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 <[email protected]>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 > > -- > Caroline Meeks > Solution [email protected] > > 617-500-3488 - Office > 505-213-3268 - Fax > > > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop > project!)[email protected]http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > -- Caroline Meeks Solution Grove [email protected] 617-500-3488 - Office 505-213-3268 - Fax
_______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
