OLPC chapters
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OLPC chapters are national and regional groups founded expressly to promote and support the OLPC mission and projects. They are formally incorporated groups, and must apply to become a chapter.
Chapters also often work with smaller local deployments or trials as a test-bed for other work in that region.
Local groups that want to start working on related projects right away, before incorporating and applying to become a chapter, can set up friends of OLPC groups.
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[edit] Chapters
Local chapters are incorporated non-profits. They often take on many local projects.
To apply to become a chapter, a local group should indicate their interest below.
[edit] Current chapters
- OLPC Austria [1]
- OLPC Australia [2]
Regional groups with formal incorporation
- OLPC France [needs agreement]
- OLPC Deutschland [needs agreement]
[1] an old MOU, not the current process [2] a special case in more ways than one
[edit] Proposed chapters
- add yours here
[edit] Friends of OLPC
Friends groups are generally unincorporated and less formal groups. Any group that is supporting OLPC's work and mission can set up a Friends of OLPC group for their city, region, or country. Most current regional groups fall into this category (regardless of their name).
Friends groups can use a 'Friends of OLPC' badge when organizing events and programs related to OLPC, and can call themselves "Friends of OLPC <countryname>" or "OLPC Friends <countryname>" (but see OLPC Friends). They do not need to wait for permission to do so; though to use such a badge they should indicate their willingness to use it only in association with OLPC efforts, and to avoid using it to suggest partnerships or collaborations between OLPC and other organizations.
[edit] Current friends groups
- OLPC Friends (could be an umbrella group for others)
- MassXO
- most projects linked from regional groups
[edit] Points of discussion
[edit] Proposals
- Normalizing existing group names, so that groups casually called "OLPC <country>" are renamed, reserving that name for a potential national chapter.
[edit] Questions
- Developing-world governments often give undue weight to credentials.
- In what ways is this good? Should there be a way for individuals to become named members of a chapter?
- In what ways is this risky? Is there an extra need to be careful about credentials where they are more likely to be misconstrued?
