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Welcome to the kick-off page for Australia.
[http://www.olpc.org.au/ OLPC Australia] was launched in March 2008. OLPC Australia will be working closely with OLPC as well as other community and education organisations to help facilitate bringing the OLPC project to the region.


http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QnSYpIolvHM/T6koG9fKhCI/AAAAAAAAC8o/OKR8OXRREyE/s1600/olpcAU.jpg
Please contact us if you are interested in trials, purchasing OLPCs, development and education projects, or just to offer your support for such an important education project in the region :)


[http://www.laptop.org.au/ OLPC Australia] was launched in March 2008. They received a small batch of laptops to distribute as that independent Foundation could manage it across pilot projects in the region.
== Key contacts ==


__TOC__
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* [http://web.media.mit.edu/~bv/ Dr. Barry Vercoe], OLPC Asia-Pacific Liaison
* [http://www.hutak.com/ Michael Hutak], OLPC Regional Director, Oceania
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* OLPC Australia:
** Geoff Anson, Chairman OLPC Australia
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** Rangan Srikhanta, Executive Director OLPC Australia
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** Vadim Gerasimov, Director
** [http://pipka.org/ Pia Waugh], Director
** [http://bethesignal.org/ Jeff Waugh], Director


== Events ==
== Technical development ==


Technical development is co-ordinated at https://dev.laptop.org.au/. See the [https://dev.laptop.org.au/participate Participation] page to get involved.
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=== Technical projects ===
!Name

!Date
Some of the key technical [http://dev.laptop.org.au/projects/general/wiki/Projects projects] supported by OLPC Australia.
!Time

!Location
'''[https://dev.laptop.org.au/projects/xo-au XO-AU]''': an Australian-specific software build for XOs. It contains localised settings and content suitable for Australian children. It has been developed in consultation with schools, educators and local communities.
|-valign="top"

|[http://www.olpc.org.au/2008/05/14/get-involved-at-the-first-olpc-australia-techfest/ OLPC Australia TechFest]
'''[https://dev.laptop.org.au/projects/xs-au XS-AU]''': a reconfiguration of the XS school server.
|June 1, 2008

|9:30am to 6:00pm
'''[https://dev.laptop.org.au/projects/mini-server Mini Server]''': A mini update server that runs on an XO. Other XOs can wirelessly update their OS from it, using olpc-update. In a sense, it is like [[Nandblaster]], but data (including the Journal) is preserved.
|Saint Ignatius’ College,<br>Riverview, NSW

|-valign="top"
'''[http://edu.laptop.org.au/laptop/xop XOP]''': An XO [[Product_News#XO_Rack | racking]] and charging solution. The charger developed by OLPC Australia is better suited for the racks than the [[Product_News#XOP_Distributed_Bundle | OLPC version]].
|[http://www.olpc.org.au/2008/05/09/empowering-children-and-communities/ Barry Vercoe on “One Laptop per Child: Empowering children and communities”]

|May 16, 2008

|6:00pm to 7:00pm
== Community ==
|Mitchell Theatre,<br>Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts,<br>280 Pitt Street,<br>Sydney, NSW

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|}
These are community groups assisting OLPC Australia.

See our [https://dev.laptop.org.au/projects/general/wiki/Events Events page] for more.

The [[MelbourneXOClub|Melbourne XO Club]] meets monthly.

OLPC Australia personnel are often present at the [http://www.slug.org.au Sydney Linux Users Group].


== [http://laptop.org.au/vision/people Key contacts] ==

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=== OLPC Australia Board ===

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* Rangan Srikhanta, Chief Executive Officer
* Clinton Hoffmann, Chairman
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* [http://web.media.mit.edu/~bv/ Prof. Barry Vercoe], Director
* Charles Kane, Director
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* Philip Argy, Director
* Michael McLeod - Director

=== Team ===

* [[User:Sridhar|Sridhar Dhanapalan]], Engineering Manager
* Rita Sharma, Operations Manager
* Jerry Vonau, Software Engineer
* Deepak Muddha, Software Test Engineer
* Sasha Faint, Customer Service
* Ning Gong, Finance and Logistics Co-ordinator
* Alan James, Regional Manager - Northern Territory


== See also ==
== See also ==


*[[OLPC Oceania]]
* [[OLPC Oceania]]
*[[OLPC New Zealand]]
* [[OLPC New Zealand]]


== External links ==
== External links ==


*[http://www.olpc.org.au/ OLPC Australia (official site)]
* [http://www.laptop.org.au/ OLPC Australia (official site)]
*[http://lists.olpc.org.au/mailman/listinfo/olpc-au-announce OLPC Australia mailing list]
* [https://dev.laptop.org.au/ OLPC Australia technical development]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia Australia (Wikipedia)]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia Australia (Wikipedia)]





[[category:deployments]]
[[Category:Countries|Australia]]
[[Category:Countries|Australia]]
{{Deployment
[[Category:OLPC Australia]]
|language=English
|laptops=8000
|keyboard=OLPC English Keyboard
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}}

Latest revision as of 07:33, 29 May 2012

Welcome to the kick-off page for Australia.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QnSYpIolvHM/T6koG9fKhCI/AAAAAAAAC8o/OKR8OXRREyE/s1600/olpcAU.jpg

OLPC Australia was launched in March 2008. They received a small batch of laptops to distribute as that independent Foundation could manage it across pilot projects in the region.

Technical development

Technical development is co-ordinated at https://dev.laptop.org.au/. See the Participation page to get involved.

Technical projects

Some of the key technical projects supported by OLPC Australia.

XO-AU: an Australian-specific software build for XOs. It contains localised settings and content suitable for Australian children. It has been developed in consultation with schools, educators and local communities.

XS-AU: a reconfiguration of the XS school server.

Mini Server: A mini update server that runs on an XO. Other XOs can wirelessly update their OS from it, using olpc-update. In a sense, it is like Nandblaster, but data (including the Journal) is preserved.

XOP: An XO racking and charging solution. The charger developed by OLPC Australia is better suited for the racks than the OLPC version.


Community

These are community groups assisting OLPC Australia.

See our Events page for more.

The Melbourne XO Club meets monthly.

OLPC Australia personnel are often present at the Sydney Linux Users Group.


Key contacts

OLPC Australia Board

  • Rangan Srikhanta, Chief Executive Officer
  • Clinton Hoffmann, Chairman
  • Prof. Barry Vercoe, Director
  • Charles Kane, Director
  • Philip Argy, Director
  • Michael McLeod - Director

Team

  • Sridhar Dhanapalan, Engineering Manager
  • Rita Sharma, Operations Manager
  • Jerry Vonau, Software Engineer
  • Deepak Muddha, Software Test Engineer
  • Sasha Faint, Customer Service
  • Ning Gong, Finance and Logistics Co-ordinator
  • Alan James, Regional Manager - Northern Territory

See also

External links

Primary Language ,|x|Language spoken::x}}
Number of Laptops Number of manufactured laptops::8000
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}}
Deployment Status Deployment status::
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