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= North America =
= North America =


== Vancouver, British Columbia ==
== British Columbia, Vancouver ==


[[User:jerpenner|Jeremy Penner]] Looking to form an xo users group in Vancouver.
[[User:jerpenner|Jeremy Penner]] Looking to form an xo users group in Vancouver.


== California, Berkeley ==
== Alaska, Interior ==


[[User:Lylah|Lylah Caldwell]] is interested in helping start a user group in the Fairbanks/North Pole area for XO users. She has started a Yahoo Group for that purpose located here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/XO_interior
I'm looking to meet up with others in the area to work on OLPC software. --[[User:Wrachelson|Wrachelson]] 00:54, 12 December 2007 (EST)


== Arizona, Southern ==
== Massachusetts, CBUG - Cambridge-Boston User Group ==


[[User:Bbasgen|Brian Basgen]] Looking to form an XO group for Southern Arizona, particularly the Tucson area, with a focus on using the laptop in our local school systems.
See Bug Found. See Bug Squashed. [[XO_Giving/Users/CBUG|CBUG forming..]]


== California, Berkeley ==
-[[User:Bnardone | :)]][[User:Bnardone | Ben Nardone]]::[[User_Talk:Bnardone |My Talk]]::[[User:Bnardone/Internship |Internship]]::[[User:Bnardone/G1G1|G1G1]]::[[User:Bnardone/Software|Software]]::[[User:Bnardone/Countries/Peru|Peru]]::[[User:Bnardone/Countries/Nigeria |Nigeria]] 09:12, 22 November 2007 (EST)


I'm looking to meet up with others in the area to work on OLPC software. --[[User:Wrachelson|Wrachelson]] 00:54, 12 December 2007 (EST)

== Texas, Houston ==

Robert Nagel has started an XO User Club. See http://www.olpcnews.com/use_cases/community/start_xo_user_club_houston.html and http://www.imaginaryplanet.net/weblogs/idiotprogrammer/?p=83399673 for more information. The first meeting is on a Saturday the 2nd or 3rd week of January.


== California, Los Angeles ==
== California, Los Angeles ==
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We're starting to form a local group at [http://olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?topic=5.0].
We're starting to form a local group at [http://olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?topic=5.0].


== District of Columbia, Washington DC ==
== Texas, Austin ==


The [http://www.olpcnews.com OLPC News] team is organizing a [http://www.olpclearningclub.org OLPC Learning Club] for the DC Metro area. We'll be having our first meeting on December 18 with guest speakers and (hopefully) a mass XO mesh. Come by and co-learn!
[[User:Annegentle|Anne Gentle]] ... more information to follow, likely will mimic Robert's lead.
*[http://www.olpclearningclub.org Bog]
*[http://www.olpclearningclub.org/wiki Wiki]
*[http://www.wayan.com/mail/mail.cgi/list/OLPC_LCDC/ Listserv]


== Massachusetts, CBUG - Cambridge-Boston User Group ==
== Alaska, Interior ==

See Bug Found. See Bug Squashed. [[XO_Giving/Users/CBUG|CBUG forming..]]

-[[User:Bnardone | :)]][[User:Bnardone | Ben Nardone]]::[[User_Talk:Bnardone |My Talk]]::[[User:Bnardone/Internship |Internship]]::[[User:Bnardone/G1G1|G1G1]]::[[User:Bnardone/Software|Software]]::[[User:Bnardone/Countries/Peru|Peru]]::[[User:Bnardone/Countries/Nigeria |Nigeria]] 09:12, 22 November 2007 (EST)

== Minnesota, Minneapolis/St. Paul ==

[[User:Wmcteer|Bill McTeer]] The Minnesota Chapter of the Independent Computer Consultants Association is starting a group. We would love to link up with others in the area. We have a Google Group located here: http://groups.google.com/group/icca-mn-olpc


[[User:Lylah|Lylah Caldwell]] is interested in helping start a user group in the Fairbanks/North Pole area for XO users. She has started a Yahoo Group for that purpose located here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/XO_interior


== Oregon, Eugene ==
== Oregon, Eugene ==
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--[[User:Mhorney|Mark]] 14:29, 21 November 2007 (EST)
--[[User:Mhorney|Mark]] 14:29, 21 November 2007 (EST)


== Texas, Austin ==
== Washington, Seattle - SeaXO User Group ==
An XO user group is being formed in Seattle, Washington.


[[User:Annegentle|Anne Gentle]] ... more information to follow, likely will mimic Robert's lead.
Check http://www.SeaXO.com for the latest information. As we're all waiting for our XO computers, there's not very much to announce just yet. Certainly, a meetup and a chance to try out the Mesh network capabilities will be high on everybody's list. In the next few weeks more will be added to the site.


== Texas, Houston ==
Meanwhile if you'd like to receive any announcement and meeting information, email your contact information and interest to mailto:SeattleXO@gmail.com , or go to the SeaXO.com contact page[http://www.seaxo.com/page1/page1.php].


