X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=wiki.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=MarchBlog;h=bf2e0486b0c820589e54792445b0a3c86503d9d7;hp=159560679d0823b61e960bb770818765b3a4826a;hb=c4a7923851afe2f42428aca97e740b30ec2b4fac;hpb=fdd6151dd2f580d7dbe34df4f5cfc8f3a507a34a;ds=sidebyside diff --git a/MarchBlog b/MarchBlog index 1595606..bf2e048 100644 --- a/MarchBlog +++ b/MarchBlog @@ -1,13 +1,31 @@ == Bernie's brain backup for March 2008 == +=== 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 given the honour of showing him some of the unique features of the XO. + +The President expressed profound interest in the OLPC educational goals. + +[[TurkMeetingSmall.jpg | Talking with the chief of the cabinet after the meeting]] + +Media coverage: + http://www.up-rs.si/up-rs/uprs.nsf/dokumentiweb/8759FD3D80235E44C1257411003580E0?OpenDocument + === 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 ==== + +AcpHallSmall.jpg + +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**". @@ -18,8 +36,7 @@ Media coverage: * http://eux.tv/article.aspx?articleId=19953 * TODO: add everything else -AcpHall.jpg -AcpBooth.jpg +AcpBoothSmall.jpg === Fri, 7th ===