Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Volunteer help wanted: Elections officer, marketing, story-telling, and more
Hi Ignacio,
It's wonderful to hear from you!
Perhaps you could also share your "Sugar Story" as well -- how you
started, a little bit about your journey, and what you're doing today?
As for the website, the code is here: https://github.com/sugarlabs/www/
I've been tinkering with it, and learning Jekyll, but I need some more
help to improve it, and I'm sure others need some guidance as well. In
the meantime, we have some open tickets to help improve it:
https://github.com/sugarlabs/www/issues
Best,
Devin
Ignacio Rodríguez:
I would love to contribute with the website.
I'd have to dig around on what needs to be done but I'm fully onboard
on this!
Good to know Sugar Labs is still active. Missing the old days but
looking forward to the new ones.
Nacho.
El mar, 28 may 2024 a la(s) 11:05 p.m., Ashutosh Gautam
(ashutoshgautam10...@gmail.com) escribió:
Hey Devin,
I have worked previously as part of Google summer of code in 2022
for SugarLabs and Musicblocks.
I would love to volunteer to help maintain the website and update
the documentation workflow as this role matches my skills set and
experience.
I have worked previously with you and Walter.
Thanks,
Ashutosh Gautam
Open Source Developer
On Tue, May 28, 2024, 7:03 PM Devin Ulibarri
wrote:
Hi Sandra,
Yes, please, send over any you have -- short form or long form
is ok, but I think 3-5 paragraphs is a "sweet spot".
Cheers!
Devin
Sandra Thaxter:
I would do some stories for marketing...
On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 10:16 AM Devin Ulibarri
wrote:
Dear Sugar community members,
Sugar Labs is growing, and we need volunteer help with
various tasks.
To help keep track of the various roles and tasks where
help is needed, I created the following page on our wiki:
https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Help_Wanted
Some of the roles that I'd like to highlight are:
* Elections Officer: Help run elections for Sugar Labs'
board members; This role will receive support from
myself, as ED, and the board.
* Website help: sugarlabs.org <http://sugarlabs.org> is
a static site, created with Jeckyll. We could use
some help updating it, improving it, and documenting
a workflow
* New volunteers for our Marketing Team: Help us bring
Sugar Labs to the people!
* Sugar Labs stories: Did participating in the Sugar
Labs community have a positive impact on your life?
If so, we'd like to help you tell that story. Simply
send an approx. three paragraph draft, and we'll help
you edit and publish it.
* Don't have any time for the above? Well, the easiest
way to support with your time is to follow us on
social media and share/boost our posts. Help us
spread the word!
Best,
Devin
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Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Volunteer help wanted: Elections officer, marketing, story-telling, and more
Hi Ashutosh,
This is great news! Yes, I remember you well.
Thank you!
Devin
Ashutosh Gautam:
Hey Devin,
I have worked previously as part of Google summer of code in 2022 for
SugarLabs and Musicblocks.
I would love to volunteer to help maintain the website and update the
documentation workflow as this role matches my skills set and experience.
I have worked previously with you and Walter.
Thanks,
Ashutosh Gautam
Open Source Developer
On Tue, May 28, 2024, 7:03 PM Devin Ulibarri wrote:
Hi Sandra,
Yes, please, send over any you have -- short form or long form is
ok, but I think 3-5 paragraphs is a "sweet spot".
Cheers!
Devin
Sandra Thaxter:
I would do some stories for marketing...
On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 10:16 AM Devin Ulibarri
wrote:
Dear Sugar community members,
Sugar Labs is growing, and we need volunteer help with
various tasks.
To help keep track of the various roles and tasks where help
is needed, I created the following page on our wiki:
https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Help_Wanted
Some of the roles that I'd like to highlight are:
* Elections Officer: Help run elections for Sugar Labs'
board members; This role will receive support from
myself, as ED, and the board.
* Website help: sugarlabs.org <http://sugarlabs.org> is a
static site, created with Jeckyll. We could use some help
updating it, improving it, and documenting a workflow
* New volunteers for our Marketing Team: Help us bring
Sugar Labs to the people!
* Sugar Labs stories: Did participating in the Sugar Labs
community have a positive impact on your life? If so,
we'd like to help you tell that story. Simply send an
approx. three paragraph draft, and we'll help you edit
and publish it.
* Don't have any time for the above? Well, the easiest way
to support with your time is to follow us on social media
and share/boost our posts. Help us spread the word!
Best,
Devin
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Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Volunteer help wanted: Elections officer, marketing, story-telling, and more
Hi Sandra, Yes, please, send over any you have -- short form or long form is ok, but I think 3-5 paragraphs is a "sweet spot". Cheers! Devin Sandra Thaxter: I would do some stories for marketing... On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 10:16 AM Devin Ulibarri wrote: Dear Sugar community members, Sugar Labs is growing, and we need volunteer help with various tasks. To help keep track of the various roles and tasks where help is needed, I created the following page on our wiki: https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Help_Wanted Some of the roles that I'd like to highlight are: * Elections Officer: Help run elections for Sugar Labs' board members; This role will receive support from myself, as ED, and the board. * Website help: sugarlabs.org <http://sugarlabs.org> is a static site, created with Jeckyll. We could use some help updating it, improving it, and documenting a workflow * New volunteers for our Marketing Team: Help us bring Sugar Labs to the people! * Sugar Labs stories: Did participating in the Sugar Labs community have a positive impact on your life? If so, we'd like to help you tell that story. Simply send an approx. three paragraph draft, and we'll help you edit and publish it. * Don't have any time for the above? Well, the easiest way to support with your time is to follow us on social media and share/boost our posts. Help us spread the word! Best, Devin -- Learn more: https://sugarlabs.org Help us grow: https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Donate ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) i...@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- *Sandra Thaxter * *Humbly Serving * *Small Solutions Big Ideas* (617) 320-1098 san...@smallsolutionsbigideas.org .http://smallsolutionsbigideas.org <http://smallsolutionsbigideas.org> https://www.facebook.com/SmallSolutionsBigIdeasAfrica/ -- Learn more: https://sugarlabs.org Help us grow: https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Donate ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Volunteer help wanted: Elections officer, marketing, story-telling, and more
Hi James,
It's helpful, yes, thanks again for sharing!
As a next step, I added it to
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jOVgY7PO0GzjkE2dsO2nfViC7DY5OVp_Qbe5zmZMBYE/edit
so that it can go through a collaborative editorial process before
publishing.
Cheers!
Devin
P.S. I found https://archive.org/details/MakeYourOwnSugarActivities --
I'm adding it to my list of stuff to share, plus linking it in your draft.
James Simmons:
Devin,
I'm not sure if this is the kind of thing you're looking for, but this
is my story:
I started working with OLPC with the Give One Get One program back in
2007. I was more interested in getting an XO laptop for myself than in
working for the project. I thought I could use the laptop to read
plain text books from Project Gutenberg. Kindles were very expensive
back then and this looked like a good alternative, and it was, but I
was disappointed to find out that the Read Activity provided only
worked with PDFs. I taught myself to program in Python, studied the
code for the Read Activity, and created the Read Etexts Activity
which supported reading plain text files. I next decided I wanted to
have an Activity for reading comic books in CBZ format and created two
of them: View Slides and Read SD Comics.
The best and maybe only way to learn how to create Activities at that
time was to study the code of existing ones. I'm a Systems Analyst so
that wasn't too bad for me but for teachers and their students it
wasn't great. Somehow or other in 2009 or 2010 I convinced myself to
write a proper manual, called /Make Your Own Sugar Activities!/ I did
this using the Floss Manuals website. I was fortunate enough to have a
very nice cover illustration done for me by Oceana Rain Fields, a
student participating in the Rural Design Collective's summer
mentorship program. The printed book was given out as a door prize at
one of the first OLPC conferences. The book was later translated into
Spanish by a team of Sugar Labs volunteers as /Como Hacer Una
Actividad Sugar/.
I followed this up with a manual on obtaining, reading, and donating
free ebooks called /EBook Enlightenment/, with cover and interior
illustrations also provided by Oceana Rain Fields. To research this
book I donated books to archive.org <http://archive.org> and Project
Gutenberg and made a book scanning device of my own design for
photographing book pages. I also installed a local instance of the
Floss Manuals Booktype software and used it and some Linux OCR
software to finish a manuscript that I had abandoned back in the
nineteen eighties, about my experiences in the Hare Krishna movement,
which I renamed to /The Life And Times of Bhakta Jim/.
I fell away from participating in Sugar Labs after that, but I
continued donating texts to archive.org <http://archive.org> and
Project Gutenberg and have been working on a Science Fiction novel
which I may one day finish.
My participation in Sugar Labs never involved any work with actual
children, but recently I had the opportunity to introduce a nine year
old boy to Linux. I had intended to give his older brother (who was
studying computer programming in college) an old Linux desktop but his
brother decided that it should be his computer instead. I gave the
computer a functioning Sugar environment and rewrote some of my old
Activities in Python 3 to work on that, but for now he's mostly
interested in learning Flight Gear and playing games like Tux Kart and
Sopwith.
James Simmons
On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 9:16 AM Devin Ulibarri
wrote:
Dear Sugar community members,
Sugar Labs is growing, and we need volunteer help with various tasks.
To help keep track of the various roles and tasks where help is
needed, I created the following page on our wiki:
https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Help_Wanted
Some of the roles that I'd like to highlight are:
* Elections Officer: Help run elections for Sugar Labs' board
members; This role will receive support from myself, as ED,
and the board.
* Website help: sugarlabs.org <http://sugarlabs.org> is a static
site, created with Jeckyll. We could use some help updating
it, improving it, and documenting a workflow
* New volunteers for our Marketing Team: Help us bring Sugar
Labs to the people!
* Sugar Labs stories: Did participating in the Sugar Labs
community have a positive impact on your life? If so, we'd
like to help you tell that story. Simply send an approx. three
paragraph draft, and we'll help you edit and publish it.
* Don't have any time for the above? Well, the easiest way to
support with your time is to follow us on social media and
share/boost our posts. Help us spread the word!
Best,
Devin
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[Sugar-devel] Volunteer help wanted: Elections officer, marketing, story-telling, and more
Dear Sugar community members, Sugar Labs is growing, and we need volunteer help with various tasks. To help keep track of the various roles and tasks where help is needed, I created the following page on our wiki: https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Help_Wanted Some of the roles that I'd like to highlight are: * Elections Officer: Help run elections for Sugar Labs' board members; This role will receive support from myself, as ED, and the board. * Website help: sugarlabs.org is a static site, created with Jeckyll. We could use some help updating it, improving it, and documenting a workflow * New volunteers for our Marketing Team: Help us bring Sugar Labs to the people! * Sugar Labs stories: Did participating in the Sugar Labs community have a positive impact on your life? If so, we'd like to help you tell that story. Simply send an approx. three paragraph draft, and we'll help you edit and publish it. * Don't have any time for the above? Well, the easiest way to support with your time is to follow us on social media and share/boost our posts. Help us spread the word! Best, Devin -- Learn more: https://sugarlabs.org Help us grow: https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Donate ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
[Sugar-devel] An OLPC update this Friday 19:00 UTC (3pm Eastern), live online
Hi all, I wanted to share something I think others on these lists may be interested in. This Friday, Sugar Labs is hosting a conversation with Lylian Peraza, Vice President of Project Development at OLPC, to hear what they're up to now, as well as their plans for the future. The event will be broadcast live at 19:00 UTC (3pm Eastern) on YouTube. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuOta9MLLnw If anyone has any questions to ask Lylian, feel free to send them my way. Cheers! Devin -- Learn more: https://sugarlabs.org Help us grow: https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Donate ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] I would like to help with translating
Hi Joshua, First of all, thank you so much for volunteering! There are different projects with different ways of pulling in translations. The one that I'm most familiar with is Music Blocks. If that project interests you, I can help. You could, for example, read the English documentation at https://github.com/sugarlabs/musicblocks/tree/master/guide and https://github.com/sugarlabs/musicblocks/tree/master/documentation, copy the markdown into a new file, translate it, then send to us to put into the main repository. I also recommend that you join our chat on Matrix, so that contributors may assist you in real time: https://matrix.to/#/#sugar:matrix.org Cheers! Devin Joshua Tan: To whom it may concern, I was directed to this list to express my interest in helping with translating sugarlabs into my native language, Malay. Do you have advice on how I could proceed? I look forward to hearing from you, Joshua Tan */First year CS student/* ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel -- Learn more: https://sugarlabs.org Help us grow: https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Donate ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Learn to Make Games with Gameeky" starting in 30 minutes
Hi, And the software itself can be found here: https://flathub.org/apps/dev.tchx84.Gameeky Devin Devin Ulibarri: Hi, For anyone on this list interested in learning to make games, we invite you to watch in just under 30 min. Here's the link: https://youtube.com/live/vLiCumKjofc?feature=share Best, Devin -- Learn more: https://sugarlabs.org Help us grow: https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Donate ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
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[Sugar-devel] "Sugar Labs: Past, Present, and Future" | Upcoming Sugar Labs Event this Friday, May 3 at 19:00 UTC
Hi all, We're hosting a [series of events][1] this month as part of our very [first fundraiser][2] since achieving 501(c)(3) nonprofit status. To kick things off, the first event will be a discussion of "Sugar Labs: Past, Present, and Future". Sugar Labs founder Walter Bender will be joining us, along with Samson Goddy, myself, and a few others from the [current Sugar Labs leadership team][3]. The event will be broadcast to YouTube via the following link: https://youtube.com/live/hR7xitp4J74?feature=share To participate in the event in real-time, you may either participate via YouTube's chat feature or on the [Sugar Matrix channel][4]. We'll be monitoring both during the event. If you have anything you'd like us to explore in advance of the meeting, please reply on this list. The events will be recorded and will be published online on [our YouTube Channel][5]. Best, Devin [1]: https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Events [2]: https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Fundraisers/2024/Spring [3]: https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board [4]: https://matrix.to/#/#sugar:matrix.org [5]: https://www.youtube.com/@SugarlabsOrg-EN P.S. If you are reading this and would like to share your "Sugar Story", please reach out. We'd like to highlight some stories from the community about how participating in Sugar Labs has changed lives for the better. Stories can be in short form (one paragraph), longer form (3-4 paragraphs), or even video. -- Learn more: https://sugarlabs.org Help us grow: https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Donate ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
[Sugar-devel] Interested in sharing your work for LibrePlanet 2024?
