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You can sign my [http://www.pledgebank.com/xobook PledgeBank pledge] to write a book about the OLPC program and the XO laptop. The pledge isn't publicly visible yet, so use the link above. |
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The mission of Earth Treasury is |
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* To support all other national OLPC groups, whether part of OLPC or independent like ourselves. |
* To support all other national OLPC groups, whether part of OLPC or independent like ourselves. |
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* Link schools around the world |
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* Teach children to do business together. |
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* Teach the genuine free market, not the nonsense in which corporations get to go freely into any country, but people don't. |
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* Telemedicine |
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* Demonstrate the XO to anybody who should get involved with OLPC. |
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===Volunteers=== |
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We need some volunteers to take care of various business. [mailto:echerlin@gmail.com Send me an email]. |
We need some volunteers to take care of various business. [mailto:echerlin@gmail.com Send me an email]. |
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Revision as of 06:50, 3 June 2007
Earth Treasury has no corporate connection with OLPC, the maker of the $100 Laptop. They just let us use their Wiki.--69.236.161.149 02:50, 3 June 2007 (EDT)
Mission
The mission of Earth Treasury is
- To piggyback on OLPC's computer program in education, in order to further health, economic opportunity, human rights, and anything else in the way of sustainable development.
- To lobby the US Congress and the various state and territorial legislatures to buy into the OLPC program.
- To support all other national OLPC groups, whether part of OLPC or independent like ourselves.
Programs
- Link schools around the world
- Teach children to do business together.
- Teach the genuine free market, not the nonsense in which corporations get to go freely into any country, but people don't.
- Telemedicine
- Demonstrate the XO to anybody who should get involved with OLPC.
Volunteers
We need some volunteers to take care of various business. Send me an email.
- I'll go and invite some people. Done. I'll go invite some more.--Mokurai 00:48, 3 January 2007 (EST)
- We need writers, speakers, publicists, a graphic artist, lobbyists, and others. You can suggest other tasks, particularly if you are volunteering to do them.
- We'll get a mailing list together as soon as there are enough of us to justify it.
- Web site with t-shirts, an Amazon link, and donations through Paypal and other means.
- We need to move from a volunteer association to a non-profit corporation at some point.
- We should put on a conference. I have signed on as a board member of WIRE AFRICA. We have a conference in April.
- I'm going to make a page that makes is absolutely brainless to lobby our government officials. Oh wait, I did that. Here it is:
OLPC4USAlobbying. Won't someone please help tidy it up a smidge? --Mrknuffke 13:58, 21 January 2007 (EST)
OLPC says that we can use the OLPC Wiki for our business. Please put the following category link on any page that is specific to Earth Treasury.
[[Category:Earth Treasury]]
See also