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 == Bernie's brain backup for March 2008 ==
 
+=== Thu, 20th ===
+
+My friends of OLPC Austria also reported on the event:
+
+  http://christoph-d.blogspot.com/2008/03/olpc-presence-at-acp-eu-meeting-in.html
+
+=== 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.
+
+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 ===
 
-We attended the [[http://www.europarl.europa.eu/intcoop/acp/ | ACP-EU]] conference
-in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ljubljana | Ljubljana, Slovenia]].
+==== OLPC presence at the ACP-EU meeting in Ljubljana ====
 
-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
+[[AcpHallSmall.jpg | The ACP-EU conference hall]]
+
+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 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
 
-=== Sun, 25th ===
+[[AcpBoothSmall.jpg | Our frugal OLPC booth at the ACP-EU meeting]]
+
+=== Fri, 7th ===
 
 ==== Talk at Palazzo Vecchio in Florence ====