Re SLOB meetings, they are always the first Friday of every month. Walter
On Apr 28, 2017 12:52 PM, "Caryl Bigenho" <cbige...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi... > > > A few things... > > > First... Walter made this motion and it was seconded by several board > members. Therefore it should be voted on, up or down, before considering > Laura's substitute motion. I see nothing wrong with this mission statement. > It is clear and concise and describes exactly what Sugar Labs is all about. > > > Walter's motion: > > > *Revise the Sugar Labs mission statement to "Sugar Labs is a volunteer-run > project whose mission** is to reach global learners and educators with a > collection of tools that enable them to explore, discover, create, and > reflect in their local language. Sugar Labs distributes these tools freely > and encourages its users to appropriate them, taking ownership and > responsibility for their learning."* > > > Second... when you reply to an email, unless it is private SLOB business, > please be sure you have included iaep in the addresses. Otherwise your > messages look blank to everyone who isn't a SLOB member. It is called > "sunshine." > > > Third... After the mission statement is approved, or a substitute (but I > hope it is this one), it will be time to consider long term goals for Sugar > Labs. There should be only 4 or 5 at most. I have copies of 4 of the 5 that > were proposed earlier. Walter may still have a copy of the 5th one. After > the mission statement issue is settled, I'll send what I have out so you > can all work on getting them just the way they should be. > > > Please understand, goals are NOT the same as objectives. They are much > more general. Objectives are designed to help achieve the goals and have a > definite form... *who* will do *what* by *when*, *how* will it be done > and *how* will success be measured. Goals do NOT have these elements! > > > Proposals for future use of Sugar Labs funds should be directed to meet > specific *objectives* and thus our goals and our mission. They are all > interconnected. > > > Caryl > > > P.S. Shouldn't there be a SLOB meeting today? I didn't see a notice on the > iaep list. >
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