Re: [Grassroots-l] OLPC San Francisco Jan 2020 meeting

2020-01-11 Thread Sameer Verma
Quick update: We meet in room 609. Sameer On Thu, Jan 9, 2020, 10:25 AM Sameer Verma wrote: > Happy New Year! > > We will be holding our January meeting on Jan 11 2020 from 10AM to 1PM at > the SF State University Downtown Campus. This meeting marks completion of > 12 years o

[Grassroots-l] OLPC San Francisco Jan 2020 meeting

2020-01-09 Thread Sameer Verma
! SFSU Downtown Campus 6th Floor, 835 Market St. San Francisco, CA 94103 https://www.olpcsf.org/ cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ ___ Grassroots mailing list

Re: [Grassroots-l] November meeting

2019-11-08 Thread Sameer Verma
OLPC-SF November meeting is tomorrow, Nov 9 from 10 AM to 1 PM in room 609. 835 Market Street. San Francisco, CA 94103 See you there! Sameer On Mon, Nov 4, 2019, 8:01 PM Sameer Verma wrote: > Greetings! > > a quick heads up about our November meeting. We will be meeting this

[Grassroots-l] No OLPC-SF August meeting

2019-08-09 Thread Sameer Verma
We do not have any meetings this month either. Fall semester begins in two weeks. We will reorg for a September 14 meeting. best, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu

[Grassroots-l] No OLPC-SF July meeting

2019-07-12 Thread Sameer Verma
Saturday meetings. best, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ ___ Grassroots mailing list Grassroots@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/grassroots

[Grassroots-l] OLPC SF meeting - June 2019

2019-06-07 Thread Sameer Verma
Greetings! We will *not* be meeting tomorrow (June 8) for our usual "2nd Saturday of the month" meeting. SFSU campus is closed for the break. Several people are traveling. We will pick up in July or after the summer, as necessary. best, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, I

[Grassroots-l] OLPC SF May meeting

2019-05-10 Thread Sameer Verma
We meet tomorrow (May 11, 2019) at SFSU downtown campus. 835 Market St. San Francisco CA 94103 Room 610 10 AM to 1PM. We are looking forward to a visit by Samson Goddy. We will also be working on some of our local projects. Please join us! Sameer ___

[Grassroots-l] OLPC-SF March meeting

2019-03-08 Thread Sameer Verma
Greetings! OLPC San Francisco will be meeting this coming Saturday (March 9). When: 10AM to 1PM Where: SFSU Downtown Campus. DTC 610, 835 Market St. San Francisco 94103 Topics: Project updates, progress on Snapcraft images of Pathagar for school server and such. Join us! Sameer -- Sameer

[Grassroots-l] OLPC SF meeting - February 9, 2019

2019-02-07 Thread Sameer Verma
Greetings! OLPC San Francisco will be meeting this coming Saturday. When: 10AM to 1PM Where: SFSU Downtown Campus. DTC 610, 835 Market St. San Francisco 94103 Topics: Updates on Ethiopia (Andi Gros) and Honduras (Sameer Verma). Possible new project in Guatemala. Snapcraft images of Pathagar

[Grassroots-l] OLPC SF August '18 meeting

2018-08-10 Thread Sameer Verma
Please note that we will not be meeting this month due to several conflicting travel schedules over the summer. Sameer ___ Grassroots mailing list Grassroots@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/grassroots

Re: [Grassroots-l] [IAEP] OLPC-SF June meeting Saturday

2018-06-09 Thread Sameer Verma
Room change for today. We meet in room 612. Same floor, same building. Sameer On Thu, Jun 7, 2018, 6:51 PM Aaron D Borden wrote: > Hello folks, > > OLPC San Francisco will be hosting our monthly meeting this Saturday, > June 9th, from 10:00AM - 1PM at the downtown SFSU campus, 835 Market >

Re: [Grassroots-l] Community Summit 2018

2018-04-27 Thread Sameer Verma
Friendly reminder. We begin the hackathon tomorrow! http://hackathon.sfsu.edu/ Sameer On Thu, Mar 15, 2018, 11:36 AM Sameer Verma <sve...@sfsu.edu> wrote: > Remember our Community Summit? We didn't host one last year due to > logistical challenges and such, but we are getting ready

