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A question was asked on the [[Ask_OLPC_a_Question|question]] page about local user groups for owners of the "get 1" half of the "give 1 get 1" program.  This page is a list of known user groups.

Infrastructure that can be used in forming groups:
*this Wiki,
*[[Mailing lists]],
*[[IRC]],
*[[EPals]].

This isn't an exhaustive list.

Groups might also [[Run_your_own_jabber_server|set up their own Jabber server]], since there isn't one set up for the owners as a whole, due to scale and cost issues.

= North America =

== British Columbia, Vancouver ==

[[User:jerpenner|Jeremy Penner]] Looking to form an xo users group in Vancouver.

== Alaska, Interior ==

[[User:Lylah|Lylah Caldwell]] is interested in helping start a user group in the Fairbanks/North Pole area for XO users. She has started a Yahoo Group for that purpose located here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/XO_interior

== Arizona, Southern ==

[[User:Bbasgen|Brian Basgen]] Looking to form an XO group for Southern Arizona, particularly the Tucson area, with a focus on using the laptop in our local school systems.

== California, Berkeley ==

I'm looking to meet up with others in the area to work on OLPC software.  --[[User:Wrachelson|Wrachelson]] 00:54, 12 December 2007 (EST)

== California, Los Angeles ==

We're starting to form a local group at [http://olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?topic=5.0].

== California, Silicon Valley ==

I'm hosting a hacking at my house on Saturday, December 22.   A group will likely form off of the [http://baypiggies.org Bay Area Python Interest Group (BayPiggies)] --[[User:CharlesMerriam|CharlesMerriam]] 16:42, 19 December 2007 (EST)

== Connecticut, Middletown ==
We are collecting unneeded XO laptops and purchasing more for our Urban Village project in Middletown [[Middletown Childrens Project]]

== District of Columbia, Washington DC ==

The [http://www.olpcnews.com OLPC News] team is organizing a [http://www.olpclearningclub.org OLPC Learning Club] for the DC Metro area.  We'll be having our first meeting on December 18 with guest speakers and (hopefully) a mass XO mesh.  Come by and co-learn! 
*[http://www.olpclearningclub.org Bog]
*[http://www.olpclearningclub.org/wiki Wiki]
*[http://www.wayan.com/mail/mail.cgi/list/OLPC_LCDC/ Listserv]

== Georgia, Atlanta ==
[[User:tkau|Tat Au]] is interested in forming an XO Learning Club in the Atlanta, Georgia area to allow young XO owners to get together, explore and have fun with XO and learn about OLPC.

== Illinois, Chicago - ChiXO: Chicago Area XO User Group ==

An XO User Group has been formed at Moraine Valley Community College (in Palos Hills, IL, a southwest suburb of Chicago). XO users from Wisconsin, Indiana, and Illinois (and beyond) are welcome to join. The first club meeting will be held on Saturday, January 26, 2008. Contact [[User:langellier|Larry Langellier]] for additional details.

== Massachusetts, CBUG - Cambridge-Boston User Group ==

See Bug Found.  See Bug Squashed.  [[XO_Giving/Users/CBUG|CBUG forming..]]

-[[User:Bnardone | :)]][[User:Bnardone | Ben Nardone]]::[[User_Talk:Bnardone |My Talk]]::[[User:Bnardone/Internship |Internship]]::[[User:Bnardone/G1G1|G1G1]]::[[User:Bnardone/Software|Software]]::[[User:Bnardone/Countries/Peru|Peru]]::[[User:Bnardone/Countries/Nigeria |Nigeria]] 09:12, 22 November 2007 (EST) 

== Minnesota, Minneapolis/St. Paul ==

[[User:Wmcteer|Bill McTeer]]   The Minnesota Chapter of the Independent Computer Consultants Association is starting a group.  We would love to link up with others in the area.  We have a Google Group located here: http://groups.google.com/group/icca-mn-olpc

== Oregon, Eugene ==

An XO user group is being formed in Eugene. Jane Krauss began the group on November 16. 

Here's a link to our [[Eugene XO User Group | Eugene XO Users Workspace]]. 

