Talk:OLPCO2e
Separate sites
cf. using http://sites.google.com/site/ and others in that line.
Why did we opt for Google Sites, Google Calendar, Google Discussion Groups, and the other Google tools, s.a. Google Docs? we are going to have to do a LOT of calculations and data-input for calculating the CO2e-reductions...
I've posted a Request For comments on this topic at Talk:Communication_channels...I didn't see any harm of going that road until there is a better option/comment. :) --SvenAERTS 21:58, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
other support
It sounds like an interesting program JamesK Thank you.--SvenAERTS 12:27, 8 December 2009 (UTC) -- how can people get involved with its development directly, other than by joining the mailing list?JamesK Simply by contacting the groups involved or skype SvenAERTS directly :-) Are there detailed pages that need more data or other input? JamesK Yes of course. They were removed by Sj and his gang. I don't know how to put them back, nor how, to what extend, how much nor how long we can use the wiki here.--SvenAERTS 12:27, 8 December 2009 (UTC) Are you already talking to environment grps for support? JamesK If you are you referring to GPRS-General Radio Packet System-connectivity/wvdial (pppd)? We are indeed talking to some ICT/Mobile Phone operators that need to compensate their CO2e emissions and need CO2e-certificates for this and are very interested in collaborating. Google's data processing centers, combined with the move to cloud-computing and increased CO2e-engagements of the planet, indeed need CO2e-certificates from a certain moment on. OLPCO2e is desperately trying to get in contact with the Google Top Management to share our points of view on the topic. We were however shielded of contacting the OLPC-Board Members in which Google has a place by some people at the top of OLPC.--SvenAERTS 12:27, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
PS Greetings from Fedora: Frederic HORNAIN - cf. email att. Sven AERTS and Sj
- Hi Sven, is the project being pursued by anyone at OLPC? Your suggestions for clarifying the page are welcome. Greetings from me back to M. HORNAIN !
- I tried to merge all of the pages you hade made on the topic. Most of them had the same content repeated -- lists of links to other such pages, but most of the text was the same. I merged all of the novel bits into the current OLPCO2e page. There was a page about Agenda 21 which had a lot of text unrelated to OLPC and some unverifiable claims, which I did not merge. Redirected pages may be deleted the next time we clean up the wiki, if you want any of the non-OLPC texts you've posted you may want to keep copies of them elsewhere.
--Sj talk 12:56, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
I removed these two links from the page:
- AfricaCO2.org has been mandated by OLPCO2e.org to talk, develop, deploy, monetize and implement OLPCO2e's Plan of Action in Ruanda and Burundi.
- ECOSUNsolutions.org has been mandated by OLPCO2e.org to talk, develop, deploy, monetize and implement OLPCO2e's Plan of Action in Gambia.
- What are these plans of action? The OLPCO2e Plan of Action page on this wiki was never created. Are the plans published anywhere?
- What does "mandated by OLPCO2e" mean?
- When you say "by OLPCO2e" who are you talking about? Who is part of that group?
--Sj talk 13:12, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
inappropriate remarks
"... killed by manager Walter De B. after instructions by the OLPC partner Google."
- This wiki is no place for conspiracy theories. Please be civil. --Sj talk 13:12, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
moved from the article page
I moved the bulk of this text from the article page, since this is no longer an active project and the rest was turning into discussion. --Sj talk
other topics
It also mentioned topics not explored, including
- an "Animated OLPCO2e Assistant"
- a 'Quality Control Panel'
- 'the history of Money and its relation to the history of OLPC and OLPCO2e'
Sites and groups not controlled by OLPC
- Separate sites have been set up to discuss this project. As of 2010, there is no connection between OLPC and any CO2-certificate project, nor is one planned. Some of these pages may use the term 'OLPCO2e', dating to early 2009 when the idea was first created, but none of those sites have anything to do with OLPC, nor do any OLPC staff have a way to update or contribute to pages other than this one [which is kept for historical purposes].
general sections
- IRC chat. Just google IRC if you're not familiar with it... it's brilliant if you want to talk to people that are familiar with OLPC, or OLPC Staff. There's people from every continent=Time Zone, so, you can talk instantly to people 24/7/365)
- [http://sites.google.com/site/olpco2eteamprivate/olpco2e-business-plan-1/olpco2e-total-quality-control-and-management
- ...[a] plan of action proposed by Sven Aerts
- ...plan of action Agenda 21-Chapter IV and MDG nr.2
- ...the Low Carbon Economy-potential and more in particular the CO2e-certificates'potential that could be monetized by investing in green, environmentally friendly laptops such as the XO, rather than traditional power-hungry machines. The proposed project got as far as registering a domain at OLPCO2e.org (which redirects to this page) and setting up a few administrative pages. The project as a whole did not proceed after Sven left OLPC in mid-2009 after the initiative was not pursued by OLPC Europe.