[Grassroots-l] Community Summit = OpenHack 2018

2018-04-22 Thread Sameer Verma
ts-45329250007 Also, let us know if you plan to attend, so we can look out for other arrangements as well, as necessary. Sameer Verma: sve...@sfsu.edu Aaron Borden: adborr...@live.com ___ Grassroots mailing list Grassroots@lists.laptop.org http://lists

[Grassroots-l] Community Summit 2018

2018-03-15 Thread Sameer Verma
. Details will be out shortly, but mark your calendars. April 27-29, 2018 https://www.olpcsf.org/open-hack-2018 cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ ___ Grassroots

Re: [Grassroots-l] [OLPC-SF] OLPC-SF meeting postponed

2017-09-15 Thread Sameer Verma
Our September meeting will be tomorrow, Sept 16 in room 607 at the SFSU Downtown Center. 835 Market St. San Francisco CA 94103 10am to 1 pm Sameer On Sep 8, 2017 8:49 PM, "Andreas Gros" wrote: > Great! Looking forward to it > Andi > On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 12:20 AM Aaron

Re: [Grassroots-l] [IAEP] OLPC-SF June meeting third Saturday

2017-06-17 Thread Sameer Verma
The Ethiopia Report is live at https//youtu.be/dtU6jBg3OUM Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 10:14 PM, Aaron Borden <adbor...@live.com> wrote: > Hello folks, > > OLP

Re: [Grassroots-l] [IAEP] OLPC-SF April meeting Saturday

2017-04-15 Thread Sameer Verma
Room change. We meet in DTC 607. Sixth floor. Sameer On Apr 13, 2017 10:08 PM, "Aaron Borden" wrote: > Hello folks, > > OLPC San Francisco will be hosting our monthly meeting Saturday, > April 15th, from 10AM - 1PM at the downtown SFSU campus, 835 Market > Street, 5th floor,

Re: [Grassroots-l] [IAEP] OLPC-SF March meeting: Ethiopia

2017-03-11 Thread Sameer Verma
Youtube stream should be here: http://youtube.com/-4-GpTa-pJ0 Sameer On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 9:42 AM, Sameer Verma <sve...@sfsu.edu> wrote: > Likely on Hangouts/YouTube at YouTube.com/olpcsf > > I'm on the train, getting there, but will ask Aaron to confirm and post >

Re: [Grassroots-l] [IAEP] OLPC-SF March meeting: Ethiopia

2017-03-11 Thread Sameer Verma
pia. Come and >> see the new device at work. We'll have a discussion with the project >> lead Andres Gros of Facebook and project computer expert Sameer Verma of >> SFSU. Discussion will be moderated by Alex Kleider. >> >> We will have Ethiopian coffee and light snac

Re: [Grassroots-l] [IAEP] OLPC-SF March meeting: Ethiopia

2017-03-10 Thread Sameer Verma
w device at work. We'll have a discussion with the project lead Andres Gros of Facebook and project computer expert Sameer Verma of SFSU. Discussion will be moderated by Alex Kleider. We will have Ethiopian coffee and light snacks. Agenda - Meet and greet - Ethiopia and the new OLPC XO-NL3 Laptop -

Re: [Grassroots-l] [IAEP] OLPC-SF February meeting

2017-02-11 Thread Sameer Verma
Room change. We meet in DTC 607. Sixth floor of the same building. Sameer On Jan 31, 2017 11:54 PM, "Aaron D Borden" wrote: Hello folks, OLPC San Francisco will be hosting our monthly meeting Saturday, February 11th, from 10AM - 1PM at the downtown SFSU campus, 835 Market

Re: [Grassroots-l] [IAEP] OLPC-SF 9th anniversary meeting this Saturday

2017-01-14 Thread Sameer Verma
Meeting room change. We've moved to 607. Sameer On Jan 9, 2017 8:56 AM, "Aaron D Borden" wrote: > Hello folks, > > OLPC San Francisco will be hosting our monthly meeting Saturday, > January 14th, from 10AM - 1PM at the downtown SFSU campus, 835 Market > Street, 5th floor,

Re: [Grassroots-l] [IAEP] [OLPC-SF] OLPC-SF July meeting this Saturday

2016-07-11 Thread Sameer Verma
On Jul 11, 2016 3:48 PM, "Dave Crossland" <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > > > > On 11 July 2016 at 14:20, Sameer Verma <sve...@sfsu.edu> wrote: >> >> No minutes taken. Our usual note taker is out. so is the back up. >> Plus, our meetings are

