== Bernie's brain backup for March 2008 ==
+=== Thu, 20th ===
+
+==== More blogs ====
+
+Our friends of OLPC Austria also reported on the event:
+
+ http://christoph-d.blogspot.com/2008/03/olpc-presence-at-acp-eu-meeting-in.html
+
+I've finally distributed all the remaining laptops, and I'm flying back to Brussels.
+
+
+=== Thu, 20th ===
+
+==== The laptops arrived! ====
+
+An //Deus ex Machina// got the laptops released from the customs.
+
+[[LaptopsHaveArrivedSmall.jpg | The Laptops have arrived!]]
+
+
+=== Tue, 18th ===
+
+==== OLPC demoed to the EU president Danilo Türk ====
+
+Today we have been received by the President of Slovenia [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danilo_T%C3%BCrk | Danilo Türk]],
+and **President in charge of the European Union**. I was told to show him some of the unique features of the XO. Somehow,
+I contained my emotion and managed to do a decent presentation.
+
+Before leaving us, the President expressed profound interest in the OLPC educational goals.
+This means our project is likely to receive support within the European Parliament.
+
+**Update**: President Türk knows about the shortage of Internet addresses, and
+was impressed by our laptop being IPv6-ready. We mentioned that the infrastructure
+is currently a show-stopper in most places, but the President said this issue will
+have to be addressed if we want the Internet to scale to the point required by our
+ambitious project.
+
+Media coverage:
+ http://www.up-rs.si/up-rs/uprs.nsf/dokumentiweb/8759FD3D80235E44C1257411003580E0?OpenDocument
+
+[[TurkMeeting1.jpg | L2R: Giulia, Deva, Turk, WdB, Bernie]]
+[[TurkMeeting2.jpg | L2R: Deva, Walter De Brouwer, Turk]]
+[[TurkMeetingSmall.jpg | Talking with the chief of the cabinet after the meeting]]
+
+
=== Mon, 17th ===
+==== OLPC presence at the ACP-EU meeting in Ljubljana ====
+
+[[AcpHallSmall.jpg | The ACP-EU conference hall]]
-We attended the [[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/intcoop/acp/ | ACP-EU]] conference
-in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ljubljana | Ljubljana, Slovenia]].
+The newly born OLPC Europe team attended the [[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/intcoop/acp/ | ACP-EU]]
+conference in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ljubljana | Ljubljana, Slovenia]].
-Representatives of [[http://www.olpc.at/ | OLPC Austria]] rushed in on short notice
-to help with the OLPC booth. We demoed the laptop to 79 delegations of the African
-countries, members of the EU parliament and dignitaries of the United Nations
+Representatives of [[http://www.olpc.at/ | OLPC Austria]] rushed here on very short notice to
+help with the OLPC booth. We demoed the laptop to 79 delegations of the African countries,
+members of the EU parliament and dignitaries of the United Nations
Development Programme. Not surprisingly, the laptop was called
"**the killer event at the ACP-EU meeting**".
Media coverage:
- * [[http://www.nirjdeva.com/ | MEP Nirj Deva]] interview: http://youtube.com/watch?v=VMiVtUOT97E [[DevaInterview.flv | local copy]]
+ * Meeting opening cerimony: http://youtube.com/watch?v=GLKK-ZYEsuk [[AcpOpening.flv | local copy]]
+ * [[http://www.nirjdeva.com/ | MEP Nirj Deva]] interview: http://youtube.com/watch?v=VMiVtUOT97E [[DevaInterview.flv | local copy]] (<- **GREAT STUFF!**)
* OLPC press conference: http://youtube.com/watch?v=tHYdpsNTQIg [[AcpPressConference.flv | local copy]]
* http://eux.tv/article.aspx?articleId=19953
* TODO: add everything else
-FLV video file locally downloadable for your convenience:
+[[AcpBoothSmall.jpg | Our frugal OLPC booth at the ACP-EU meeting]]
-=== Sun, 25th ===
+=== Fri, 7th ===
==== Talk at Palazzo Vecchio in Florence ====
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