OLPCO2e as discussed internally in OLPC was preferably to be an entity completely dissociated from OLPC. It has been developed as such and on all communication this is clearly stated. More:
- So far all pages I have seen about the project have suggested that OLPC would be involved somehow, and that money would be channeled to OLPC projects, neither of which is now the case. If they are completely separate, you should not use 'OLPC' in the name of the CO2 project. --Sj talk
other sites about the idea
- an OLPCO2e Virtual/Wiki Office (on a different wiki, closed to editing), a Discussion Group, and a private "Staff & Kernel Team" wiki. The Kernel team is to initiatiate a plan of Action and safe environment for the initiative to foster.
- no OLPC staff have access to those external sites, and no editors of this wiki other than Giulia and Sven. OLPC have no control over their content... even less than over any page on this wiki :-). --Sj talk
- Sven comments: Certain people of the OLPC - open and free initiative do have access to the restricted staff-only olpco2e-wiki. The restricted staff-only OLPCO2e-wiki in this is no different from the restricted spaces reserved to OLPC staff, &c --Sven
- OLPC doesn't have any restricted wikis where active projects are developed. As far as I know (please correct me if I am wrong), OLPC as an organization isn't involved with an OLPCO2e project, and no updates have been posted here about it since it was abandoned in April. Using that name for a project that isn't related to OLPC seems misleading. --Sj talk
- Sven comments: Certain people of the OLPC - open and free initiative do have access to the restricted staff-only olpco2e-wiki. The restricted staff-only OLPCO2e-wiki in this is no different from the restricted spaces reserved to OLPC staff, &c --Sven
- OLPC has restricited wikis and places where strategical information is kept. E.g. a "Leads and customer management follow-up database." --SvenAERTS 14:42, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
- Yes. But every OLPC project has a publicly editable or publicly-commentable page. You have created pages about this CO2 project that are neither. --Sj talk
- It must be 100% clear to contributors to both OLPC and OLPCO2e.org that OLPCO2e.org works 100% independently. --SvenAERTS 14:42, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
- Yes. But every OLPC project has a publicly editable or publicly-commentable page. You have created pages about this CO2 project that are neither. --Sj talk
- OLPC has restricited wikis and places where strategical information is kept. E.g. a "Leads and customer management follow-up database." --SvenAERTS 14:42, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
- no OLPC staff have access to those external sites, and no editors of this wiki other than Giulia and Sven. OLPC have no control over their content... even less than over any page on this wiki :-). --Sj talk
- What you are doing is not clear to me, and I know both you and OLPC. I don't think the name "OLPCO2e" is appropriate - there is no financial connection between any CO2-related project and OLPC. (your use of that combined name suggests that donating to this sort of CO2-related project would somehow benefit OLPC, which it would not.) --Sj talk 16:17, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
- ...other than that there is NO link, certainly no legal link between OLPC and OLPCO2e or vise versa. There is NO legal link between OLPC and OLPCO2e.org, just as Youtube and BestOfYoutube have NOTHING to do with one another.
- What you are doing is not clear to me, and I know both you and OLPC. I don't think the name "OLPCO2e" is appropriate - there is no financial connection between any CO2-related project and OLPC. (your use of that combined name suggests that donating to this sort of CO2-related project would somehow benefit OLPC, which it would not.) --Sj talk 16:17, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
- ...it became clear it would be preferable to develop OLPCO2e as a separate entity from OLPC. --SvenAERTS 13:22, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
- This name is misleading. Please use a different one.
See also
Pages never created: Brainstorming, SWOT, Plan of Action, Prioritize, Feasibility Study, Business Plan, Frequently Asked Questions, Vocabulary Terminology Explained, The history of Money and its relation to the history of OLPC and.