OLPC groups

This page has a more up-to-date location: Regional groups

Introduce yourselves, tell us what you're up to, link to cool stuff. Be warned, though, new community members may turn up in very short order. See also regional groups.

User groups

There are a number of user groups around the world. Large groups that have their own mailing lists and other public faces are listed here; see also regional groups for any org that has registered here on the wiki and meets from time to time.

North America

for details, see OLPC North America

USA

also see OLPC USA

Boston, MA, USA

see OLPC Boston; contact SJ.

Chicago, IL, USA

see OLPC Chicago; contact Ian.

Dallas, TX USA

- Interactive Users Group, also see the DFW-XO.

Los Angeles, CA, USA

see XOCAL Users Forum

New York, NY, USA

contact Lauren.

Oregon, USA

Oregon State University has a group of OLPC users and developers who meet regularly and are developing a few XO-specific projects, including the Helix Media Player. Contact Michael.

Washington, DC

OLPC LCDC

Washington state

contact isforinsects

more ad hoc groups

see the OLPCnews forums, with links to local groups, and a member map.

Canada

see Canada

Mexico

See OLPC Mexico. There is a group of students and educators in Monterrey, and pilot projects starting.

Europe

for details, see OLPC Europe

Austria

Germany

Switzerland

see also

France, Italy, UK.

Africa

for details, see OLPC Africa

South Africa

See OLPC South Africa

Nigeria

See OLPC Nigeria - there is a trial school in Abuja

Rwanda

See OLPC Rwanda

Ethiopia

See OLPC Ethiopia - there is a trial in Addis Ababa

Mozambique

South America

see OLPC South America

Brasil - two trial schools

Chile -

Argentina- some trials?

Peru - one trial, initial deployment

Uruguay - full deployment underway

Asia

see OLPC Asia

Korea

see USer:Php5

China

India

see Khairat school trial

Japan

Nepal

Philippines

Thailand

see the Bann Samkha school

Mongolia

Pakistan

Russia

Middle East

see OLPC Middle East

Libya

not active

Australia & Oceania

see OLPC Oceania

Australia

See OLPC Australia

Solomon Islands

See OLPC Oceania

New Zealand

See OLPC New Zealand

Marketing

Give 1 Get 1 PDF Fliers:

• File:OLPCflyerV4PRINT.pdf - for office copiers and inkjet printers
• File:OLPCflyerV4PRESS.pdf - just in case anyone wants to do a larger run on a printing press.

Give 1 Get 1 Flyers from San Francisco State University:

• http://opensource.sfsu.edu/files/g1g1-ads.pdf - Six ads. Print well at 8.5 x 11. Not sure if it will scale up.
• http://opensource.sfsu.edu/files/g1g1-ads.odp - Same as above. Original in Open Document Format. Under a CC license.

Change your Wi-Fi ESSID

• I have changed my Wi-Fi ESSID (sometimes called network name) to laptopgiving.org in the hopes that my neighbors will see it and get curious! My Wi-Fi node is open (no WEP etc.) but even if your Wi-Fi node is encrypted and you don't want others to use it, simply set the ESSID to laptopgiving.org as an advertisement. Remember, every additional G1G1 customer means two additional laptops! --Sverma 18:50, 6 December 2007 (EST)

Other groups

• Earth Treasury
• http://www.onevillagefoundation.org/ Onevillage Foundation
• http://www.wiserearth.org/ Wiser Earth

Educators

Textbook Writers

• Ken Iverson, Arithmetic, Algebra, Calculus, all in executable notation
• See also Librarian Chick's listings of free textbooks

Activity creation

• School weather stations and mapping in 109 countries

Related issues

Research

We need research on education, economics, health, sustainable development, microfinance, appropriate technology, and more. See also the research mailing list. --Mokurai 14:07, 13 November 2007 (EST)

Hardware and Software

System Software : Linux, OFW, drivers
Sugar: Interface
Activity creation : see #Activity creation, above.

Documentation

• see Anne Gentle and Mokurai

Localization and languages

• see Translation