[Linux-aus] Cannes Lions award for OLPC Australia

[Donna Benjamin]

Congrats Sridhar!

This is fantastic - thinking back to the 100 xo's we 'released' into the
hacker wilds at LCA2008 - to the reality of the machines on the ground
in remote Australia.

Some said we couldn't have them, because the 1st world wasn't the
target.

Great recognition for a great project.

Thanks for sharing the news.

cheers
Donna

On Sat, 2011-06-25 at 01:39 +1000, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
> As I mentioned[0] at the SLUG meeting on Friday, OLPC Australia[1]
> have been awarded a Bronze Lion[2] at this year's Cannes Lions
> International Advertising Festival[3].
> 
> I think this is fantastic recognition for a Free Software project[4],
> especially one that is focused on assisting children in the most
> remote parts of the country.
> 
> As way of disclosure. I'm the Engineering Manager at OLPC Australia.
> If you'd like to participate[5], especially (for me) in the technical
> field[6], please get in touch with me or with OLPC Australia through
> our Web site[7].
> 
> Sridhar
> 
> 
> [0] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1OQVwV0tI8&t=1h5m5s
> [1] http://www.laptop.org.au/
> [2] http://www.canneslions.com/work/media/entry.cfm?entryid=1762&award=4
> [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannes_Lions_International_Advertising_Festival
> [4] http://www.dhanapalan.com/blog/2011/06/20/why-free-and-open-matters/
> [5] http://www.laptop.org.au/participate
> [6] http://dev.laptop.org.au/participate
> [7] http://www.laptop.org.au/contact/general-form
> 
> 

-- 
Donna Benjamin - Executive Director
Creative Contingencies - http://cc.com.au
ph +61 3 9326 9985 - mob +61 418 310 414

Drupal Downunder
14-15 January 2012
Jasper Hotel, Melbourne