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'''OLPC San Francisco Bay Area''' is a general interest group in the San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area. The group meets on the second Saturday of every month to promote interest, generate ideas and learn from each other in a face-to-face environment.
== About ==
OLPC San Francisco Bay Area is an general interest group in the San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area. The group intends to meet once a month to promote interest, generate ideas and learn from each other in a face-to-face environment.


New Web Site http://olpcsf.org/
== First meeting ==
Also on the web at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/446


== Next regular meeting ==
Calling all San Francisco Bay Area OLPC enthusiasts! If you have an XO laptop, or are just interested in seeing how they work, come on down to SF State campus for a get together this Saturday. If you have an XO or two (or ten), bring them! If not, bring your enthusiasm.
Saturday, 11th of January 2014 (10 AM to 1 PM).
Join us for our sixth birthday!


Location:
What: OLPC meet at San Francisco State University
SFSU Downtown Campus
5th floor, 835 Market St.
San Francisco, CA 94103


==Upcoming Events==
Why: Curiosity, strength in numbers, plain fun!


==Projects==
When: Saturday, January 12, 2008 from 10am to 2pm


* Starr King Elementary, SF (ongoing)
Where: Business Bldg. 219, SF State main campus (1600 Holloway Ave. San Francisco, CA 94132).
* [[Madagascar/Maroantsetra]], Madagascar (ongoing)
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_SF_Repair OLPC-SF Repair Center] (ongoing)
* Kid Camp (potential)
* Newbies Ramp Up (ongoing)
* OLPC-SF Lending Library (potential)
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/SFSU_Lending_Library San Francisco State University lending library] (ongoing)
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Senegal/KeurSadaro Keur Sadaro, Senegal] (ongoing)
* OLPC-SF [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Porting_to_ARM Porting XS to ARM] (ongoing)
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects/MTSA Master Teachers by Satellite for Afghanistan] working with OLPC-Afghanistan
* [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Activities/Toaster Toaster] - Sugar Activity to create USB sticks and discs


Map: http://www.sfsu.edu/~sfsumap/


== Past Events==
By car: http://www.sfsu.edu/~parking/directions/main_campus/car.html
* '''[http://olpcsf.org/CommunitySummit2012/ OLPC San Francisco Community Summit 2012] (October 19-21, 2012)'''
* '''[http://olpcsf.org/CommunitySummit2011/ OLPC SF Community Summit 2011] (Oct 21 5pm, to Oct 23 5pm, followed by Sunday night party!) ([[OLPC_SanFranciscoBayArea/OLPCSF_Community_Summit_2011|wiki planning details]], [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-sf organizers mailing list])'''
* '''[http://olpcsf.org/CommunitySummit2010/ OLPC SF Community Summit 2010] (Oct 21/22 to 24th) drawing experienced deployment people from around the world!! ([[OLPC_SanFranciscoBayArea/OLPCSF_Community_Summit_2010|wiki planning details]], [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-sf organizers mailing list])'''
* [[OLPC_SanFranciscoBayArea/OLPCSF_Community_Summit_2009|OLPC San Francisco Bay Area Community Summit 2009]]
* Stanford University visit - Chuck Kane and Paul Commons, Friday November 6, 2009 (12:00pm to 1:00pm) [http://wiki.laptop.org/images/2/23/Olpc-stanford-event.pdf PDF Poster]
* UC Berkeley visit - Chuck Kane and Paul Commons, Thursday November 5, 2009 (3pm to 4:30pm) [http://wiki.laptop.org/images/f/fb/Olpc-berkeley-event.pdf PDF Poster]


== Mailing List ==
By Muni: http://www.sfsu.edu/~parking/directions/main_campus/muni.html
http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-sf


== Previous Meetings ==
Who: Sponsored by IMSA Student Association (http://imsa.sfsu.edu/). RSVP would be appreciated. sverma@sfsu.edu