Jane hosts an [http://classroom20.ning.com/group/xo XO educator group in Classroom 2.0] also.
--[[User:Mhorney|Mark]] 14:29, 21 November 2007 (EST)

== Oregon, Portland ==

Google group has been setup for Portland, Oregon.

PDX-OLPC Users (or PDXO): http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-olpc-users

== St. Louis, MO ==

Andrew Jensen is looking for others with XO laptops in the St. Louis Area, with the goal of sharing resources and seeing how they work together. Contact at PlatonicJensen(at)yahoo.com. 

== Tallahassee, FL ==

Listen in Tally, FL would like to find out if any others in the area have gotten an XO laptop. It would be great to see how the XO works when there is more than one around.

I would like to help contact the govt about getting involved in the OLPC program and supply these machines to kids/schools in FL. In fact I have just found a page that helps you do this: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC4USALobbying. We need more sample letters on here so that more people will write to their Reps.
Let Love Flow
affiliatelinks(at)goct.net

== Texas, Austin ==

[[User:Annegentle|Anne Gentle]] ... more information to follow, likely will mimic Robert's lead.

== Texas, Houston ==

Robert Nagel has started an XO User Club. See http://www.olpcnews.com/use_cases/community/start_xo_user_club_houston.html and http://www.imaginaryplanet.net/weblogs/idiotprogrammer/?p=83399673 for more information. The first meeting is on a Saturday the 2nd or 3rd week of January.

== Washington, Seattle - SeaXO User Group ==
An XO user group is being formed in Seattle, Washington. 

Check http://www.SeaXO.com for the latest information. As we're all waiting for our XO computers, there's not very much to announce just yet. Certainly, a meetup and a chance to try out the Mesh network capabilities will be high on everybody's list. In the next few weeks more will be added to the site.

Meanwhile if you'd like to receive any announcement and meeting information, email your contact information and interest to mailto:SeattleXO@gmail.com , or go to the SeaXO.com contact page[http://www.seaxo.com/page1/page1.php].

= Asia =

== Kaohsiung, Taiwan ==
A XO user group is starting at Games Cafe in Kaohsiung on Saturday afternoons.  We're only on emulators now, but hopefully will be getting the real thing soon.  Contact Tobey (at) Playgames (dot) tw for more info.

= Europe =

== Ireland ==

I have one now in the South Dublin area. Does anyone else in Ireland have one? Feel like getting geeky in a pub?

== Sweden ==
I have ordered 2 XO laptops through G1G1.
When the laptops arrive to me it will be possible to look and feel them at Stockholm Linux User Group http://stockholm.lug.se/

== Switzerland ==

Has anybody else in Switzerland or elsewhere in Europe ordered an XO through "Give 1 Get 1" (through a friend in 'North America', obviously...) ?  Leave a note here to network (and to discuss how to advance this with our ministery of education...). [[User:Vorburger|Vorburger]] 15:05, 25 November 2007 (EST)

== United Kingdom ==

I have ordered a laptop to be delivered to my home (in Vermont)  Hopefully I'll have it and am based in Leeds UK now anyone else getting one?

London here, if there is any other please get in touch! --[[User:Fbrutsch|Fbrutsch]] 11:16, 1 January 2008 (EST)

=FaceBook=
There are a several groups forming on Facebook.
*[http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7357447124 XO Owners group]
*[http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6145848838 XO Owners, Cambridge/Boston area]
-[[User:Bnardone | :)]][[User:Bnardone | Ben Nardone]]::[[User_Talk:Bnardone |My Talk]]::[[User:Bnardone/Internship |Internship]]::[[User:Bnardone/G1G1|G1G1]]::[[User:Bnardone/Software|Software]]::[[User:Bnardone/Countries/Peru|Peru]]::[[User:Bnardone/Countries/Nigeria |Nigeria]] 09:12, 22 November 2007 (EST)

=XO Educator Group in Classroom 2.0=
Here's a link to [[Classroom 2.0 XO Educator Group]] a space where we can collect materials, pictures, meeting agendas/notes.

[[Category:XO User Group]]