Thats a great idea. Outreaching is always good. It seems like markering team is at good pace.
On Sat, 22 Dec 2018, 11:30 am Rishabh Thaney, <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the update, Walter and congratulations to all the newly elected > members. > > I would also like to help Samson and Vipul with outreach. > Would also like to share that we recently hosted an 'hour of code' with > the ACM student chapter of our college in which we went to a school and > taught basic programming to the students of 5th grade. > > I was wondering if Sugar Labs also participates in the ACM Hour of code > which takes place every year. > Would also like to discuss the possibility of partnering with Code.org and > to see if we can list an activity here: > https://hourofcode.com/in/en/learn > > Which I believe would help in outreach and supporting a bigger cause as > well. > I would request everyone to please share any relevant inputs on this. > > Happy holidays! > > Best > Rishabh > > On Sat, 22 Dec 2018 at 6:23 AM, Peace Ojemeh < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Great! congratulations to the new SLOB members. >> >> Thanks for the updates >> >> Rahul Bothra is helping to organize a new set of landing pages for Google >>> Summer of Code. I anticipate that Sugar Labs will be applying again this >>> year and we are striving to be more organized than in years past. >>> >> >> I would love to help out with this. >> >> Regards >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, 21 Dec 2018 at 5:28 PM, Vipul Gupta <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Thank you for the update, Walter and congratulations to all SLOB >>> members. It sure is looking up to be a great next year for Sugar Labs. >>> I will be helping Samson and others in outreach and promotion of Sugar >>> Labs through workshops and conferences. Looking forward to awesome >>> contributions. >>> >>> Happy Holidays everyone. >>> >>> On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 7:03 PM Jaskirat Singh <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Thabks and congratulations to all the new slob. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, 21 Dec 2018, 6:55 pm Walter Bender, <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I hope everyone is well. We are in a seasonal transition -- winter has >>>>> begun in the north and summer in the south. I wanted to convey holiday >>>>> greetings to everyone in the community and also to provide some updates: >>>>> >>>>> * We have a new oversight board. Welcome to James Cameron, Alex Perez, >>>>> and Devin Ulibarri. Lionel Laske and I were reelected to our seats. >>>>> Claudia >>>>> Urrea and Samson Goddy will be completing their two-year terms in 2019. I >>>>> think we have a very strong group, with demonstrable dedication to Sugar >>>>> Labs and its mission and I look forward to having a very productive (and >>>>> fun) year. >>>>> >>>>> * Many thanks to Adam, Sameer, and Ignacio, all three of whom have >>>>> dedicated many years of effort to the project and the community. Your >>>>> contributions are appreciated. >>>>> >>>>> * James will be taking over for me as chair of the oversight board >>>>> meetings -- he runs a much better meeting than I do and I think it will be >>>>> a change for the better in terms of making us a more efficient >>>>> organization, able to make more thoughtful decisions more quickly. >>>>> >>>>> * James will also be replacing Adam as the Sugar Labs liaison to the >>>>> Software Freedom Conservancy. I know he will offer a level of >>>>> professionalism that will hopefully lead to clear and timely communication >>>>> between our organizations. >>>>> >>>>> A few heads up: >>>>> >>>>> * Devin and I head to Japan to run some Music Blocks workshops in >>>>> early January as part of an ongoing effort to reach elementary schools >>>>> throughout the country. It has been going really well so far and I have >>>>> high hopes that this little bit of Sugar will be used and enjoyed widely. >>>>> >>>>> * Rahul Bothra is helping to organize a new set of landing pages for >>>>> Google Summer of Code. I anticipate that Sugar Labs will be applying again >>>>> this year and we are striving to be more organized than in years past. >>>>> >>>>> * The winners of the Google Code-in contest will be announce in two >>>>> weeks by Google. We had some fantastic contributions this year. Thank you >>>>> for all the help with organizing (Ibiam), mentoring, and participation. >>>>> >>>>> Make sure to spend some time with family over these short (or long) >>>>> days. >>>>> >>>>> regards. >>>>> >>>>> -walter >>>>> -- >>>>> Walter Bender >>>>> Sugar Labs >>>>> http://www.sugarlabs.org >>>>> <http://www.sugarlabs.org> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Sugar-devel mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Sugar-devel mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Cordially, >>> Vipul Gupta >>> Mixster <https://mixstersite.wordpress.com/> | Github >>> <https://github.com/vipulgupta2048> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sugar-devel mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sugar-devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel >> > -- > Thanks & best regards > Rishabh Thaney > +91.999.909.3117 > [email protected] > https://www.linkedin.com/in/rishabhthaney/ > >
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