Re: [IAEP] contribute to sugerlabs

[Chris Leonard]

On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 3:11 AM, Nada Gh  wrote:
> Hi James,
>
> I taught computational skills for first-year undergraduate and teens.
> I am recently familiar with python. I am fine with Arabic& English.
>
> Regards,
> Nada

Dear Nada,

Your Arabic language skills would be very, very welcome on our
translation server (Pootle).

Register here:
https://translate.sugarlabs.org/accounts/register/

Then go to work on the Arabic project files here:
https://translate.sugarlabs.org/ar/

highest priority for work in Arabic is the sugar project:
https://translate.sugarlabs.org/ar/sugar/

then putting the finishing touches on sugar-toolkit-gtk3:
https://translate.sugarlabs.org/ar/sugar-toolkit-gtk3/

a few final words for Speak
https://translate.sugarlabs.org/ar/Speak/

I'd be happy to give you further priority ordering after that.

cjl
Translation Team Coordinator
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Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Flat design causes uncertainty

[Sebastian Silva]

Hi Laura,

:-)

On 12/09/17 13:34, Laura Vargas wrote:
> My personal preference would be to modify the child centered concept
> it currently has for an icon that represents the concept of *"using
> technology for loving Planet Earth"*.
>
> Peace, love, Planet Earth and/or the "sustainable development" concept
> on the main icon will resonate easy with a young generation that today
> witness the need for this radical change :D
>

While I see where you're coming from, I think you're proposing a radical
change. The strong idea is to put the learner at the centre of his own
learning, signified in Sugar by the XO's logo prominence.

The fact remains that the XO logo icon is a registered trademark
 and therefore we need to
change it, in order to protect our users and downstream distributors
from any limitations imposed by the trademark owner.

Here's what I have currently merged to solved it for now, and it is
already in the Github repository, where a discussion is being held. I'm
sure it can be improved, from the original by Abdo from Noun Project, I
stretched it sideways. I think it conveys "self" "child" and also has a
bit of "feet touching earth" which is very powerful. Also, it has a
slight resemblance to our bigger brother, Gnome, for good reason.

I hope you like it!



Finally, I think it serves well for the purpose of distancing Sugar from
any particular vendor, as people still seem to be confused.

Warm regards,

Sebastian
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Re: [IAEP] Membership and Elections Committee - Elections 2017-2019 Update

[Laura Vargas]

>
> On Sep 11, 2017 4:51 PM, "Laura Vargas"  wrote:
>
>
> Hello Committee and Community members,
>
>
> *Topics for discussion*
>
> 01 Ignacio,
>
> Your resignation
> to
> the board has a direct impact to current elections as *it would open a
> fifth seat for the Sugar Labs Oversight Board 2017-2019 period.  As long as
> you don't make a formal declination of your board seat, the Membership and
> Elections Committee will not consider the seat available for the 2017-2019
> elections.*
>
>
>
Samson,

Can you please share your opinion in this issue as well?

Regards

-- 
Laura V.
* I SomosAZUCAR.Org*

“Solo la tecnología libre nos hará libres.”
~ L. Victoria

Happy Learning!
#LearningByDoing
#Projects4good
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Re: [IAEP] Sugar Digest 2017-09-12

[Martin Abente Lahaye]

On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 12:59 PM, Walter Bender 
wrote:

> It has been a long time since I last wrote a Sugar Labs community new
> blog. I got tied up with my day jobs: starting a new design college from
> scratch and launching a new research center at MIT. (And, frankly, I was a
> bit depressed following the deaths of Marvin Minsky and Seymour Papert.) I
> have a breather on both fronts and given all of the Sugar activity of late,
> I am inspired to do some writing.
>
> 1. A footnote from Google Code-in 2015. Ezequiel Pereira, one of the
> grand-prize recipients from Sugar Labs was recently acknowledged by Google
> for discovering a security bug. He got some nice press, e.g., [1, 2]. In
> one article [3], he was quoted as saying: "Homework is boring. Looking for
> bugs is fun.” Ezequiel is one of a generation of children in Uruguay who
> grew up with Sugar. It is nice to hear the occasional word about their
> accomplishments.
>
> 2. We just wrapped up Google Code-in and Outreachy 2017. We had 9 interns
> supported by Google and 1 Outreachy intern. You can read about their
> accomplishments in their blogs [4] and in the meeting logs [5] (every
> Monday from May through August). Highlights from the summer include a new,
> easy-to-maintain activity portal and a new www.sugarlabs.org, both going
> live soon. Also of note: a new Sugar image for Raspberry Pi, some new apps,
> GTK3 ports, a Sugarizer dashboard, and a major overhaul of Music Blocks.
>
> Tip of the hat to our mentors: Abhijit Patel, Cristina Del Puerto, Devin
> Ulibarri, Hrishi Patel, Ignacio Rodriguez, José Argüello, Lionel Laské,
> Matias Baez, Michaël Ohayon, Samson Goddy, Samuel Cantero, and Tony
> Anderson. Lionel help me adminsister the program again this year. It is
> nice to note that many of the mentors are fomer GCI participants.
>
> Cristina, Michaël, and Samson will be representing Sugar Labs at the
> annual mentor summit at Google in October. (For those of you who have been
> following the saga of Samson's visa, I am happy to say that he was
> approved!)
>
>
:claps: :claps: :claps:


> 3. I was invited to represent Sugar Labs at the Plan Ceibal 10th
> anniversary in Montevideo a few months ago. It was great to see children
> still using Sugar 10  years after the first deployment in a small school in
> the Florida Department. It was also an opportunity to catch up with many
> old friends and Sugar contributors, including Ignacio, Andres, Alan, Jose
> Miguel, Guzman, etc. I am not sure if my talk is on line, but I wrote a
> paper based on the talk which is available for download [6].
>
> 4. Lionel just announced a new release of Sugarizer (v0.9). See [7] for
> all of the details.
>
> 5. James Cameron is working towards the release of Sugar 0.111, our first
> new release in nearly one year. It is mostly planned as a maintenance
> release.
>
> 6. There are only a few more days left (15 Sept.) to register as a
> candidate for the Sugar Labs oversight board. Please consider joining the
> board as we need some fresh voices and perspectives. See [8] for details.
> You also have until 27 Sept. to register as a member in order to be given a
> vote in the election. See [9] for details.
>
> 7. One of the first decisions the new board will be making is whether or
> not Sugar Labs should apply for GCI 2017. I am hopeful that the board will
> see the merits of the program and give a green light to apply again this
> year. If we do apply, I will be looking for mentors, project ideas, and a
> co-administrator. Please contact me if you are interested.
>
> regards.
>
-walter
>
> 
>
> [1] https://thenextweb.com/google/2017/08/10/highschool-
> security-research-google-data/#.tnw_5BETRGWT
> [2] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/08/10/schoolboy_google_
> bug_bounty_http_host/
> [3] http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/google-awards-
> uruguay-high-school-student-10k-finding/story?id=49249604
> [4] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Summer_of_Code
> [5] http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings
> [6] http://www.um.es/ead/red/54/bender.pdf
> [7] http://sugarizer.org
> [8] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2017-2019-candidates
> [9] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Members
>
> --
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> Sugar Labs
> http://www.sugarlabs.org
> 
>
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Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Flat design causes uncertainty

[Laura Vargas]

> ... do we have official permission to use OLPC's logo in our Home View?
> James?
>
> Although the intention to put the child at the center is solid design, the
> XO logo has grown to signify a brand, so I think we should change it,
> regardless.
>
> +1 for updating the main icon.

In my opinion each day more and more countries adopt educational frameworks
aligned with the *Global Development Goals and Sugar Labs should not be
left behind*.

My personal preference would be to modify the child centered concept it
currently has for an icon that represents the concept of *"using technology
for loving Planet Earth"*.

Peace, love, Planet Earth and/or the "sustainable development" concept on
the main icon will resonate easy with a young generation that today witness
the need for this radical change :D

I would like to hear young voices in community for more ideas.


Regards

Laura V
Laura V
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Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Sugar Digest 2017-09-12

[Samson Goddy]

On Sep 12, 2017 5:59 PM, "Walter Bender"  wrote:

It has been a long time since I last wrote a Sugar Labs community new blog.
I got tied up with my day jobs: starting a new design college from scratch
and launching a new research center at MIT. (And, frankly, I was a bit
depressed following the deaths of Marvin Minsky and Seymour Papert.) I have
a breather on both fronts and given all of the Sugar activity of late, I am
inspired to do some writing.

