User:Holt: Difference between revisions

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Gratuitous travel exhausts our earth's vanishing resources. But I

paid for several trips around North America and Europe over the

past 2 years for a reason -- to lay these seeds. Now we can move

past [3] years for a reason -- to lay these seeds. Now we can move

our community-building beyond cultivating hobbyists into a learning

organization, willing to both negotiate large contracts and

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expertise, physical XO libraries, a grassroots repair shop, monthly

talks and a sophisticated network of nearby computer clubhouses.

Similarly, I ~~will be working~~ hard with [http://olpclearningclub.org Mike Lee] to seed a multitalented

Similarly, I [worked] hard with [http://olpclearningclub.org Mike Lee] to seed a multitalented

Sugar/OLPC group ~~this fall~~ in NY City~~, starting~~ [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_New_York ~~mid-November~~] if

Sugar/OLPC group in NY City [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_New_York going strong for a year now] if

you can hopefully join! EG. The [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Repair_center_locations volunteer repair centers]

I coordinate worldwide for OLPC can now grow into a much stronger

network with proper Care And Feeding.

network of networks with proper Care And Feeding.

* Now is the time to build a Broad-Based 21st Century Learning Movement

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protecting our organic grassroots. This will not be easy, but the

lifelong friends I've made over the last [3 years] in the OLPC/Sugar

community ~~will make~~ this possible. Kids need healthy families to

community makes this possible. Kids need healthy families to

explore their worlds, not tabloid divorces, to advocate for

1 billion small-but-growing brains on this planet. Sugar Labs and

OLPC owe it to the world's children to similarly mature into

responsible, playful, lifelong parents! Even if not <i>always</i> loved :)

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    Gratuitous travel exhausts our earth's vanishing resources.  But I
    paid for several trips around North America and Europe over the
-   past 2 years for a reason -- to lay these seeds.  Now we can move
+   past [3] years for a reason -- to lay these seeds.  Now we can move
    our community-building beyond cultivating hobbyists into a learning
    organization, willing to both negotiate large contracts and
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    expertise, physical XO libraries, a grassroots repair shop, monthly
    talks and a sophisticated network of nearby computer clubhouses.
-   Similarly, I will be working hard with [http://olpclearningclub.org Mike Lee] to seed a multitalented
+   Similarly, I [worked] hard with [http://olpclearningclub.org Mike Lee] to seed a multitalented
-   Sugar/OLPC group this fall in NY City, starting [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_New_York mid-November] if
+   Sugar/OLPC group in NY City [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_New_York going strong for a year now] if
    you can hopefully join!  EG. The [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Repair_center_locations volunteer repair centers]
    I coordinate worldwide for OLPC can now grow into a much stronger
-   network with proper Care And Feeding.
+   network of networks with proper Care And Feeding.
 * Now is the time to build a Broad-Based 21st Century Learning Movement
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    protecting our organic grassroots.  This will not be easy, but the
    lifelong friends I've made over the last [3 years] in the OLPC/Sugar
-   community will make this possible.  Kids need healthy families to
+   community makes this possible.  Kids need healthy families to
    explore their worlds, not tabloid divorces, to advocate for
 billion small-but-growing brains on this planet.  Sugar Labs and
    OLPC owe it to the world's children to similarly mature into
    responsible, playful, lifelong parents!  Even if not <i>always</i> loved :)