Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Motion to update current SL vision statement

2016-06-20 Thread Dave Crossland
On 20 June 2016 at 12:00, Caryl Bigenho wrote: > Could someone find and post the current vision statement? After Wed when > they finally come to hook up my slow, but very expensive, Internet > connection, I'll be able to comment on the vision statement and possible >

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Oversight Board decisions page

2016-06-20 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi On 20 June 2016 at 02:43, Tony Anderson wrote: > I have reviewed this page. You have numbered the motions beginning with > 2016-1. There are missing numbers after 14. Walter added those; I've only maintained the new motions. Its a wiki, you can edit it, so if you'd

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] A Better Idea...

2016-06-20 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi, On 20 June 2016 at 02:51, Tony Anderson wrote: > > Could you be specific on the necessary procedural actions that the Board > did not take? > Consideration of motions visible to Members. > Note that the Oversight Board/decisions page does not show the GSOC mentor >

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Motion to update current SL vision statement

2016-06-20 Thread Dave Crossland
On Jun 20, 2016 11:57 AM, "Sean DALY" <sdaly...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 5:17 PM, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: >> >> "About Sugar Labs(R): Sugar Labs(R) is a volunteer-driven member project of Software Freedom Conse

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Motion to update current SL vision statement

2016-06-20 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi On 20 June 2016 at 03:23, Tony Anderson wrote: > > I disagree completely with this statement as a vision for Sugar Labs. > You already said that, but I am concerned with your position on the original. Laura quoted this in her email above, and it is on the wiki at

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Motion to update current SL vision statement

2016-06-19 Thread Dave Crossland
On 19 June 2016 at 13:20, Tony Anderson wrote: > Unfortunately, this is not my vision of Sugar Labs or Sugar. I see Sugar > as an educational opportunity provided to users of the OLPC XO > and others. Naturally, it takes software engineers to develop and maintain > this

Re: [IAEP] Motion to update current SL vision statement

2016-06-19 Thread Dave Crossland
On 19 June 2016 at 13:50, Sean DALY wrote: > If the subject is Pending Motion 2016-33, I am opposed to it for the > previously stated reasons. That motion failed 9 days ago, since email voting is only open for 7 days. Sorry I hadn't updated the

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [SLOB] another motion (Quispe trip to Translation Summit)

2016-06-19 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi Claudia! On 19 June 2016 at 13:38, Claudia Urrea wrote: > > I think we need someone to admin the motions. We have too many (pass, > pending votes and pending endorsement for vote, etc.), they become depend > on each other and we get stuck not being able to move forward.

Re: [IAEP] 172 XO-1s for $24 each (+ freight) $4,000 total

2016-06-19 Thread Dave Crossland
On 16 June 2016 at 09:00, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > Do we want these or not? :) > I guess not! ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

Re: [IAEP] [SLOB] another motion (Quispe trip to Translation Summit)

2016-06-19 Thread Dave Crossland
On 4 June 2016 at 00:07, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > > On 3 June 2016 at 14:38, Adam Holt <h...@laptop.org> wrote: > >> On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 4:33 PM, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: >> >>> On 12 May 2016 at 07:59, Walter Bend

Re: [IAEP] Motion to update current SL vision statement

2016-06-19 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi I would appreciate public consideration of this motion by each member of SLOB. On 3 June 2016 at 14:25, Laura Vargas wrote: > I hereby propose the motion to update current SL vision statement: > > "About Sugar Labs(R): Sugar Labs(R) is a volunteer-driven member

Re: [IAEP] Motion to adopt the 2016 vision for Sugar Labs

2016-06-19 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi I would appreciate public consideration of this motion by each member of SLOB. On 3 June 2016 at 02:46, Laura Vargas wrote: > I propose to adopt the following statement as the vision statement: > > Sugar Labs is a global community where you can learn how to design, >

Re: [IAEP] Motion: New monthly SLOB meeting procedure

2016-06-19 Thread Dave Crossland
d fail, than to linger. > > El 03/06/16 a las 16:10, Dave Crossland escribió: > > Motion: to agree the following procedure for all future monthly SLOB > meetings: the chair will confirm the meeting meets quorum; the chair will > make any announcements submitted to them before the meet

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Motion: to vote on each motion proposed by a member

2016-06-19 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi I would appreciate public consideration of this motion by each member of SLOB. On 3 June 2016 at 23:42, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > > > On 3 June 2016 at 17:10, Walter Bender <walter.ben...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 3, 2016

Re: [IAEP] Motion: to consider email votes on motions only valid if they are sent to both the SLOBs and IAEP mailing lists.

