OLPC Netherlands

2007 status: yellow
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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.
Please contact us at contact@olpc-nl.org for further information.

News

• Our first OLPC NL meeting takes 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. More info to come. 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)

To Do List

1. find more people
2. have a brainstorm session to gather cool ideas for this grassroots group
3. document what projects we are working / want to work on
4. start regular meetings, besides Bine & Bastiaan's discussions during carpooling :-) - see 'Meetings' Bine 18:57, 30 November 2007 (EST)
5. create a forum or irc channel (als voorbeeld) (just start using olpc-nl on FreeNode) - done by Bas Bine 18:57, 30 November 2007 (EST)
6. create a mailing list - done by Bas Bine 18:57, 30 November 2007 (EST)
7. request 1 or 2 XO laptops for demonstration and development/test purposes (e.g. for WhatsThatSound)
8. create a multi user wordpress blog for dutch members

People

Bastiaan Bakker
User:Bastiaan

• Software Engineer
• Interested in: developing fun activities for the XO
• Lives in: Zoetermeer

Sabine Hengeveld-Auer
User:Bine

• Communications
• Interested in: spreading the word about OLPC in the Netherlands
• Lives in: Pijnacker

Don Hopkins
User:Dhopkins

• Software Engineer
• Interested in: SimCity, Python, Visual Programming
• Company: TomTom
• Lives in: Amsterdam

Pascal Scheffers [1]:

• pascals on IRC
• Working on Push to Talk and documenting APIs

lockwood

• lockwood_dev on IRC freenode
• Working on a educative math game (pygame)
• Uses Windows XP and Fedora 8
• Lives in: Almere

Reinier Heeres
User:rwh

• Working on: sugar, Calculate, Read
• Lives in: The Hague
• Doing PhD in Delft

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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, provided there is enough interest.

1st OLPC NL meeting

Our very first gathering will be

when: Saturday, December 15th 2007, starting at 2 pm

where: 'Canvas op de 7e' (Horeca & Exhibitions), Wibautstraat 150 (oude Volkskrant gebouw), Amsterdam; take the elevator to the 7th floor.

We are looking for people who want to demonstrate what they have been working on. Beamer will be available. More information on the meeting to come (via wiki, and our new mailinglist (registration: http://lists.lo-res.org/mailman/listinfo/olpc-nl). Bine 18:37, 30 November 2007 (EST)

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