1. A footnote from Google Code-in 2015. Ezequiel Pereira, one of the
grand-prize recipients from Sugar Labs was recently acknowledged by Google
for discovering a security bug. He got some nice press, e.g., [1, 2]. In
one article [3], he was quoted as saying: "Homework is boring. Looking for
bugs is fun.” Ezequiel is one of a generation of children in Uruguay who
grew up with Sugar. It is nice to hear the occasional word about their
accomplishments.

2. We just wrapped up Google Code-in and Outreachy 2017. We had 9 interns
supported by Google and 1 Outreachy intern. You can read about their
accomplishments in their blogs [4] and in the meeting logs [5] (every
Monday from May through August). Highlights from the summer include a new,
easy-to-maintain activity portal and a new www.sugarlabs.org, both going
live soon. Also of note: a new Sugar image for Raspberry Pi, some new apps,
GTK3 ports, a Sugarizer dashboard, and a major overhaul of Music Blocks.

Tip of the hat to our mentors: Abhijit Patel, Cristina Del Puerto, Devin
Ulibarri, Hrishi Patel, Ignacio Rodriguez, José Argüello, Lionel Laské,
Matias Baez, Michaël Ohayon, Samson Goddy, Samuel Cantero, and Tony
Anderson. Lionel help me adminsister the program again this year. It is
nice to note that many of the mentors are fomer GCI participants.

Was an amazing experience with awesome projects


Cristina, Michaël, and Samson will be representing Sugar Labs at the annual
mentor summit at Google in October. (For those of you who have been
following the saga of Samson's visa, I am happy to say that he was
approved!)

Yeah, thanks walter, Adam, Hilary and Claudia for helping me get the visa.
It was tricky because i saw over 100 people rejected before i applied. I
that i am going to have a US visa stamped on my passport i won't be worring
about visa refusing in europe(France incident) anymore.

Next step is to search for a good flights to SF and Boston.


3. I was invited to represent Sugar Labs at the Plan Ceibal 10th
anniversary in Montevideo a few months ago. It was great to see children
still using Sugar 10  years after the first deployment in a small school in
the Florida Department. It was also an opportunity to catch up with many
old friends and Sugar contributors, including Ignacio, Andres, Alan, Jose
Miguel, Guzman, etc. I am not sure if my talk is on line, but I wrote a
paper based on the talk which is available for download [6].

4. Lionel just announced a new release of Sugarizer (v0.9). See [7] for all
of the details.

Awesome.


5. James Cameron is working towards the release of Sugar 0.111, our first
new release in nearly one year. It is mostly planned as a maintenance
release.

6. There are only a few more days left (15 Sept.) to register as a
candidate for the Sugar Labs oversight board. Please consider joining the
board as we need some fresh voices and perspectives. See [8] for details.
You also have until 27 Sept. to register as a member in order to be given a
vote in the election. See [9] for details.

7. One of the first decisions the new board will be making is whether or
not Sugar Labs should apply for GCI 2017. I am hopeful that the board will
see the merits of the program and give a green light to apply again this
year. If we do apply, I will be looking for mentors, project ideas, and a
co-administrator. Please contact me if you are interested.

I hope so too.


regards.

-walter



[1] https://thenextweb.com/google/2017/08/10/highschool-
security-research-google-data/#.tnw_5BETRGWT
[2] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/08/10/schoolboy_google_
bug_bounty_http_host/
[3] http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/google-awards-
uruguay-high-school-student-10k-finding/story?id=49249604
[4] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Summer_of_Code
[5] http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings
[6] http://www.um.es/ead/red/54/bender.pdf
[7] http://sugarizer.org
[8] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2017-2019-candidates
[9] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Members

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Sugar Labs
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Re: [IAEP] Sugar Digest 2017-09-12

[Walter Bender]

On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 1:05 PM, Ignacio Rodríguez 
wrote:

> >
> 7. One of the first decisions the new board will be making is whether
> or not Sugar Labs should apply for GCI 2017. I am hopeful that the
> board will see the merits of the program and give a green light to
> apply again this year. If we do apply, I will be looking for mentors,
> project ideas, and a co-administrator. Please contact me if you are
> interested.
>
>
> Count me in as a co-administrator this year ;)
>

Yes. Perfect.