Re: [Grassroots-l] [IAEP] [OLPC-SF] OLPC-SF July meeting this Saturday

2016-07-11 Thread Sameer Verma
No minutes taken. Our usual note taker is out. so is the back up. Plus, our meetings are more informal than most (although we do document) and the process was more conversational. The good news is that we did come up with formalized vision and mission statements (just posted on OLPC-SF list), and

Re: [Grassroots-l] [IAEP] OLPC-SF March meeting

2016-03-12 Thread Sameer Verma
Note: We have moved to Room 610, sixth floor, same building. Sameer On Mar 10, 2016 8:07 AM, "Aaron D Borden" wrote: > Hello folks, > > OLPC San Francisco will be hosting our monthly meeting Saturday, > March 12th, from 10AM - 1PM at the downtown SFSU campus, 835 Market >

Re: [Grassroots-l] [IAEP] OLPC-SF September meeting this Saturday

2015-09-12 Thread Sameer Verma
Note room change for the meeting today. We met in Room 610 (sixth floor) instead of 597 in the same building. Sameer On Sep 10, 2015 9:09 AM, "Aaron Borden" wrote: > Hello folks, > > OLPC San Francisco will be hosting our monthly meeting Saturday, > September 12th, from 10AM

Re: [Grassroots-l] [Olpc-open] Nepal quake

2015-04-26 Thread Sameer Verma
. Cheers, Christoph Am 25.04.2015 22:04 schrieb Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu: Anybody have any updates from our friends in Nepal? I saw one post on OLENepal's Facebook page and that's it. News out of Nepal is very disturbing :-( I hope they are ok. Sameer

Re: [Grassroots-l] [Olpc-open] Nepal quake

2015-04-26 Thread Sameer Verma
On Apr 26, 2015 9:30 AM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: Thanks Christoph? Thanks Christoph! Excuse the typo. Sameer I cannot even begin to imagine what it will take to rebuild and re-establish. All the people I know in Nepal have now checked in as safe, but clearly that's not the case

Re: [Grassroots-l] Laura de Reynal at OLPC-SF tomorrow!

2015-04-10 Thread Sameer Verma
Room change. We meet in 612 on the 6th floor. Same building. Sameer On Apr 10, 2015 12:53 PM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: Super excited that Laura de Reynal will be joining us tomorrow for OLPC-SF's April meeting! She'll be talking about Mozilla's Webmaker (https://webmaker.org

[Grassroots-l] Fwd: Lantern: One Device, Free Data From Space Forever | Indiegogo

2014-11-15 Thread Sameer Verma
As discussed at the meeting today. Sameer -- Forwarded message -- From: Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu Date: Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 4:07 PM Subject: Lantern: One Device, Free Data From Space Forever | Indiegogo To: XS Devel server-de...@lists.laptop.org, xsce-devel xsce-de

Re: [Grassroots-l] OLPC-SF Community Summit and Turtle Art Day

2014-10-17 Thread Sameer Verma
) 12PM -12:45 Fix-it Session (Alex Kleider, Nina Stawski, Hilary Naylor) Lunch 12:45PM to 2PM 2:00PM - 2:45PM Lightning talks: project updates in 5 minutes each. Jamaica, India, Tanzania, Australia, Madagascar, and more 2:50PM- 3:35PM Analytics in Nepal and Australia (Sameer Verma, Martin Abente) 3

[Grassroots-l] Fwd: [OLPC-SF] Call For Proposals: OLPC SF Community Summit 2014

2014-09-17 Thread Sameer Verma
-- Forwarded message -- From: Hilary Naylor hnay...@gmail.com Date: Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 8:54 AM Subject: [OLPC-SF] Call For Proposals: OLPC SF Community Summit 2014 To: olpc-sf olpc...@lists.laptop.org dear all, OLPC-SF has opened proposal submission for the 2014 Community

[Grassroots-l] WEB the film

2014-09-16 Thread Sameer Verma
This project has a new site. You can also watch the whole documentary on sites such as iTunes, Amazon, Google Play etc. by paying for it. I'm also looking into screening in San Francisco. http://webthefilm.com/ Sameer ___ Grassroots mailing list

Re: [Grassroots-l] In-person, online or both? | OLPC San Francisco

2014-08-29 Thread Sameer Verma
On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 2:10 PM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: How will you participate in the upcoming OLPC San Francisco Community Summit 2014? Let us know, so we can plan accordingly. http://www.olpcsf.org/node/212 Cheers, Sameer I got a few queries on how we were planning to run

