X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=wiki.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=MarchBlog;h=eef67186252ba9f5ad0964bae5b6c69a0187bcad;hp=bf2e0486b0c820589e54792445b0a3c86503d9d7;hb=6fca832e5597a72a5c270a3ad41ae9db97c5b5d7;hpb=c4a7923851afe2f42428aca97e740b30ec2b4fac diff --git a/MarchBlog b/MarchBlog index bf2e048..eef6718 100644 --- a/MarchBlog +++ b/MarchBlog @@ -1,24 +1,40 @@ == 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 given the honour of showing him some of the unique features of the XO. +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. -The President expressed profound interest in the OLPC educational goals. +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. -[[TurkMeetingSmall.jpg | Talking with the chief of the cabinet after the meeting]] +**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 will be +addressed. 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 +[[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]]. @@ -36,7 +52,7 @@ Media coverage: * http://eux.tv/article.aspx?articleId=19953 * TODO: add everything else -AcpBoothSmall.jpg +[[AcpBoothSmall.jpg | Our frugal OLPC booth at the ACP-EU meeting]] === Fri, 7th ===