===May meeting (May 14, 2011)===
== Report on the first meeting ==
May 2011 meeting will be held at SFSU Downtown Center. See details at email [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/2011-May/000920.html announcement]


===April meeting (April 16, 2011)===
Also on the web at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/446
April 2011 meeting will be held at SFSU Downtown Center. See details at email [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/2011-April/000915.html announcement]


===March meeting (Mar 12, 2011)===
We had the first meeting of OLPC/XO enthusiasts at San Francisco State University on January 12, 2008. I have had a B4 unit since July 2007, and some of my colleagues decided to get theirs via G1G1. So, we decided to get a group together on campus, but then opened up for others in the Bay Area. After all, there is strength in numbers! We had 22 enthusiasts who came by on the 12th.
March 2011 meeting will be held at SFSU Downtown Center. See details at email [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/2011-March/000903.html announcement]


===February meeting (Feb 19, 2011)===
The meeting started off with a minor scheduling glitch. Our room was double-booked. Luckily, I had keys to our Ubuntu lab, so that was handy. Next, we had Christian Einfeldt with his camera filming people as they came in. His videos are part of a documentary called Digital Tipping Point, a series of interviews about how free and open source software is enabling people all over the world. DTP videos are available in their raw (source code) goodness at http://www.archive.org/details.php?identifier=digitaltippingpoint
Feb 2011 meeting was at SFSU Downtown Center. See details at email [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/2011-February/000900.html announcement]


===January meeting (Jan 15, 2011)===
We also had Charles Francis who took still pictures for DTP. His photos are up at http://picasaweb.google.com/digitaltippingpoint/SanFranciscoBayAreaDigitalTippingPoints (see photos 5 through 11).
Jan 2011 meeting, the group's 3rd anniversary, was at SFSU Downtown Center. See details at email [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/2011-January/000887.html announcement]


===December meeting (Dec 11, 2010)===
I have some other photos at http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=olpcmeet&w=52302911%40N00
Dec 2010 meeting was at SFSU Downtown Center. See details at email [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/2010-December/000863.html announcement]


===November meeting (Nov 13, 2010)===
We had two five year olds in the group - way better handlers of the XO than any of us - who showed the attendees a thing or two about using the different activities. I was quite impressed at how a five-year old was able to comprehend and work through various activities on the laptop. One of them showed us how to build cartoons using the CartoonBuilder activity.
Nov 2010 meeting was at SFSU Downtown Center. See details at [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/2010-November/000847.html announcement]


===October Summit===
Many XO owners got into measuring distance using the Acoustic Tape Measure, an activity that allows you to measure distance between two laptops using the speed of sound. The microphones on both machines detect the sound (departure and arrival) and estimate distance. At first the readings were off the scale (292 meters or so) but then stabilized rapidly. We got saner readings such as 3.78 meters. That was a lot of fun.
Community Summit occurred Oct 22 - 24 see [http://olpcsf.org/CommunitySummit2010/ OLPC SF Community Summit 2010]! (email [http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/2010-September/000783.html announcement])


===September meeting (Sept 18, 2010)===
I had set up an access point for the event (SSID xoxo) but most people were interested in joining the mesh and chatting with each other! Very interesting. Many meshers also shared write activities, photos, and video.
September 2010 meeting was at SFSU's Downtown Center. See details at http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/2010-September/000780.html


===August meeting (Aug 28, 2010)===
In all, the first meeting was terrific. Attendees were from different backgrounds and that made it a lot more interesting. We hope to keep the ideas flowing by meeting once a month. Currently, the approach is to find a venue around the Bay area and rotate to Peninsula, South Bay, East Bay and back to San Francisco. If nothing works out, we'll meet on campus at SF State in a month. Stay tuned.
August 2010 meeting was at [https://www.noisebridge.net Noisebridge]. See details at http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/2010-August/000764.html


===July meeting (July 17, 2010)===
If you are interested in keeping up with this group, drop me a note at sverma@sfsu.edu. I'll keep you informed.
July 2010 meeting was at SFSU's Downtown Center. See details at http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/2010-July/000705.html


== Mailing List ==
===June meeting (June 19, 2010)===
June 2010 meeting was at SFSU's Downtown Center. See details at http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/2010-June/000691.html
There is no mailing list as yet. If you are interested, send an e-mail to sverma@sfsu.edu . We plan to move to a mailing list shortly. Stay tuned.

