[IAEP] FOSS VT presentation

[Caroline Meeks]

Thanks everyone for the feedback and typos.

If anyone does get good data on deployments I suggest checking out Manyeyes
to make the map.

Thanks!

On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Yamandu Ploskonka <yamaplos at gmail.com>wrote:

>  Bolivia
>
>    - 100 machines purchased by the SOBOCE foundation, maybe 20 or less are
>    still operational in a school in Viacha (despite our best efforts, they
>    don't seem willing to accept help)
>     - an indeterminate number brought and given away by Marcelo Claure,
>    CEO of Brightstar, mostly to kids in the soccer team he owns and in raffles
>    during games his team plays.
>     - 25 XOs in assorted state of repair, through OLPC Repair Centers,
>    mostly in the hands of local development / research / localization people
>    connected with SCELinux and OLE Bolivia that I managed to get through
>    customs on several trips.  Most of those used for lobbying and grassroots
>    work by the valiant Bolivian volunteers come from this lot, and maybe the
>    ones with the biggest impact so far in gaining some government goodwill
>    despite.  As they were repaired, several of these also made it to the
>    Manuela Gandarillas Center for the blind.
>    - Apparently maybe 5 to 20 more have arrived through different
>    independent Contributor Program requests I have no more detailed info on.
>    - 12 machines from individual donors, currently in a La Paz city
>    orphanage, through OLE Bolivia.  10 more from the same origin in my closet
>    here in Austin, waiting for the next trip and whether I am foolish enough to
>    brave customs again (last time it was messy, wish me luck)
>     - an indeterminate number given away to assorted poo bahs including
>    the President by Claure, Arboleda and others, some of them dating back to B1
>    models
>    - Hope in a 2-year delayed 200-XO deploy with help from a Danish NGO.
>
> Dominican Republic
>
>    - apparently 2.000 units were given away to kids by President Lionel at
>    some public function.  No further anything is known of this, except that
>    apparently they were part of maybe 3.000 that came as gifts from Carlos Slim
>    of Mexico when Slim was apparently handing out 3.000 lots all over Central
>    America and the Caribbean.  Note that Lionel was very connected with NN
>    early on (maybe even an MIT alumn?), and some very, very early prototypes
>    were given to Dominican researchers (we had BIG hopes in the DR being one of
>    the first places to really take off)
>
> OT, enjoy this comic
> http://www.juanelo.cl/tiras/Juanelo1187.png
>
> - Juanelo!  I am so angry with you!
> - Why is that, Mr. Minister?
>
> - You made me go through such an embarrassing situation!
>     You remember those notebooks I asked you get bids on?
> - yeah...
>
> - when we presented them as gifts to those schoolchildren, they found out
> they were made out of sticks!  I was like Mister Ridiculous!
>
> - ....
>
> - so, what? Next time you'd rather I prioritize quality over price?
>
>
> (what really gets me :-( is that Juanelo, from Chile, obviously sees
> computers as being presented as a "gift" by the Minister and other
> authorities to the children :-( )
>
> On 04/08/2010 11:45 AM, Christoph Derndorfer wrote:
>
> Hi Caroline,
>
> this is a gorgeous presentation, definitely one of the very best ones
> that ever have been done on Sugar!
>
> While I can't help with the map of OLPC deployments (AFAIK no current
> one is available at the time) here's to the best of my knowledge the
> list of countries with OLPC projects in one form or another (@everyone,
> please let me know if this needs to be updated!):
>
> Afghanistan
> Austria
> Bhutan
> Brazil
> Cambodia
> China
> Colombia
> Ethiopia
> Ghana
> Haiti
> India
> Iraq
> Kazakhstan
> Lebanon
> Mali
> Mexico
> Mongolia
> Mozambique
> Nepal
> Nicaragua
> Nigeria
> Niue
> Pakistan
> Palestine
> Papua New Guinea
> Paraguay
> Peru
> Russia
> Rwanda
> Senegal
> Solomon Islands
> South Africa
> Sri Lanka
> Thailand
> United States
> Uruguay
> Vietnam
>
> Cheers,
> Christoph
>
> Am 08.04.2010 04:53, schrieb Caroline Meeks:
>
>
>  I am giving a presentation at FOSS VT on Friday, anything anyone wants
> me to mention or request to an audience of teachers and school IT people?
>
> The draft of my presentation is here: http://prezi.com/ffn2vdg0ylcr/
>
> I'd love a map that helps me talk about the OLPC deployments if anyone
> has done one.
>
> Has anyone done any updates or additional activities slides?
>
> Thanks!
> Caroline
>
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