Hi, LibrePlanet is the annual conference hosted by the Free Software Foundation, and is a good opportunity for free software projects, like SugarLabs, to share their work. Of course, you may also attend the conference without submitting a talk, and registration for that is now open. There is also several Free Software Awards, which will be announced at the conference, and it would be great to have some SL-related submissions for people and projects. Here is the important info: * The deadline to submit a talk, either in person or online, has been extended until November 17. Read more: https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/call-for-sessions-extended-until-november-17 * Registration is now open. For more info on how to register, including info about free registration for students, please check out the announcement: https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/register-to-be-part-of-libreplanet-2024-cultivating-community * For information on how to nominate someone for a Free Software Award, please read the following: https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/free-software-awards-nominate-those-who-inspire-you-by-nov-21 I hope this info helps! Best, Devin -- Devin Ulibarri // Outreach & Communications Coordinator Free Software Foundation GPG Key: 2E0E CE75 F816 2B40 7D66 6767 8797 38E6 D644 0D57 What's GPG? Seehttps://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/ for more info. ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
[Sugar-devel] Celebrating forty years of the GNU Project: "Hackday" on October 1, including Music Blocks workshop
Hi, This year, we are celebrating forty years of the GNU operating system (which btw is the OS that the OLPC runs). This means forty years of freedom, hacking, source code, sharing, studying (source code), and modifying! There will be two main events: one in Boston, MA (USA) on October 1 and one in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland on September 27. At the event in Boston, I'll be leading a couple Music Blocks workshops live in person, which should be fun. There will also be an introduction to the command line workshop and a GNU Boot installation workshop. For the little ones, there will be face painting. Light refreshments will be served. We expect it to be an overall fun event for all ages and experience levels. If you know someone who might be interested, please forward the invite and encourage them to register. Full details: * Boston event on October 1: https://www.fsf.org/events/gnu40/ * Switzerland event on September 27: https://www.gnu.org/gnu40/ * Registration https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1=127 Cheers! Devin -- Devin Ulibarri // Outreach & Communications Coordinator Free Software Foundation GPG Key: 005D 0372 4A11 C08A 5A35 3D2C 906D B6E3 98AA 6CF6 What's GPG? See https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/ for more info. ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
[Sugar-devel] Music Blocks on most recent episode of Sustain Podcast
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[Sugar-devel] Song contest for Software Freedom Day | Entries Due before Oct 1
Hi, Software freedom day has a "song contest." Full details: https://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/SFDSongContest I'm asking them if you can write the song with Music Blocks. Either way, if you created it in Music Blocks, you could export to ABC for submission, which is stated explicitly on that page. Entries due before October 1. Best, Devin -- Devin Ulibarri // Outreach & Communications Coordinator Free Software Foundation GPG Key: 005D 0372 4A11 C08A 5A35 3D2C 906D B6E3 98AA 6CF6 What's GPG? See https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/ for more info. ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Congressional app challenge
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[Sugar-devel] Congressional app challenge
Hi, This may be worth doing. https://www.congressionalappchallenge.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/CAC-2023-Educator-Flyer1.pdf The "high notes": Create an app, register by 9/30/23, submit by 11/1/23. Anything created after 11/1/22 is fair game. For middle and high school students. Best, Devin ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Music Blocks in the Playstore (Walter Bender)
Hi Favour and Sumit, Please let us know the status of this. The Google Play page says that MB was last updated "Oct 1, 2020." But Walter seems to think that that version always points to the main branch. Is that true? Is there anything else that might need to be updated? At the moment, I don't see MB in F-Droid (https://search.f-droid.org/?q=musicblocks=en) Best, Devin Sumit Srivastava: > Thanks for your comments. > > F-Droid is on the way. > > > > > On Thu, Jul 23, 2020, 2:37 AM Lionel Laské <mailto:lionel.la...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > Sound like you rely on browser cache that could be risky. > > Why not package the whole HTML/JavaScript code into the package then > use as start page of WebView file:///index.html instead of > https://musicblocks.sugarlabs.org/ > That's what we've done with Sugarizer Android package. > > Another suggestion: will be nice to add Music Blocks on F-Droid > store too (https://f-droid.org/). > F-Droid is a store for Free Open Source Software for Android and it > will make sense to be there too. > > Regards. > > Lionel. > > > > Le mer. 22 juil. 2020 à 22:26, Sumit Srivastava > mailto:sumitsrisu...@gmail.com>> a écrit : > > Hi Samson, > > It works offline if you allow it to connect once after > downloading the APK, which seems good because you already have > internet access while accessing the play store. Yes, it's linked > to the website but is accessible offline. > > > Try this: > > Install > Load once > Turn off the internet > Close app > Restart the app > App should work now, please post if it doesn't. > > Best, > Sumit > > > On Thu, Jul 23, 2020, 1:26 AM Walter Bender > mailto:walter.ben...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Oh. We need to fix that. @Favour Kelvin > <mailto:favourkelvi...@gmail.com> > > On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 3:50 PM Samson Goddy > mailto:samsongo...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Awesome job, > > I just tested it on my tablet running Android 10 and > It doesn't run offline, the APK is linked to the > website. But this is a right step to something better. > > > Regards > > On Wed, Jul 22, 2020, 8:42 PM Lionel Laské > mailto:lionel.la...@gmail.com>> > wrote: > > > Good job. > > BTW I'm surprised that the package size is only 1Mb. > Is it linked to the web site? Is it able to work > offline ? > > Regards. > > Lionel. > > > > Le mar. 21 juil. 2020 à 18:00, > <mailto:sugar-devel-requ...@lists.sugarlabs.org>> a > écrit : > > > Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2020 06:21:59 -0400 > From: Walter Bender <mailto:walter.ben...@gmail.com>> > To: Sugar-dev Devel > <mailto:sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org>> > Subject: [Sugar-devel] Music Blocks in the Playstore > Message-ID: > > > <mailto:uzx...@mail.gmail.com>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Thanks to the efforts of Favour Kelvin, Music > Blocks is now in the Google > Play Store!!! > > > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=my.musicblock.sugarlab > > thanks Favour. > > regards. > > -walter > > -- > Walter Bender > Sugar Labs > http://www.sugarlabs.org > <http://www.sugarlabs.org> > > ___ > Sugar-devel mailing list > Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > <mailto:Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org> >
Re: [Sugar-devel] GSoC Proposal Review for Maintenance/bug fixes for Music Blocks 3
Hi, Mohit Gupta: > Hello everyone, I'm Mohit. I am sharing my draft proposal for > the Gsoc Sugar MusicBLock project and looking for reviews and guidance from > the mentors. I read it. Thanks for sending. I think it looks fine. More importantly, you submitted PRs. Best, Devin ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
[Sugar-devel] Scale"Next Generation track returns in March with sessions by K-12 students"
Hi, Thought this might be of interest: https://socallinuxexpo.org/scale/20x/events/scale-kids Reference: https://hostux.social/@socallinuxexpo@social.linux.pizza/109372717106167960 Best, Devin -- Devin Ulibarri // Outreach & Communications Coordinator Free Software Foundation Join the FSF and help us defend software freedom: https://my.fsf.org/ US government employee? Use CFC charity code 63210 to support us through the Combined Federal Campaign. https://cfcgiving.opm.gov/ GPG Key: 2E0E CE75 F816 2B40 7D66 6767 8797 38E6 D644 0D57 What's GPG? See https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/ for more info. ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
[Sugar-devel] Chance to give a talk at LibrePlanet 2023 | Also nominate for this year's free software awards
Hi, I just wanted to ping everyone about two opportunities that I think would be good for SugarLabs: 1. The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is currently accepting proposals for sessions for next year's LibrePlanet (LP), which are talks, panels, and/or workshops. LP will be both in person in Boston, MA, as well as online, broadcast live and recorded. If anyone in the SugarLabs community would like to put in a session, I think that would be great. The deadline for submitting your application is Nov. 2. 2. The FSF is now accepting nominations for this year's Free Software Awards, which will be presented at next year's LP. The three categories are the Award for the Advancement of Free Software, the Award for Projects of Social Benefit, or the Award for Outstanding New Free Software Contributor. The deadline for nominations is Nov 30. More info: https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/libreplanet-2023-remember-to-submit-your-session-by-november-2 Hope this info helps! Devin -- Devin Ulibarri // Outreach & Communications Coordinator Free Software Foundation Join the FSF and help us defend software freedom: https://my.fsf.org/ US government employee? Use CFC charity code 63210 to support us through the Combined Federal Campaign. https://cfcgiving.opm.gov/ GPG Key: 2E0E CE75 F816 2B40 7D66 6767 8797 38E6 D644 0D57 What's GPG? See https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/ for more info. ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Help with Music Blocks Wikipedia Page?
Hi All, I have been receiving some help with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Music_Blocks ...which is encouraging. If anyone has any edits or suggestions, please let me know. Again, the language must be neutral and the sources need to be as a) neutral, b) third party, c) substantial (not just passing mention) as possible. Read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability for details. If you see anything I wrote that you thinks violates its neutrality, it actually would be helpful if you edited to make it more neutral. Read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view for details. Simply put, I just thought that Music Blocks should have its own reference on Wikipedia, and I used https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snap!_(programming_language) as my template. Having gone through this exercise, however, I do clearly see that it would be helpful to have some more research articles written by non-participating academics (whether supportive or critical of our work). If anyone wants to solicit some review of Music Blocks and any of the papers or lesson plans written by Walter et. al, please do so! Such peer review only helps our efforts to make a better programming language for kids to learn with. Likewise, it would probably be helpful for members of our community to take time to review the works of others (and write about it--both in detailed blog articles as well as academic journals). For example, I wrote https://musicblocks.net/2021/09/01/criticisms-of-scratch-vs-music-blocks-a-comparison/ after reading https://jitp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/music-making-in-scratch-high-floors-low-ceilings-and-narrow-walls/ | My work is perhaps totally "academic", but I think it was a helpful exercise and I learned a lot. ...Oh, and Happy New Year!!! Best, Devin devin@ulibarri.website: > A quick follow up on more substantial resources (from Japan): > > Following links found in > https://www.learning-innovation.go.jp/edtech-library/el004/ I find: > > * > https://www.learning-innovation.go.jp/existing/doc2019/verify_d0089_achievementreport.pdf#report > > * > https://www.learning-innovation.go.jp/existing/doc/a0003/verify_a0003_achievementreportN.pdf#report > > * > https://www.learning-innovation.go.jp/existing/doc/a0003/verify_a0003_interimreport.pdf?211230 > > > These are pretty good references, I think. Unless someone else on this > list would be qualified to interpret the Japanese, I will add them to my > draft and just cross my fingers that these reviewers will approve of it. > > At any rate, glad I found these! > > Devin > > On 2021-12-30 08:34, devin@ulibarri.website wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Thanks. Walter, that article is helpful because it is 3rd party, but >> is probably not sufficiently substantial. >> >> @All, I am currently working with the Wikipedia reviewers, and right >> now the biggest challenge is they would much prefer to see the >> Wikipedia article written by someone unaffiliated with the project. >> Basically they are skeptical to my draft's "neutrality". >> >> If someone on this list, unaffiliated with Music Blocks could read and >> revise my draft at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Music_Blocks >> for better neutrality that would be helpful. I think others doing >> research on programming languages for kids would benefit to such a >> reference on Wikipedia. Thanks in advanced! >> >> Best, >> Devin >> >> On 2021-12-29 20:29, Walter Bender wrote: >>> Here is one reference to Music Blocks in Peru: >>> >>> https://www.gob.pe/institucion/minedu/noticias/419064-tablets-para-aprendo-en-casa-tienen-36-aplicativos-educativos-y-10-utilitarios >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 8:15 PM wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Walter, media from Peru would be helpful. Thanks! >>>> >>>> For Japan (other than the links that I already put in the draft), I >>>> found the following: >>>> >>>> https://gakko.site/wp/?s=%E5%AD%A6%E7%A0%94 >>>> >>>> https://gakko.site/wp/archives/1343 >>>> >>>> -- >>>> https://gakko.site/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/08fb99790750785dc17b973f5b1c16d0.pdf >>>> >>>> >>>> https://gakken-steam.jp/music_blocks/ >>>> >>>> https://www.learning-innovation.go.jp/edtech-library/el004/ >>>> >>>> https://www.kikoku-benricho.com/music-blocks/ >>>> >>>> https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/01947.02535.html >>>> >>>> https://edtechzine.jp/article/detail/1802 and >>>> https://edtechzine.jp/arti
[Sugar-devel] Donations to SugarLabs
Hi, I have been receiving many year-end fundraising emails from other orgs, and this made me think of SugarLabs which is now an official non-profit in the U.S. I see this page for donations: https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Donate Is check the only method to receive donations? (I send this email for the broader, long-term benefit, and general awareness.) Best, Devin ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Help with Music Blocks Wikipedia Page?
