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''See [[Grassroots meetings/November 29, 2008]]''
''See [[Grassroots meetings/November 29, 2008]]''


A meeting was held in Brussels over the weekend.
A meeting was held in Brussels over the weekend. Notes on the detail page above.


=== Attendees ===
=== Attendees ===
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* Walter Vermeir
* Walter Vermeir
* Michael (from nl.wp)
* 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
*: 100+ XOs @ ~€20,000 includes invitation for 2 people to come to quarterly workshops at 1CC
*: 1000+ XOs @ similar unit cost 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 winter

* 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

Latest revision as of 01:22, 4 December 2008

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. Notes on the detail page above.

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)