We have an OLPC Uganda page on the Wiki, and several projects in Uganda that would like to get laptops. Please introduce yourselves to each other.
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Marten Vijn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 13:37 -0400, Seth Woodworth wrote: >> eer? If you start a page for your group on the wiki, OLPC will make a >> mailing list for you. > > i-network is a over >900 people mailinglist. Much more then olpc only. > > sure for olpc-ug then wiki/mailing list will work. To find interesting > and interested people I suggest to subscribe to what already is. > > kind regards, > Marten > >> >> On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 1:04 PM, Marten Vijn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> Jon, >> >> You may want to meet/get friends on the i-network mailinglist. >> I forwarded your question. >> >> http://www.i-network.or.ug >> http://www.dgroups.org/groups/i-network/index.cfm?op=main&cat_id=1520 >> >> kind regards, >> Marten >> >> >> >> On Wed, 2008-06-11 at 10:09 +1200, Jon Chamberlain wrote: >> > Howdy, >> > >> > I am moving my family to Uganda, and one of my goals for the >> trip is >> > to use my skills and knowledge for community-development >> initiatives. >> > I have already made a few good contacts in Uganda through >> the >> > nabuur.com community project site, but many of them seem to >> focus on >> > 'recycling' old computers for community-based projects >> across the >> > country. >> > >> > However, as someone with a good technical background, a >> pro-'open >> > source' attitude and a career in IT project management, I >> wondered if >> > there an opportunity to become an advocate for the OLPC >> programme in >> > Uganda? >> > >> > Is anyone working on OLPC in Uganda? If not, how would I get >> something >> > off the ground? >> > >> > Cheers >> > Jon >> > >> > >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Grassroots mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/grassroots >> >> -- >> >> Marten Vijn >> Koop mijn huis: http://martenvijn.nl/trac/wiki/huis >> http://martenvijn.nl >> http://wifisoft.org >> http://opencommunitycamp.org >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Grassroots mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/grassroots >> >> > -- > > Marten Vijn > Koop mijn huis: http://martenvijn.nl/trac/wiki/huis > http://martenvijn.nl > http://wifisoft.org > http://opencommunitycamp.org > > -- Edward Cherlin End Poverty at a Profit by teaching children business http://www.EarthTreasury.org/ "The best way to predict the future is to invent it."--Alan Kay _______________________________________________ Grassroots mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/grassroots
