[IIAB] New Haiti work

[Adam Holt]

Small correction: Denny told me he has deployed 600 laptops to Haiti,
rather than thousands.

Regardless, I've sent Sora (our lead Haiti coordinator/implementer) to
attend & support his IIAB meeting in Virginia this Thursday 10AM just
outside DC, thanks Braddock & John for enabling this!


On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 7:15 PM, John Kim <thinkndev at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Braddock,
>
> You mean he’s been deploying thousands of refurbished laptops for 15
> years?  I don’t think Linux Mint came before Ubuntu.
>
> Anyway, I would like to do this. I’ve been using Ubuntu 12.04 these days.
>
> John Kim
> Student/FOSS Enthusiast
> www.internet-in-a-box.org
> thinkndev at gmail.com
>
>
>
> On Dec 1, 2013, at 1:02 PM, Braddock <braddock at braddock.com> wrote:
>
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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
> >
> >
> > - -------- Original Message --------
> > 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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