[dundee] PLEASE READ! OLPC at ASL and TayLUG. [Acronym-tastic!]

[Barry Carr]

An Excellent idea. I'd like to pledge £27. Where do I send it?

Cheers
Barry


<3 wrote:
> Boys and Girls,
> 
> Following Arrons second flash talk on the OLPC fund there has been a lot 
> of interest in the OLPC project.
> 
> I would like to make a proposal.
> 
> On behalf of the society, a donation will be made to OLPC. This will 
> either be a direct donation to the charity for the full amount of $200 
> _or_ (and this is where help from you comes in. Yes, you!) that $200 
> dollars will go half way to purchacing us or very own OLPC. The G1G1 
> scheme (Give one Get one) costs $399, and I propose we enter the G1G1 
> scheme.
> 
> [For those of you not familiar with the G1G1 scheme see: 
> http://www.laptopgiving.org/en/index.php. In brief it is an opportunity 
> for people of the western world to get an OLPC machine by donating one 
> to a child and receiving one of their own.]
> 
> To enable us to buy a laptop we would like to raise the total amount of 
> $199.50 between our members. (Thats the $399 for the G1G1 scheme, minus 
> the $200 donation the society will make.) Which in GBP is £97.57.
> 
> I personally will contribute £20.57. Leaving the total amount to be 
> raised: £77.00.
> 
> There will also be issues of postage costs. I have offered for the 
> laptop to be forwarded to us from a family member I have in the states. 
> Postage costs will be minimal. Furthermore, the laptop will not be sent 
> until the early months of 2008 (according to the G1G1 T&Cs.) Therefor 
> postage costs should be taken into consideration and will be budgeted 
> for in 2008. This sounds an awful lot like "lets just buy the thing and 
> worry about how it gets here later".  In  essence..  thats  a little 
> true. ;).  I am willing to make a further donation to postage costs next 
> year and would like to hear if other members would too.
> 
> This can only be made possible if there is enough interest from society 
> members such as yourself.
> 
> /It is the intention of the society that the laptop be made available to 
> all members who contribute to this fund. It can be used for 
> presentations & projects and played with providing no damage will be 
> caused by said playing! The laptop shall remain the property of the 
> abertay linux society as an entity and will not belong to any one 
> individual member of the group. We all know how to share nice :)! - This 
> will be discussed at length if this proposal goes ahead.
> /
> 
> The G1G1 scheme officially ends on the 31/12/2007. All decisions on this 
> matter must be made before Friday 29^th December 2007.
> 
> Now, ..hit reply and tell me what you think.
> 
> Jen. x
> 
> /Treasurer, Abertay Linux Society./
> 
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