I would absolutely love to come - I deployed three XO's near Las Galeras on the Samana Peninsula - but I have school and it would be completely impossible for me to make it to the DR. I went there last summer to deploy the computers and hope to return with more, possibly in February, if I am able to get anymore. My blog is located here - https://sites.google.com/site/laptopsforthedominican/ . I try to update it as often as possible but school, band, and sports get in the way all of the time.
I would love to meet with you the next time I go down, hopefully this February or next summer. On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 9:36 PM, Holt <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Isabella, > > Can we have an OLPC dinner in Santo Domingo early evening Saturday Oct 30? > I arrive from OLPC's Boston office that afternoon, and will be working with > OLPC's volunteer coordinator for the Dominican Republic (Ivan, himself also > a volunteer). We would love to see you and others if so! > > We'll be discussing OLPC/Sugar-like opportunities in the DR and Haiti first > and foremost, inviting anybody you and Ivan feel will contribute to the > discussion. > > While also sharing details from the OLPC/Sugar Community's largest ever > contributor/volunteer summit, taking place just 1 week prior in San > Francisco: > > http://olpcSF.org/CommunitySummit2010/people.php > > Thanks for considering! Please invite the people you believe take > modernizing education most seriously, no matter their age -- or all 28 > million from the Caribbean's most populous island if you prefer, where I > can't wait to set foot ;) > --Holt (OLPC Community Support Manager) > > *PS I'm paying for this 2-week Haiti exploration myself, as my 1st ever > vacation from OLPC in 3 years, trying to rebuild this Port-au-Prince school > (http://blueTarpSchool.blogspot.com) with a group of close friends, and > very strongly welcome suggestions from all.* > > > On 10/5/2010 3:05 PM, Isabella Linares Barrientos wrote: > > Thanks! i will contact them! Thanks!! > > > > On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 9:14 AM, Bastien <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi Isabella, >> >> I would recommend you taking a close look at this program: >> >> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Contributors_program >> >> You can get XO for small projects through it, this is a good step >> toward larger deployements. >> >> OLPC talks with governments: contacts between Dominican Republic >> and OLPC need to be quite formal at some point, depending on how >> much the country is prepared to commit into a deployment. >> >> But the larger OLPC community (essentially made of volunteers like >> me) is always here to provide advice and help at any scale, so feel >> free to start your own project and to let things blossom from there. >> >> All the best, >> >> -- >> Bastien > > -- Benji Smith "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchill
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