[Wikimediaau-l] Fwd: Upcoming OLPC events in Australia and New Zealand

[Liam Wyatt]

I just got this from the OneLaptopPerChild-Australia mailing list - thought
I'd pass it on.
[sorry for all those that are on both lists already]. This is a very low
usage list so I encourage you to join if you're interested in keeping up
with OLPC activities in our backyard.

Best,
-Liam
[[user:witty lama]]

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Pia Waugh <greebo at olpcfriends.org>
Date: Dec 15, 2008 2:40 PM
Subject: Upcoming OLPC events in Australia and New Zealand
To: olpcfriends-announce at lists.olpcfriends.org

Hi all,

There are several upcoming OLPC events in Australia and New Zealand which
you can get involved in to help bring OLPC to children in the region and all
around the world! Check out the OLPC Friends events page for all details (
http://olpcfriends.org/events).

December OLPC Testing Parties (Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide)

OLPC Friends will be running OLPC Test Parties in Sydney, Melbourne &
Adelaide next Saturday, the 20th December. The aim of these events is to
help test new activities for the OLPC as well as the new 8.2.1 image. If you
want to help contribute to OLPC, this is a great way to get involved! If you
don't have your own XO, some extras will be brought along by the
coordinators.
Coordinators are:

   - Sydney <http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Friends/SydneyUG> - Pia Waugh <
   greebo at pipka.org>
   - Melbourne <http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Friends/MelbourneXOClub> -
   Donna Benjamin <donna at cc.com.au>
   - Adelaide - Joel Stanley <joel.stan at gmail.com>

 OLPC activities at linux.conf.au 2009 (Hobart, Tasmania)

There will also be several OLPC related events at linux.conf.au this year,
including a talk from Sugar guru and former President of OLPC, Walter
Bender, a Birds of a Feather (BoF) session, and an OLPC stand at the
linux.conf.au Open Day. The talks and BoF are limited to
linux.conf.auattendees however the Open Day is open to the public, so
come along!

Deployments

There are deployments happening all across the region, and you can volunteer
to help out with a deployment (
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Friends/volunteers). If you want to do your
own deployment, get in touch as OLPC Friends will be kicking off a
deployment group in January to help share knowledge and ensure some
consistency in the region.

Regular events

There are regular user group events throughout Australia and New Zealand,
including weekly test parties in Wellington, which has contributed
significantly to OLPC. Great work guys! Also, there are monthly events
kicking off around Australia in the new year.

Participation

If you are interested in discussions around OLPC or getting help, please
join the OLPC Friends discussion mailing list (
http://lists.olpcfriends.org/mailman/listinfo/olpcfriends), and the OLPC
Friends community forum (http://forums.olpcfriends.org/).

Cheers,
Pia Waugh

About OLPC Friends

OLPC Friends <http://olpcfriends.org/> brings together educators, developers
and enthusiasts for local and regional deployments and education
development. Working in collaboration with the OLPC
Foundation<http://laptop.org/>,
OLPC Friends aims to create an organic and sustainable ecosystem of
contributing people and organisations throughout Australia, New Zealand and
the Pacific. More details at http://olpcfriends.org/


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