[IAEP] Cannes Lions award for OLPC Australia
Sameer Verma
sverma at sfsu.edu
Fri Jun 24 12:28:16 EDT 2011
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 9:15 AM, Sridhar Dhanapalan
<sridhar at laptop.org.au> wrote:
> As I have blogged about[0] OLPC Australia[1] have been awarded a
> Bronze Lion[2] at this year's Cannes Lions International Advertising
> Festival[3], the equivalent of the Cannes Film Festival for
> advertising.
>
> I think this is fantastic recognition for a Free Software project[4],
> especially one that is focused on assisting children in some of the
> most remote parts of the world. I feel honoured to have been part of
> this success.
>
> We’re happy for people to get involved to help us in our mission[5].
> If you'd like to participate[6], especially (for me) in the technical
> field[7], please get in touch with me or contact OLPC Australia[8]
> through our Web site.
>
> Sridhar
>
>
> [0] http://www.dhanapalan.com/blog/2011/06/25/cannes-lions-award-for-olpc-australia/
> [1] http://www.laptop.org.au/
> [2] http://www.canneslions.com/work/media/entry.cfm?entryid=1762&award=4
> [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannes_Lions_International_Advertising_Festival
> [4] http://www.dhanapalan.com/blog/2011/06/20/why-free-and-open-matters/
> [5] http://www.laptop.org.au/vision/mission
> [6] http://www.laptop.org.au/participate
> [7] http://dev.laptop.org.au/participate
> [8] http://www.laptop.org.au/contact/general-form
>
>
>
> Sridhar Dhanapalan
> Technical Manager
> One Laptop per Child Australia
> M: +61 425 239 701
> E: sridhar at laptop.org.au
> A: G.P.O. Box 731
> Sydney, NSW 2001
> W: www.laptop.org.au
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Congratulations!!! You guys rock :-)
cheers,
Sameer
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Associate Professor, Information Systems
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