Re: [IAEP] Back on Task... The 2017 Sugar Labs Mission Statement

2017-04-29 Thread Tony Anderson
Something like: Sugar Lab's provides tools. or Sugar Labs provides Sugar. Tony On 04/30/2017 12:58 AM, Caryl Bigenho wrote: Hi Tony, A mission statement needs to be very short and succinct. It should be short enough for you to write it on the back of a business card. The average "Joe"

Re: [IAEP] Back on Task... The 2017 Sugar Labs Mission Statement

2017-04-29 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Tony, A mission statement needs to be very short and succinct. It should be short enough for you to write it on the back of a business card. The average "Joe" (or Mary, for that matter) doesn't have a clue (or care) who Jean Piaget, Seymour Papert, Cynthia Solomon, or Alan Kay are. It isn't

Re: [IAEP] Back on Task... The 2017 Sugar Labs Mission Statement

2017-04-28 Thread Tony Anderson
Compare: "Sugar Labs is a volunteer-run project whose mission is to reach global learners and educators with a collection of tools that enable them to explore, discover, create, and reflect in their local language. Sugar Labs distributes these tools freely and encourages its users to appropri

Re: [IAEP] Back on Task... The 2017 Sugar Labs Mission Statement

2017-04-28 Thread Walter Bender
Re SLOB meetings, they are always the first Friday of every month. Walter On Apr 28, 2017 12:52 PM, "Caryl Bigenho" wrote: > Hi... > > > A few things... > > > First... Walter made this motion and it was seconded by several board > members. Therefore it should be voted on, up or down, before con

[IAEP] Back on Task... The 2017 Sugar Labs Mission Statement

2017-04-28 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi... A few things... First... Walter made this motion and it was seconded by several board members. Therefore it should be voted on, up or down, before considering Laura's substitute motion. I see nothing wrong with this mission statement. It is clear and concise and describes exactly what