[Grassroots-l] In-person, online or both? | OLPC San Francisco

2014-08-26 Thread Sameer Verma
How will you participate in the upcoming OLPC San Francisco Community Summit 2014? Let us know, so we can plan accordingly. http://www.olpcsf.org/node/212 Cheers, Sameer ___ Grassroots mailing list Grassroots@lists.laptop.org

Re: [Grassroots-l] In-person, online or both? | OLPC San Francisco

2014-08-26 Thread Sameer Verma
On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 2:10 PM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: How will you participate in the upcoming OLPC San Francisco Community Summit 2014? Let us know, so we can plan accordingly. http://www.olpcsf.org/node/212 Cheers, Sameer Poll had auto-expired, but it's been turned back

Re: [Grassroots-l] [IAEP] OLPC-SF August meeting

2014-08-11 Thread Sameer Verma
On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 1:10 AM, Aaron Borden adbor...@live.com wrote: Hello folks, We're back at the downtown campus for this month's olpc San Francisco monthly meeting. It's this weekend, Saturday, August 9th, from 10AM - 1PM, at SFSU downtown campus, 835 Market Street in Room 597 (the fish

[Grassroots-l] OLPC SF July 2014 meeting

2014-07-15 Thread Sameer Verma
, and online is expected to include more global locations. Please send in additional agenda items. cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://commons.sfsu.edu/ http://olpcsf.org/ http://olpcjamaica.org.jm

Re: [Grassroots-l] [IAEP] olpc-sf June Meeting hosted by Inveneo

2014-06-23 Thread Sameer Verma
Here are some relevant posts: http://www.olpcsf.org/node/208 and http://blog.olenepal.org/index.php/archives/902 The recording info about the Hangout is at http://www.olpcsf.org/node/209 cheers, Sameer On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 9:42 AM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: Friendly reminder

Re: [Grassroots-l] [IAEP] olpc-sf June Meeting hosted by Inveneo

2014-06-20 Thread Sameer Verma
On Jun 17, 2014 6:22 PM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 1:17 PM, Aaron Borden adbor...@live.com wrote: Hey folks, please note the new location this month. Inveneo will be hosting this month's olpc San Francisco monthly meeting on Saturday, June 21st, from

[Grassroots-l] ‘Wiring the Amazon’ - NYTimes.com

2014-05-19 Thread Sameer Verma
Michael Kleiman's documentary on OLPC in Palestina, Peru. http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/05/20/opinion/wiring-the-amazon.html Sameer ___ Grassroots mailing list Grassroots@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/grassroots

Re: [Grassroots-l] [OLPC-SF] olpc-sf May Meeting

2014-05-17 Thread Sameer Verma
I'm bringing a XO 4 with the latest Android/Sugar build. I'm also bringing with me a Printrbot 3D printer. We'll try to run a few prints from the XO and see how that goes. See you there! Sameer On May 13, 2014 8:26 AM, Aaron Borden adbor...@live.com wrote: olpc San Francisco will be hosting

Re: [Grassroots-l] OLPC-SF April Meeting: Featuring Gonzalo Odiard

2014-04-13 Thread Sameer Verma
On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 12:15 PM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: We are looking forward to a special guest at our OLPC-SF April meeting. On April 12, 2014 we will hear from Gonzalo Odiard, contributor extraordinaire to OLPC and Sugar. http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Godiard https

[Grassroots-l] OLPC-SF April Meeting: Featuring Gonzalo Odiard

2014-04-09 Thread Sameer Verma
://olpcsf.org/ cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://commons.sfsu.edu/ http://olpcsf.org/ http://olpcjamaica.org.jm/ ___ Grassroots mailing list Grassroots

[Grassroots-l] Guest at April meeting

2014-03-18 Thread Sameer Verma
://godiard.blogspot.com/ Gonzalo lives in Argentina and works with OLPC Australia (https://www.laptop.org.au/). Hope to see you all there! cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://commons.sfsu.edu/ http://olpcsf.org/ http

Re: [Grassroots-l] [IAEP] olpc-sf March meeting

2014-03-14 Thread Sameer Verma
soon. cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://commons.sfsu.edu/ http://olpcsf.org/ http://olpcjamaica.org.jm/ ___ Grassroots mailing list Grassroots

[Grassroots-l] Fwd: Message to attendees of OLPC San Francisco Community Summit 2013

