Further update about the meeting, Please. Refards
Dr. Khatiwada On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 9:32 AM, Hempal Shrestha <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear Subir, Martin > Can you please update about the meeting venue and other details to the > community mailing list? > > Regards > > Hempal Shrestha > On Apr 26, 2014 6:20 PM, "Martin Dluhos" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello dear FOSSians, >> >> It's my pleasure to announce that Walter Bender, will be arriving to >> Kathmandu for one week on May 7. As many of you know, Walter is a long-time >> Sugar developer and a cofounder of Sugarlabs who has working tirelessly to >> demonstrate the value of active learning using educational technology all >> around the world. >> >> Apart from spearheading the activities of Sugar Labs, Walter is the heart >> and soul of Turtle Art, a programming environment for kids young and old, >> that has evolved from the Logo programming language developed at MIT. While >> in Kathmandu, Walter, with the support of OLE, will be giving a two-day >> Turtle Art workshop for grade 5 kids on May 9-10 at Bloom Nepal school in >> Patan. Besides Walter, also Bernie Innocenti who volunteered at OLE a few >> years back will be joining for the event as a mentor. >> >> The workshop is scheduled to conclude at Bloom on Saturday May 10 at 3 >> pm. After the workshop, Walter is planning give a talk to those from the >> local FOSS community who are also interested in the intersection of >> technology and education. Last week, I learned from Hempal Strestha that >> some of you have even been involved in Sugar development and have >> collaborated with Walter in the past. I think that you might be especially >> interested in meeting Walter and learning about the latest developments in >> the Sugar community from him. For example, a recent project I personally >> find very interesting is Sugarizer, port of Sugar to HTML and Javascript >> which can run in any modern browser. >> >> We are planning for the presentation to last about one hour and I would >> like to ask those of you who would like to attend to let us know which >> specific technical topics/projects you would be most interested in learning >> from Walter about. Please respond to this thread with your ideas and we >> will coordinate with Walter. >> >> After the presentation, we will hold a social event at a nearby >> restaurant during which you will have an opportunity to meet with Walter >> and talk to him informally. We will provide more information about that >> once we settle on an appropriate time and location. >> >> I am very thrilled about Walter's arrival and looking forward to spurring >> some stimulating discussions. >> >> Cheerios, >> Martin >> >> -- >> -- >> FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] >> http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> Mailing List Guidelines: >> http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines >> Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "FOSS Nepal" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > -- > FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > Mailing List Guidelines: > http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines > Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "FOSS Nepal" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] Mailing List Guidelines: http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "FOSS Nepal" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