A quick follow up on more substantial resources (from Japan): Following links found in https://www.learning-innovation.go.jp/edtech-library/el004/ I find: * https://www.learning-innovation.go.jp/existing/doc2019/verify_d0089_achievementreport.pdf#report * https://www.learning-innovation.go.jp/existing/doc/a0003/verify_a0003_achievementreportN.pdf#report * https://www.learning-innovation.go.jp/existing/doc/a0003/verify_a0003_interimreport.pdf?211230 These are pretty good references, I think. Unless someone else on this list would be qualified to interpret the Japanese, I will add them to my draft and just cross my fingers that these reviewers will approve of it. At any rate, glad I found these! Devin On 2021-12-30 08:34, devin@ulibarri.website wrote: Hi, Thanks. Walter, that article is helpful because it is 3rd party, but is probably not sufficiently substantial. @All, I am currently working with the Wikipedia reviewers, and right now the biggest challenge is they would much prefer to see the Wikipedia article written by someone unaffiliated with the project. Basically they are skeptical to my draft's "neutrality". If someone on this list, unaffiliated with Music Blocks could read and revise my draft at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Music_Blocks for better neutrality that would be helpful. I think others doing research on programming languages for kids would benefit to such a reference on Wikipedia. Thanks in advanced! Best, Devin On 2021-12-29 20:29, Walter Bender wrote: Here is one reference to Music Blocks in Peru: https://www.gob.pe/institucion/minedu/noticias/419064-tablets-para-aprendo-en-casa-tienen-36-aplicativos-educativos-y-10-utilitarios On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 8:15 PM wrote: Hi, Walter, media from Peru would be helpful. Thanks! For Japan (other than the links that I already put in the draft), I found the following: https://gakko.site/wp/?s=%E5%AD%A6%E7%A0%94 https://gakko.site/wp/archives/1343 -- https://gakko.site/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/08fb99790750785dc17b973f5b1c16d0.pdf https://gakken-steam.jp/music_blocks/ https://www.learning-innovation.go.jp/edtech-library/el004/ https://www.kikoku-benricho.com/music-blocks/ https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/01947.02535.html https://edtechzine.jp/article/detail/1802 and https://edtechzine.jp/article/detail/1802?p=2 ?? https://gkp-koushiki.gakken.jp/2018/12/07/5686/ ?? https://www.nifty.com/?top20 On 2021-12-29 20:11, Walter Bender wrote: > There must be some media mention of Music Blocks in Japan. > Maybe I can dig something up from Peru. > > -walter > > On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 8:01 PM wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> I am trying to write a Wikipedia article for Music Blocks because I >> think it would be helpful reference for the broader public. >> >> So far, I have written: >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Music_Blocks >> >> Do others, who are familiar with Wikipedia, have anything to >> contribute? >> >> BTW, I started with >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snap!_(programming_language) as a >> template >> to start this draft. >> >> It would be helpful to have others contribute to the article, >> especially >> anyone not directly related to the project, as those contributions may >> be necessary to the proposed article's admission into Wikipedia. >> >> Lastly, if anyone is familiar with other articles that have been >> written >> about Music Blocks, referencing those would be helpful. >> >> Thank you, >> Devin >> ___ >> Sugar-devel mailing list >> Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Help with Music Blocks Wikipedia Page?
Hi, Thanks. Walter, that article is helpful because it is 3rd party, but is probably not sufficiently substantial. @All, I am currently working with the Wikipedia reviewers, and right now the biggest challenge is they would much prefer to see the Wikipedia article written by someone unaffiliated with the project. Basically they are skeptical to my draft's "neutrality". If someone on this list, unaffiliated with Music Blocks could read and revise my draft at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Music_Blocks for better neutrality that would be helpful. I think others doing research on programming languages for kids would benefit to such a reference on Wikipedia. Thanks in advanced! Best, Devin On 2021-12-29 20:29, Walter Bender wrote: Here is one reference to Music Blocks in Peru: https://www.gob.pe/institucion/minedu/noticias/419064-tablets-para-aprendo-en-casa-tienen-36-aplicativos-educativos-y-10-utilitarios On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 8:15 PM wrote: Hi, Walter, media from Peru would be helpful. Thanks! For Japan (other than the links that I already put in the draft), I found the following: https://gakko.site/wp/?s=%E5%AD%A6%E7%A0%94 https://gakko.site/wp/archives/1343 -- https://gakko.site/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/08fb99790750785dc17b973f5b1c16d0.pdf https://gakken-steam.jp/music_blocks/ https://www.learning-innovation.go.jp/edtech-library/el004/ https://www.kikoku-benricho.com/music-blocks/ https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/01947.02535.html https://edtechzine.jp/article/detail/1802 and https://edtechzine.jp/article/detail/1802?p=2 ?? https://gkp-koushiki.gakken.jp/2018/12/07/5686/ ?? https://www.nifty.com/?top20 On 2021-12-29 20:11, Walter Bender wrote: > There must be some media mention of Music Blocks in Japan. > Maybe I can dig something up from Peru. > > -walter > > On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 8:01 PM wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> I am trying to write a Wikipedia article for Music Blocks because I >> think it would be helpful reference for the broader public. >> >> So far, I have written: >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Music_Blocks >> >> Do others, who are familiar with Wikipedia, have anything to >> contribute? >> >> BTW, I started with >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snap!_(programming_language) as a >> template >> to start this draft. >> >> It would be helpful to have others contribute to the article, >> especially >> anyone not directly related to the project, as those contributions may >> be necessary to the proposed article's admission into Wikipedia. >> >> Lastly, if anyone is familiar with other articles that have been >> written >> about Music Blocks, referencing those would be helpful. >> >> Thank you, >> Devin >> ___ >> Sugar-devel mailing list >> Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Help with Music Blocks Wikipedia Page?
Hi, Walter, media from Peru would be helpful. Thanks! For Japan (other than the links that I already put in the draft), I found the following: https://gakko.site/wp/?s=%E5%AD%A6%E7%A0%94 https://gakko.site/wp/archives/1343 -- https://gakko.site/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/08fb99790750785dc17b973f5b1c16d0.pdf https://gakken-steam.jp/music_blocks/ https://www.learning-innovation.go.jp/edtech-library/el004/ https://www.kikoku-benricho.com/music-blocks/ https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/01947.02535.html https://edtechzine.jp/article/detail/1802 and https://edtechzine.jp/article/detail/1802?p=2 ?? https://gkp-koushiki.gakken.jp/2018/12/07/5686/ ?? https://www.nifty.com/?top20 On 2021-12-29 20:11, Walter Bender wrote: There must be some media mention of Music Blocks in Japan. Maybe I can dig something up from Peru. -walter On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 8:01 PM wrote: Hi All, I am trying to write a Wikipedia article for Music Blocks because I think it would be helpful reference for the broader public. So far, I have written: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Music_Blocks Do others, who are familiar with Wikipedia, have anything to contribute? BTW, I started with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snap!_(programming_language) as a template to start this draft. It would be helpful to have others contribute to the article, especially anyone not directly related to the project, as those contributions may be necessary to the proposed article's admission into Wikipedia. Lastly, if anyone is familiar with other articles that have been written about Music Blocks, referencing those would be helpful. Thank you, Devin ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
[Sugar-devel] Help with Music Blocks Wikipedia Page?
Hi All, I am trying to write a Wikipedia article for Music Blocks because I think it would be helpful reference for the broader public. So far, I have written: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Music_Blocks Do others, who are familiar with Wikipedia, have anything to contribute? BTW, I started with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snap!_(programming_language) as a template to start this draft. It would be helpful to have others contribute to the article, especially anyone not directly related to the project, as those contributions may be necessary to the proposed article's admission into Wikipedia. Lastly, if anyone is familiar with other articles that have been written about Music Blocks, referencing those would be helpful. Thank you, Devin ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
[Sugar-devel] Music Blocks Development and Music Blocks Users Channels on Matrix
Hi, I invite anyone interested to join the following two channels regarding Music Blocks, a Sugar Labs project. Music Blocks Development Channel: https://matrix.to/#/!wnTXharNTRyoKOZlAD:matrix.org?via=matrix.org #musicblocksdev:matrix.org Music Blocks Users Channel: https://matrix.to/#/!TQlGQdCOIbjZmCHair:matrix.org?via=matrix.org #music-blocks:matrix.org Hope to speak to you there! Best, Devin ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Music Blocks Block Graphics Refactoring proposal for GSOC
I would imagine that using Blockly could help us focus our efforts on the core musical functions of Music Blocks. Walter, maybe you could specify the main design decisions you would like to revisit, so research can be done ahead of deciding whether or not to use Blockly? I am looking forward to this. On 2021-04-01 20:38, Walter Bender wrote: I think leveraging Blockly is a fine idea. But maybe you can sketch out some of the more common scenarios??? a note block with multiple pitch blocks??? a sequence of note blocks... some nested clamps... Also, how difficult is it to revisit some of the design decisions in Blocky? There are lots of little details that I find annoying. On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 12:32 PM Jaikishan Brijwani wrote: Hello Everyone! Greetings for the day, hope you all are doing well, I am Jaikishan Brijwani currently in my junior year of BTech in Computer Science with minors in Communication Engineering from Manipal. I have been contributing to Sugar Labs projects(Music Blocks and Sugarizer) for the past 5-6 months and it has been a great experience.I've surely learnt a lot along the way. Now, I am keen on participating in GSoC working with the amazing community at Sugar Labs. I have attached my proposal for one of the GSoC projects for 2021 edition. Mentors, members and fellow peers alike, kindly have a look at it, peruse it and please do share your valuable feedback on the same. Looking forward to suggestions on how I can improve my proposal and feedback on it too. Thanks and Regards, Jaikishan. ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] SLOB meeting reminder
Hi Martin, If Walter gave you the GNU Cash file I sent him before my leaving the board, that has most things properly accounted for up until ~mid-Nov 2020. It should not be surprising that "legal" is so high as SL had a large expense to become its own organization and then apply for NPO status. As for receipts, Alex Perez should have access to those. (I never received them myself). I am sorry you are having a bad experience. Thanks for your help thus far. Devin On 2021-02-17 10:46, Martin Guy wrote: OK, I thought I'd make this official, hoping that someone may be able to act better given correct information. I'm not working on Sugar any more because Cameron first invited me so enthusiastically and was so helpful, then when I started working (and I smash rocks) he would never approve any of the working solutions I found, always raising the bar; at the third iteration, when he was saying "find and fix the bug in the Xorg's DRI2 nouveau driver and get it included in Debian and backported to current stable" I gave up. On another front, there are no accounts for SugarLabs. Walter is holding the horses but presents accounts with no detail, among which the major outgoung is "legal", $7000, more than was spent for developers, and he says "I have no receipts for some of the payments". At this point, after so many bad awakenings, I dump SugarLabs as an organization corrupted by ambition (like alsmost all of them!) I hope the Constructionist vision will survive, but as it depends on githib.com/* maybe it would be better to make backup and fork Good luck! M On 16/02/2021, Walter Bender wrote: The next meeting of the Sugar Labs oversight board is on Wednesday, 17 February at 19:30 UTC (2:30 PM on the US East Coast). We agreed to meet in the #sugar room of matrix.org so please be sure to have a matrix client available. (I use element, which is available at element.io.) Please contact me if you have any questions. regards. -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) i...@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
[Sugar-devel] Today's Minutes and Next Meeting Time
Hi All, The date and time of the next SLOBs Meeting [1] is 12-23-20 at 19:30 UTC. For the next meeting, the agenda is up at https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020-12-23 We will be discussing a possible "Sugar Labs Code-in", so it would be great to have your input. I recommend that, if you are interested in attending the meeting, you: 1. Mark your calendar. I do my best to send reminders, but today my email got trapped in spam and I did not have the time to troubleshoot. 2. Please let us know soon if you plan to attend so that we may send you a link in advance. Please send your request to sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org As for today's meeting minutes, they are up at: https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020-12-09 Best, Devin Links: -- [1] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Next_meeting___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] Reminder: SLOBs Meeting Today 20:00 UTC
My previous message reads like Claudia's term has ended, which it has not. Apologies. ...and thank you all once more! On 2020-11-18 17:01, devin@ulibarri.website wrote: Hi, And thank you to those who have served on their board whose term has ended. Thank you, James, Claudia, and Rahul for your service!!! And thanks to Alex for continued service until we get the 1023 under control. (Because I know how much hard work this is, and how important what we do is...) Thank you, thank you, thank you! Devin On 2020-11-13 01:47, Favour Kelvin wrote: Welcome to the new members on board :) On Thu, 12 Nov 2020, 17:18 Claudia Urrea, wrote: Apologies for having missed the meeting yesterday. I had a medical appointment, which took longer than expected. Welcome to the new members! Claudia On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 4:09 PM James Cameron wrote: AGREED MOTION 2020-14 appoint to the board Jui, Perrie, Walter, Lionel and Devin. (Our election was held, with no vote required. Jui and Perrie have been added to the mailing list.) AGREED MOTION 2020-15 appoint Devin as chair. (Until now, James was chair. James continued to chair this meeting.) AGREED MOTION 2020-16 remove from the board Alex, Rahul and James. (Alex remains on the board of Sugar Labs, Inc.) AGREED MOTION 2020-17 Sugar Labs, Inc authorizes 60 hours for Ibiam to work on Sugar Maintenance as contractor at the agreed upon rate. On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 07:31:29AM -0500, devin@ulibarri.website wrote: Hi All, Just a friendly reminder that today is the next SLOBs Meeting. I have yet to publish a proposed agenda. When I do, it will be at https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020-11-11 One thing to discuss is the final draft of bylaws to be officially adopted by SL Inc. Officers. As always, if any community members would like to join and do not already know the link for the meeting, please reply to sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org and request the link. Best, Devin ___ SLOBs mailing list sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/slobs -- James Cameron http://quozl.netrek.org/ ___ SLOBs mailing list sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/slobs ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] Reminder: SLOBs Meeting Today 20:00 UTC