2016-06-19 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi I would appreciate public consideration of this motion by each member of SLOB. On 7 June 2016 at 10:00, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > Motion: to consider email votes on motions only valid if they are sent > to both the SLOBs and IAEP mailing lists. >

Re: [IAEP] A Better Idea...

2016-06-18 Thread Dave Crossland
On 18 June 2016 at 16:54, Laura Vargas wrote: > Good start. I hope current SLOBs get to analyze the issue ;D > I am waiting. ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs Vision Discussion in 6 hours

2016-06-18 Thread Dave Crossland
On 18 June 2016 at 17:41, Caryl Bigenho wrote: > Your "ageism" is showing. > I'm talking about all adults 18+ ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org

Re: [IAEP] SLOBS Meeting

2016-06-17 Thread Dave Crossland
On 17 June 2016 at 11:42, Tony Anderson wrote: > I understand the need is to have a financial report at each monthly > meeting reporting on starting balance, amount received, amount paid, and > ending > balance. This is under the control of SFC. Adam is our liason to SFC.

Re: [IAEP] SLOBS Meeting

2016-06-17 Thread Dave Crossland
On 17 June 2016 at 11:32, Tony Anderson wrote: > On 17 June 2016 at 11:12, Tony Anderson wrote: >> >> >I appreciate your enthusiasm. However, I wonder how this will work with >>> >Adam Holt as our liason with SFC and with SFC being our accountant.

Re: [IAEP] A Better Idea...

2016-06-17 Thread Dave Crossland
(Apologies for the empty sent earlier) On 16 June 2016 at 23:30, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > > On 16 June 2016 at 15:24, Laura Vargas <la...@somosazucar.org> wrote: > >> >> >> 2016-06-15 8:38 GMT+08:00 Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com>: >

Re: [IAEP] A Better Idea...

2016-06-17 Thread Dave Crossland
On 11 June 2016 at 02:19, Laura Vargas wrote: > Thanks for reading/commenting and remember the address to visit the life > document is https://titanpad.com/SLFC > Here is the current contents of the pad: #LearningBYDoing #Projects4GOOD Last Modified by June 17 2016 by

Re: [IAEP] SLOBS Meeting

2016-06-17 Thread Dave Crossland
On 17 June 2016 at 11:12, Tony Anderson wrote: > I appreciate your enthusiasm. However, I wonder how this will work with > Adam Holt as our liason with SFC and with SFC being our accountant. > I'm confused ;D Do you want a volunteer, or do you want Adam to do it?

Re: [IAEP] news article: Why schools should provide one laptop per child

2016-06-17 Thread Dave Crossland
On 17 June 2016 at 11:11, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > I thought this was the best line: > > "These [failures] tended to be in school districts that treated computers > like magical devices that would solve educational problems merely through > their distri

Re: [IAEP] news article: Why schools should provide one laptop per child

2016-06-17 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi Sean Thanks for sharing! I thought this was the best line: "These [failures] tended to be in school districts that treated computers like magical devices that would solve educational problems merely through their distribution, without sufficient planning on how they could best be deployed to

Re: [IAEP] SLOBS Meeting

2016-06-17 Thread Dave Crossland
On 17 June 2016 at 06:37, Sean DALY wrote: > Concerning a Finance Manager, in my view the priority should be finding a > volunteer to step up. > I volunteer. ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs Vision Discussion in 6 hours

2016-06-17 Thread Dave Crossland
On 17 June 2016 at 01:17, Laura Vargas <la...@somosazucar.org> wrote: > > > 2016-06-17 12:07 GMT+08:00 Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com>: > >> >> On 16 June 2016 at 13:49, Laura Vargas <la...@somosazucar.org> wrote: >> >>> Great

