Regional groups
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Current Grassroots Organizations
- See also Category:XO User Group
Canada
- Toronto OLPC Developers (mailing list)
Ghana
- Winneba Ghana LUG working on wireless and computers for development
USA
California
- Open Source at San Francisco State University
- Silicon Valley Linux User Group Meets at Symantec monthly, holds an install fest at Google monthly
- Bay Area Python Interest Group meets at Google monthly
- OLPC_SanFranciscoBayArea
Connecticut
- Middletown Childrens Project - Dedicated to providing XO laptops and support to elementary children in this Urban Village
- Yale Interest Group
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.
Illinois
Massachusetts
- Boston : MitchellNCharity 16:27, 18 October 2007 (EDT) (B4)
- Lexington: LeXO: Lexington XO Users Group
Mississippi
Missouri
New York
- New York Metro Area: See user:cheesebuyer. Interested in forming an XO laptop user group? We have members from New York City and Connecticut. Everyone within reach is welcome. First order of business: establish online and live meeting places.
North Carolina
- Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, RTP: http://groups.google.com/group/olpc-rdu
Ohio
- Cleveland: CWRU Hacker Society
Oregon
- Oregon : see user:mburns and Ed Borasky http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-olpc-users/
- Eugene XO User Group
Rhode Island
- Rhode Island : see user:bjepson and http://rinexus.com/forum/general-discussion/xo-laptop-meetup-ri
Texas
- XO-Austin (USA, Texas, Austin) - Jabber server, more coming
Washington
- SeaXO
- Bainbridge Island (near Seattle)
- Volunteer/Contributer/Organizer Seth Woodworth with 2 XO-1's, see My User Page
- Volunteer/Support - Whatcom County, Bellingham (with 2 XO-C2/MP's, another 3 connections locally), See Iain Davidson User page.
National groups
Organizations that are currently promoting OLPC, and local community groups:
- OLPC Argentina — www.tuquito.ar
- OLPC Brasil — digitalmediauniverse.blogspot.com DMU - revista sobre OLPC no Brasil
- OLPC Chile — ucpn.cl Un Computador Por Niño
- OLPC Greece — www.ellak.gr
- OLPC Nepal — www.olpcnepal.org
- OLPC Russia — community.livejournal.com/ru_olpc/
- OLPC South Africa — www.laptop.org.za
- OLPC Thailand — wiki.nectec.or.th
- OLPC Uruguay — olpc-ceibal.blogspot.com
- In this wiki
- Other sources may be present in each country page. Current 'green' countries are:
- OLPC Austria
- OLPC Brazil
- OLPC Colombia
- OLPC Ethiopia
- OLPC Germany
- OLPC Korea
- OLPC Russia
- OLPC Switzerland
- OLPC United Kingdom
- Developer-oriented groups
Larger Regional groups
Out of Warranty - North American Repair Facility
- Out of Warranty Repair Center Post 30 Day Repair Support
See also
- IRC - there are regional channels.
- Community building
- Category:Community
- Interactive XO Support Forum Interactive Community Based Tech Support
Keywords: User Group; Special Interest Group SIG