Hi, And thank you to those who have served on their board whose term has ended. Thank you, James, Claudia, and Rahul for your service!!! And thanks to Alex for continued service until we get the 1023 under control. (Because I know how much hard work this is, and how important what we do is...) Thank you, thank you, thank you! Devin On 2020-11-13 01:47, Favour Kelvin wrote: Welcome to the new members on board :) On Thu, 12 Nov 2020, 17:18 Claudia Urrea, wrote: Apologies for having missed the meeting yesterday. I had a medical appointment, which took longer than expected. Welcome to the new members! Claudia On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 4:09 PM James Cameron wrote: AGREED MOTION 2020-14 appoint to the board Jui, Perrie, Walter, Lionel and Devin. (Our election was held, with no vote required. Jui and Perrie have been added to the mailing list.) AGREED MOTION 2020-15 appoint Devin as chair. (Until now, James was chair. James continued to chair this meeting.) AGREED MOTION 2020-16 remove from the board Alex, Rahul and James. (Alex remains on the board of Sugar Labs, Inc.) AGREED MOTION 2020-17 Sugar Labs, Inc authorizes 60 hours for Ibiam to work on Sugar Maintenance as contractor at the agreed upon rate. On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 07:31:29AM -0500, devin@ulibarri.website wrote: Hi All, Just a friendly reminder that today is the next SLOBs Meeting. I have yet to publish a proposed agenda. When I do, it will be at https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020-11-11 One thing to discuss is the final draft of bylaws to be officially adopted by SL Inc. Officers. As always, if any community members would like to join and do not already know the link for the meeting, please reply to sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org and request the link. Best, Devin ___ SLOBs mailing list sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/slobs -- James Cameron http://quozl.netrek.org/ ___ SLOBs mailing list sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/slobs ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
[Sugar-devel] Reminder: SLOBs Meeting Today 20:00 UTC
Hi All, Just a friendly reminder that today is the next SLOBs Meeting. I have yet to publish a proposed agenda. When I do, it will be at https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020-11-11 One thing to discuss is the final draft of bylaws to be officially adopted by SL Inc. Officers. As always, if any community members would like to join and do not already know the link for the meeting, please reply to sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org and request the link. Best, Devin ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Second Call for Candidacies Sugar Labs Oversight Board Elections 2020-2022
Hi, Feel free to add yourself to https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2020-2022-candidates It appears that the time for the deadline was never specified, so you may still have time. From Ibiam: They're five(5) seats now available for candidates, the candidates wiki submission deadline is on the 4th of November, 2020. Devin On 2020-11-04 11:06, Martin Guy wrote: Re: oversight board, I would be happy to apply since I gather that achieving a quorum has been an obstacle to its effectiveness, but I feel too new to Sugar and its community to know the ins and outs of Sugar Labs. That said, if a slot does remain vacant and I could usefully fill it, I would be happy to reconsider this when I am more experienced and in tune with SL. Am I right in thinking that the Board can fill vacant posts by consensus in mid-term? M ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Reminder: SLOBs Meeting Today 20:00 UTC
Ibiam, You are right! As much as I would rather spend my time doing something else right now, I suppose I should read (again) over this draft to make sure there are not more mistakes/regressions that have crept in. If anyone else would like to read it over too, I would appreciate it. At any rate, good catch! Devin On 2020-11-03 18:38, Chihurumnaya Ibiam wrote: Thanks Devin; some comments. "Composition and Meetings. The Corporation shall have an Advisory Board whose members shall be appointed by corporate sponsors who pay annual fee to be determined by the Board of Directors. The Advisory Board may meet at any time and place its members choose." I thought that the advisory board wasn't reserved for any sponsor. On Tue, Nov 3, 2020, 10:19 PM wrote: Hi All, This is the latest bylaws which impacts all members and board of directors. As everyone has had sufficient time to review the last draft and this is only slightly modified, I plan to give the lawyer the green light tomorrow morning. Thank you all! Best, Devin On 2020-10-28 14:53, devin@ulibarri.website wrote: Attached is current draft. It was drafted from the SugarLabs Wiki by Aaron Williamson, Sugar Labs Inc.'s lawyer. (https://www.akwlc.com/) (sending this separately as sometimes mailing lists send attachments later) On 2020-10-28 14:52, devin@ulibarri.website wrote: Hi All, If you would like to look over a draft of the bylaws for a future Sugarlabs Inc. and can make it at 20:00 UTC today (SLOB's usual time, every other Weds), please reply. Devin On 2020-10-14 10:45, devin@ulibarri.website wrote: Hi All, Just a friendly reminder that today is the next SLOBs Meeting. The proposed agenda is https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020-10-14 As always, if any community members would like to join and do not already know the link for the meeting, please reply to sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org and request the link. Best, Devin ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) i...@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Reminder: SLOBs Meeting Today 20:00 UTC
Hi All, This is the latest bylaws which impacts all members and board of directors. As everyone has had sufficient time to review the last draft and this is only slightly modified, I plan to give the lawyer the green light tomorrow morning. Thank you all! Best, Devin On 2020-10-28 14:53, devin@ulibarri.website wrote: Attached is current draft. It was drafted from the SugarLabs Wiki by Aaron Williamson, Sugar Labs Inc.'s lawyer. (https://www.akwlc.com/) (sending this separately as sometimes mailing lists send attachments later) On 2020-10-28 14:52, devin@ulibarri.website wrote: Hi All, If you would like to look over a draft of the bylaws for a future Sugarlabs Inc. and can make it at 20:00 UTC today (SLOB's usual time, every other Weds), please reply. Devin On 2020-10-14 10:45, devin@ulibarri.website wrote: Hi All, Just a friendly reminder that today is the next SLOBs Meeting. The proposed agenda is https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020-10-14 As always, if any community members would like to join and do not already know the link for the meeting, please reply to sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org and request the link. Best, Devin Sugar Labs Bylaws 2020-11-03 v2.docx Description: MS-Word 2007 document ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Reminder: SLOBs Meeting Today 20:00 UTC
Attached is current draft. It was drafted from the SugarLabs Wiki by Aaron Williamson, Sugar Labs Inc.'s lawyer. (https://www.akwlc.com/) (sending this separately as sometimes mailing lists send attachments later) On 2020-10-28 14:52, devin@ulibarri.website wrote: Hi All, If you would like to look over a draft of the bylaws for a future Sugarlabs Inc. and can make it at 20:00 UTC today (SLOB's usual time, every other Weds), please reply. Devin On 2020-10-14 10:45, devin@ulibarri.website wrote: Hi All, Just a friendly reminder that today is the next SLOBs Meeting. The proposed agenda is https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020-10-14 As always, if any community members would like to join and do not already know the link for the meeting, please reply to sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org and request the link. Best, Devin Sugar Labs Bylaws 2020-10-20.docx Description: MS-Word 2007 document ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Reminder: SLOBs Meeting Today 20:00 UTC
Hi All, If you would like to look over a draft of the bylaws for a future Sugarlabs Inc. and can make it at 20:00 UTC today (SLOB's usual time, every other Weds), please reply. Devin On 2020-10-14 10:45, devin@ulibarri.website wrote: Hi All, Just a friendly reminder that today is the next SLOBs Meeting. The proposed agenda is https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020-10-14 As always, if any community members would like to join and do not already know the link for the meeting, please reply to sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org and request the link. Best, Devin ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
[Sugar-devel] Reminder: SLOBs Meeting Today 20:00 UTC
Hi All, Just a friendly reminder that today is the next SLOBs Meeting. The proposed agenda is https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020-10-14 As always, if any community members would like to join and do not already know the link for the meeting, please reply to sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org and request the link. Best, Devin ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
[Sugar-devel] Reminder: SLOBs Meeting Today 20:00 UTC
Hi All, Just a friendly reminder that today is the next SLOBs Meeting. The proposed agenda is https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020-09-30 As always, if any community members would like to join and do not already know the link for the meeting, please reply to sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org and request the link. Best, Devin ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
[Sugar-devel] Reminder: SLOBs Meeting Today 20:00 UTC
Hi All, Just a friendly reminder that today is the next SLOBs Meeting. The proposed agenda is https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020-09-16 As always, if any community members would like to join and do not already know the link for the meeting, please reply to sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org and request the link. Special Note: We plan to end early at around 20:30 UTC to discuss 1023 filing and bylaws with the Sugar Labs Inc. lawyer. Best, Devin ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Gradual reorganizing of Music Blocks codebase
@Anindya, I defer to Walter Bender as he is the project lead for this Sugar Labs project. That being said, everything you propose sounds great and I trust you have the technical ability given all the great work you did over the summer. If we do end up refactoring, I am happy to test anything out and provide my feedback as a user and "the music guy". @Vaibhav, thanks for the links. Vaibhav Aren: Hi Anindya, If you are going to refactor the codebase you can go through the following link which is one of the best resources to learn about refactoring in my knowledge. Spend some time with this. -> https://refactoring.guru/refactoring/what-is-refactoring -> Learn to identify code smells: https://refactoring.guru/refactoring/smells -> Execute ^_^ Regards - Vaibhav On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 8:09 PM Anindya Kundu wrote: I'm considering reorganizing the modules and cleaning up the complete codebase in a gradual manner - something I briefly worked on, during this summer. It is to my understanding that Music Blocks was built progressively, and there's still scope for a lot of additions, but I've observed some significant issues. I feel the user experience isn't quite appealing. For instance, the application feels bulky, the mouse interaction isn't very good, there are UI lapses here and there, etc. As for the code, I feel we are lacking structure. The JS modules have become disorganized, there's lots of deprecated code spread throughout, and the scripts do not stick to a proper convention. Many times it becomes a challenge to figure out the source of a bug or add/modify some code. Also, it is quite easy to generate an obscure bug while fixing something else. Moreover, several components are convoluted among themselves. I've only worked on the MVC refactoring of a few components, but I believe it should be done all throughout for it to bear advantages. Therefore, I'm planning on rebuilding a structure under the hood, primarily for better code management, but also to enhance the performance of the application. Any thoughts or suggestions? *Anindya Kundu* ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Music Blocks v3.3
The students really did an outstanding job this year. Many thanks to Walter for his guidance and expertise. Sumit Srivastava: High praises for all the students for doing the amazing work and huge thanks to Walter for guiding all of us! - Sumit On Mon, Sep 7, 2020, 5:42 AM Walter Bender wrote: V3.3 has just been released. Read all about it here [1].Thanks to the efforts of Anindya Kundu (@meganindya) Aviral Gangwar (@aviral243), and Saksham Mrig (@sksum), we have made tremendous progress on Music Blocks this summer. (Tip-of-the-hat to the GSoC mentors as well: Favor, Sumit, and Devin.) enjoy. -walter [1] https://github.com/sugarlabs/musicblocks/releases/tag/v3.3 -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) i...@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Oversight Board - Update
Hi, Our meeting minutes are up at https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020-09-02 We plan to meet in two weeks on Weds 9/16 at 20:00 UTC on Jitsi. Devin On 2020-09-02 13:57, devin@ulibarri.website wrote: Hi All, The board meets today (9/2) at 20:00 UTC on Jitsi. Our current agenda is https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020-09-02 As always, please let us know if you would like to join these meetings. Devin On 2020-08-18 15:06, devin@ulibarri.website wrote: Hi All, We meet tomorrow 8/19 at 20:00 UTC Agenda draft is published at https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020-08-19 If you want to join, please let us know. Previous meeting minutes are published at: http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings/2020-08-05T20:12:25.html and https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020-08-05 (We met on IRC that week) Devin devin@ulibarri.website: Hi All, Just a reminder that, as planned, we are meeting this July 20th at 20:00 UTC. The prior meeting's minutes are published here: https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020-07-08 (but have yet to be voted on.) The agenda is published here: https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020-07-22 (and will be overwritten with the minutes during the meeting -- a new system I am trying out to see if it is helpful) @community If you would like to join, please reply to this message or email sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org directly. If you have something to add to the agenda, likewise, please let us know. Best, Devin James Cameron: Your oversight board meets every two weeks. The next meeting is 8th July, 20:00 UTC. If you would like the board to discuss something, you may either; * write to sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org and sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org (the most transparent method), or; * write to sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org only (a less transparent method), or; * write to a member of the board (a non-transparent method). Our meetings are usually private, but we may invite others to join us. Our next meeting date is maintained on https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board#Next_meeting Minutes of meetings are recorded at https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Minutes Formal decisions are recorded at https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Decisions ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Oversight Board - Update
Hi All, The board meets today (9/2) at 20:00 UTC on Jitsi. Our current agenda is https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020-09-02 As always, please let us know if you would like to join these meetings. Devin On 2020-08-18 15:06, devin@ulibarri.website wrote: Hi All, We meet tomorrow 8/19 at 20:00 UTC Agenda draft is published at https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020-08-19 If you want to join, please let us know. Previous meeting minutes are published at: http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings/2020-08-05T20:12:25.html and https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020-08-05 (We met on IRC that week) Devin devin@ulibarri.website: Hi All, Just a reminder that, as planned, we are meeting this July 20th at 20:00 UTC. The prior meeting's minutes are published here: https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020-07-08 (but have yet to be voted on.) The agenda is published here: https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020-07-22 (and will be overwritten with the minutes during the meeting -- a new system I am trying out to see if it is helpful) @community If you would like to join, please reply to this message or email sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org directly. If you have something to add to the agenda, likewise, please let us know. Best, Devin James Cameron: Your oversight board meets every two weeks. The next meeting is 8th July, 20:00 UTC. If you would like the board to discuss something, you may either; * write to sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org and sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org (the most transparent method), or; * write to sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org only (a less transparent method), or; * write to a member of the board (a non-transparent method). Our meetings are usually private, but we may invite others to join us. Our next meeting date is maintained on https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board#Next_meeting Minutes of meetings are recorded at https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Minutes Formal decisions are recorded at https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Decisions ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Oversight Board - Update
