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For information on OLPC in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, please see sites below.

'''[[OLPC Australia]]'''
* [http://www.laptop.org.au Home page] ([http://www.laptop.org.au/participate participate])
* [https://dev.laptop.org.au Technical development] ([http://dev.laptop.org.au/participate participate])

'''[[OLPC New Zealand]]'''
* [http://laptop.org.nz/ Home page]

'''[[OLPC Oceania]]'''
* [http://olpcoceania.blogspot.com/ Blog]

If you are interested in '''purchasing XOs''', you can try the [https://dev.laptop.org.au/projects/general/wiki/Developers%27_Programme OLPC Australia Developers' Programme].


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OLPC Friends is a community project for OLPC enthusiasts, developers and volunteers in the Australia/New Zealand/Pacific region. It is being launched in November 2008 and will include forums, volunteer and project registrations, news about OLPC in the region and ways to get involved.
OLPC Friends is a community project for OLPC enthusiasts, developers and volunteers in the Australia/New Zealand/Pacific region. It is being launched in November 2008 and will include forums, volunteer and project registrations, news about OLPC in the region and ways to get involved.


Visit the [http://www.olpcfriends.org/ OLPC Friends website] for the announcements mailing list, community forums, regional community news and more! Projects and community discussion can be found on the [http://forums.olpcfriends.org/ OLPC Friends Forum].
Visit the <s>[http://www.olpcfriends.org/ OLPC Friends website]</s> for the announcements mailing list, community forums, regional community news and more! Projects and community discussion can be found on the <s>[http://forums.olpcfriends.org/ OLPC Friends Forum]</s>.


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Please participate, get involved, and help support the OLPC vision in the region!
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Please find deployments we are involved in below:
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* Deployments
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** [[Australia's first deployment]]


= Project badge =
OLPC Friends' maintain the following on this wiki, please do add your details to any relevant page and participate!:


Want to add a Project badge on your wiki user page? Copy this to your page:
<blockquote>
<nowiki>{{userboxtop}}
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{{User OLPC Friends}}
{{userboxbottom}}</nowiki>
</blockquote>

It should end up looking like:

<div style="float: left; border:solid #00588C 1px; margin: 1px;">
{| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background:#BCCDFF"
| style="width: 45px; height: 45px; text-align: center; font-size:14pt; background:#00A0FF;" | [[Image:Olpc_badge_quad_white.gif|40px]]
| style="font-size: 8pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color:black;" | {{{1|This user is a member of the '''[[:OLPC_Friends|OLPC Friends Project]]'''.}}}
|}</div>

<includeonly>[[Category:OLPC_Friends|{{PAGENAME}}]]</includeonly><noinclude>
<br clear="all">

= Activities =
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* User Groups
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** [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects/WellyNZTesters Wellington Testers Group]
** [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Friends/SydneyUG Sydney User Group]
** [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Friends/MelbourneXOClub Melbourne XO Club]
** [http://www.meetup.com/gcolpc Gold Coast OLPC]
** [http://seaton-olpc-ug.org Seaton OLPC User Group (South Australia)]
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Friends/volunteers OLPC Friends volunteer list] - please register your details to volunteer!
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Friends/volunteers OLPC Friends volunteer list] - please register your details to volunteer!
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Friends/tasks Ongoing task list]
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Friends/tasks Ongoing task list]
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Friends/EOI Expressions of Interest] - please add your name, school/organisation and email address if you are interested in running a trial or deployment.
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Friends/EOI Expressions of Interest] - please add your name, school/organisation and email address if you are interested in running a trial or deployment.


= Australian/NZ community purchases of XO laptops =
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* User Groups
* This is a wiki page for [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Friends/PurchasePool local people interested in purchasing an XO] (although people do also have the option of borrowing an XO or two for demos or development projects). Please
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** [[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Friends/SydneyUG Sydney User Group]]



We encourage participants to contribute upstream to the OLPC global efforts wherever possible (eg, documentation, code, etc).
We encourage participants to contribute upstream to the OLPC global efforts wherever possible (eg, documentation, code, etc).


⚫
Please find deployments we are involved in below:
⚫
Please participate, get involved, and help support the OLPC vision in the region!
⚫
= Deployments =
⚫
* [[Australia's first deployment]]
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Oceania Oceania deployments]
* First test of laptops in [http://www.openplans.org/projects/blackstump/pormpuraaw remote Indigenous community]. Hopefully to lead to trial.


{{Pilot
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[[Category:OLPC Friends]]
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[[Category:Countries|Australia]]
[[Category:Australia]]
[[Category:XO User Group]]

Latest revision as of 13:08, 15 August 2011

For information on OLPC in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, please see sites below.

OLPC Australia

OLPC New Zealand

OLPC Oceania

If you are interested in purchasing XOs, you can try the OLPC Australia Developers' Programme.

The contents of this page are considered outdated and some of the information may be stale. Please use information here with caution, or update it.

OLPC Friends is a community project for OLPC enthusiasts, developers and volunteers in the Australia/New Zealand/Pacific region. It is being launched in November 2008 and will include forums, volunteer and project registrations, news about OLPC in the region and ways to get involved.

Visit the OLPC Friends website for the announcements mailing list, community forums, regional community news and more! Projects and community discussion can be found on the OLPC Friends Forum.

Please participate, get involved, and help support the OLPC vision in the region!

Project badge

Want to add a Project badge on your wiki user page? Copy this to your page:

{{userboxtop}} {{User OLPC Friends}} {{userboxbottom}}

It should end up looking like:

Olpc badge quad white.gif This user is a member of the OLPC Friends Project.



Activities

Australian/NZ community purchases of XO laptops

We encourage participants to contribute upstream to the OLPC global efforts wherever possible (eg, documentation, code, etc).

Please find deployments we are involved in below:

Deployments


Primary Language ,|x|Language spoken::x}}
Number of Laptops Number of manufactured laptops::80
Keyboard Layout Keyboard::OLPC English Keyboard
Build ,|x|Software release::x}}
Date(s) Arrived in Country ,|x|Has received laptops on date::x}}
School Server ,|x|School server status::x}}
Pilot Status [[Pilot status::Deployments handled by OLPC Friends - See [[1]]]]
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