I like the idea too. Thanks Sameer for bringing it up. On Jan 24, 2018 9:39 PM, "Sameer Verma" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks, Dave! I haven't forgotten your persistence :-) > > I really appreciate your continued interest. In fact, I may need your > assistance at some point, once we have a healthy set of responses. > > Stay tuned. > > Sameer > -- > Sameer Verma, Ph.D. > Professor, Information Systems > San Francisco State University > http://verma.sfsu.edu/ > > On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 10:53 AM, Dave Crossland <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is great! Thank you Sameer! > > > > I recently began updating the ideas I drafted a few years ago with > Samson. > > Please let us know where to submit the ideas when you are ready :D > > > > On 11 January 2018 at 17:21, Sameer Verma <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Greetings! > >> > >> Here is a proposal to solicit various goals towards mission of > >> Sugarlabs. I am sending this out as per my comments on the recent > >> #sugar-meeting on IRC. > >> > >> In the past, I have noticed that whenever we propose to discuss > >> various goals that this community may pursue, we tend to fail quite > >> rapidly at not arriving at a consensus. It is not that we have > >> incorrect ideas about how we think the project should proceed. We tend > >> to disagree prematurely. To remedy the situation, I am proposing that > >> we gather opinions from the community about goals and do so in a > >> manner where it remains temporarily shielded from public view. Then, > >> at a given time (say two weeks) we make all of these items public. > >> This may reveal if we have convergent ideas or if we are still very > >> divergent. Either is okay. > >> > >> Next, we would try to merge similar items into tangible goals with a > >> specific time frame. Depending on who the champions are for a specific > >> goal and its objectives, these people may then band together into an > >> ad-hoc group and pursue said goals. > >> > >> The time line for this project is relatively short. I propose that we > >> collect ideas for two weeks. At the end of two weeks, we would then > >> make the items public, and solicit more ideas for a third week. At the > >> end of the third week, we would then try to collate similar responses > >> into clusters of tangible goals. From there on, each set of goals may > >> be pursued independently, depending on its sponsors, champions, > >> supporters and participants. > >> > >> If this sounds like something that will help us move forward, I am > >> ready to set this in motion. I have already discussed this with > >> Hillary Naylor, who is an active participant in our OLPC-SF group. > >> When it's time to collate responses, I may solicit some more help from > >> some of you. > >> > >> cheers, > >> Sameer > >> -- > >> Sameer Verma, Ph.D. > >> Professor, Information Systems > >> San Francisco State University > >> http://verma.sfsu.edu/ > >> _______________________________________________ > >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Cheers > > Dave > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
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