Robert Nagel has started an XO User Club. See http://www.olpcnews.com/use_cases/community/start_xo_user_club_houston.html and http://www.imaginaryplanet.net/weblogs/idiotprogrammer/?p=83399673 for more information. The first meeting is on a Saturday the 2nd or 3rd week of January.
== District of Columbia, Washington DC ==


== Washington, Seattle - SeaXO User Group ==
The [http://www.olpcnews.com OLPC News] team is organizing a [http://www.olpclearningclub.org OLPC Learning Club] for the DC Metro area. We'll be having our first meeting on December 18 with guest speakers and (hopefully) a mass XO mesh. Come by and co-learn!
An XO user group is being formed in Seattle, Washington.
*[http://www.olpclearningclub.org Bog]
*[http://www.olpclearningclub.org/wiki Wiki]
*[http://www.wayan.com/mail/mail.cgi/list/OLPC_LCDC/ Listserv]


Check http://www.SeaXO.com for the latest information. As we're all waiting for our XO computers, there's not very much to announce just yet. Certainly, a meetup and a chance to try out the Mesh network capabilities will be high on everybody's list. In the next few weeks more will be added to the site.
== Minnesota, Minneapolis/St. Paul ==


Meanwhile if you'd like to receive any announcement and meeting information, email your contact information and interest to mailto:SeattleXO@gmail.com , or go to the SeaXO.com contact page[http://www.seaxo.com/page1/page1.php].
[[User:Wmcteer|Bill McTeer]] The Minnesota Chapter of the Independent Computer Consultants Association is starting a group. We would love to link up with others in the area. We have a Google Group located here: http://groups.google.com/group/icca-mn-olpc

== Arizona, Southern ==

[[User:Bbasgen|Brian Basgen]] Looking to form an XO group for Southern Arizona, particularly the Tucson area, with a focus on using the laptop in our local school systems.


= Asia =
= Asia =

Revision as of 21:39, 19 December 2007

A question was asked on the question page about local user groups for owners of the "get 1" half of the "give 1 get 1" program. This page is a list of known user groups.

Infrastructure that can be used in forming groups:

This isn't an exhaustive list.

Groups might also set up their own Jabber server, since there isn't one set up for the owners as a whole, due to scale and cost issues.

North America

British Columbia, Vancouver

Jeremy Penner Looking to form an xo users group in Vancouver.

Alaska, Interior

Lylah Caldwell is interested in helping start a user group in the Fairbanks/North Pole area for XO users. She has started a Yahoo Group for that purpose located here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/XO_interior

Arizona, Southern

Brian Basgen Looking to form an XO group for Southern Arizona, particularly the Tucson area, with a focus on using the laptop in our local school systems.

California, Berkeley

I'm looking to meet up with others in the area to work on OLPC software. --Wrachelson 00:54, 12 December 2007 (EST)

California, Los Angeles

We're starting to form a local group at [1].

District of Columbia, Washington DC

The OLPC News team is organizing a OLPC Learning Club for the DC Metro area. We'll be having our first meeting on December 18 with guest speakers and (hopefully) a mass XO mesh. Come by and co-learn!

Massachusetts, CBUG - Cambridge-Boston User Group

See Bug Found. See Bug Squashed. CBUG forming..

- :) Ben Nardone::My Talk::Internship::G1G1::Software::Peru::Nigeria 09:12, 22 November 2007 (EST)

Minnesota, Minneapolis/St. Paul

Bill McTeer The Minnesota Chapter of the Independent Computer Consultants Association is starting a group. We would love to link up with others in the area. We have a Google Group located here: http://groups.google.com/group/icca-mn-olpc


Oregon, Eugene

An XO user group is being formed in Eugene. Jane Krauss began the group on November 16.

Here's a link to our Eugene XO Users Workspace.

Jane hosts an XO educator group in Classroom 2.0 also. --Mark 14:29, 21 November 2007 (EST)

Texas, Austin

Anne Gentle ... more information to follow, likely will mimic Robert's lead.

Texas, Houston

Robert Nagel has started an XO User Club. See http://www.olpcnews.com/use_cases/community/start_xo_user_club_houston.html and http://www.imaginaryplanet.net/weblogs/idiotprogrammer/?p=83399673 for more information. The first meeting is on a Saturday the 2nd or 3rd week of January.

Washington, Seattle - SeaXO User Group

An XO user group is being formed in Seattle, Washington.

Check http://www.SeaXO.com for the latest information. As we're all waiting for our XO computers, there's not very much to announce just yet. Certainly, a meetup and a chance to try out the Mesh network capabilities will be high on everybody's list. In the next few weeks more will be added to the site.

Meanwhile if you'd like to receive any announcement and meeting information, email your contact information and interest to mailto:SeattleXO@gmail.com , or go to the SeaXO.com contact page[2].

Asia

Kaohsiung, Taiwan

A XO user group is starting at Games Cafe in Kaohsiung on Saturday afternoons. We're only on emulators now, but hopefully will be getting the real thing soon. Contact Tobey (at) Playgames (dot) tw for more info.

Europe

Switzerland

Has anybody else in Switzerland or elsewhere in Europe ordered an XO through "Give 1 Get 1" (through a friend in 'North America', obviously...) ? Leave a note here to network (and to discuss how to advance this with our ministery of education...). Vorburger 15:05, 25 November 2007 (EST)

Sweden

I have ordered 2 XO laptops through G1G1. When the laptops arrive to me it will be possible to look and feel them at Stockholm Linux User Group http://stockholm.lug.se/

United Kingdom

I have ordered a laptop to be delivered to my home (in Vermont) Hopefully I'll have it and am based in Leeds UK now anyone else getting one?

FaceBook

There are a several groups forming on Facebook.

- :) Ben Nardone::My Talk::Internship::G1G1::Software::Peru::Nigeria 09:12, 22 November 2007 (EST)

XO Educator Group in Classroom 2.0

Here's a link to Classroom 2.0 XO Educator Group a space where we can collect materials, pictures, meeting agendas/notes.