elora, Ontario
>>
>> That's 1+ hr West of Toronto, or 15+ min drive NE of Waterloo, or 15+ 
>> min drive NW of Guelph.  Thanks and hope to see you there!!
>>
>> --
>> Help kids everywhere map their world, athttp://olpcMAP.net
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