Re: [IAEP] SLOBS Meeting

2016-06-17 Thread Dave Crossland
On 17 June 2016 at 06:37, Sean DALY wrote: > I am concerned that the recent flurry of motions (36 so far in 2016, > although some are subsets of others) is counterproductive - there are > widely varying viewpoints concerning what SL should be doing. Is SLOBs won't make

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs Vision Discussion in 6 hours

2016-06-16 Thread Dave Crossland
On 16 June 2016 at 11:30, Sean DALY <sdaly...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 4:38 PM, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > >> Where is the original text? > > > > The old site was zapped before I could archive anything, so I just use

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs Vision Discussion in 6 hours

2016-06-16 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi On 16 June 2016 at 13:45, Sebastian Silva <sebast...@fuentelibre.org> wrote: > > > El 15/06/16 a las 22:02, Dave Crossland escribió: > > > Hi > > On 15 June 2016 at 12:51, Sebastian Silva <sebast...@fuentelibre.org> > wrote: > >> >> &g

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs Vision Discussion in 6 hours

2016-06-16 Thread Dave Crossland
On 16 June 2016 at 13:49, Laura Vargas wrote: > Great news Dave! hopefully more and more OLPC members will join the > conversation on the IEP list. > Sadly, I must admit that I do not expect anyone at OLPC to join this list. > - OLPC offered XO-1.75 and XO-4 upgrade

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs Vision Discussion in 6 hours

2016-06-16 Thread Dave Crossland
Where is the original text? ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs Vision Discussion in 6 hours

2016-06-16 Thread Dave Crossland
On 16 June 2016 at 10:09, Sean DALY <sdaly...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 2:50 PM, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > >> I'm confused; what do you think should be changed on the current site? > > > > The homepage says: > Sugar is both a

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs Vision Discussion in 6 hours

2016-06-16 Thread Dave Crossland
On 14 June 2016 at 21:57, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > ACTION ITEM: Dave will talk with Leah at OLPC on Thursday, and ask what > their goals are for the next few years, when they will end support for > XO-1s, and what they would advise in the scenario that we break

Re: [IAEP] 172 XO-1s for $24 each (+ freight) $4,000 total

2016-06-16 Thread Dave Crossland
On 16 June 2016 at 09:16, Jonas Smedegaard <d...@jones.dk> wrote: > Quoting Dave Crossland (2016-06-16 14:48:56) > > I think this is a really important discussion for the wider community, > > as it relates to the future/vision topic :) > > It is very very rarely sensi

Re: [IAEP] 172 XO-1s for $24 each (+ freight) $4,000 total

2016-06-16 Thread Dave Crossland
Do we want these or not? :) -- Forwarded message -- From: <nathanr...@charter.net> Date: 16 June 2016 at 02:09 Subject: Re: [UKids] Unleash Kids / KOC trip to rescue laptops - April To: Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com>, Alex Perez <ape...@alexperez.com> Cc: Unlea

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs Vision Discussion in 6 hours

2016-06-16 Thread Dave Crossland
On 16 June 2016 at 08:25, Sean DALY wrote: > This was always the case on the old site - it's the new site, which I > hadn't see before it went up, which brought it back. > I'm confused; what do you think should be changed on the current site?

Re: [IAEP] 172 XO-1s for $24 each (+ freight) $4,000 total

2016-06-16 Thread Dave Crossland
On 14 June 2016 at 12:09, Sean DALY <sdaly...@gmail.com> wrote: > >On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 4:56 PM, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > >> On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 3:38 PM, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > >> > >>> A brand that is

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs Vision Discussion in 6 hours

2016-06-16 Thread Dave Crossland
On 16 June 2016 at 04:34, Sean DALY <sdaly...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 5:02 AM, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > >> There is Sugar (now being referred to as a desktop which is ironic since >> the Sugar HIG were intended to >> replace

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs Vision Discussion in 6 hours

