OLPC Netherlands

2007 status: yellow
			yellow

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.

Contact

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

News

• Interview/feature on OLPC on TROS Radio 1 online, today, between 8-9 pm! Turn your radio on. Bine 10:31, 11 December 2007 (EST)
  

In case you missed it, the audio recording is available on the programs website here: Derdewereldlaptop naar Nederland. Bastiaan 17:06, 11 December 2007 (EST)

• Our first OLPC NL meeting will take place on Saturday, December 15th 2007, starting at 2 pm, at the 'Canvas op de 7e' (Horeca & Exhibitions), Wibautstraat 150 (oude Volkskrant gebouw), Amsterdam; 7th floor. Bine 18:52, 30 November 2007 (EST)

• Go for the good spam and join our brandnew OLPC-NL mailingslist here: http://lists.lo-res.org/mailman/listinfo/olpc-nl Bine 18:45, 30 November 2007 (EST)

• Lots of OLPC News [1]

Organisation

We are grassroots, thus no big organisation. We're going to discuss necessary organisational aspects at our first meeting.

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.

Projects

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

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 join our brandnew 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. May be a bit quiet. Todo: schedule regular IRC meetings.

Meetings

We aim to have regular meetings, if possible monthly ones. Provided there is enough interest.
Please have a look at OLPC-NL meetings to see when the next one is taking place. Active participation in setting up the agenda is highly appreciated.

(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]).