[IIAB] New Haiti work

[Braddock]

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Hi folks,

A few weeks ago I met with Denny Baumann from Virginia.  He is doing
fantastic work in Haiti and the US deploying thousands of refurbished
laptops running Linux Mint to schools over the past 15 years.

I wanted to forward this introduction to IIAB he wrote for his fellow
volunteers so you can all understand what IIAB means to his work.

He is particularly interested in using IIAB as a Linux Mint software
repository, since we already are hosting the Ubuntu 12.04 repos.  We
have never tested or documented the use of IIAB as an Ubuntu repo -
anyone want to work on this important piece?

- -braddock


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Subject: INTERNET-IN-A-BOX DEMO
Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2013 14:26:22 -0500
From: Denny Baumann
To: ...

Dear friends,

I hope each of you had a great Thanksgiving with your friends and
family.  I certainly did, as it represented the many things which i am
thankful for.  Your support of schools throughout Haiti is at the top of
my list.  That is the reason for this email.  As many of you know, I
flew out to L.A. a couple of weeks ago to meet with the people who have
designed and are deploying Internet-in-a-box to Haiti and other 3rd
world countries.  I was fortunate enough to have been loaned one of
these devices to test out for myself and present it to each of you.
Many of the schools in which we have installed computers have either
limited, expensive or NO Internet connection. Internet-in-a-box ( IIAB )
goes a long way toward filling the gap in those schools until the
Internet becomes available or affordable. I intend to take my IIAB with
me in January to test it at at lease 6 schools in Northern Haiti.  Let
me say a few words about this device but first I want to encourage you
to look at it yourself by going to Internet-in-a-box.org.  Watch
Braddock's video and think about how it could be used in your schools.
While IIAB could never contain ALL of the data which is available on the
INTERNET, it goes a long way toward making some very useful material
available to school children.  It contains 40,000 books in 40 different
languages, a VERY detailed map of the world, more educational software
than you could ever use and some OUTSTANDING educational videos from the
Kahn Academy on Math, Science, Humanities etc.  It even has a 2 part
video on the history of Haiti.    As you also know,  we plan to
significantly expand the list of educational software which we will load
onto our laptops in the future.  IIAB contains all of that educational
software, which can either be downloaded from the Internet ( if you are
on-line ) or from IIAB ( if you aren't on-line ).


I would like to have as many of you as possible join us on Friday
morning, Dec 6th at 10:00 A.M. to test, learn and maybe even BREAK this
device.  You can bring your own laptop ( running Linux, Windows or Mac )
or I will provide a Linux Mint laptop for you to use.   I hope to have
an open discussion on the pros and cons of IIAB, solicit comments for
improving it and take orders if you like it as it is. ( The current cost
is $150.00 ea. )  Bob Peesel will be there to answer your Linux Mint
questions and field questions which I am not equipped to handle.  I hope
to have the Chamber of Commerce Conference room available for this
meeting as it is located directly across the hall from our shop here in
Warrenton and will easily access our router and IIAB from there.  Please
let me know if YOU or SOMEONE ELSE in your organization will attend this
meeting.  This is a VERY important issue as it affects way too many of
our schools in Haiti.  We can talk about deploying, installing and even
improving IIAB; but first we have to learn what it will and won't do for
us. I look forward to hearing back from each of you.

God bless,

Denny Baumann





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