Talk:Grassroots
page remodeling
Notes for the upcoming remodeling of this page: want to collect good examples of similar efforts by other groups to encourage grassroots action.
- http://tractor.scrollie.com/blockparty/ - in progress event, but I really like their flow of how to participate... will have to see what resources they put up. (note: this is at TOPP, where I work now, but by people on a different project. 66.108.80.238 10:29, 12 February 2008 (EST))
Meeting notes
See Grassroots meetings/November 29, 2008
A meeting was held in Brussels over the weekend.
Attendees
- Walter de Brouwer,
- Giulia D'Amico,
- Christoph Derndorfer
- SJ Klein
- Daniel Drake
- Sebastien Adgnot
- Bert Freudenberg
- Lionel
for lunch/dinner
- Rita Freudenberg
- Rainier Heeres
- E
- Andriani Ferti
- Gerard Meijssen
- Walter Vermeir
- Michael (from nl.wp)
notes
- "selling something now is signficant" (WdB)
- goal: talk to press in countries as much as possible => consistency of media message
- da truth: "we are trying to make this happen and we're doing our very best, but admittedly there are some big challenges"
- focus on the "give" part
- coordinated "give" message on grassroots Web sites and also olpceu.org
- European Give Many details (to-be-finalized)
- WdB will concentrate on Give Many this week
- 100XOs @ ~€20,000 includes invitation for 2 people to come to quarterly workshops at 1CC
- 500XOs? / 1000XOs @ includes extras, such as invitation to country where units are deployed
- Give Many outreach: directly contact CSR people at companies (OLPC EU will do that)
(WdB in particular thinking about Mali, Liberia, Cuba)
- tax-exemption
- list of tax-exempt countries, if it's done properly: Begium, US, France, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland, Netherlands
- still waiting for: UK, Poland
- missing Italy, Spain, Portugal, Austria
- need charity in each country
G1G1
- shipping and repair shouldn't be handled by the same company
- Amazon.fr and Amazon.de should be engaged
- limited quantity this weekend
- G1G1 Europe details:
- G1G1 2008 in the US used as the standard for a broad G1G1EU
- start with an initial set of XOs for early delivery
- sent to Brussels office where power-adapters, translated 4-page flyer and grassroots printout to be added by Adam et al. (details need to be finalized)
- focus on "Give" - being able to contribute to this awesome project (see media message above)
- G1G1 as one way to do it
- list of projects and groups to contribute to
- fun idea: give every 1000 group a "red" one ;-)
- send people to the OLPC France Repair Center for repairs and spare parts
- to work out in the mid- to long-term -- Amazon store languages, paying via local bank accounts, details on tax exemption, power-adapters, keyboards, warranties.
- future meetings: directly before or after FOSDEM 2009 in Brussels (Feb. 7/8) was discussed.
- meeting at 25C3 already in the works; tmplab and some olpc-at folks, and sj / mako / mika / dogi will be there.
- see ongoing thread on IAEP mailing-list for related information