2016-06-15 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi On 15 June 2016 at 12:51, Sebastian Silva <sebast...@fuentelibre.org> wrote: > > > On 15/06/16 08:40, Dave Crossland wrote: > > However, http://www.one-education.org has just announced their new > > unit, which is US$260 including tax (but plus shipping from

[IAEP] Fwd: [UKids] Unleash Kids / KOC trip to rescue laptops - April

2016-06-15 Thread Dave Crossland
for about $20 >> each. Includes 10 charging carts (Atlanta, GA). Any group with funds want >> to rescue and deploy ? >> >> - >> From: "Dave Crossland" >> To: "Avni Khatri" >> Cc: "Unleash Kids&q

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs Vision Discussion in 6 hours

2016-06-15 Thread Dave Crossland
On 15 June 2016 at 11:02, Caryl Bigenho wrote: > We're "on the road" for a few days so I'm missing all the "fun." I hope > some of the key people like Adam, Tony, Sameer, and Lionel are being > included. They all have great global perspectives and a realistic maturity >

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs Vision Discussion in 6 hours

2016-06-15 Thread Dave Crossland
On 14 June 2016 at 21:57, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > Should we support the XO-1? > > No: > > The Browse activity is fundementally broken: We can't use old browsers > (webkit v1) on modern websites, and that hardware isn't powerful enough for > new browsers

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs Vision Discussion in 6 hours

2016-06-14 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi After the call we are not really closer to concluding the revision of https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Vision_proposal_2016 or https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Mission_proposal_2016 or https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/2016_Goals But, for me, the call was very interesting for me to hear Walter, Sam,

Re: [IAEP] A Better Idea...

2016-06-14 Thread Dave Crossland
On 11 June 2016 at 11:12, Sean DALY wrote: > Dave - I don't agree that whomever submits a grant application becomes the > treasurer for those funds. Fair enough :) I am merely observing what I see as current practice with the Trip Advisor grant :) > What should happen is a

[IAEP] Sugar Labs Vision Discussion in 6 hours

2016-06-14 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi There will be a Sugar Labs Vision Discussion in about 6 hours via Google Hangouts: https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/c3qn7hksl71offj7jitkjb81aa4 -- Cheers Dave ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)

Re: [IAEP] 172 XO-1s for $24 each (+ freight) $4,000 total

2016-06-14 Thread Dave Crossland
On 14 June 2016 at 09:16, Sean DALY <sdaly...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 2:03 PM, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: >> >> > That color combination has been very widely copied, even today. >> >> I think the amount of cop

Re: [IAEP] 172 XO-1s for $24 each (+ freight) $4,000 total

2016-06-14 Thread Dave Crossland
On 14 June 2016 at 05:14, Sean DALY <sdaly...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 6:21 AM, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: >> >> The green case is probably the most important thing, I think, because >> of that brand equity > > The green an

Re: [IAEP] International Society for Technology in Education 2016 Conference and Expo?

2016-06-13 Thread Dave Crossland
I plan to write up my results in a formal paper once we get the > data from the pilot concluding in June. > > On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 9:39 PM, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Sora >> >> I'm curious about your presentation that is coming up in a cou

Re: [IAEP] 172 XO-1s for $24 each (+ freight) $4,000 total

2016-06-13 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi On 13 June 2016 at 22:06, Samuel Greenfeld wrote: > > I do not believe we would get significant new traction by trying to sell > XO-1s. Please enumerate why you think this. Would XO-4s be any better? > If we truly are going to force end of support in 2020, we should

Re: [IAEP] International Society for Technology in Education 2016 Conference and Expo?