Hi All, We meet tomorrow 8/19 at 20:00 UTC Agenda draft is published at https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020-08-19 If you want to join, please let us know. Previous meeting minutes are published at: http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings/2020-08-05T20:12:25.html and https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020-08-05 (We met on IRC that week) Devin devin@ulibarri.website: Hi All, Just a reminder that, as planned, we are meeting this July 20th at 20:00 UTC. The prior meeting's minutes are published here: https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020-07-08 (but have yet to be voted on.) The agenda is published here: https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020-07-22 (and will be overwritten with the minutes during the meeting -- a new system I am trying out to see if it is helpful) @community If you would like to join, please reply to this message or email sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org directly. If you have something to add to the agenda, likewise, please let us know. Best, Devin James Cameron: Your oversight board meets every two weeks. The next meeting is 8th July, 20:00 UTC. If you would like the board to discuss something, you may either; * write to sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org and sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org (the most transparent method), or; * write to sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org only (a less transparent method), or; * write to a member of the board (a non-transparent method). Our meetings are usually private, but we may invite others to join us. Our next meeting date is maintained on https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board#Next_meeting Minutes of meetings are recorded at https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Minutes Formal decisions are recorded at https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Decisions ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
[Sugar-devel] 2020-07-22 Meeting Minutes
Hi All, Hope everyone is doing well. Today's SLOB meeting minutes are published at https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020-08-05 The agenda is published at https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020-08-19 Note that the next meeting will be on Jitsi. Please let us know in advance if you would like to join. Best, Devin ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] 2020-07-22 Meeting Minutes
devin@ulibarri.website: Our next meeting is planned for 2020-08-05 at 20:00 UTC on IRC The agenda is published at https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020-08-05 Meeting to start in just a few minutes on IRC. #sugar-meeting on freenode Devin ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] 2020-07-22 Meeting Minutes
On 2020-07-22 23:58, Rahul Bothra wrote: Thanks Devin. Added myself to list of attendees Sorry about that. Thanks for reading it over. ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
[Sugar-devel] 2020-07-22 Meeting Minutes
Hi All, Hope everyone is doing well. :) Today's SLOB meeting minutes are published at https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020-07-22 (and copied below). They have already been approved by the board members who were present. Our next meeting is planned for 2020-08-05 at 20:00 UTC on IRC The agenda is published at https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020-08-05 == Minutes for SLOBs Meeting == 2020-07-22 at 20:00 UTC Attendance: Devin, Lionel, Ibiam, James, Walter, Samson (Alex excused himself beforehand.) === Vote on Prior Meeting Minutes === See https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020-07-08 Minutes Approved unanimously after some final edits. === Report from project representative (Conservancy liaison) === No Report === Reports from Ombudsman === No Report === Any reports from project teams, Google Summer of Code === James says everyone is doing well. Groups are not cross-pollinating. Every student passed their first evaluation. === Devin and Caryl 1023 Job Report === * 1023 Status * Finding a new lawyer -- how is that going? (Kyle says he cannot do it because of time constraints.) Two problematic areas in our "Brief History of SL" related to language. Walter and Devin will work on the "Brief History of Sugar Labs" after this meeting. === James and Ibiam Sugar Activity Job Report === Met for 30 minutes. Not yet agreed on a plan. Ibiam has been feeling sick and has just started feeling better. === Each One Teach One === Similar to Google Code-in. Not a contest, but involves kids of a similar age. See www.eachoneteachone.is for more information. === GSoC Feature Share === Sugarizer Lionel shows "Mind Math" activity. Can be tested at https://dev.sugarizer.org Students can compete with one another. Music Blocks Devin demonstrates Aviral's work on movable do for when students are inputting their code. Python Bug fixes. Tests. Translations and other clerical work. === Vote on Today's Meeting Minutes === See this page https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020-07-22 Minutes unanimously Approved by all SLOBS present === Time and Place of Next Meeting === Meeting on 2020-08-05 at 20:00 UTC on IRC. Agenda to be published at https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020-08-05 (then overwritten with the minutes at meeting) === Closing === Motion to adjourn the meeting has been approved. ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Music Blocks in the Playstore
Thanks Favour!!! I posted on my blog at https://musicblocks.net/2020/07/21/music-blocks-is-now-available-in-google-play/ Also, Favour, perhaps you can put on f-droid as well? https://f-droid.org/ MB should fit their profile. On 2020-07-21 09:10, Jaskirat Singh wrote: Great to hear that. Keep up the good work. On Tue, 21 Jul 2020, 3:52 pm Walter Bender, wrote: Thanks to the efforts of Favour Kelvin, Music Blocks is now in the Google Play Store!!! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=my.musicblock.sugarlab thanks Favour. regards. -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org [1] [1] ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel Links: -- [1] http://www.sugarlabs.org ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [IAEP] Oversight Board - Update
Hi, I meant July 22nd. We meet every two weeks on Wednesdays at 20:00UTC. I was just trying to be helpful by sending a reminder, but I see that doing so can sometimes cause inadvertent confusion. The open invitation is: contact us if you would like to come to these meetings, which happen on a regular basis. Devin devin@ulibarri.website: Hi All, Just a reminder that, as planned, we are meeting this July 20th at 20:00 UTC. The prior meeting's minutes are published here: https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020-07-08 (but have yet to be voted on.) The agenda is published here: https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020-07-22 (and will be overwritten with the minutes during the meeting -- a new system I am trying out to see if it is helpful) @community If you would like to join, please reply to this message or email sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org directly. If you have something to add to the agenda, likewise, please let us know. Best, Devin James Cameron: Your oversight board meets every two weeks. The next meeting is 8th July, 20:00 UTC. If you would like the board to discuss something, you may either; * write to sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org and sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org (the most transparent method), or; * write to sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org only (a less transparent method), or; * write to a member of the board (a non-transparent method). Our meetings are usually private, but we may invite others to join us. Our next meeting date is maintained on https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board#Next_meeting Minutes of meetings are recorded at https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Minutes Formal decisions are recorded at https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Decisions ___ SLOBs mailing list sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/slobs ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Oversight Board - Update
Hi All, Just a reminder that, as planned, we are meeting this July 20th at 20:00 UTC. The prior meeting's minutes are published here: https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020-07-08 (but have yet to be voted on.) The agenda is published here: https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020-07-22 (and will be overwritten with the minutes during the meeting -- a new system I am trying out to see if it is helpful) @community If you would like to join, please reply to this message or email sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org directly. If you have something to add to the agenda, likewise, please let us know. Best, Devin James Cameron: Your oversight board meets every two weeks. The next meeting is 8th July, 20:00 UTC. If you would like the board to discuss something, you may either; * write to sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org and sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org (the most transparent method), or; * write to sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org only (a less transparent method), or; * write to a member of the board (a non-transparent method). Our meetings are usually private, but we may invite others to join us. Our next meeting date is maintained on https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board#Next_meeting Minutes of meetings are recorded at https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Minutes Formal decisions are recorded at https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Decisions ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] Music Blocks in Peru
Hi Walter, Perhaps you can give a report at the July 8th SLOBs meeting? Devin On Fri, 2020-07-03 at 09:03 -0400, Walter Bender wrote: > Not sure it merits discussion at the SLOB meeting, but I wanted to > give everyone a heads up that the ministry of education in Peru will > be distributing on the order of 80 Android tablets to children in > the coming months. They will be including Music Blocks (translated > into Aymara and Quechua). I've been discussing the possibility of > including Sugarizer in future releases as well. > > regards. > > -walter > > -- > Walter Bender > Sugar Labs > http://www.sugarlabs.org > > ___ > SLOBs mailing list > sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/slobs -- Follow me on GNU Social at https://loadaverage.org/pikurasa ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
[Sugar-devel] New Blogs about Music Blocks
Hi All, New blog about Music Blocks GSoC progress. https://musicblocks.net/2020/06/14/gsoc-progress-scale-degree-vs-nth-mo dal-pitch/ by aviral https://musicblocks.net/2020/06/13/scale-degree-progress/ by devin (cannot have a lazy mentor who does not also write blogs) Many new features!!! Devin -- Follow me on GNU Social at https://loadaverage.org/pikurasa ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
[Sugar-devel] FYI: GCI is discontinued
Hi, Members of the GCI Mentors mailing list received this message today from Stephanie T. of Google. Some of you may not be on that list, but interested to know so I am copying it here. Thanks to everyone for all their efforts (and hacking) over the years for GCI with SL! > Hi GCI Mentors and Org Admins, > > Google Code-in concluded 10 amazing, productive, exhilarating years > in January. This program has been a success because of the amazing > energy and passion all of you have exhibited; volunteering dozens, > hundreds, and in some cases, thousands(!) of hours to help 14,700+ > teenagers, from 115+ countries, complete a whopping 76,200+ open > source tasks, during the past 10 years! > > We wanted all of you to be among the first to know that Google Code- > in 2019 was our final Google Code-in contest. We've been looking hard > at our portfolio of programs and as open source evolves, our programs > need to evolve too. We've decided to focus our efforts on Google > Summer of Code and programs like Season of Docs that meet projects' > sustainability needs going into the next 10 years of open source. > > We want to thank you all for being inspiring role models to these > students. Many of you were GCI or GSoC students yourselves and have > been paying it forward for years by helping teenagers discover their > passion for open source software development. The extent of your > support was something many didn’t expect when they first started out > trying to complete a few tasks to earn a Google T-shirt. > > You have welcomed students into your communities and shown them how > open source is making the world a better place and how they can be a > part of that. You all have inspired, taught, listened, and made a > difference in the lives of thousands of students. THANK YOU! These > students have brought fresh new perspectives and ideas into your > communities, inspiring long-term committers with their enthusiasm, > curiosity and skills. > > Many of you have been mentors for all 10 years of GCI (plus GHOP!), > while others came into the GCI family just this past year. Regardless > of when you joined, thank you all for showing immense kindness, > patience, dedication, organization and guidance to the students, the > other mentors in our GCI community, and to me and the rest of our > team over the years. > > These past 10 years of Google Code-in have been an exciting, > adrenaline pumping adventure – thanks for coming along on the ride > with us! > > We will continue to be dedicated to helping open source communities > be sustainable and finding new contributors is an essential part of > those efforts. While Google Code-in is now officially retired, we > look forward to finding new ways to support your communities. > > Best, > Stephanie Taylor > GCI Program Lead -- Follow me on GNU Social at https://loadaverage.org/pikurasa ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Community Bonding Period: Scale Degree Design Proposal
Hi All, Aviral is doing great work. Our strategy has been for him to fix more straightforward bugs related to key/mode while we work together on a design for the less trivial ones. An average of 4 days a week, he has been getting a 30-60 minute music theory lesson as well so that he can better identify conceptual errors as we move ahead. :) Devin On Sun, 2020-05-31 at 22:10 +0530, Aviral Gangwar wrote: > Hello all > > This is a good time for an update since the Community Bonding Period > is at an end. > > During community bonding, I had regular meetings with my mentor > Devin, Walter, and the rest of the MB team. We made some significant > process, found some new issues, and subsequently worked on a fix. > We fixed octave calculation, sharp and flat preferences for Lilypond > Output, and finally the initial work of my proposal; renaming the old > scale degree block to nth modal pitch and following changes to its > functionality. [zero based indexing] > This work can be audited in > PRs: #2275, #2284, and #2286 respectively. > > - Besides this, I've had a few intensive design discussions with > Devin regarding issue #1957 which has appeared as a bottleneck at > times. > > - I've also started work on the crux of my proposal: the addition of > a new scale degree block and implemented some basic functionality. > > In the upcoming week, I've planned on devising a basic solution for > #1957 which would solve much of the problem and proceed with work on > scale degree block. [For technicalities of that, one can visit #2058] > > > Thanks > Aviral > > > > ___ > Sugar-devel mailing list > Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Weekly Progress: Scale Degree vs n^th Modal Pitch
Hi, Aviral is publishing his progress on musicblocks.net which you can track at https://musicblocks.net/author/aviralgangwar24/ You can subscribe via https://musicblocks.net/feed/ for instant updates. He has made a lot of progress on GH as well. https://github.com/sugarla bs/musicblocks/pulls/aviral243 Best, Devin On Mon, 2020-05-18 at 06:17 +0530, Aviral Gangwar wrote: > Hello all, > > This is a weekly report of my work for the time frame 9/05/20 - > 15/05/20. > > I had group meetings with Walter, Vaibhav, Sumit, Jaskirat and other > Music Blocks participants, everyday except weekends. This week we > finished first aspect of our ES6 porting. [var-->let conversion]. > Moving to arrow functions still remains. > > Meetings mostly included general discussion related to non-trivial > issues and clarification of certain doubts of student developers. > > Each group meeting was followed by a meeting with my mentor [ Devin > Ulibarri ], except for Tuesday. > We made significant process on octave calculation issue, entirely > revamping the whole process and are close to resolving it. This > should be done by this the end of this week. > > Apart from that, Devin discussed with me several movable and non- > movable systems and a workflow for the summer. > > Lastly, I started work, locally, on the implementation of the new > scale degree block, mostly creating the basic pie menus as discussed > during our meetings. > > Objective for the upcoming week: > > 1. Finish with the octave calculation issue. > 2. More design thinking on the new scale degree block. > 3. Resolve flat/sharp preference issue for some scales. > > Thank You > > Aviral Gangwar > > > ___ > Sugar-devel mailing list > Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Weekly Progress Blogs of GSoC
