Olin university chapter

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This is the wiki-homepage of the Olin college OLPC university chapter. Please edit!

Office Hours

Office hours are suspended for the summer, but weekly Boston grassroots meetups will be happening at 1CC (see Boston Saturday OJ for information). Anyone in the area should get involved with this!

XOs on campus

There are currently 9 XOs on Olin's campus. To check out a machine, contact Greg.

  • 1 B1 machine in storage
  • 2 B2 machines in storage
  • 1 B4 machine in storage
  • 6 working MP machines in storage
  • 3 broken B2 machines in storage
  • 2 broken B4 machines in storage
  • 4 broken MP machines in storage

(all MPs and other broken machines belong to the Olin repair center)

Projects

To see all projects associated with Olin's OLPC chapter, check out our project page.

Courses

We are running an independent study course for peripheral development; see our Wikiversity page.

Now, with hijacked OLPC wiki spaced! /OLPC peripheral development

Events

Olin hosted a community Jam during the spring semester. The chapter is planning to host another jam during the 2008-2009 school year.

Repair Center

There is an active repair center at Olin. For repair information, contact Nikki or Tank. Future plans for the repair center include continuous improvement of documentation, service of the Boston grassroots community, and support of any Boston area XO test schools.

Past brainstorming lives at Olin university chapter/Repair center.

Meeting notes

Olin students visit the OLPC Boston office

Archives of minutes can be viewed at the Olin university chapter/archives page.

Notes from the end-of-year meeting will be uploaded here soon.

Contact Information

The current Olin OLPC Chapter Pong Person is Nikki Lee. Contact her for general questions.