>
> On 9/12/17, Walter Bender  wrote:
> > It has been a long time since I last wrote a Sugar Labs community new
> blog.
> > I got tied up with my day jobs: starting a new design college from
> scratch
> > and launching a new research center at MIT. (And, frankly, I was a bit
> > depressed following the deaths of Marvin Minsky and Seymour Papert.) I
> have
> > a breather on both fronts and given all of the Sugar activity of late, I
> am
> > inspired to do some writing.
> >
> > 1. A footnote from Google Code-in 2015. Ezequiel Pereira, one of the
> > grand-prize recipients from Sugar Labs was recently acknowledged by
> Google
> > for discovering a security bug. He got some nice press, e.g., [1, 2]. In
> > one article [3], he was quoted as saying: "Homework is boring. Looking
> for
> > bugs is fun.” Ezequiel is one of a generation of children in Uruguay who
> > grew up with Sugar. It is nice to hear the occasional word about their
> > accomplishments.
> >
> > 2. We just wrapped up Google Code-in and Outreachy 2017. We had 9 interns
> > supported by Google and 1 Outreachy intern. You can read about their
> > accomplishments in their blogs [4] and in the meeting logs [5] (every
> > Monday from May through August). Highlights from the summer include a
> new,
> > easy-to-maintain activity portal and a new www.sugarlabs.org, both going
> > live soon. Also of note: a new Sugar image for Raspberry Pi, some new
> apps,
> > GTK3 ports, a Sugarizer dashboard, and a major overhaul of Music Blocks.
> >
> > Tip of the hat to our mentors: Abhijit Patel, Cristina Del Puerto, Devin
> > Ulibarri, Hrishi Patel, Ignacio Rodriguez, José Argüello, Lionel Laské,
> > Matias Baez, Michaël Ohayon, Samson Goddy, Samuel Cantero, and Tony
> > Anderson. Lionel help me adminsister the program again this year. It is
> > nice to note that many of the mentors are fomer GCI participants.
> >
> > Cristina, Michaël, and Samson will be representing Sugar Labs at the
> annual
> > mentor summit at Google in October. (For those of you who have been
> > following the saga of Samson's visa, I am happy to say that he was
> > approved!)
> >
> > 3. I was invited to represent Sugar Labs at the Plan Ceibal 10th
> > anniversary in Montevideo a few months ago. It was great to see children
> > still using Sugar 10  years after the first deployment in a small school
> in
> > the Florida Department. It was also an opportunity to catch up with many
> > old friends and Sugar contributors, including Ignacio, Andres, Alan, Jose
> > Miguel, Guzman, etc. I am not sure if my talk is on line, but I wrote a
> > paper based on the talk which is available for download [6].
> >
> > 4. Lionel just announced a new release of Sugarizer (v0.9). See [7] for
> all
> > of the details.
> >
> > 5. James Cameron is working towards the release of Sugar 0.111, our first
> > new release in nearly one year. It is mostly planned as a maintenance
> > release.
> >
> > 6. There are only a few more days left (15 Sept.) to register as a
> > candidate for the Sugar Labs oversight board. Please consider joining the
> > board as we need some fresh voices and perspectives. See [8] for details.
> > You also have until 27 Sept. to register as a member in order to be
> given a
> > vote in the election. See [9] for details.
> >
> > 7. One of the first decisions the new board will be making is whether or
> > not Sugar Labs should apply for GCI 2017. I am hopeful that the board
> will
> > see the merits of the program and give a green light to apply again this
> > year. If we do apply, I will be looking for mentors, project ideas, and a
> > co-administrator. Please contact me if you are interested.
> >
> > regards.
> >
> > -walter
> >
> > 
> >
> > [1]
> > https://thenextweb.com/google/2017/08/10/highschool-
> security-research-google-data/#.tnw_5BETRGWT
> > [2]
> > https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/08/10/schoolboy_google_
> bug_bounty_http_host/
> > [3]
> > http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/google-awards-
> uruguay-high-school-student-10k-finding/story?id=49249604
> > [4] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Summer_of_Code
> > [5] http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings
> > [6] http://www.um.es/ead/red/54/bender.pdf
> > [7] http://sugarizer.org
> > [8] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2017-2019-candidates
> > [9] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Members
> >
> > --
> > Walter Bender
> > Sugar Labs
> > http://www.sugarlabs.org
> > 

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Digest 2017-09-12

[Ignacio Rodríguez]

>
7. One of the first decisions the new board will be making is whether
or not Sugar Labs should apply for GCI 2017. I am hopeful that the
board will see the merits of the program and give a green light to
apply again this year. If we do apply, I will be looking for mentors,
project ideas, and a co-administrator. Please contact me if you are
interested.