Hi Aviral, If you want, and if it is agreeable to James, you may write on musicblocks.net, which I maintain. Just let me know, and I can give you an account with credentials. Best, Devin On Fri, 2020-05-08 at 19:56 +0530, Aviral Gangwar wrote: > Hello James, > > Could you please help me out with this. > > Which service do you recommend for writing the blogs that also > complies with the community standards? I wanted to run through you if > it was feasible to use a separate service such as Medium or use a > wiki page instead. ( Or any other service you could suggest ) > > Thank You > ___ > Sugar-devel mailing list > Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Libreplanet talk in an hour
Hi, Now available! https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/sugar-labs-past-present-a nd-future-slides/ Walter has the original MB file that he used to make these slides. Walter, perhaps you would like to share that with us (and FSF as well) https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/sugar-labs-past-present-a nd-future/ Best, Devin On Tue, 2020-03-17 at 07:26 +1100, James Cameron wrote: > Well done. Let us know when the videos are available? > > On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 01:52:58PM +0000, devin@ulibarri.website > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > From the FSF: > > > > Following O'Brien in the "Freedom" room of the conference were > > Devin > > Ulibarri and Walter Bender of Sugar Labs, who gave an overview > > of the > > project's developers, teachers, and students coming together to > > work on > > educational free software projects. Sugar Labs's application of > > this > > community effort is widely varied, ranging from hacking on > > introductory, > > visual programming languages to contributing to critical > > components of the > > Sugar OS distribution of the GNU/Linux operating system. > > > > Full report > > > > [1]https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/ > > libreplanet-2020-online-second-day-of-the-conference-closes-on-a- > > high-note > > > > Devin > > > > On Sun, 2020-03-15 at 16:19 -0300, Martin Abente wrote: > > > > No problem! > > > > On Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 4:18 PM wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Sorry, I just saw this. > > > > Devin > > > > On 2020-03-15 17:59, Martin Abente wrote: > > > Hi Devin, > > > > > > If you have the time, please mention > > > [2]https://flathub.org/apps/search/sugarlabs (making > > Sugar apps to > > work > > > in ALL Linux desktops) It will be an important projec > > t for the > > > future of Sugar as well. > > > > > > You can read more about it here > > > [3]https://blogs.gnome.org/tchx84/2019/11/22/ > > linux-app-summit-2019-and-sugar-learning-tools/ > > > > > > Regards, > > > Martin. > > > > References: > > > > [1] https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/libreplanet-2020-online- > > second-day-of-the-conference-closes-on-a-high-note > > [2] https://flathub.org/apps/search/sugarlabs > > [3] https://blogs.gnome.org/tchx84/2019/11/22/linux-app-summit- > > 2019-and-sugar-learning-tools/ > > > > ___ > > Sugar-devel mailing list > > Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Libreplanet talk in an hour
Hi, >From the FSF: > Following O'Brien in the "Freedom" room of the conference were Devin Ulibarri > and Walter Bender of Sugar Labs, who gave an overview of the project's > developers, teachers, and students coming together to work on educational > free software projects. Sugar Labs's application of this community effort is > widely varied, ranging from hacking on introductory, visual programming > languages to contributing to critical components of the Sugar OS distribution > of the GNU/Linux operating system. Full report https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/libreplanet-2020-online-second-day-of-the-conference-closes-on-a-high-note Devin On Sun, 2020-03-15 at 16:19 -0300, Martin Abente wrote: > No problem! > > On Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 4:18 PM wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Sorry, I just saw this. >> >> Devin >> >> On 2020-03-15 17:59, Martin Abente wrote: >>> Hi Devin, >>> >>> If you have the time, please mention >>> https://flathub.org/apps/search/sugarlabs (making Sugar apps to work >>> in ALL Linux desktops) It will be an important project for the >>> future of Sugar as well. >>> >>> You can read more about it here >>> https://blogs.gnome.org/tchx84/2019/11/22/linux-app-summit-2019-and-sugar-learning-tools/ >>> >>> Regards, >>> Martin.___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
[Sugar-devel] Libreplanet talk in an hour
Hi, This all came together at the last minute, which is one of the reasons this is being sent out at the last minute. https://libreplanet.org/2020/program/ Find us at EST -- 14:30 - 15:15 Sugar Labs -- Past, Present, and Future Room: Freedom https://meet.fsf.org/freedom Topic: Free Software in practice Speakers: Devin Ulibarri Walter Bender Cheers! Devin ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Sugar-devel] Proposal: moving "assisting mentors" back to role for GSoC 2020
Hi, I expect that the project "## Music Blocks Scale Degree vs n^th Modal P itch" would be near impossible without my assistance. Also, my resume is never benefited thus far from any of these things. I have never gotten a job from putting these things on a resume. The "problem" is that I identify myself as a musician, and music career jobs do not care to see GSoC on the resume. At any rate, I am happy to help. In particular, I want to stamp out this design issue as it is it seems to me to be the last big design issue for all the basic functions of a visual programming language. Devin On Fri, 2020-03-13 at 09:27 -0400, Walter Bender wrote: > I think it is not hard to judge who wants to mentor from passion vs > something to put on a resume. Let's leave it to the project leaders > to make those calls. That said, mentors should have demonstrable > experience of relevant contributions. > > On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 8:02 AM Samson Goddy > rg> wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > > > The quicker we understand that Sugar Labs is an "educational > > project," then the better for us, we have been battling on matters > > that in "my opinion" is pointless. That said, First, I don't > > understand the whole point for labeling someone an "assistant > > mentor," this is a community we need to be sensitive to what put > > out there. First, I listed myself as an "assistant mentor" not > > because I cannot code, but because I am focusing on the other part > > of the "community" which is keeping things healthy and welcoming, > > we are all volunteers, we should respect that fact. > > > > Honestly removing me from GSoC because of "expect the previous > > assistant mentors to either promote themselves to the position of > > mentor by showing their expertise or be content with participation > > within the wider Sugar Labs community." At the same time, I can > > easily prove that by sending PRs, I don't think the same applies to > > folks that cannot code, again I wasn't born in the 80s, but I am > > sure in 2020, there is more aspect to software than just coding. > > Let us stop doing things that will drive folks away; everyone is > > important. > > > > > > I am not an org admin; I grew up with Sugar, correctly understand > > how Sugar was created but chose to focus primarily on something > > that will keep "Sugar Labs" healthy. I don't see how having extra > > folks into a project as "mentors" will hurt the student > > performance. It gives the student a more broad knowledge of what to > > do to make the project usable, maintainable, and scalable. > > > > > > We have more important things to focus on than argue about > > assistant mentorship. > > > > Regards > > > > On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 12:23 PM Lionel Laské > > om> wrote: > > > > > > Hi James, > > > > > > Thanks for this. > > > > > > I think that assisting mentor notion has no sense. > > > We need to have one mentor that lead the project with some co- > > > mentors to supply him when/if he's unavailable. Each mentor could > > > ask help or advice to other members of the community if needed, > > > we don't need to identify these guys as "Assisting mentor". > > > > > > As Stephanie said in the thread you mention: "Unfortunately some > > > people want to be a mentor because they think it will look good > > > on their resume, these are not the folks you want to be mentoring > > > students.". I'm afraid it's the same thing with "Assisting > > > mentor". > > > > > > Regards. > > > > > > Lionel. > > > > > > > > > Le ven. 13 mars 2020 à 08:31, > > > s.org> a écrit : > > > > > > > > Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 16:55:16 +1100 > > > > From: James Cameron > > > > To: sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > > > > Subject: [Sugar-devel] Proposal: moving "assisting mentors" > > > > back to > > > > the community role for GSoC 2020 > > > > Message-ID: <20200313055516.gm28...@laptop.org> > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > > > > > > Walter and I are your organisation administrators for GSoC > > > > 2020. > > > > > > > > On the GSoc Mentors mailing list from 8th March and still going > > > > is a > > > > thread "Deadline to invite me
Re: [Sugar-devel] Mascot for sugar
So far, we have turtle (turtle blocks) and mice (music blocks). Maybe a sugarcube? (that would be kind of silly, but who knows?) On Wed, 2020-03-04 at 23:31 +0300, Srevin Saju wrote: > Sugarlabs needs a mascot to welcome new users of the sugar desktop, > This can be an important part of outreaching sugar to daily desktop > users. One way of creating a mascot for sugar is to use a > competition. The benefits are two hold, one is the more people come > to know of Sugarlabs and their non-profit collective education > systems. The other is, we are getting a mascot personalized to sugar. > Most open source companies have mascots too. So its a subject to be > brought to discussion, if anyone is interested > V/r > > > SREVIN SAJU > https://srevinsaju.github.io > > ___ > Sugar-devel mailing list > Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] Poll Results Oversight Election 2019-21
Hi, I do not think we should meet today because we do not have enough time to reach consensus for a meeting time today. I will not be able to meet this Weds at the scheduled time. I could meet any Monday of the month at 8pm UTC In general, 8pm-10pm UTC is going to cause a lot of conflicts with my schedule unless it lands on a Sunday (EST). Devin On Sun, 2020-02-02 at 17:43 -0500, Claudia Urrea wrote: > Thank you. Do we have a time for the next meeting? > > Claudia > > On Sun, Feb 2, 2020 at 10:52 AM Oloruntola Ore-Aruwaji > gmail.com> wrote: > > congrats to the newly elected members > > > > On Sun, Feb 2, 2020 at 10:49 AM Vipul Gupta > > om> wrote: > > > Hello folks, > > > The election for the Sugar Labs Oversight Board 2019-21 ended on > > > 31st January 2020. There were 3 Oversight Board slots to be > > > elected for the 2019-2021 period. The winning candidates are > > > listed as follows. > > > > > > 1. Claudia Urrea > > > 2. Ibiam Chihurumnaya > > > 3. Rahul Bothra > > > > > > Heartiest congratulations to all, hope to see new and amazing > > > initiatives come up from the board in the upcoming years. As the > > > election administrator, I would like to thank the people who > > > participated, voted and helped out to make this process > > > convenient & accessible to all. I hope to make it better next > > > year. As always, happy to take up any questions/feedback on the > > > conclusion of this election. > > > > > > Best, > > > Vipul > > > ___ > > > Sugar-devel mailing list > > > Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > > > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > > > > > ___ > > SLOBs mailing list > > sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org > > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/slobs > > > ___ > SLOBs mailing list > sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/slobs___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Contributing to Open Source
On Thu, 2019-12-05 at 15:26 -0800, Raghav Aggarwal wrote: > Can you tell me how do i get started in Sugarlabs for GSOC.? You are a bit early. You can do three things: 1. Join us in IRC at #sugar on freenode 2. Look for issues to help us with on Github (communicate with us on IRC and/or here for most synergy) 3. Track https://github.com/sugarlabs/GSoC/ for developments on the major projects we would like to work on for 2020 ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Regarding Stand at FOSDEM [1-2 February]
Hi Vipul, Thanks for all this. On Thu, 2019-12-05 at 19:18 +0530, Vipul Gupta wrote: > Thanks, James, I went through the logs. I concur with the views put > forward by MrBIOS and Samson. I think conferences help. They most certainly can. As a new org, with a new set of responsibilities, what we need is the following: 1. Strategic Planning * Where do we see ourselves in 3, 5, and 10 years * Marketing Strategy (which can include conferences, etc.) * Business Model (what are our revenue sources and how we get them, what are the inputs and outputs for our resources--time included) 2. A Budget * Given our current situation, what can we afford * Based on different assumptions, what might we be able to afford if we meet our goals. This is a top-down approach. A bottom-up approach is "I found an awesome opportunity, let's go for it." I have found, through my experience, that both are important. > Regarding funding, that I would leave the SLOB to decide on case by > case basis. It would really help out if people can suggest other > conferences as well and move forward in a planned manner. We should come up with a budget and allocate resources for things like conferences, which I think we all agree are important. However, I advocate strongly that it be in the context of a larger plan. Whoever wants to help us with these tasks, I am all for hearing your input. Best, Devin ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] GCI 2019 mentor
On Sat, 2019-11-30 at 16:36 +0530, Sarthak gupta wrote: > I want to be a mentor for GCI 2019 at Sugarlabs (Someone, please correct me if I am wrong) I think that it is too late to be officially in the system for GCI 2019 Mentoring. However, please keep in touch and stay involved. And, of course, you can participate in an unofficial capacity by helping answer questions on IRC. Thanks! Devin ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] GCI 2019 Announced
On Tue, 2019-09-24 at 07:32 +1000, James Cameron wrote: > Without users opening issues, we don't have an easy queue of work to > shovel into this. > > I'm watching as many repositories as possible, but nothing much is > coming in. Not just Sugar, also the same on Sugarizer and Music > Blocks. I am very behind on reporting Music Blocks issues, but I assure you I know of plenty that need to be addressed. It will be motivating for me to know that students will get the chance to work on some of these issues. - Devin ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Meeting Notes from Monday's GSoC Intern Group Meeting
On Wed, 2019-08-21 at 08:19 -0400, Walter Bender wrote: > Meeting Bot was down, so I posted the notes in the wiki: Thanks for this -- I thought it was just me... > > https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Summer_of_Code/2019/Meeting_Notes/19- > 08-19 In response to: > sparsh0204, Don't worry about tweaking the pie > menu for updating the values. > We can revisit when Devin comes up with some > clear designs. Basically, my improvement is to only have 1/1,1/2,1/4,1/8, and 1/16 in pie menu as everything else can be created by another method. (And because mixing these various types of notes is highly unusual in music.) https://github.com/sugarlabs/musicblocks/pull/1828#issuecomment-5225225 24 (For the outer pie menu) I think we only need the following options: 1/1,1/2,1/4,1/8, and 1/16. The widget should warn the user that it is not taking any input shorter than 1/16 (if, for example, the user tries to divide a 1/16 note). Best, Devin___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] GSoC meeting log
On Mon, 2019-07-08 at 13:24 -0400, Walter Bender wrote: > Please see http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings/2019- > 07-08T16:32:13 I am sorry that I missed the meeting, but I read the logs -- thank you. I also read http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings/2019-07 -08T16:32:13 -- thank you, Favour! Devin___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] GSoC meeting log
Hi, Sorry I had to leave early. I ended the meeting just now. http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings/2019-06-24T16:38:06 Many thanks! Devin On Mon, 2019-06-24 at 13:17 -0400, Walter Bender wrote: > Not sure this got properly logged, so here is the transcript: > http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings/2019-06-24 > > regards. > > -walter > > -- > Walter Bender > Sugar Labs > http://www.sugarlabs.org > > ___ > Sugar-devel mailing list > Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Music Blocks at Libre Planet
Hello, An update on: On Tue, 2019-05-28 at 21:36 -0400, Devin Ulibarri wrote: > Also, an article that I wrote for the FSF (https://fsf.org) bulletin > (a > bout the same project discussed in the talk) is set to be published > and > sent out very soon. I will forward it once it is in distribution. The > idea behind the project was "How do we bring Free Software philosophy > to the public schools?" We used Music Blocks, computation, and music > as > our entry point into this topic. The PDF of the article is available at https://static.fsf.org/nosvn/bul letin/FSF_Bulletin_Spring_2019.pdf Online version (without pictures, it seems) is available at https://www .fsf.org/bulletin/2019/spring/fsf-teaches-free-software-to-public- school-youth Enjoy! Devin___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Music Blocks at Libre Planet