2013-11-30 Thread Sameer Verma
Brannan St. Suite 110 | San Francisco, CA 94107 -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://commons.sfsu.edu/ http://olpcsf.org/ http://olpcjamaica.org.jm/ ___ Grassroots mailing list

[Grassroots-l] OLPC SF poster submission

2013-10-13 Thread Sameer Verma
Friendly reminder! We are getting close to the deadline. Please do send in your posters if you are planning to. http://www.olpcsf.org/CommunitySummit2013/posters cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http

[Grassroots-l] Fwd: [OLPC-SF] OLPC San Francisco Community Summit 2013 - Poster Gallery | OLPC San Francisco

2013-08-29 Thread Sameer Verma
-- Forwarded message -- From: Hilary Naylor hnay...@gmail.com Date: Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 11:46 AM Subject: [OLPC-SF] OLPC San Francisco Community Summit 2013 - Poster Gallery | OLPC San Francisco To: olpc-sf olpc...@lists.laptop.org dear all, Can't make it to the OLPC SF

[Grassroots-l] Fwd: [OLPC-SF] Call For Proposals: OLPC SF Community Summit 2013

2013-08-22 Thread Sameer Verma
-- Forwarded message -- From: Hilary Naylor hnay...@gmail.com Date: Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 11:19 AM Subject: [OLPC-SF] Call For Proposals: OLPC SF Community Summit 2013 To: olpc-sf olpc...@lists.laptop.org OLPC-SF has opened proposal submission for the 2013 Community Summit held in

[Grassroots-l] Fwd: Peering into Journal Data

2013-08-12 Thread Sameer Verma
-- Forwarded message -- From: Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu Date: Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 3:37 PM Subject: Peering into Journal Data To: XS Devel server-de...@lists.laptop.org Cc: Leotis Buchanan leotisbucha...@exterbox.com Some of you may find this useful. This was written by Leotis

[Grassroots-l] OLPC AU's fantastic resource

2013-05-01 Thread Sameer Verma
Saw this over at OLPC AU (One Education) Facebook page, and thought I'd share it here: http://academy.one-education.org/ A whole bunch of lesson plan ideas and guides. Very nicely done! cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http

Re: [Grassroots-l] [OLPC-SF] OLPC-SF April Meeting

2013-04-19 Thread Sameer Verma
://www.slideshare.net/sverma/pathagar-a-book-server) , the offline book server. Sheevaplug, Dreamplug, Raspberry Pi, and maybe an XO. We'll also have the latest build running on the XO-4. Maybe we'll do a teardown? Hint hint ;-) Bring your projects and friends. cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D

Re: [Grassroots-l] [Olpc-open] OLPC-SF March Meeting this Saturday

2013-03-13 Thread Sameer Verma
On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 8:49 PM, Aaron Borden adbor...@live.com wrote: Hello, OLPC San Francisco will be hosting the our monthly meeting *this* Saturday, March 16th, from 10AM - 1PM at the downtown SFSU campus, 835 Market Street, Room 553. Everyone is welcome to join us for our monthly

Re: [Grassroots-l] [IAEP] OLPC-SF February meeting

2013-02-23 Thread Sameer Verma
For all those who were at the OLPC SF meeting today, Andres Aguirre tells me that the CAD design will be updated in a few days to the newest version. The current design is at http://www.fing.edu.uy/inco/proyectos/butia/mediawiki/index.php/Mec%C3%A1nica_Buti%C3%A1_V1.8 The rest of this email has

Re: [Grassroots-l] [IAEP] OLPC-SF February meeting

2013-02-15 Thread Sameer Verma
I'll bring the Butia robot. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Robotics#Buti.C3.A1_Project Anybody from Noisebridge (cc'd) interested in joining? Cheers, Sameer On Feb 12, 2013 9:09 AM, Aaron Borden adbor...@live.com wrote: Hello, OLPC San Francisco will be hosting this month's meeting on Saturday,

Re: [Grassroots-l] [IAEP] OLPC-SF February meeting

2013-02-15 Thread Sameer Verma
On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 11:08 AM, Martin Abente martin.abente.lah...@gmail.com wrote: +1 Is there any way to buy an already assembled one? From you or anyone else inside the project. One of the things I want to explore is to see if we can produce these locally in San Francisco. Hence the cc to

[Grassroots-l] Of aluminum poles and fruitcake

2012-12-23 Thread Sameer Verma
I've got a lot of problems with you people! And now you're gonna hear about it!! http://youtu.be/dS7-jcsB_WQ Happy Festivus!!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festivus cheers, Sameer ___ Grassroots mailing list Grassroots@lists.laptop.org