2016-06-13 Thread Dave Crossland
On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 12:32 AM, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: >> >> >> Hi >> >> Is anyone involved in Sugar Labs going to >> https://conference.iste.org/2016/ ? >> >> Has anyone gone from SL attended previous years? &g

Re: [IAEP] 172 XO-1s for $24 each (+ freight) $4,000 total

2016-06-13 Thread Dave Crossland
On 13 June 2016 at 17:16, Sean DALY <sdaly...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 7:09 PM, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: >> >> what do you see as the difference in terms of sugar feedback? > > Students not using their native language, teache

Re: [IAEP] 172 XO-1s for $24 each (+ freight) $4,000 total

2016-06-13 Thread Dave Crossland
On 13 June 2016 at 13:52, Samuel Greenfeld wrote: > I think if you tell the sponsor you want a stash to sell them, they'll be > more than happy to keep them to sell for themselves. I doubt it - due to the labour costs you describe below :) > What Walter and I are getting

Re: [IAEP] 172 XO-1s for $24 each (+ freight) $4,000 total

2016-06-13 Thread Dave Crossland
On 13 June 2016 at 04:19, Sam Parkinson wrote: > $100 seems steep for an XO1. We could also offer a 100% buy-back scheme to get them back if they aren't used regularly, and various discounts up to 100% for developers who want to pay $0 but are actively contributing. >

Re: [IAEP] 172 XO-1s for $24 each (+ freight) $4,000 total

2016-06-13 Thread Dave Crossland
On 13 June 2016 at 11:54, Sean DALY wrote: > What duplication? An island fishing community with a single one-room > school is quite a different place from an American classroom I think there's probably more education going on in the former, but what do you see as the

Re: [IAEP] 172 XO-1s for $24 each (+ freight) $4,000 total

2016-06-13 Thread Dave Crossland
nda; but buying and selling something to create surplus to reinvest into the project is part of the agenda (or ought to be, if it is to be an effective project.) On 13 June 2016 at 04:20, Sean DALY <sdaly...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 7:07 AM, Dave Crossland <

Re: [IAEP] 172 XO-1s for $24 each (+ freight) $4,000 total

2016-06-13 Thread Dave Crossland
On 13 June 2016 at 07:05, Walter Bender wrote: > Google just donated 8000 chromebooks to the X-Prize. Maybe we could try to > go that route? Well, are we supporting XO-1s in the next 3 releases or not? If we are, I think people get EXCITED about 'the little green $100

[IAEP] 172 XO-1s for $24 each (+ freight) $4,000 total

2016-06-12 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi http://www.ebay.com/itm/Qty-172-OLPC-One-Laptop-Per-Child-XO-1-w-7-5-TFT-256MB-RAM-1024KB-ROM-/262478690514 I propose that Sugar Labs buy these, image them with the 0.110 release, and sale them to raise funds; individual units regularly clear $100 each, so this will raise around $13,000 --

Re: [IAEP] OLPC-SF June meeting Saturday + happy hour

2016-06-12 Thread Dave Crossland
On 9 June 2016 at 10:23, Aaron D Borden wrote: > Happy hour: A handful of us will be meeting around 7pm Saturday evening > at Thirsty Bear[1] in San Francisco, 661 Howard St @ 3rd St. Look for > the XOs. We hope you can join us! > > [1] http://thirstybear.com/ Thanks again for

Re: [IAEP] OLPC-SF June meeting Saturday + happy hour

2016-06-11 Thread Dave Crossland
On 9 June 2016 at 10:23, Aaron D Borden wrote: > Happy hour: A handful of us will be meeting around 7pm Saturday evening > at Thirsty Bear[1] in San Francisco, 661 Howard St @ 3rd St. Look for > the XOs. We hope you can join us! > > [1] http://thirstybear.com/ I'm upstairs :)

Re: [IAEP] Suggestions

2016-06-10 Thread Dave Crossland
On 10 June 2016 at 11:05, samson goddy wrote: > i really want to make this madatory to all members in SL Nothing is mandatory for volunteers :) While I agree that asking members to do this will be good, I would like to complete the wiki clean up. Would you be willing to

Re: [IAEP] A Better Idea...

2016-06-10 Thread Dave Crossland
On 10 June 2016 at 14:28, Laura Vargas wrote: > Shall we start today or next Friday? Next week will be tricky for me as I'll be at a conference, but might be possible Google Hangouts On Air allows for public archive of the calls, which is why I prefer it although it

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Motion: to undertake a fund raising drive.