On Tue, 2019-05-28 at 21:36 -0400, Devin Ulibarri wrote: > Here is a video of the talk: > https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/lp-2019-lightning-talks > / Also, FYI, the portion of the video where I talk begins at ~36:30 and ends ~42:00 ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] GCI summit travel
Hi, +1 from me. Please take some photos and write a blog post about it. Devin On Tue, 2019-05-28 at 19:33 -0700, Alex Perez wrote: > +1 from me, we should arrange to meet up while you are here. Is the > summit in Mountain View? > > Walter Bender wrote on 5/28/19 7:07 PM: > > I've been selected by the GCI winners to represent SL at the summit > > next month. Google has provided US $1500 for travel (all other > > expenses are directly covered by Google.) I anticipate that the > > total cost of my trip will be < US $1000. I'd like approval from > > SLOB before booking my flight. > > > > regards. > > > > -walter > > > > -- > > Walter Bender > > Sugar Labs > > http://www.sugarlabs.org > > > > > > > > ___ > > SLOBs mailing list > > sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org > > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/slobs > > ___ > SLOBs mailing list > sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/slobs___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
[Sugar-devel] Music Blocks at Libre Planet
Hi, I did a talk about Music Blocks at this years' Libre Planet. Here is a video of the talk: https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/lp-2019-lightning-talks/ Here are the slides: https://media.libreplanet.org/mgoblin_media/media_entries/2270/2019-03- 24_Lightning_Talk_v2.pdf Also, an article that I wrote for the FSF (https://fsf.org) bulletin (a bout the same project discussed in the talk) is set to be published and sent out very soon. I will forward it once it is in distribution. The idea behind the project was "How do we bring Free Software philosophy to the public schools?" We used Music Blocks, computation, and music as our entry point into this topic. Best Wishes! Devin ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Sugar Outreach Plans 2019 - PyCon Cleveland (Tony Anderson)
On Sat, 2019-05-11 at 22:53 +0200, Lionel Laské wrote: > You could find it: https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugarizer_Saint-Ouen > _deployment Thanks for this! I look forward to reading more. Especially interested in the kinds of projects that teachers and students are doing. ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] GSoC 2019; Selection of Mentors and Projects
On Sat, 2019-04-06 at 21:49 -0400, Walter Bender wrote: > But I think any project worth the effort would benefit from input > from a variety of perspectives: coding, design, UX, testing, etc. I > don't know of anyone in my experience (40+ years of software > development projects) who can do all of that on their own. As the representative "non-coder" contributor to SL project Music Blocks, of course I think that software development gains a lot from various skill-sets. In terms of policy, I agree that for mentorship we should not have a limit. I really appreciate having been let on board for GSoC my first year without having to have studied coding before. This being said, I have learned some basic coding-concepts along the way, which is fun too. ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Abandoned or orphaned activities
Hi, This was my experience: * I came into SugarLabs community at the time that this migration was beginning to happen. * I started a GH account because that is where I was told the software was being maintained. * I have continued to "go with the flow" and work via GH although I have come to understand more of the history and context of this matter. These are my thoughts and opinions: * I remember an argument that one reason to move to GH is "that is where all the developers are", but since our migration I have seen so many kids (usually GCI) set up new accounts with GH in order to contribute to SL (and to participate in GCI). This makes me think that many people are willing to join our development regardless of whatever tools/services we use, and whatever tool/services we use, if they are not yet setup with them, they are willing to get setup in order to join development. * Another argument seems to boil down to "we will be more productive using GH because we need not worry about the hassle of maintaining our own code hosting service". Is there evidence that we are more productive now than before? Not having the opportunity to learn/use the other systems, I would only be guessing. * In theory, SL running its own version control, seems to me like it would be a) more fun for someone interested in this kind of work, b) a learning opportunity, and c) gives maximum freedom/flexibility to the ways in which we would like to do development. * I would rather be using software that is licensed under a FLOSS license than a proprietary license. gnu.org came up with some criteria to evaluate "code hosting services" such as GH: https://www.gnu.org/software/repo-criteria.html (which, btw, gets an "F", the lowest grade) The whole reason I am in this in the first place is because I believe the free/libre model of software to be the best for society and education. Devin On Tue, 2019-01-22 at 07:15 +0200, Tony Anderson wrote: > Walter, > > I will try. I am moving on Feb 3 to Palawan. I'll try to get to it > then. My principal concern re GSOC is to define projects with > manageable scope - many of the past projects ended undelivered. > > Tony > > On 1/21/19 3:10 PM, Walter Bender wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 3:44 AM James Cameron > > wrote: > > > Fascinating, I never thought the move to GitHub was ever going to > > > achieve all that. It was to enable a shutdown of the > > > unmaintained > > > gitorious instance at git.sugarlabs.org. Which still hasn't > > > happened > > > because it is still useful, in turn because this community hasn't > > > the > > > time to do the necessary leg work to finish the move to GitHub. > > > > > > > > I would be curious what is still on Gitorious that hasn't been > > migrated. > > > > FWIW, my principle motivations for the move were (1) as James > > points out -- on less piece of infrastructure for us to maintain; > > and (2) GitHub for better or worse is much more familiar to and > > likely to be discovered by potential developers. I think GH has > > been a decent tool which requires minimal effort on our part. Not > > sure that the latter really amounts to too much. > > > > Re Tony's point about the ownership model, I don't see that > > anything we are doing suggests we don't want to continue to support > > individual contributions. I interpreted James's list not as a > > matter of ownership but rather a surfacing of what is actually > > happening re maintenance. In some sense, what is being articulated > > is the equivalent of the Fructose vs Honey nomenclature of the past > > where the core developers are saying: "These activities will be > > maintained. Cannot speak for everything else." > > > > That said, I think Tony makes a great point re thinking about the > > pedagogical implications of our choices, which have had little if > > any input from the learning side of the house. Would be great to > > get more input to help us in regard to what is most valuable to our > > users (whether they know it or not). @Tony Anderson would be great > > if you could rework you thoughts about Python into a GSoC idea. > > > > regards. > > > > -walter > > > > > In short, it has nothing to do with the tools, and everything to > > > do > > > with contributors. > > > > > > I'll continue to focus on the activities I've got on my list. > > > That > > > doesn't mean I won't help with the other activities, but I won't > > > necessarily spend as much time with the others. > > > > > >
Re: [Sugar-devel] Trip Report during visit to GSOC Summit
Hi, Apologies for sending this so late. This is my simple trip report from the summit: https://musicblocks.net/ 2018/11/11/devin-represents-sugar-labs-at-gsoc-mentor-summit/ Also, this is the slideshow from the presentation I gave during one of the days of lightning talks: https://owncloud.libretools.com/index.php/ s/A7j3gZyxntuItRf I had a good time. Thank you for the opportunity to represent SugarLabs! Best, Devin On Mon, 2018-11-26 at 19:23 +0530, Jaskirat Singh wrote: > Greetings of the Day ! > > Well here is my Trip during my visit to GSOC meetups and Summit , USA > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YNr93-4bztKPG1SDopP6FT9Xvrv1iZYiK > O-masN6haU/edit?usp=drivesdk > > Thanks > ___ > Sugar-devel mailing list > Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] welcoming the new Sugar Labs oversight board members
On Fri, 2018-12-21 at 08:23 -0500, Walter Bender wrote: > * 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. On this note (no pun intended!) what day/time will the first SLOBS meeting be? January 4th will probably be impossible for both Walter and myself. The following week, January 11th would be "doable" for me. Sorry to bother, but I am trying to plan ahead a little bit. Many thanks and looking forward to working with the team! Devin ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
[Sugar-devel] Announcement of the Candidacy of Devin Ulibarri
Hi All, Please see my announcement for candidacy. https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2018-2020-candidates/Devi n_Ulibarri I kept it short and simple. Thanks to the SL member who encouraged me to become a candidate. > Devin Ulibarri teaches as faculty for the Preparatory and Continuing > Education schools at New England Conservatory and is co-creator, with > Walter Bender and all of the wonderful students from around the > globe, of Music Blocks, a software libre tool for exploring music's > fundamental concepts. Music Blocks software is currently being > considered for Japan's national coding curriculum in 2020. Music > Blocks development for 2020 is being done in partnership with Gakken, > a major Japanese publishing company with funding from Japan's > Ministry of Economics Trade and Industry. > > Ulibarri has been involved in SugarLabs for about 4 years now. He > fully commits to its mission to put education at the forefront of > education technology and its commitment to empowering students with > powerful tools for learning as well as the means, methods, and agency > needed to maximize the learning potential. > > Ulibarri has been a committed mentor for Google Summer-of-Code and > Google Code-in for 4 years and just recently represented SugarLabs at > the 2018 Google Summer-of-Code mentor summit. > > Ulibarri envisions a SugarLabs that involves educators, students, and > school administrators alike in the process of our tool development > and broader community. Best, Devin___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] new GCI task added
On Wed, 2018-11-14 at 00:34 +0530, Avinash Bharti wrote: > Hello there, > I have just added a new GCI task, Please have a look :) > https://codein.withgoogle.com/dashboard/tasks/6301105756569600/ I do not know much about Sugar Social, but your idea seems good. Will defer to others. Cheers! Devin___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Fwd: [GCI-mentors] GCI 2018 org applications open September 6-17 - contest begins October 23rd for students
Hi, Certainly. Devin On Thu, 2018-08-30 at 00:02 +0100, Glide wrote: > Would love to participate! > > Cheers. > > On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 10:14 PM James Cameron > wrote: > > I'm looking forward to it. > > > > On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 05:09:50PM -0400, Walter Bender wrote: > > > > > > Note that everything is pushed ahead by 1 month. > > > Any interest in participating this year? > > > > > > regards. > > > > > > -walter > > > -- Forwarded message - > > > From: Google Code-in Mentors <[1]gci-ment...@googlegroups.com> > > > Date: Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 3:34 PM > > > Subject: [GCI-mentors] GCI 2018 org applications open September > > 6-17 - contest > > > begins October 23rd for students > > > To: Google Code-in Mentors <[2]gci-ment...@googlegroups.com> > > > > > > Hello GCI mentors, > > > > > > We are pleased to announce[3] Google Code-in (GCI) 2018, the 9th > > consecutive > > > year of our contest for pre-university students ages 13-17. > > Please be aware GCI > > > will start about a month earlier this year than in previous years > > - the contest > > > starts for students October 23rd! > > > > > > The GCI timeline, FAQs, Rules and flyers have been updated on > > the[4] contest > > > site. > > > > > > Organizations -- If you would like to apply for the 2018 program > > please start > > > thinking about the tasks you would like students to work on and > > reach out to > > > your community members to ask if they would like to be mentors > > for the program. > > > Organization applications open for GCI orgs next week on > > Thursday, September > > > 6th, and close less than 2 weeks later on Monday, September 17th. > > We will > > > announce organizations on Tuesday, September 18th giving orgs 5 > > weeks to create > > > their tasks before the contest begins on October 23rd. > > > > > > The major changes for GCI 2018 are: > > > > > > • Orgs will evaluate the 20 students completing the most tasks > > with their org > > > when deciding on finalists and winners > > > > > > • Orgs will choose 6 finalists (instead of 5) > > > > > > • We have renamed the User Interface category to Design > > > > > > • Students will have to wait until Google reviews their > > Parental Consent form > > > before they can claim their first task. This will slow things > > down but it > > > is a requirement to be able to continue the program. > > > > > > • No tasks asking for personal information about students will > > be allowed > > > (this includes tasks asking for students to introduce > > themselves with info > > > like what country they are from, or photos of the students, > > etc.). > > > > > > We are looking to continue the growth of this program and reach a > > record number > > > of teenagers this year! Read more on today’s[5] blog post. > > > > > > If you have any questions about Google Code-in please contact us > > at [6] > > > gci-supp...@google.com > > > > > > Best, > > > > > > Stephanie and Mary > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the > > Google Groups > > > "Google Code-in Mentors" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > > send an email > > > to [7]gci-mentors+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > > To post to this group, send email to [8]gci-mentors@googlegroups. > > com. > > > To view this discussion on the web visit [9]https://groups.google > > .com/d/msgid/ > > > gci-mentors/a0aa5a28-3853-4f4f-a547- > > 7cb816932147%40googlegroups.com. > > > For more options, visit [10]https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > > > -- > > > Walter Bender > > > Sugar Labs > > > [11]http://www.sugarlabs.org > > > [12] > > > > > > References: > > > > > > [1] mailto:gci-ment...@googlegroups.com > > > [2] mailto:gci-ment...@googlegroups.com > > > [3] http://g.co/gci > > > [4] http://g.co/gci > > > [5] https://opensource.googleblog.com/2018/08/announcing-google-c > > ode-in-2018.html > > > [6] mailto:gci-supp...@google.com > > > [7] mailto:gci-mentors+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > > [8] mailto:gci-ment...@googlegroups.com > > > [9] https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gci-mentors/a0aa5a28-3853-4 > > f4f-a547- > > 7cb816932147%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email_source=footer > > > [10] https://groups.google.com/d/optout > > > [11] http://www.sugarlabs.org/ > > > [12] http://www.sugarlabs.org/ > > > > > ___ > > > Sugar-devel mailing list > > > Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > > > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > > > > > > ___ > > Sugar-devel mailing list > > Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > > ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] GSoC'18 Final Report - Going Beyond Equal Temperament in Music Blocks
On Sun, 2018-08-12 at 18:47 +0530, Riya Lohia wrote: > Here is the link to my final report : https://medium.com/gsoc18-with- > sugar-labs/gsoc18-final-report-3c1daf9c98e9 > Please share your valuable suggestions. I find this link to work for me: https://medium.com/gsoc18-with-sugar-l abs/gsoc18-final-report-3c1daf9c98e9 Devin___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] [FEATURE] Regarding Music Blocks for GSoC
James Cameron: > I'd like to see Music Blocks in these places; > > - Fedora SoaS, > > - Sugar Live Build, or Debian, > > - Sugarizer, > > - activities.sugarlabs.org > +1 and at some point in the future, a python version would be awesome (starting from the python Turtle Blocks) ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] [FEATURE] Regarding Music Blocks for GSoC
Sumit Srivastava: > Hello everyone! > > How important is music blocks for Sugar Labs? It is important. It draws upon the past (i.e. LOGO, TurtleArt/Blocks, little known "MusicBox") as well as pointing to the future (i.e. time inherent to music adds a new dimension). It also aims to integrate with everything else in sugar. > PS::About Me: coder-guitarist-teacher Great! > I've built a few web apps that have had a few thousand users. Is any of the code published? If so, please share links. Devin ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
[Sugar-devel] For those interested in helping with Music Blocks | Goals and Timeline
