OLPC Netherlands

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About OLPC The Netherlands

OLPC The Netherlands (OLPC-NL for short) is a grassroots group interested in contributing to the OLPC project. We are just starting up and are looking for more like minded people.

People

If you are interested in being part of OLPC-NL too, please add yourself to the list of people.

Contributing to the OLPC project

Workgroups: If you want to contribute to the OLPC project, but don't know where to start, have a look at our workgroups. These groups are working on gathering and sharing information (internationally and nationally), creating strategies and quality standards, initiating new and supporting existing projects. We are looking for individuals, organizations and companies that are interested in contributing by working voluntarily and embrace the idea of openly sharing knowledge.

Currently we have 4 workgroups, that are yet to be organized within themselves by people who actively want to participate and share their expertise. These wikipages are also intended to give a good orientation for newcomers and possible partners. (Work in progress. Bine 05:06, 22 February 2008 (EST)):

• Workgroup Development
• Workgroup Content
• Workgroup Dutch Pilot
• Workgroup European Give One Get One

Projects: This is the place to present projects, find interested people, exchange thoughts and keep track of the progress of projects.

Contact

Please contact us at contact@olpc-nl.org for further information.

News and upcoming Events

• Feb 23/24th 2008 FOSDEM in Brussels - on the 23rd from 3 to 5 pm will be a European OLPC grassroots meeting. Quite some Dutch OLPC grassrooters will be present, I think. More info to come. Bine 15:51, 25 January 2008 (EST) Nadere informatie: Laptop.org: OLPC Europe/Events/FOSDEM en FOSDEM.org: a kickoff meeting for OLPC Europe . JoGnet 07:14, 22 February 2008 (EST)

• The OLPC-NL grassroots group does have 3 XOs available now, that can be borrowed by people for short periods of times (approximately 1 week) for testing and presentation purposes. We'll set up a tracking system shortly. All shipping costs (if needed) will have to be carried by the borrowers for now. Until further notice, please contact contact@olpc-nl.org for your reservations (after 5 March 2008) and requests, and please incl. your name, address and phone number as well as a good description of what you are going to do with the XO and when you will return it. Bine 17:39, 22 February 2008 (EST)

• Older News...

Media

• Francisco van Jole over de One Laptop per Child (OLPC), 23 januari 2008 op Marketingfacts. JoGnet 07:23, 22 February 2008 (EST)

• De Elektronische Eeuw on BNR Nieuwsradio or De Log van de Eeuw 17-1, 17 January 2008 - Herbert Blankesteijn talks with Bastiaan, Reinier and Sabine about the OLPC project. Bine 17:45, 17 January 2008 (EST)

• NRC next, 10 January 2008 - coverstory on OLPC, pro's and con's of the initiative and technical details on the XO. Bine 04:04, 10 January 2008 (EST)

• Spontane Kerstactie op Twitter voorziet schoolklas van laptops, 27 december 2007 op Marketingfacts. JoGnet 07:23, 22 February 2008 (EST)

• Older Media coverage...

Organisation

We are grassroots[1], thus no big organization. We are currently a group of people, interested in the OLPC project, trying to find likeminded people with diverse expertises (software development, pedagogics, international relations, etc.) and backgrounds, to interconnect and accomplish projects together. Everybody who wants to contribute with his or her input of ideas and workpower, is welcome. We neither operate memberschips nor a budget as an organization.

OLPC-NL To Do List - These are tasks we'd like to accomplish, in order to get OLPC NL started up and keep it running. Please have a look and see if you can help with any of the to-do's or add any to-do's that you think are important.

Communication

We aim to have all information available on this Wiki - please keep it up to date and use it as a platform to work with each other.
When writing something on the Wiki, please finish off with 4 times '~', which will leave a user/time-stamp.
In case you open a new project, add another important section or update to the page, please send out a quick messge via the OLPC-NL mailinglist and include a link to the updated Wikipage. Thanks.

Mailing List

• Please subscribe to our OLPC-NL mailingslist here: http://lists.lo-res.org/mailman/listinfo/olpc-nl Bine 18:42, 30 November 2007 (EST)

• In case you are interested in the international OLPC grassroots mailinglist: http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/grassroots Bine 18:43, 30 November 2007 (EST)

IRC

Channel #olpc-nl on FreeNode. Usually you'll find a couple of us online there. Scheduled IRC meetings for interest-groups will be announced in the projects-section, as soon as these pages are set up properly ;-)

Meetings

We aim to have monthly meetings - they usually take place on the third Saturday of the month, between 2 and 6 pm.
Please have a look at OLPC-NL meetings to see when and where the next one is taking place and subscribe to our mailinglist to receive the invitations on time. Active participation in setting up the agenda and spreading the word about our gatherings is highly appreciated. Also, if you know about locations free of charge, where we can spend a Saturday afternoon, please let us know (needs: gratis, a white wall for using a beamer, wireless internet, space for about 30 people, easy to reach with public transport; preferably, but not necessarily: horeca and a somewhat child-friendly setting). Bine 05:11, 20 January 2008 (EST)

Discussions

Follow our Discussions here.

Repairing/Recycling

Please send your me your broken XO. I will try to fix it or strip it for spare parts. If you want it back you will have to supply the return shipping costs. Otherwise fixed XO's will be used in grassroots or local projects. Please read [more ]. There is no fee/costs on service other than shipping costs. Information will be documentated on the wiki. This is a personal project of Marten, it is not related to olpc foundation or the olpc_nl grassroots.

Marten 03:35, 29 February 2008 (EST)

(Frequently) Asked Questions

Q: What is the OLPC? Is it real?
A: Anwsered by Nicholas Negroponte where he lays out the details of his nonprofit One Laptop Per Child project (bron TED.com, 18 minutes video). [2]

Q: How many kids are in primary school?
A: 1.549.460 in the year 2005/2006 (bron CBS.nl [3]).