===May meeting (May 15, 2010)===
May 2010 meeting was at SFSU's Downtown Center. See details at http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/2010-May/000677.html

===April meeting (Apr 17, 2010)===
April 2010 meeting was at SFSU's Downtown Center. See details at http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/2010-April/000656.html

===March meeting (Mar 13, 2010)===
March 2010 meeting was at SFSU's Downtown Center. See details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/667

===February meeting (Feb 13, 2010)===
February 2010 meeting was at SFSU's Downtown Center. See details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/673

===January meeting (Jan 16, 2010)===
January 2010 meeting was at SFSU's Downtown Center. See details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/671

===December meeting===
No meetings in December.

===November meeting (Nov 21, 2009)===
See [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_SanFranciscoBayArea/OLPCSF_Community_Summit_2009 OLPCSF Community Summit 2009]
===October meeting (Oct 17, 2009)===
October's meeting was at SFSU's Downtown Center. See details at http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/2009-October/000543.html

===September meeting (Aug 22, 2009)===
September's meeting featured presentations from two deployments. Senegal (Bruce Baikie) and Afghanistan/MTSA (Carol Ruth Silver).

===August meeting (Aug 22, 2009)===
August's meeting will be at SFSU's Downtown Center. This meeting features presentations from two deployments. South Africa and San Francisco! See details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/656

===July meeting (July 18, 2009)===
Meeting at SF State Downtown campus. This meeting will focus on the latest school server, and a handful of ongoing OLPC micro deployments. Details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/653

===June meeting (June 13, 2009)===
Meeting at SF State Downtown campus. Details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/643

===May meeting (May 16, 2009)===
Meeting at SF State Downtown campus. Details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/637

===April meeting (Apr 11, 2009)===
Meeting at SF State Downtown campus. Details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/628

===March meeting (Mar 14, 2009)===
Meeting at SF State Downtown campus. Details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/619

===February meeting (Feb 14, 2009)===
Meeting at SF State Downtown Center. This meeting will focus on a local school and its deployment. Details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/605 Meeting notes posted at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/617

===January meeting (Jan 17, 2009)===
Meeting at SF State Downtown Center. This meeting will focus on XOCamp2. Details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/602

===December meeting (Dec 13, 2008)===
Meeting at SF State Downtown Center. This meeting will feature taking apart (and putting together) an XO laptop! Details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/592

===November meeting (Nov 15, 2008)===
Meeting at SF State Downtown Center. See details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/575

Presentation slides from "OLPC and India: My Observations" are at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/593

===October meeting (Oct 11, 2008)===
Meeting at SF State Downtown Center. See details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/573

=== September meeting (Sept 20, 2008)===
September meeting was announced on very short notice. http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/565 It ended up being a dud. Hopefully the October meeting will be better.

=== August meeting (Aug 16, 2008) ===
This meeting will be at SF State University's Downtown San Francisco campus. Details are at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/541

Meeting report and pictures at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/552 and http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/553

=== July meeting (July 19, 2008) ===
This meeting will be at San Francisco State University campus. Details are at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/529

=== June meeting (June 21, 2008) ===
This meeting will be at Google in Mountain View, CA. See details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/522. Note that Jay McCauley has invited us to the Computer History Museum (about 1 mile away) for a tour of the Charles Babbage Difference Engine No. 2 and photo ops with the Babbage engine and XOs. This will be at the tail end of our meeting.