Calling all interested in helping with Music Blocks === There are some high priority phases in the next few months. For those interested in contributing to Music Blocks[1], please read the following as it details our current goals. [1] Music Blocks may be tested at http://walterbender.github.io/musicblocks/ and the latest code may be found at https://github.com/walterbender/musicblocks/ Timeline Overview = February -- MAJOR Month of Finding and Squashing Bugs! Feb/March -- Updates to the interactive guide (https://sandbox.musicblocks.net/manual-tharangi/index.php) April/May -- Final review and prep for GSoC Bugs Bugs are places where the program does not behave in the way expected. Bugs are /not/ new features. For February, we value locating, analyzing, and solving bugs over new ideas. Please report bugs to www.github.com/walterbender/musicblocks/issues Specifics = In my mind, the bugs that we should fix are: * Anything related to block movement and how they appear on the screen * Bugs related to block combination--even unexpected block combination (i.e. are there any error messages that we are missing? And unexpected results from strange block combinations) * Any bugs found in the widgets, which are not very well tested at this point (the widgets themselves as well as how their unique blocks behave when mixed with other blocks) Some Links == (we need more bugs reported as we know more exist--here are some that are up already) Some UI things: https://github.com/walterbender/musicblocks/issues/1009 and https://github.com/walterbender/musicblocks/issues/374 Box: https://github.com/walterbender/musicblocks/issues/695 Widgets: https://github.com/walterbender/musicblocks/issues?q=is%3Aissue +is%3Aopen+widget+label%3Awidget (we need more testing for widgets; I can help) Languages: https://github.com/walterbender/musicblocks/issues/1011 As always, we appreciate all the time and effort that everyone is putting in! Every bit of assistance is cherished and appreciated. :) Thank you! Devin ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [IAEP] [SLOB] workshop travel motion
Hello, Adam, yes I will report in the form of blogposts to musicblocks.net Thank you all! Devin On 2018 1 8 20:32:58 UTC, Adam Holt <h...@laptop.org> wrote: >+1 if it's clarified where public community reporting will take place, >e.g. >in the form of blog post(s) @ https://musicblocks.net ><https://musicblocks.net/2018/01/02/translation-of-yokohama-science-frontier-blog-article-of-devins-visit-on-12-16-2017/> >or any such/similar. > >On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 10:05 AM, Walter Bender ><walter.ben...@gmail.com> >wrote: > >> >> On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 9:28 AM, Chris Leonard ><cjlhomeaddr...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Walter, >>> >>> As always, I am ready to assist with i18n/L10n efforts as needed. >In the >>> past we've had an active Japanese localizer, but it has not been a >priority >>> language for recruiting. Efforts like this are wonderful >opportunities to >>> reach out to an online language community at other projects to let >them >>> know that their work is destined in real-time for a particular >audience, >>> which can be quite motivating. It is also an opportunity to recruit >new >>> stakeholders to the L10n effort to benefit all. >>> >>> https://translate.sugarlabs.org/ja/ >>> >> >> Devin speaks Japanese and has been working with a colleague from >Japan who >> is familiar with all of the specialized music terms so for the >moment, we >> are in good shape. (Devin also translated the guide into Japanese.) >> >> -walter >> >>> >>> cjl >>> >>> On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 8:50 PM, Walter Bender ><walter.ben...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Devin Ulibarri is returning from Japan, where he ran a number of >Music >>>> Blocks workshops. While he was there, he also met with METI (the >Japanese >>>> ministry of economics, trade, and industry), which has a interest >in STEM >>>> education and with whom he initiated talks about doing a >large-scale >>>> initiative in Japan. He has been invited back to follow up on the >work at a >>>> school in Yolohama and to have follow-up meetings with METI. He is >>>> requesting funds to support his travel: >>>> >>>> * between US $800-1200 for airfare; and >>>> * approximately $40 for local transportation in Japan >>>> >>>> He has accomodations accounted for and hence does need funds for a >hotel. >>>> >>>> Motion 2018-02: Provide Devin Ulibarri with travel money for March >>>> workshops and follow-up meetings in Japan of an amount not >exceeding US >>>> $1250. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Additional background on the trip privided by Devin can be found >below: >>>> >>>> The main gist is that the Yokohama Frontier High School ( >>>> http://www.edu.city.yokohama.lg.jp/school/hs/sfh/index.cfm/37,html) >>>> does special science festivals about once a year and they would >like me to >>>> be their special guest in March (3/16). For planning purposes (and >for the >>>> best airfare rate), it is important to know whether the airfare >would be >>>> paid for in advance. I asked if they have a budget to pay for >airfare for >>>> their guests and they do not. >>>> >>>> I will try to schedule one or two additional meetings around that >time >>>> as well, if possible. For example, I would like to meet with METI >(Ministry >>>> of Economics, Trade, and Industry) once, perhaps the Friday before, >and try >>>> to do a couple workshop at a middle school in Tokyo that expressed >interest. >>>> >>>> It is the same school as described in these blogs: >>>> >>>> https://musicblocks.net/2018/01/02/translation-of-yokohama-s >>>> cience-frontier-blog-article-of-devins-visit-on-12-16-2017/ >>>> >>>> https://musicblocks.net/2018/01/02/devins-travels-in-japan/ >>>> >>>> (They were impressed with the initial showcase, so they asked me >back to >>>> be the special guest in March. That is how this got started.) >>>> >>>> The school is asking for various information (e.g. translated bio, >>>> translated C.V. and Resume), which I am preparing right now. I am >almost >>>> complete with all of the documents, including a "What is Music >Blocks?" >>>> slideshow
[Sugar-devel] Initial Blog Articles of Travels within Japan
Hi, Below are links two the first two articles of my travels within Japan, introducing Music Blocks to various groups. https://musicblocks.net/2018/01/02/translation-of-yokohama-science-frontier-blog-article-of-devins-visit-on-12-16-2017/ https://musicblocks.net/2018/01/02/devins-travels-in-japan/ I did a lot more, so more on the way. Thank you! Devin ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Claudia Urrea
Welcome! Devin Samson Goddy: > Welcome Claudia!! > > On Dec 2, 2017 11:11 PM, "Walter Bender" <walter.ben...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I am very please to be able to announce that, by a unanimous decision, >> Claudia Urrea has been appointed to fill the Sugar Labs oversight board >> seat vacated by Laura Vargas. Many of you know Claudia -- she brings a >> depth of experience with Sugar, OLPC, and technology and K-12 education. >> She is a long-time member of our community who has made numerous, >> thoughtful contributions. She is a great addition to the board and I very >> much look forward to working with her in that capacity. >> >> regards. >> >> -walter >> >> -- >> Walter Bender >> Sugar Labs >> http://www.sugarlabs.org >> <http://www.sugarlabs.org> >> >> ___ >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> i...@lists.sugarlabs.org >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >> > > > > ___ > Sugar-devel mailing list > Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Sugar Labs 2017-2019 Oversight Board Election Results
Samson Goddy: > c...@cs.cornell.edu and samsongo...@gmail.com. but it is more likely to be > the first email. Nothing from either of those emails on my end, BTW. ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Sugar Labs 2017-2019 Oversight Board Election Results
James Cameron: > Thanks, but it doesn't have to be in your spam folder for it to have > been filtered. Filtering happens at multiple points, not only your > mail hosting provider. My guess is that it was filtered before > reaching your provider. Thanks for the tip. My "provider" is the server that I have hosted through NameCheap and I can see all the mail that has gone through it as well as the logs and the config files on the server as well. I looked around for something suspicious on the server's file systems and have yet to come up with something. I will let you know if/when I do. ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Sugar Labs 2017-2019 Oversight Board Election Results
Samson Goddy: > Sorry, if you didn't get any ballot. But i am unsure what went wrong > because i am certain all mails was sent. I do not see it in inbox or spam... > But my question is, why am i hearing this now? you should have complained > and i will work with you to figured out what happened. Just like i did with > some folks who couldn't find the mail. I thought there would be a message saying "vote in a couple of days" like what I experience voting in my city. People from the city put up signs on the street to inform the public. Well, I know the system now and will write down the timeframe and ask if/when I suspect that I should have received an email but did not. I mention all of this because another person mentioned they also did not receive it. That made me wonder how many people were affected by this problem. ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Sugar Labs 2017-2019 Oversight Board Election Results
James Cameron: > I've checked, and both Devin and Thomas are on the list of members. > > The ballot was sent by mail. > > We should all know that mail is unreliable because of spam filtering. It is not in my spam. > Mail about how to vote was posted to iaep@ mailing list. Not all > members are subscribed there. I am not subscribed there. What does iaep stand for, BTW? > Walter posted a reminder for you to check for your ballot, to > sugar-devel@ in the Sugar Digest on 10th October. I did not check the sugar digest, but I do see the email titled "[Sugar-devel] Sugar Digest 2017-10-10" and I do see that Walter mentioned it. > Devin, Thomas, it looks like almost everything reasonable was done to > ensure you could vote, but you didn't get the mails, and you didn't > follow up. I admit that there are things I could have done to find the information beforehand. > Now that you know you are missing mails on sugar-devel@, please use > the archives to check what you have missed. I read the emails with titles that interest me, b/c I get a lot of emails and have chosen to just read a subset of them. ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Sugar Labs 2017-2019 Oversight Board Election Results
Hi, I did not receive any message on October 3, 2017 I suppose** I would have also received a "ballot". **Note: I say "suppose" because I was perhaps not disqualified because I was also a candidate as well as a member--unsure right now; I read this, but I do not see a rule for the case: https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Governance Devin Laura Vargas: > Thomas, > > The ballot should have arrived to your inbox on October 3, 2017. > > Please double check and report cc Samson Goddy if you didn't get the > ballot at all. > > > Regards, > > > Laura V > > > > > 2017-10-16 8:05 GMT-05:00 Thomas Gilliard <satelli...@gmail.com>: > >> I never got an invitation to vote here. : / >> >> satellit >> >> thomas gilliard >> >> (member since original G1G1) >> >> On 10/16/2017 06:00 AM, Laura Vargas wrote: >> >> Hi all, Hola a todos >> >> 62 out of 151 Sugar Labs members voted during the Sugar Labs 2017-2019 >> Oversight Board Election. >> >> Congratulations to the winners who have been elected for the 2017-2019 >> period >> <https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2017-2019-candidates>: >> >> *1. Walter Bender* >> *2. Lionel Laské* >> >> *3. Sameer Verma * >> *4. **Adam Holt* >> >> Results are available at the following URL: >> http://civs.cs.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/results.pl?id=E_43bce0510 >> f5844e6=f44b973fcb4a90b2 >> >> For more information about the Condorcet Internet Voting Service, see >> http://civs.cs.cornell.edu >> >> >> Many thanks to Claudia Urrea, Sean Daly, Sebastian Silva and Devin >> Ulibarri, for their candidacies submissions and for their interest to be >> part of the Sugar Labs Oversight Board. >> >> Many thanks to Samson Goddy, who assumed the technical coordination of the >> Poll. >> >> Many thanks to everyone in the Membership and Elections Committee, for all >> their efforts and time dedicated to maintaining the Sugar Labs member's >> list. >> >> Many thanks to the Wiki and Systems teams for their ongoing support. >> >> SLOBs Next meeting >> >> Next meeting will take place on IRC sugar-meeting on Friday, 2017-11-03 at >> 19 UTC. >> >> Please email slobs at lists dot sugarlabs dot org to propose a topic queue >> <https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board#Next_meeting> to be >> brought up. >> >> Regards and blessings, >> >> >> *Membership and Elections Committee* >> Project Sugar Labs >> >> >> >> ___ >> Sugar-devel mailing >> listSugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.orghttp://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel >> >> >> >> ___ >> Sugar-devel mailing list >> Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel >> >> > > > > > ___ > Sugar-devel mailing list > Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Sugar Labs 2017-2019 Oversight Board Election Results
Hi, I did not understand the voting system either. I was expecting a message to tell us when and where (and maybe even how) to vote. At any rate, I wish us all success. Devin Thomas Gilliard: > I never got an invitation to vote here. : / > > satellit > > thomas gilliard > > (member since original G1G1) > > > On 10/16/2017 06:00 AM, Laura Vargas wrote: >> Hi all, Hola a todos >> >> 62 out of 151 Sugar Labs members voted during the Sugar Labs 2017-2019 >> Oversight Board Election. >> >> Congratulations to the winners who have been elected for the 2017-2019 >> period >> <https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2017-2019-candidates>: >> >> *1. Walter Bender* >> *2. Lionel Laské* >> *3. Sameer Verma >> * >> *4. **Adam Holt* >> >> Results are available at the following URL: >> http://civs.cs.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/results.pl?id=E_43bce0510f5844e6=f44b973fcb4a90b2 >> <http://civs.cs.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/results.pl?id=E_43bce0510f5844e6=f44b973fcb4a90b2> >> >> >> For more information about the Condorcet Internet Voting Service, see >> http://civs.cs.cornell.edu >> >> >> Many thanks to Claudia Urrea, Sean Daly, Sebastian Silva and Devin >> Ulibarri, for their candidacies submissions and for their interest to >> be part of the Sugar Labs Oversight Board. >> >> Many thanks to Samson Goddy, who assumed the technical coordination of >> the Poll. >> >> Many thanks to everyone in the Membership and Elections Committee, for >> all their efforts and time dedicated to maintaining the Sugar Labs >> member's list. >> >> Many thanks to the Wiki and Systems teams for their ongoing support. >> >> >> SLOBs Next meeting >> >> Next meeting will take place on IRC sugar-meeting on Friday, >> 2017-11-03 at 19 UTC. >> >> Please email slobs at lists dot sugarlabs dot org to propose a topic >> queue <https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board#Next_meeting> to >> be brought up. >> >> >> Regards and blessings, >> >> * >> * >> *Membership and Elections Committee* >> Project Sugar Labs >> >> >> >> ___ >> Sugar-devel mailing list >> Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > > > > > ___ > Sugar-devel mailing list > Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] 2017 Goals for Sugar Labs
Walter Bender: > * Stand-alone projects such as Music Blocks have merit as long as they > maintain both a degree of connection with Sugar and promote the values of > the community. It is not certain that these projects will lead users > towards Sugar, but they do promote FOSS and Constructionist principles. And > they have attracted new developers to the Sugar community. In my crazy "imagineering" mind, I think that Music Blocks has a high potential to be integrated into the other sugar tools. As one small example, you could have physics/math tools that export code/blocks to be used in Music Blocks. As for the inverse, I suppose that music made with Music Blocks could be used by users to customize the sounds generated on their computers (or any software tool) to replace stock sounds. (A while back, I created a ring tone on my phone that is my own invention and I really love it. I think others would like to do this to.) I know there are many other obstacles to bringing people from one tool to another, but I wanted to point these opportunities out. ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Outreachy - Going Beyond Equal Temperament in Music Blocks
Sachithra Dangalla: > Just to be clear, is it something like this? I think that is correct. Walter? ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Outreachy - Going Beyond Equal Temperament in Music Blocks
Sachithra Dangalla: >> *0 and 1 can could also represent a larger or smaller interval than >> > equaltemperament as long as -1<0<1<2<3<4<etc...* > > In the above, what does -1 mean? I'm assuming it's a condition to check if > any number should be greater than -1. Is that so? I mean that -1 is a lower pitch than 0. These numbers represent /pitch contour/ (having trouble finding a good reference on the Internet, but the basic idea is to abstract pitches to just higher and lower and assign them integers) Does this make sense? Devin ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