2016-06-08 Thread Dave Crossland
On 8 June 2016 at 10:37, Laura Vargas wrote: > > First, please let me clarify that the event I'm proposing would take please > in Bolivia YES! Bolivia!! Sorry about that 'think-o' :) I meant to write Bolivia!! XD > in anticipation to the III Cumbre de Comunicación de las

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Motion: to undertake a fund raising drive.

2016-06-08 Thread Dave Crossland
On 8 June 2016 at 07:33, Walter Bender <walter.ben...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 10:38 PM, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: >> >> On 4 June 2016 at 15:25, Walter Bender <walter.ben...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > I am all for raising fund

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Go Social via Social Media (Proposal/Motion)

2016-06-08 Thread Dave Crossland
On 8 June 2016 at 07:11, samson goddy wrote: > Nice one mattew, yeah we already proposed $100/Month for ads. That's $100 for ads on top of the $120,000/year of Google AdWords we will get to spend thanks to http://www.google.com/grants/ However, the terms of the AdWords

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [SLOB] meeting reminder and some open issues to discuss

2016-06-08 Thread Dave Crossland
Do you have any more specific objections? ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Motion: to undertake a fund raising drive.

2016-06-07 Thread Dave Crossland
On 6 June 2016 at 08:30, Sean DALY wrote: > sorry, June 14th is a Tuesday... can't do it the 13th. Starting time between > 9:30PM and 11PM (UTC+2) OK for me that day Will 11PM UTC+2 on June 14th work for you?

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Motion: to undertake a fund raising drive.

2016-06-07 Thread Dave Crossland
On 5 June 2016 at 12:34, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > Where are the strategic plans for previous years that include Vision, > Mission, Goals, Objectives and Tasks? :) I am keen to see these :) ___ IAEP -- It's An Educa

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Motion: to undertake a fund raising drive.

2016-06-07 Thread Dave Crossland
-- Forwarded message -- From: Laura Vargas <la...@somosazucar.org> Date: 11 May 2016 at 13:35 Subject: Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [SLOB] meeting reminder and some open issues to discuss To: Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> Cc: Chris Leonard <cjlhomeaddr...@gmail.com>, iaep

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [SLOB] meeting reminder and some open issues to discuss

2016-06-07 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi I went over Caryl's google doc again after re-reading the below, and I must say that I am no longer surprised by Adam's comments at the SLOB meeting on Friday; it seems that these clearly expressed points were not addressed in the text that Caryl submitted. Adam, please review the Google Doc

Re: [IAEP] A Better Idea...

2016-06-07 Thread Dave Crossland
rtant updates/news and pending > decisions. > > I propose to have the meeting every Monday Morning. > > Will this work for you two? > > Regards and Blessings > > > > 2016-06-07 22:20 GMT+08:00 Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com>: >> >> On 6 June 2016

[IAEP] Fwd: Google for Nonprofits Affiliation Request Sent

2016-06-07 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi Google's non-profit sign up process is rather unclear, I did my best :) -- Forwarded message -- From: Date: 7 June 2016 at 16:10 Subject: Google for Nonprofits Affiliation Request Sent To: d.crossl...@gmail.com Hello, This email is

Re: [IAEP] Go Social via Social Media (Proposal/Motion)

2016-06-07 Thread Dave Crossland
On 7 June 2016 at 16:50, samson goddy wrote: > Sure I am going to use your help on that. Let me know your G+ profiles and I'll add you to the YouTube Channel that I've set up: https://www.youtube.com/c/SugarlabsOrg-EN ___ IAEP

[IAEP] Libre Learning Lab: Call For Papers (Oct 7-10 @ MIT)

2016-06-07 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi http://librelearnlab.org/about has opened its call for papers: http://librelearnlab.org/call-proposals Stefania Druga will keynote - http://librelearnlab.org/keynote-speakers -- Cheers Dave ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop

Re: [IAEP] Go Social via Social Media (Proposal/Motion)

2016-06-07 Thread Dave Crossland
! Samson Goddy, with editing assistance by Dave Crossland ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

Re: [IAEP] A Better Idea...