Report at: http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/524

===May meeting (May 11, 2008) ===
May meeting will be at SF State campus. See details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/515

=== April meeting (Apr 12 and 13, 2008) ===
This meeting will be at the LUG Radio live event. See details at http://lugradio.org/live/USA2008/ We have a table and we need volunteers for helping out with hosting at the table. The event has a $10 ticket, but volunteers get in for free. Current volunteers are: Sameer Verma, Sarah Mei, Dan Perez, Joachim Pedersen, Doug Jones, and Andrew Johnson. Please let me know if you are interested. sverma@sfsu.edu [mailto:sverma@sfsu.edu]

====Saturday April 12 (10 am to 6 pm) ====
Sameer Verma<br>
Dan Perez<br>
Joachim Pedersen<br>
Doug Jones

====Sunday April 13 (10 am to 4 pm) ====
Sameer Verma<br>
Sarah Mei<br>
Doug Jones

=== March meeting (Mar 15, 2008) ===
Details at: http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/479

Report at: http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/482

===Second meeting (Feb 9, 2008) ===
Details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/451

Report at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/459

=== First meeting (Jan 12, 2008) ===
Details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/445

Report at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/446

== Give 1 Get 1 materials ==

Creative Commons licensed posters from 2007 at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/426

Creative Commons licensed posters from 2008 at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/580

== OLPC-SF XO Repair Center ==
See details about the repair center at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_SF_Repair

[[Category:XO User Group]]

Latest revision as of 21:17, 14 March 2015

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OLPC San Francisco Bay Area is a general interest group in the San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area. The group meets on the second Saturday of every month to promote interest, generate ideas and learn from each other in a face-to-face environment.

New Web Site http://olpcsf.org/

Next regular meeting

Saturday, 11th of January 2014 (10 AM to 1 PM). Join us for our sixth birthday!

Location: SFSU Downtown Campus 5th floor, 835 Market St. San Francisco, CA 94103

Upcoming Events

Projects


Past Events

Mailing List

http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-sf

Previous Meetings

May meeting (May 14, 2011)

May 2011 meeting will be held at SFSU Downtown Center. See details at email announcement

April meeting (April 16, 2011)

April 2011 meeting will be held at SFSU Downtown Center. See details at email announcement

March meeting (Mar 12, 2011)

March 2011 meeting will be held at SFSU Downtown Center. See details at email announcement

February meeting (Feb 19, 2011)

Feb 2011 meeting was at SFSU Downtown Center. See details at email announcement

January meeting (Jan 15, 2011)

Jan 2011 meeting, the group's 3rd anniversary, was at SFSU Downtown Center. See details at email announcement

December meeting (Dec 11, 2010)

Dec 2010 meeting was at SFSU Downtown Center. See details at email announcement

November meeting (Nov 13, 2010)

Nov 2010 meeting was at SFSU Downtown Center. See details at announcement

October Summit

Community Summit occurred Oct 22 - 24 see OLPC SF Community Summit 2010! (email announcement)

September meeting (Sept 18, 2010)

September 2010 meeting was at SFSU's Downtown Center. See details at http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/2010-September/000780.html

August meeting (Aug 28, 2010)

August 2010 meeting was at Noisebridge. See details at http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/2010-August/000764.html

July meeting (July 17, 2010)

July 2010 meeting was at SFSU's Downtown Center. See details at http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/2010-July/000705.html

June meeting (June 19, 2010)

June 2010 meeting was at SFSU's Downtown Center. See details at http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/2010-June/000691.html

May meeting (May 15, 2010)

May 2010 meeting was at SFSU's Downtown Center. See details at http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/2010-May/000677.html

April meeting (Apr 17, 2010)

April 2010 meeting was at SFSU's Downtown Center. See details at http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/2010-April/000656.html

March meeting (Mar 13, 2010)

March 2010 meeting was at SFSU's Downtown Center. See details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/667

February meeting (Feb 13, 2010)

February 2010 meeting was at SFSU's Downtown Center. See details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/673

January meeting (Jan 16, 2010)

January 2010 meeting was at SFSU's Downtown Center. See details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/671

December meeting

No meetings in December.

