From: OLPC Learning Club - DC <curiouslee@gmail.com>
Subject: OLPC Learning Club - DC - Last-minute Meeting Info for Saturday
Date: June 26th 2008

Saturday's meeting at Nortel Networks is coming together nicely. OLPC News Forum regular "CleverGirl" has about 14 adults and kids attending the Nortel Ottawa facility to teleconference with us in Washington, D.C. They've submitted a list of XO-related questions and interests, most of which should be answerable.

We'll be doing a raffle again, and I've also set up the Ottawa folks with tickets and stuff to raffle too.

Once again, here's our blog post about the meeting:

http://olpclearningclub.org/meetings/june-at-nortel-networks/

And the OLPC Canada Forum on OLPC News:

http://olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?board=52.0

The precocious crew of XO enthusiasts at the Arlington Career Center have started up an OLPC-supported grassroots repair center. Since there are currently no factory-fresh spare parts available from OLPC or its partners, parts are being salvaged from recycled XO machines, of which the Arlington crew has several. For a nominal fee, the crew will replace the screen, battery, touchpad, keyboard and power adapter. They will also fix bad motherboard batteries and the bricking (dead laptop) that can occur, replace the backplate of the XO to colors of your choice, and upgrade to the software build of your choice. The DC repair center is part of an emerging worldwide network of grassroots repair centers that share repair procedures, customer service best practices and spare parts.

If you have an issue with an XO laptop, bring it to the meeting to get a repair on the spot if time permits or have a follow-up appointment or contact arranged. Be sure to copy your data files off the laptop or have an appropriately sized USB flash drive on hand.

OLPC DC Repair has an information page on the OLPC wiki with pricing, repair services and contact information:

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_DC_Repair

Directory of repair centers:

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Directory_of_repair_centers

For those handy with computer hardware, the repair crew will do a laptop disassembly demonstration at the meeting. And then you can follow the recently updated illustrated instructions on the OLPC wiki here:

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Repairs_cookbook

MARK YOUR CALENDARS - The Learning Club has reserved a community table at the 31st Takoma Park Folk Festival on Sunday, September 14, 2008. We need helpers and cheerleaders!

http://www.tpff.org/

Mike Lee
curiouslee (at) gmail (dot) com