2016-06-07 Thread Dave Crossland
On 6 June 2016 at 23:26, Laura Vargas wrote: > I created a public pad for the Committee at https://titanpad.com/SLFC I have updated this, please check it ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)

[IAEP] Motion: to consider email votes on motions only valid if they are sent to both the SLOBs and IAEP mailing lists.

2016-06-07 Thread Dave Crossland
Motion: to consider email votes on motions only valid if they are sent to both the SLOBs and IAEP mailing lists. ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [SLOB] Motion (1 of 2) GSoC Stipends

2016-06-07 Thread Dave Crossland
On 4 June 2016 at 08:08, Adam Holt wrote: > On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 9:36 AM, Tony Anderson wrote: >> >> I second the motion and approve it. > > > I hope we all work together to find a way to compromise, but in any case my > opinion is already well-known, as

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] SL member list/joining criterion

2016-06-07 Thread Dave Crossland
On 7 June 2016 at 05:23, Bert Freudenberg wrote: > > Where can I read more about the proposal to let only paying members vote? It will be in an email from me to the IAEP list; however, I ended up not proposing this formally, and instead posting the following 3 formal

Re: [IAEP] A Better Idea...

2016-06-06 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi On 6 June 2016 at 08:24, Caryl Bigenho wrote: > Actually we have a number of people among the SugarLabs membership with > experience in successful fund raising through grants. I am one of them. So am I :) I am perfectly willing to continue adding potential funding

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Motion: to undertake a fund raising drive.

2016-06-06 Thread Dave Crossland
On 6 June 2016 at 10:15, José Miguel García wrote: > On 5 June 2016 at 16:30, Sean DALY wrote: >> >> We need to do a phone call or face-to-face of some type. > > Llamadas face-to-face son imposibles para quienes usamos traductores para la >

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Motion: to undertake a fund raising drive.

2016-06-06 Thread Dave Crossland
On 6 June 2016 at 06:04, Sean DALY <sdaly...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 5:13 AM, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: >>> I developed the Sugar on a Stick strategy in 2009 >> >> Where can I read this? > > The Marketing mailing list, 2009

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Motion: to undertake a fund raising drive.

2016-06-06 Thread Dave Crossland
On 6 June 2016 at 06:08, Sean DALY wrote: > I think you mean Monday June 14th, not tomorrow. > What time on June 14th will work for you? ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Motion: to undertake a fund raising drive.

2016-06-05 Thread Dave Crossland
On 5 June 2016 at 22:26, Laura Vargas wrote: > +1 for a Global Sugar Summit to build our strategic plan. > > If we can't make it to MIT in October there is another interesting option > for November 2016, as in Bolivia will take place the "III Cumbre > Continental de

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Motion: to undertake a fund raising drive.

2016-06-05 Thread Dave Crossland
On 5 June 2016 at 16:30, Sean DALY wrote: > I developed the Sugar on a Stick strategy in 2009 Where can I read this? ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Motion: to undertake a fund raising drive.

2016-06-05 Thread Dave Crossland
On 5 June 2016 at 16:30, Sean DALY wrote: > We need to do a phone call or face-to-face of some type. I propose Monday at 7pm EST https://plus.google.com/events/c3qn7hksl71offj7jitkjb81aa4

Re: [IAEP] Translation Community Manager report

2016-06-05 Thread Dave Crossland
On 5 June 2016 at 17:20, Chris Leonard wrote: > Most of the work I've done is not captured by this particular issue > tracker and I see no reason to do double-entry book-keeping in > multiple task trackers, so I would not look this this particular > github issue link as

[IAEP] Why do you contribute to Sugar?

2016-06-05 Thread Dave Crossland
In thread "A Better Idea..." on 5 June 2016 at 16:41, Sean DALY < sdaly...@gmail.com> wrote: > Perhaps trying to thrash out texts is not the best approach - maybe we > should start with why we the volunteers are convinced about Sugar, and > think about distilling our Vision from that. > I like

Re: [IAEP] A Better Idea...

2016-06-05 Thread Dave Crossland
On 5 June 2016 at 10:18, Caryl Bigenho wrote: > "Nickel and dimeing" members doesn't seem to be a viable option For me, neither does making up committees and talking about dedicated volunteers that do not exist :) We are so small that we do not need any committees for

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Motion: to undertake a fund raising drive.

