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==== Massachusetts ====
==== Massachusetts ====
* Massachusetts has two different active user groups: Lexington and Olin
* Boston : [[User:MitchellNCharity|MitchellNCharity]] 16:27, 18 October 2007 (EDT) (B4)
* Lexington: [http://groups.google.com/group/lexo LeXO: Lexington XO Users Group]
** Lexington: [http://groups.google.com/group/lexo LeXO: Lexington XO Users Group] is focused on spreading information on OLPC
* Needham/Wellesley: [[Olin university chapter]] - active and can help with tech support
** Needham/Wellesley: [[Olin university chapter]] - is active, helps with tech support and is setting up a repair center


==== Mississippi ====
==== Mississippi ====

Revision as of 12:31, 9 June 2008


Larger Regional groups

National groups

Canada

Ghana

Nigeria

  • Fantsuam Foundation promoting rural community wireless networks and relevant technologies for development in northern Nigeria

Organizations that are currently promoting OLPC, and local community groups:

USA State Groups

Alabama

  • OLPC Birmingham
    • OLPC Birmingham has both a Grasroots group and a planned full scale implementation of 15,000 machines. On the grassroots side, their team of volunteers is experimenting with the School Servers and and recently took part in BarCampBirmingham

Arizona

  • AZ XO
    • The Arizona XO user group has been meeting since February of 2008 and has over 10 members. They have their own forum, mailing list, and are starting to work with the local Global Literacy Foundation.

California

Connecticut

Georgia

  • Atlanta: Charles, Jim and Tat had their first gathering on January 12, 2008. They had a lot of fun sharing how XO works and exploring new features. They don't have a permanent home yet. If you are interested in joining them, you may contact Tat to find out when/where their next meeting will be at. Charles is interested in development on and for the OLPC.

Illinois

Massachusetts

  • Massachusetts has two different active user groups: Lexington and Olin

Mississippi

Missouri

  • The Grassroots projects in Missouri have two different mailing lists, but no groups yet.

Montana

  • Native Ascent (USA, Bozeman, MT) [2]
    • Is working with Ft. Belknap Indian Resevation in Montana and the Marsabit District in Northern Kenya

New Mexico

New York

  • Three areas in New York are attempting to organize Local User Groups
  • Long Island is still in the process of organizing
  • OLPC Rochester, NY is a student group that has worked on testing the XO

North Carolina

Ohio

Oregon

Pennsylvania

  • OLPC Pennsylvania
    • This state has a couple of interested members on our wiki, but haven't yet formed as a group.

Rhode Island

  • Rhode Island
    • A Rhode Island group formed for a few meetings, and appears to have a couple avid] contributors, but seem to not have continued as a grassroots group.

Texas

  • XO-Austin
    • In Austin, Texas, the local user group has a community Jabber server for it's users. At least one member of the group is an active technical writer for various documentation projects.

Vermont

  • OLPC Vermont Vermont Development and Grassroot Group.
    • The Vermont group is focusing on emulating the [[Sugar] UI and is spreading info about OLPC locally.

Washington

Washington, DC

  • OLPC Learning Club D.C.
    • The OLPC Learning Club has several very active members, including Mike Lee and Ian Daniher. The group gives educational demonstrations, contributes to various content projects and develops software for the XO, such as GASP.

Community Repair Centers

Over a dozen volunteer-run Repair centers have been proposed in the USA and Canada, often hosted at larger universities.

See Also


Keywords: User Group; Special Interest Group SIG