| Time | Nick | Message |
|---|---|---|
| 10:10 | SeanDaly | I have received final version of OLPC-F press release - I will forward to you now |
| 10:13 | JT4sugar | Got it-one minute to print and read |
| 10:13 | SeanDaly | hi walterbender |
| 10:15 | sending to walterbender | |
| 10:18 | I understand NN will be in Brussels for a couple of days before going to Gaza | |
| 10:18 | JT4sugar | Good article for it's purpose. One mention of localizing software no mention of Sugar |
| 10:19 | Should build off localization angle-highlight work of XO in Palestine work | |
| 10:19 | SeanDaly | No, no mention of Sugar, and I believe they mean Activities when they say "learning modules" |
| 10:20 | JT4sugar | We should look to UNRWA for some funding |
| 10:20 | SeanDaly | however, rather than try to negotiate Sugar mentions, I think we can succeed in raising our profile with companion PR |
| 10:21 | JT4sugar: agree with that, and our PR may aid us. I have a contact | |
| 10:21 | I haven't written a draft yet, been underwater with work & under the weather (hayfever) | |
| 10:22 | JT4sugar | I think that will be the case going forward with any OLPC announcement in a dstressed area. Always putting out a companion piece will be helpful |
| 10:22 | SeanDaly | well, OLPC-A (Rodrigo) agreed to joint PR which I haven't been able to follow up on yet |
| 10:23 | I believe OLPC-F's April 29th release will make news because of the size of the project: nearly half a million XO-1s over the next two years | |
| 10:25 | JT4sugar | Yes and that is a big train to jump on explaining these children's learning is being provided on Sugar Learning Platform |
| 10:25 | SeanDaly | greetings Carlof! |
| 10:26 | Carlof | ciao a tutti... |
| 10:26 | SeanDaly | something I don't know: how many Activities are available in Arabic |
| 10:27 | Carlof: I have forwarded OLPC doc to you | |
| 10:28 | I've been in touch with Tamer Alkhouli of PaleXO on that question and asked for a quote but no reply | |
| 10:29 | Carlof | SeanDaly: Yep! |
| 10:30 | JT4sugar | Who is point at OLPC on software/content side for this deployment, that is who we need to talk to |
| 10:30 | SeanDaly | my understanding is that PaleXO worked with pilot project - original 1000 XO-1s donated by OLPC |
| 10:31 | PaleXO blog: http://palexo.blogspot.com/ | |
| 10:31 | PaleXO site (English): http://en.palexo.com/ | |
| 10:32 | JT4sugar | 150 electronic learning modules? If these are Sugar Activities that is a key point |
| 10:33 | SeanDaly | see this: http://en.palexo.com/sugar |
| 10:36 | JT4sugar | Looks like only one activity. Best information will come from UNRWA and OLPC point persons. Will also point you to Palestinians for quotes |
| 10:39 | SeanDaly | I just mailed Jackie for clarification |
| 10:40 | see this link for blog posts/photos re PaleXO: http://www.facebook.com/notes.php?id=310859682495 | |
| 10:42 | oops looks like that was a planet-like redirect from PaleXO | |
| 10:43 | JT4sugar | Need to find out if XO in Palestine project is working with UNRWA-are they just one of may groups? |
| 10:43 | SeanDaly | What's very interesting about that post is that the girls in the class wanted more Activities |
| 10:43 | JT4sugar: not clear | |
| 10:44 | JT4sugar | My suggestion is to email three UNRWA contacts on press release, you should get good mileage from that for press release and setting up funding possibilities |
| 10:47 | SeanDaly | just heard from Jackie, she doesn't know if "electronic learning modules" are Activities |
| 10:48 | JT4sugar | Probably should check with Rodrigo and have him put us in touch with Palestinian Project point person-should be a very good relationship to put in place for many reasons |
| 10:49 | SeanDaly | JT4sugar: good eye I had one e-mail address for contact but yes the PR doc has three |
| 10:50 | tomeu | if we had a deployment team, you would have this so much easier... |
| 10:50 | I had contact at some point with someone at palexo, but don't remember who nor what it was about | |
| 10:51 | SeanDaly | hi tomeu, true but unfortunately we don't :-( |
| 10:51 | tomeu | yeah, wish we had prioritized that |
| 10:52 | JT4sugar | In PR "Goal is to reach all Palestine refugee children across Middle East by 2012" this is something we need to take advantage of, should allow for some excellent fundraising opportunities |
| 10:53 | I would say in a way there is a deployment team but it is OLPC based and we should be directly in touch with them on this deployment as well as others | |
| 10:53 | SeanDaly | I think next step is to contact UNRWA, get clarifications & a quote, develop contact for fundraising |
| 10:55 | needs to go soon | |
| 10:55 | JT4sugar: my understanding is that OLPC-F (NN) has coordinated this project, not Rodrigo | |
| 10:56 | JT4sugar | Think of it this way they will pay approx$200each for 500,000 laptops, if we could raise just a dollar or two per laptop for software infrastructure thats $500,000 to $1million. They will learn much better with a better Sugar Learning Platform |
| 10:56 | tomeu | unfortunately, explaining to deployments the importance of software and how they can contribute would fall as well in the deployment team |
| 10:57 | JT4sugar | SeanDaly, OLPC-F will also have a key deployment person, maybe ping Chris Ball to get the information |
| 10:57 | SeanDaly | JT4sugar: we don't know what OLPC-F sales pitch was; if for ex. they said Sugar was "free" (as in beer) |
| 10:57 | cjb: here? | |
| 10:58 | cjb | SeanDaly: yup, hi. I don't have any knowledge about PaleXO, unfortunately. |
| 10:58 | likes to hide in his engineering cave. | |
| 10:59 | SeanDaly | cjb: it seems UNRWA project <> PaleXO |
| 10:59 | JT4sugar | cjb, Do you know who is heading up deployment for OLPC on Palestine. Who is on ground overseeing? |
| 11:01 | cjb | hm, nope. usual candidates are Barbara Barry or Matt Keller. |
| 11:02 | yeah, I think it's Barbara. Have you guys talked to her before? | |
| 11:03 | SeanDaly | cjb: I haven't, could you e me her e-mail pls? |
| 11:04 | cjb | sure, it's barbara at laptop.org |
| 11:04 | definitely worth a mail introducing yourself | |
| 11:04 | I think her job title is "Director of OLPC Middle East" | |
| 11:06 | SeanDaly | cjb: many thanks |
| 11:07 | hi walterbender are you able to see backlog? | |
| 11:19 | hi JT4sugar waited to see if you'd be back | |
| 11:19 | i cc'd you on mail to Barbara | |
| 11:20 | JT4sugar | Yes connection snafu then a restart takes forever. Just got email-Thanks |
| 11:20 | SeanDaly | I need to go now.. will mail UNRWA people later |
| 11:21 | looks like deadline for PR will be pushed back again... oh well, more expensive, but too bad, beter to do good job | |
| 11:21 | counting down to meeting end... going once | |
| 11:21 | JT4sugar | OK-I think this could lead to some good outcomes if we can follow up. Palestine is always high-profile. |
| 11:22 | SeanDaly | ... going twice... |
| 11:22 | yes I agree | |
| 11:22 | #endmeeting |