2016-06-05 Thread Dave Crossland
On 5 June 2016 at 10:12, Sameer Verma wrote: > The strategic plan for Sugarlabs, which should include Vision, Mission, > Goals, Objectives and Tasks can not only act as a roadmap (time frame 3 to > 5 years) but also then justify request for funds for said Tasks. The funds > can

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Motion: to undertake a fund raising drive.

2016-06-05 Thread Dave Crossland
On 5 June 2016 at 04:26, Sean DALY <sdaly...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 6:47 AM, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > >> On 4 June 2016 at 15:25, Walter Bender <walter.ben...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I am all for raising fund

Re: [IAEP] IAEP Digest, Vol 99, Issue 16

2016-06-05 Thread Dave Crossland
On 5 June 2016 at 00:14, Tony Anderson wrote: > Please compare the current version with the original proposed by Lionel > Laske or yours before the goals were separated from the Vision or the > one proposed by Laura. Do you think that there is wide-spread agreement on >

Re: [IAEP] IAEP Digest, Vol 99, Issue 16

2016-06-04 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi On 4 June 2016 at 03:35, Tony Anderson wrote: > This discussion of procedures misses the point. Board meetings are not for > the purpose of voting yea/nea on motions. > What do you think the purposes of the board meetings are, then? > A majority of the Board members

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Motion: to undertake a fund raising drive.

2016-06-04 Thread Dave Crossland
On 4 June 2016 at 15:25, Walter Bender wrote: > I am all for raising funds but we need to articulate the reason why we > need them. > To pay for labour to achieve goals, such as the existing translations and finance manager roles and perhaps others in the future; to

[IAEP] Motion: to undertake a fund raising drive.

2016-06-04 Thread Dave Crossland
Motion: to undertake a fund raising drive. Arrangements will be made to enable on-line contributions by PayPal, debit or credit card or other means. Once the means to make contributions is in place, the Financial Manager will initiate and lead the drive. The Sugar Labs web site will show progress

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [SLOB] Motion (2 of 2) Sugar Labs donation

2016-06-04 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi On 4 June 2016 at 07:48, Adam Holt wrote: > As this is a very thoughtful proposal, I contacted SFConservancy's general > counsel to verify it is legal given 501(c)3 non-profit laws can be strict, > and he emphasized 2 things: > > (1) no tangible benefits may be offered in

Re: [IAEP] Sugar/OLPC Relations

2016-06-04 Thread Dave Crossland
On 3 June 2016 at 22:42, Samuel Greenfeld wrote: > My personal answer (at least in past private discussions) has been to end > support sometime in 2020. > Thanks for the thoughtful explanation of the 2020 date :) I think 1/1/2020 is good. How can we find out how many XO-1

Re: [IAEP] Sugar/OLPC Relations

2016-06-04 Thread Dave Crossland
On 4 June 2016 at 09:35, Samuel Greenfeld wrote: > when I was discussing this with Peter a while back Peter who? :) ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org

Re: [IAEP] [SLOB] another motion (Quispe trip to Translation Summit)

2016-06-03 Thread Dave Crossland
On 3 June 2016 at 14:38, Adam Holt <h...@laptop.org> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 4:33 PM, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > >> On 12 May 2016 at 07:59, Walter Bender <walter.ben...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Motion: to reimburse Edgar Quispe for

Re: [IAEP] Sugar/OLPC Relations

2016-06-03 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi On 3 June 2016 at 21:10, Samuel Greenfeld <sam...@greenfeld.org> wrote: > (Intentionally top-posted) > > On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 1:00 AM, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > >> >>>- A definite end-of-life date needs to put on XO-1 support. &g

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Motion: New monthly SLOB meeting procedure

2016-06-03 Thread Dave Crossland
On 3 June 2016 at 17:18, Walter Bender wrote: > I'll send the pending motions by email this weekend and see whether or not > my colleagues respond > Please CC the IEAP list. After the meeting today I went over my email for all emails I received since the monthly May

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