November meeting (Nov 21, 2009)

See OLPCSF Community Summit 2009

October meeting (Oct 17, 2009)

October's meeting was at SFSU's Downtown Center. See details at http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sf/2009-October/000543.html

September meeting (Aug 22, 2009)

September's meeting featured presentations from two deployments. Senegal (Bruce Baikie) and Afghanistan/MTSA (Carol Ruth Silver).

August meeting (Aug 22, 2009)

August's meeting will be at SFSU's Downtown Center. This meeting features presentations from two deployments. South Africa and San Francisco! See details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/656

July meeting (July 18, 2009)

Meeting at SF State Downtown campus. This meeting will focus on the latest school server, and a handful of ongoing OLPC micro deployments. Details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/653

June meeting (June 13, 2009)

Meeting at SF State Downtown campus. Details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/643

May meeting (May 16, 2009)

Meeting at SF State Downtown campus. Details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/637

April meeting (Apr 11, 2009)

Meeting at SF State Downtown campus. Details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/628

March meeting (Mar 14, 2009)

Meeting at SF State Downtown campus. Details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/619

February meeting (Feb 14, 2009)

Meeting at SF State Downtown Center. This meeting will focus on a local school and its deployment. Details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/605 Meeting notes posted at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/617

January meeting (Jan 17, 2009)

Meeting at SF State Downtown Center. This meeting will focus on XOCamp2. Details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/602

December meeting (Dec 13, 2008)

Meeting at SF State Downtown Center. This meeting will feature taking apart (and putting together) an XO laptop! Details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/592

November meeting (Nov 15, 2008)

Meeting at SF State Downtown Center. See details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/575

Presentation slides from "OLPC and India: My Observations" are at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/593

October meeting (Oct 11, 2008)

Meeting at SF State Downtown Center. See details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/573

September meeting (Sept 20, 2008)

September meeting was announced on very short notice. http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/565 It ended up being a dud. Hopefully the October meeting will be better.

August meeting (Aug 16, 2008)

This meeting will be at SF State University's Downtown San Francisco campus. Details are at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/541

Meeting report and pictures at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/552 and http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/553

July meeting (July 19, 2008)

This meeting will be at San Francisco State University campus. Details are at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/529

June meeting (June 21, 2008)

This meeting will be at Google in Mountain View, CA. See details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/522. Note that Jay McCauley has invited us to the Computer History Museum (about 1 mile away) for a tour of the Charles Babbage Difference Engine No. 2 and photo ops with the Babbage engine and XOs. This will be at the tail end of our meeting.

Report at: http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/524

May meeting (May 11, 2008)

May meeting will be at SF State campus. See details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/515

April meeting (Apr 12 and 13, 2008)

This meeting will be at the LUG Radio live event. See details at http://lugradio.org/live/USA2008/ We have a table and we need volunteers for helping out with hosting at the table. The event has a $10 ticket, but volunteers get in for free. Current volunteers are: Sameer Verma, Sarah Mei, Dan Perez, Joachim Pedersen, Doug Jones, and Andrew Johnson. Please let me know if you are interested. sverma@sfsu.edu [1]

Saturday April 12 (10 am to 6 pm)

Sameer Verma
Dan Perez
Joachim Pedersen
Doug Jones

Sunday April 13 (10 am to 4 pm)

Sameer Verma
Sarah Mei
Doug Jones

March meeting (Mar 15, 2008)

Details at: http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/479

Report at: http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/482

Second meeting (Feb 9, 2008)

Details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/451

Report at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/459

First meeting (Jan 12, 2008)

Details at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/445

Report at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/446

Give 1 Get 1 materials

Creative Commons licensed posters from 2007 at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/426

Creative Commons licensed posters from 2008 at http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/580

OLPC-SF XO Repair Center

See details about the repair center at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_SF_Repair

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