Count me in as a co-administrator this year ;)

On 9/12/17, Walter Bender  wrote:
> It has been a long time since I last wrote a Sugar Labs community new blog.
> I got tied up with my day jobs: starting a new design college from scratch
> and launching a new research center at MIT. (And, frankly, I was a bit
> depressed following the deaths of Marvin Minsky and Seymour Papert.) I have
> a breather on both fronts and given all of the Sugar activity of late, I am
> inspired to do some writing.
>
> 1. A footnote from Google Code-in 2015. Ezequiel Pereira, one of the
> grand-prize recipients from Sugar Labs was recently acknowledged by Google
> for discovering a security bug. He got some nice press, e.g., [1, 2]. In
> one article [3], he was quoted as saying: "Homework is boring. Looking for
> bugs is fun.” Ezequiel is one of a generation of children in Uruguay who
> grew up with Sugar. It is nice to hear the occasional word about their
> accomplishments.
>
> 2. We just wrapped up Google Code-in and Outreachy 2017. We had 9 interns
> supported by Google and 1 Outreachy intern. You can read about their
> accomplishments in their blogs [4] and in the meeting logs [5] (every
> Monday from May through August). Highlights from the summer include a new,
> easy-to-maintain activity portal and a new www.sugarlabs.org, both going
> live soon. Also of note: a new Sugar image for Raspberry Pi, some new apps,
> GTK3 ports, a Sugarizer dashboard, and a major overhaul of Music Blocks.
>
> Tip of the hat to our mentors: Abhijit Patel, Cristina Del Puerto, Devin
> Ulibarri, Hrishi Patel, Ignacio Rodriguez, José Argüello, Lionel Laské,
> Matias Baez, Michaël Ohayon, Samson Goddy, Samuel Cantero, and Tony
> Anderson. Lionel help me adminsister the program again this year. It is
> nice to note that many of the mentors are fomer GCI participants.
>
> Cristina, Michaël, and Samson will be representing Sugar Labs at the annual
> mentor summit at Google in October. (For those of you who have been
> following the saga of Samson's visa, I am happy to say that he was
> approved!)
>
> 3. I was invited to represent Sugar Labs at the Plan Ceibal 10th
> anniversary in Montevideo a few months ago. It was great to see children
> still using Sugar 10  years after the first deployment in a small school in
> the Florida Department. It was also an opportunity to catch up with many
> old friends and Sugar contributors, including Ignacio, Andres, Alan, Jose
> Miguel, Guzman, etc. I am not sure if my talk is on line, but I wrote a
> paper based on the talk which is available for download [6].
>
> 4. Lionel just announced a new release of Sugarizer (v0.9). See [7] for all
> of the details.
>
> 5. James Cameron is working towards the release of Sugar 0.111, our first
> new release in nearly one year. It is mostly planned as a maintenance
> release.
>
> 6. There are only a few more days left (15 Sept.) to register as a
> candidate for the Sugar Labs oversight board. Please consider joining the
> board as we need some fresh voices and perspectives. See [8] for details.
> You also have until 27 Sept. to register as a member in order to be given a
> vote in the election. See [9] for details.
>
> 7. One of the first decisions the new board will be making is whether or
> not Sugar Labs should apply for GCI 2017. I am hopeful that the board will
> see the merits of the program and give a green light to apply again this
> year. If we do apply, I will be looking for mentors, project ideas, and a
> co-administrator. Please contact me if you are interested.
>
> regards.
>
> -walter
>
> 
>
> [1]
> https://thenextweb.com/google/2017/08/10/highschool-security-research-google-data/#.tnw_5BETRGWT
> [2]
> https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/08/10/schoolboy_google_bug_bounty_http_host/
> [3]
> http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/google-awards-uruguay-high-school-student-10k-finding/story?id=49249604
> [4] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Summer_of_Code
> [5] http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings
> [6] http://www.um.es/ead/red/54/bender.pdf
> [7] http://sugarizer.org
> [8] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2017-2019-candidates
> [9] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Members
>
> --
> Walter Bender
> Sugar Labs
> http://www.sugarlabs.org
> 
>
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[IAEP] Sugar Digest 2017-09-12