Re: [Grassroots-l] [IAEP] Fareed Zakaria on the Ethiopia project

2012-11-12 Thread Sameer Verma
Click on the names in the text of the post... We've posted the slides: Matt Keller http://dev.laptop.org/%7Ecscott/literacy-public/Keller-Reading.ppt, Richard Smithhttps://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18S9eSMMZeCxiCRxXZl4VgVAxQFTLIWQCOkO2GVGjk8g/edit, C. Scott Ananian

Re: [Grassroots-l] Fareed Zakaria on the Ethiopia project

2012-11-12 Thread Sameer Verma
I'll let Fareed know the next time I see him... or just let @fareedzakaria know ;-) cheers, Sameer On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 6:37 AM, Kevin Cole dc.l...@gmail.com wrote: Irony: It's not captioned... ___ Grassroots mailing list

[Grassroots-l] OLPC San Francisco Community Summit 2012 on USTREAM

2012-10-21 Thread Sameer Verma
Live stream at 11:30 am and 1:45 pm Pacific time today! http://ustream.tv/channel/olpc-san-francisco-community-summit-2012 Look for schedule details at http://olpcsf.org/summit Sameer + olpcsf gang ___ Grassroots mailing list

Re: [Grassroots-l] send in a poster

2012-10-04 Thread Sameer Verma
://www.olenepal.org * Visit our Digital Library at http://www.pustakalaya.org * On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 1:02 AM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: Do you run a OLPC [related] project, but can't make it to the OLPC SF Community Summit this year? Submit a poster! http://www.olpcsf.org

[Grassroots-l] OLPC San Francisco Community Summit 2012 - Poster Gallery | OLPC San Francisco

2012-09-24 Thread Sameer Verma
Can't make it to the OLPC SF Community Summit this year? Submit to our poster gallery! Blog post with details at http://www.olpcsf.org/node/71 cheers, Sameer ___ Grassroots mailing list Grassroots@lists.laptop.org

[Grassroots-l] The Agility of One Laptop Per Child with CTO Ed McNierney 06/05 by IE Radio | Blog Talk Radio

2012-06-09 Thread Sameer Verma
Approx. 30 minutes. Link: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ieradio/2012/06/05/the-agility-of-one-laptop-per-child-with-cto-ed-mcnierney cheers, Sameer ___ Grassroots mailing list Grassroots@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/grassroots

[Grassroots-l] Fwd: [OLPC-SF] Pixel Qi Mary Lou in sfgate.com via sf-lug

2012-05-13 Thread Sameer Verma
-- Forwarded message -- From: Grant Bowman grant...@fedoraproject.org Date: Sat, May 12, 2012 at 2:45 PM Subject: [OLPC-SF] Pixel Qi Mary Lou in sfgate.com via sf-lug To: OLPC SF olpc...@lists.laptop.org -- Forwarded message -- From: Bobbie Sellers

[Grassroots-l] All continents covered.

2012-02-16 Thread Sameer Verma
a XO 1.5 When you heat Sugar it caramelizes. What happens to Sugar in extreme cold? Hmm... cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://commons.sfsu.edu/ http://olpcsf.org

[Grassroots-l] Live from the Engadget CES Stage: an interview with OLPC at 1:30pm Eastern time Jan 11, 2012

2012-01-11 Thread Sameer Verma
http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/11/live-from-the-engadget-ces-stage-an-interview-with-olpc/ In a show fueled by gadget one-upsmanship, it's nice to see a company actually focused on making a difference in the world. OLPC, the organization that brought the world the ultra-affordable XO laptop will

[Grassroots-l] Fwd: [OLPC-SF] REMINDER Meeting tomorrow

2011-12-09 Thread Sameer Verma
-- Forwarded message -- From: Aaron Borden adbor...@live.com Date: Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 9:08 AM Subject: [OLPC-SF] REMINDER Meeting tomorrow To: OLPC SF olpc...@lists.laptop.org Hello Everyone, We'll be meeting TOMORROW Saturday Dec 10th 10AM-2PM at the Downtown SFSU campus, room

[Grassroots-l] OLPC SF Sunday...

