Friday, February 22, 2008
No Laptop Per Me program update
Another email from the OLPC foundation:
Still doesn't explain how Canadians got theirs before me. This is worse than Food-for-Oil.
From: OLPC Customer Care
Date: Tue, Feb 21, 2008 at 7:09 PM
Subject: Update On Your XO Laptop
To: tidokoro@gmail.com
Dear Donor, Please accept my apologies for the delay in receiving your XO laptop. Give One Get One was such a phenomenal success that we over-taxed our order processing and payment systems. Demand exceeded supply.
Additional XO laptops are being built now and will be delivered in 30 to 45 days. If you wish to reconsider your contribution in the face of this delay, we will issue a refund to you. We have set up a dedicated phone line for these requests. The number is 1-800-201-7144. In the meanwhile, please know that laptops are in the process of going to Mongolia, Cambodia, Afghanistan, Rwanda and Haiti as part of the "give one" side of the equation. Fortunately, OLPC's mission of getting laptops to the children in these countries has not been delayed. In Mongolia , the children are already enjoying themselves and learning new things with their XO laptops. Please see: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Ulaanbaatar.
Eliminating poverty through learning is gaining wider acceptance thanks to support like yours. Sincerely,
Nicholas Negroponte
Chairman
OLPC Foundation
Date: Tue, Feb 21, 2008 at 7:09 PM
Subject: Update On Your XO Laptop
To: tidokoro@gmail.com
Dear Donor, Please accept my apologies for the delay in receiving your XO laptop. Give One Get One was such a phenomenal success that we over-taxed our order processing and payment systems. Demand exceeded supply.
Additional XO laptops are being built now and will be delivered in 30 to 45 days. If you wish to reconsider your contribution in the face of this delay, we will issue a refund to you. We have set up a dedicated phone line for these requests. The number is 1-800-201-7144. In the meanwhile, please know that laptops are in the process of going to Mongolia, Cambodia, Afghanistan, Rwanda and Haiti as part of the "give one" side of the equation. Fortunately, OLPC's mission of getting laptops to the children in these countries has not been delayed. In Mongolia , the children are already enjoying themselves and learning new things with their XO laptops. Please see: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Ulaanbaatar.
Eliminating poverty through learning is gaining wider acceptance thanks to support like yours. Sincerely,
Nicholas Negroponte
Chairman
OLPC Foundation
Still doesn't explain how Canadians got theirs before me. This is worse than Food-for-Oil.