[Walter Bender]

It has been a long time since I last wrote a Sugar Labs community new blog.
I got tied up with my day jobs: starting a new design college from scratch
and launching a new research center at MIT. (And, frankly, I was a bit
depressed following the deaths of Marvin Minsky and Seymour Papert.) I have
a breather on both fronts and given all of the Sugar activity of late, I am
inspired to do some writing.

1. A footnote from Google Code-in 2015. Ezequiel Pereira, one of the
grand-prize recipients from Sugar Labs was recently acknowledged by Google
for discovering a security bug. He got some nice press, e.g., [1, 2]. In
one article [3], he was quoted as saying: "Homework is boring. Looking for
bugs is fun.” Ezequiel is one of a generation of children in Uruguay who
grew up with Sugar. It is nice to hear the occasional word about their
accomplishments.

2. We just wrapped up Google Code-in and Outreachy 2017. We had 9 interns
supported by Google and 1 Outreachy intern. You can read about their
accomplishments in their blogs [4] and in the meeting logs [5] (every
Monday from May through August). Highlights from the summer include a new,
easy-to-maintain activity portal and a new www.sugarlabs.org, both going
live soon. Also of note: a new Sugar image for Raspberry Pi, some new apps,
GTK3 ports, a Sugarizer dashboard, and a major overhaul of Music Blocks.

Tip of the hat to our mentors: Abhijit Patel, Cristina Del Puerto, Devin
Ulibarri, Hrishi Patel, Ignacio Rodriguez, José Argüello, Lionel Laské,
Matias Baez, Michaël Ohayon, Samson Goddy, Samuel Cantero, and Tony
Anderson. Lionel help me adminsister the program again this year. It is
nice to note that many of the mentors are fomer GCI participants.

Cristina, Michaël, and Samson will be representing Sugar Labs at the annual
mentor summit at Google in October. (For those of you who have been
following the saga of Samson's visa, I am happy to say that he was
approved!)

3. I was invited to represent Sugar Labs at the Plan Ceibal 10th
anniversary in Montevideo a few months ago. It was great to see children
still using Sugar 10  years after the first deployment in a small school in
the Florida Department. It was also an opportunity to catch up with many
old friends and Sugar contributors, including Ignacio, Andres, Alan, Jose
Miguel, Guzman, etc. I am not sure if my talk is on line, but I wrote a
paper based on the talk which is available for download [6].

4. Lionel just announced a new release of Sugarizer (v0.9). See [7] for all
of the details.

5. James Cameron is working towards the release of Sugar 0.111, our first
new release in nearly one year. It is mostly planned as a maintenance
release.

6. There are only a few more days left (15 Sept.) to register as a
candidate for the Sugar Labs oversight board. Please consider joining the
board as we need some fresh voices and perspectives. See [8] for details.
You also have until 27 Sept. to register as a member in order to be given a
vote in the election. See [9] for details.

7. One of the first decisions the new board will be making is whether or
not Sugar Labs should apply for GCI 2017. I am hopeful that the board will
see the merits of the program and give a green light to apply again this
year. If we do apply, I will be looking for mentors, project ideas, and a
co-administrator. Please contact me if you are interested.

regards.

-walter



[1]
https://thenextweb.com/google/2017/08/10/highschool-security-research-google-data/#.tnw_5BETRGWT
[2]
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/08/10/schoolboy_google_bug_bounty_http_host/
[3]
http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/google-awards-uruguay-high-school-student-10k-finding/story?id=49249604
[4] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Summer_of_Code
[5] http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings
[6] http://www.um.es/ead/red/54/bender.pdf
[7] http://sugarizer.org
[8] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2017-2019-candidates
[9] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Members

-- 
Walter Bender
Sugar Labs
http://www.sugarlabs.org

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