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== Objectives of OLPC Switzerland ==
== Interested people ==
* [[User:Michele|Michele Notari]]
* Yvonne Buettner
* Martin Hofmann
* [[User:doebeli|Beat Doebeli Honegger]]
* Jacqueline Peter
* Martin Lehmann
* Rainer Fischer
* Lorenz Schori
* Niklaus Giger
* Alexis Favre
* François Brutsch --[[User:Fbrutsch|Fbrutsch]]
* Michael Vorburger (see [[User:Vorburger]]))
* José Formaz
* Matthias Stürmer
* Norbert Bollow
* Mala Mukherjee Suess

== News from Switzerland ==
=== First Meeting of OLPC Switzerland on January 15 2008 on 9:15 AM; in Bern - Report ===


<b>OLPC Europe</b> [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Europe OLPC Europe]

We recognise that in certain situations a European platform can make life easier for local OLPC grassroots, including the newly starting ones, and for the people at MIT. This platform shall under no circumstances be meddling with the local grassrouts but instead help them to grow and flourish.

We propose the following simple and basic common guidelines that shall help in forming this platform:

1. OLPC Europe <b>is</b>
*a forum for exchange between local groups with MIT, EU institutions and other groups worldwide
*helping in organising XOs for the local groups
*supporting and cherishing the autonomy of local groups
*focusing on rough consensus and running code

2. OLPC Europe <b>is not</b>
*going to do a local pilot in your country
*going to tell you what you are allowed to do
*going to act as a political instrument

3. Strucure

For being successful we propose the following minimalistic structure:
* a yearly rotating chair
* a secretary
* members

4. Benefits to members
* Better information
* Calendar of events
* Help in getting XOs

5. Obligations of members
* Send out a regular newsletter of your achievements and your activities
* Companies shall pay for membership

6. Conclusions

We do hope that this minimalistic structure combines best of both worlds: a little bit of structure for being effective and the highest degree of autonomy of local groups.

<b>Objectives of OLPC Switzerland</b>
#Demonstrate that the concept is worth promoting by using OLPCs in Switzerland
#Demonstrate that the concept is worth promoting by using OLPCs in Switzerland
#Show that OLPC is not just a cheap PC for developing countries by using OLPCs in one of the world's wealthiest countries
#Show that OLPC is not just a cheap PC for developing countries by using OLPCs in one of the world's wealthiest countries
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#Emphasize the importance of basic concepts in contrast to product knowledge by using non-commercial hardware and software.
#Emphasize the importance of basic concepts in contrast to product knowledge by using non-commercial hardware and software.
#Demonstrate the possibilities of digital learning tools to the Swiss education environment.
#Demonstrate the possibilities of digital learning tools to the Swiss education environment.

More generally speaking, we also aim at participating in the [[OLPC Europe]] group, and share the [[OLPC_Europe/Vision]].


== News from Switzerland ==

* January 15 2008: First face to face meeting of OLPC Switzerland, in Bern (minutes?)
* January 26th 2008: OLPC.ch mailing list opened


===Events===
===Events===
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===Press===
===Press===

If you are a journalist in Switzerland, please do subscribe to our mailing list and introduce yourself. We would love to give you a demo (e.g. in Bern, or Lausanne; or elsewhere) of the innovative XO laptop, and share some of our enthusiasm with you. Past articles:


* http://www.domainepublic.ch/files/articles/html/9725.shtml
* http://www.domainepublic.ch/files/articles/html/9725.shtml
* http://www.lematin.ch/pages/home/actu/economie/actu_economie__2?contenu=354155
* http://www.lematin.ch/pages/home/actu/economie/actu_economie__2?contenu=354155


== Infrastructure ==

* We use this Wiki (this page and later sub-pages) for collaborative publishing for now
* We communicate and coordinate on the olpc-ch mailing list. Visit http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-ch to subscribe!
* We archive the olpc-ch list at http://groups.google.com/group/olpc-ch/ or http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-ch/ (and probably on Gmane shortly) for you to read what we have been up to in before you joined
* We own the olpc.ch domain name and make it available for OLPC Switzerland initiatives
* We could set up a (public?) school server later, if we manage to get XOs for a planned pilot?


== Interested people ==

If you're interested in OLPC Switzerland, feel free to add your name to the following list. More interesting for you than only growing a long list of names here however might be if you join our mailing list (http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-ch) and participate in discussions?

* [[User:Michele|Michele Notari]]
* Yvonne Buettner
* Martin Hofmann
* [[User:doebeli|Beat Doebeli Honegger]]
* Jacqueline Peter
* Martin Lehmann
* Rainer Fischer
* Lorenz Schori
* Niklaus Giger
* Alexis Favre
* François Brutsch --[[User:Fbrutsch|Fbrutsch]]
* Michael Vorburger (see [[User:Vorburger]]))
* José Formaz
* Matthias Stürmer
* Norbert Bollow
* Mala Mukherjee Suess



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Revision as of 00:05, 26 January 2008

Objectives of OLPC Switzerland

  1. Demonstrate that the concept is worth promoting by using OLPCs in Switzerland
  2. Show that OLPC is not just a cheap PC for developing countries by using OLPCs in one of the world's wealthiest countries
  3. Promote the dissemination of OLPCs in German, French and Italian speaking regions by adapting OLPCs to these languages.
  4. Promote the programming environment Squeak in the German speaking area by adequate examples and ideas developed in Swiss paedagogic universities and tested in Swiss schools.
  5. Emphasize the importance of basic concepts in contrast to product knowledge by using non-commercial hardware and software.
  6. Demonstrate the possibilities of digital learning tools to the Swiss education environment.

More generally speaking, we also aim at participating in the OLPC Europe group, and share the OLPC_Europe/Vision.


News from Switzerland

  • January 15 2008: First face to face meeting of OLPC Switzerland, in Bern (minutes?)
  • January 26th 2008: OLPC.ch mailing list opened

Events

Blogs

Press

If you are a journalist in Switzerland, please do subscribe to our mailing list and introduce yourself. We would love to give you a demo (e.g. in Bern, or Lausanne; or elsewhere) of the innovative XO laptop, and share some of our enthusiasm with you. Past articles:


Infrastructure


Interested people

If you're interested in OLPC Switzerland, feel free to add your name to the following list. More interesting for you than only growing a long list of names here however might be if you join our mailing list (http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-ch) and participate in discussions?

  • Michele Notari
  • Yvonne Buettner
  • Martin Hofmann
  • Beat Doebeli Honegger
  • Jacqueline Peter
  • Martin Lehmann
  • Rainer Fischer
  • Lorenz Schori
  • Niklaus Giger
  • Alexis Favre
  • François Brutsch --Fbrutsch
  • Michael Vorburger (see User:Vorburger))
  • José Formaz
  • Matthias Stürmer
  • Norbert Bollow
  • Mala Mukherjee Suess


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