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

News

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 :-)
  5. create a forum or irc channel (als voorbeeld) (just start using olpc-nl on FreeNode)
  6. create a mailing list
  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]:

lockwood

Reinier Heeres
User:rwh

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

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Mailing List

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.

Our very first informal gathering will be when: Saturday, December 15th 2007, starting at 2 pm location: '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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