From their site:

"OLPC San Francisco Bay Area Summit 2009 is a OLPC-SF community event designed to primarily foster collaboration amongst deployment teams in the SF Bay Area. We also hope that the event will help in improving the visibility of OLPC and Sugar to a wider group around this area.

The event will be a "Birds of a Feather" type event but largely run as an unconference. Claim your session!

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OLPC President and COO, Charles Kane (http://laptop.org/en/utility/people/charles-kane.html) and Paul Commons (OLPCorps) will be in the SF Bay Area this week. There are two events: one on UC Berkeley campus on Thursday, and one on Stanford University campus on Friday. Both events are open. Details are posted online at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_San_Francisco_Bay_Area#Events

Note: This is an event open to all.

Come learn about how technology driven social entrepreneurship is changing the world – from the experts at SF State

The STEPS Initiative presents

What: OLPC-SF April 2009 meeting

OLPC-SF will meet on April 11, 2009. Items on the agenda:

• Meet and greet - 10:00 am to 10:30 am

• Education: Starr King Elementary...

• Technology: Fit-PC as a school server, and plasticized active antenna (going to Maroantsetra, Madagascar), Moodle advances, OLPC-SF Repair Center car chargers, new and interesting activities...

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I've been invited to present on Free and Open Source Software and the One Laptop Per Child project as part of the Computer Science Graduate Seminar series at the Computer Science department at SF State. The topic is:  Exploring, Sharing, Reflecting, Learning: One Laptop Per Child

Abstract:

This seminar will address how Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and its thinking is propelling the dream of a laptop for every child around the world; a laptop as a learning tool, and not just a computer. Can cheap laptops educate the masses? Do we need different software paradigms for such an endeavor? We will look at these and many other aspects and how FOSS is helping, from idea creation to software implementation and use. We will also look at how efforts such as Creative Commons are being used to create learning materials for children worldwide. On a larger scale, these issues point to a sustainable process of building a free and open digital commons for generations to come. Maybe you can help build it!

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There is this scene in "Gandhi", one of my all time favorite movies, where one of the policemen says "He is coming" referring to Gandhi's arrival in Champaran (See video clip here. Its quite impressive). Well, when I think of the upcoming availability of the XO laptop on Amazon starting November 17, I am reminded of that phrase - "He is coming". While the XO isn't quite Gandhi himself, its impact can be quite revolutionary. Powered by Sugar (no Windows XP for the November sale) it essentially democratizes the access to computing, and hence information. We've witnessed what crowdsourcing can do in cases of Wikipedia and Free and Open Source Software.

We are hosting yet another Software Freedom Day at SF State. We did this for 2005, 2006, and 2007 with a lot of success and fun. We hope it will be the same, if not better this year. Just like last year, we will have to switch dates and move it to Thursday, September 18, 2008 because SF State does not get any foot traffic on Saturdays.

From the BALUG site:

For our 2008-03-25 meeting we are proud to present:
Mark Shuttleworth of Ubuntu/Canonical.

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Registration for LugRadio Live USA 2008 is now open at http://lugradio.org/live/USA2008/register, and tickets for the two-day spectacular cost only $10 for the full weekend, including full access to all talks, the exhibition, evening events, and a free bag o'swag for visitors. Pre-registrations also enjoy additional benefits at the show and the first 50 registrations will receive a free copy of Postal 2: Share The Pain (subject to age verification), thanks to Running With Scissors. All pre-registrations will also be entered into a raffle to win prizes by a variety of vendors.

LugRadio Live USA 2008, the 'rock-conference' from the team behind the popular LugRadio podcast (http://www.lugradio.org), brings the successful and unique formula of the UK LugRadio Live events to The Metreon in San Francisco on the 12th and 13th April 2008. The event is supported extensively by Google and also supported by Dice.