2011-10-23 Thread Sameer Verma
Photos from Saturday - http://on.fb.me/n5DHlt OLPC SF Community Summit 2011 Poster Contest of the many Fantastic Projects around the Globe - http://on.fb.me/pSKK4q Nicholas Charbonnier's videos are showing up at http://olpc.tv and http://armdevices.net/ cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor

[Grassroots-l] Make your Own Sugar Activities by James Simmons

2011-06-26 Thread Sameer Verma
Available in English at http://www.archive.org/details/MakeYourOwnSugarActivities and in Spanish at http://www.archive.org/details/ComoHacerUnaActividadSugar cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Campus Business Solutions San Francisco State

Re: [Grassroots-l] [IAEP] Cannes Lions award for OLPC Australia

2011-06-24 Thread Sameer Verma
___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) i...@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep Congratulations!!! You guys rock :-) cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director

[Grassroots-l] OLPC SF March 2011 meeting

2011-03-11 Thread Sameer Verma
. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Campus Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ http://is.sfsu.edu/ ___ Grassroots mailing list

[Grassroots-l] OLPC in Tunisia?

2010-10-27 Thread Sameer Verma
Anything happening in Tunisia? One of my students (who is from Tunisia) wants to know. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Campus Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ http

[Grassroots-l] Proclamation, wine, laptops and learning!

2010-10-24 Thread Sameer Verma
. http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/sets/72157625222079022/ and http://picasaweb.google.com/tuxwingsgroup/Olpc# You can join us online today at 11:30AM and 13:45pm Pacific. http://www.ustream.tv/channel/olpcsf-community-summit-2010 cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate

[Grassroots-l] OLPC SF Community Summit 2010

2010-10-05 Thread Sameer Verma
to have small and large deployments share experiences. http://olpcsf.org/CommunitySummit2010/register.php So, please sign up and we'll see you at the event! A worldwide invitation at http://blog.laptop.org/2010/10/05/community-summit-2010-october-23-24/ cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D

[Grassroots-l] XODock from OLPC-SF meeting

2010-08-30 Thread Sameer Verma
://is.gd/eJ3WH cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Campus Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ http://is.sfsu.edu

Re: [Grassroots-l] July meeting

2010-07-16 Thread Sameer Verma
924436 We will also have a Skype conference going. My id is sv3rma See you all tomorrow at 10AM. cheers, Sameer On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: We will meet on July 17 at SFSU Downtown Center 5th and Market, SF. We have three main items on the agenda. 1

[Grassroots-l] slides from March OLPC-SF presentation on XS

2010-07-06 Thread Sameer Verma
. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Campus Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ http://is.sfsu.edu/ ___ Grassroots mailing list Grassroots

[Grassroots-l] Fwd: Videos from OLPC-SF may meeting

2010-05-16 Thread Sameer Verma
-- Forwarded message -- From: Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu Date: Sun, May 16, 2010 at 9:02 AM Subject: Videos from OLPC-SF may meeting To: OLPC SF olpc...@lists.laptop.org Videos from yesterday's meeting: Carol Ruth Silver on OLPC -related efforts in Afghanistan and Nepal: http

[Grassroots-l] OLPC-SF May meeting: Afghanistan and Nepal

2010-05-12 Thread Sameer Verma
College of Business Graduate Program for letting us use a room on Saturdays. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Campus Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ http

Re: [Grassroots-l] OLPC-SF May meeting: Afghanistan and Nepal

2010-05-12 Thread Sameer Verma
Also posted at Also posted at http://tinyurl.com/olpc-sf -- Sameer On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: We will meet at SFSU Downtown Center from 10 am to 2pm on May 15. Carol Ruth Silver, who recently returned from Afghanistan and Nepal, will talk about

Re: [Grassroots-l] [OLPC-SF] OLPC-SF May meeting: Afghanistan and Nepal

2010-05-12 Thread Sameer Verma
I didn't realize you were back from the Phillipines. Please do tell us at the meeting. Added bonus! :-) Sameer On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: We will meet at SFSU Downtown Center from 10 am to 2pm on May 15. Carol Ruth Silver, who recently returned from

[Grassroots-l] OLPC-SF at BALUG tonight

2010-04-20 Thread Sameer Verma
contexts. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Campus Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ http://is.sfsu.edu/ ___ Grassroots mailing list

[Grassroots-l] OLPC-SF March meeting phone call

2010-04-19 Thread Sameer Verma
Phone conversation with Carol Ruth Silver and Mike Dawson in Afghanistan. Now online at http://vimeo.com/11058091 cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Campus Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http

Re: [Grassroots-l] [OLPC-SF] Jan 16 meeting

2010-01-15 Thread Sameer Verma
. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Center for Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ http://is.sfsu.edu/ ___ Grassroots mailing list Grassroots@lists.laptop.org http

[Grassroots-l] Jan 16 meeting

2010-01-15 Thread Sameer Verma
our second birthday after all!!! Join us. bring a friend. Bring your kids. Bring food, if you'd like to share with others. Let's gear up for a busy and happening 2010. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Center for Business Solutions San

[Grassroots-l] Jan 16 meeting

2010-01-14 Thread Sameer Verma
/bart.htmlhttp://www.sfsu.edu/%7Eparking/directions/downtown_center/bart.html A huge thank you to San Francisco State University's College of Business Graduate Program http://cob.sfsu.edu/cob/graduate-programs/overview.cfmfor letting us use a room on Saturdays. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D

Re: [Grassroots-l] Jan 16 meeting

2010-01-14 Thread Sameer Verma
Correction: Its Room 553, and not 558. Also posted http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/671 and http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_San_Francisco_Bay_Area Sameer On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: We will meet at SFSU Downtown Center from 10 am to 2pm on Jan 16

[Grassroots-l] OLPC-SF Community Summit 2009

2009-11-10 Thread Sameer Verma
-- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Center for Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ http://is.sfsu.edu/ ___ Grassroots mailing list Grassroots@lists.laptop.org

[Grassroots-l] Fwd: [IAEP] Haiti OLPC pre-pilot evaluation report

2009-11-01 Thread Sameer Verma
Project (not a laptop project!) i...@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Center for Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ http://is.sfsu.edu

[Grassroots-l] Next incarnation of XO at OLPC-SF this Saturday...

2009-10-14 Thread Sameer Verma
details are posted at http://tinyurl.com/olpcsf cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Center for Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ http://is.sfsu.edu

[Grassroots-l] OLPC-SF October meeting...

2009-10-11 Thread Sameer Verma
fit. Bring a friend, or two. See tinyurl.com/olpcsf for details. cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Information Systems Director, Center for Business Solutions San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://cbs.sfsu.edu/ http://is.sfsu.edu

[Grassroots-l] Schools kill creativity...

2009-09-25 Thread Sameer Verma
In my typical Friday afternoon TED Talk overindulgence, I came across this one. Its hilarious and informative. It also talks to some of the things we've argued about in this project. http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D

Re: [Grassroots-l] OLPC-SF meets on 22nd August

2009-08-21 Thread Sameer Verma
://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/656 Note the room change (We will be meeting in Room 558 instead of 553). See you all there! cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http

[Grassroots-l] OLPC-SF meets on 22nd August

2009-08-20 Thread Sameer Verma
of 553). See you all there! cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ ___ Grassroots mailing list

Re: [Grassroots-l] OLPC-SF meets on 22nd August

2009-08-20 Thread Sameer Verma
://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/656 Note the room change (We will be meeting in Room 558 instead of 553). See you all there! cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http

[Grassroots-l] Fwd: Designing for Children - Conference, Educational Meet, Exhibition at IDC IIT Bombay

2009-08-17 Thread Sameer Verma
FYI. -- Sameer -- Forwarded message -- From: sankarshan.mukhopadh...@gmail.com Date: Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 12:18 AM Subject: Designing for Children - Conference, Educational Meet, Exhibition at IDC IIT Bombay To: olpc-in...@googlegroups.com http://www.designingforchildren.net/

[Grassroots-l] Fwd: [TwinCLinG] first Indian python conference

2009-06-29 Thread Sameer Verma
FYI PyCon India 2009 26th and 27th September 2009 Venue: IISC, Bengaluru Sameer -- Forwarded message -- From: Kenneth Gonsalves law...@thenilgiris.com Date: Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 1:38 AM Subject: [TwinCLinG] first Indian python conference To: chenna...@googlegroups.com, Indian

[Grassroots-l] OLPC Photo DVD project via LegalTorrents

2009-06-12 Thread Sameer Verma
My OLPC Photo DVD project is now torrenting via LegalTorrents :-) Its much faster than my wimpy home DSL upload. http://beta.legaltorrents.com/torrents/569-olpc-photo-dvd Download, burn, and loop away!!! cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San

Re: [Grassroots-l] [IAEP] Fwd: An interesting project I stumbled across

2009-06-12 Thread Sameer Verma
http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep +1 Some similar approaches: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Sneakernet and http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Motoman Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http

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