Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [SLOB] meeting reminder

[Walter Bender]

Thanks all for your input regarding today's SLOB meeting. I've finalized
the agenda as per below, trying to accommodate time sensitive topics, the
order in which topics have been raised, and a logical progression for the
discussion.

1. Google Summer of Code status (Walter) -- time sensitive
2. I18n
(a) Manager discussion (Tony)
(b) Request from Edgar Quispe to attend Traducción e interpretación en
las lenguas originarias del Perú meeting in Lima (Walter and CJL) -- time
sensitive
(c) Proposal from Samson Goddy re i18n in Nigeria (Walter and CJL)
(d) Sugar Translation Projects Fund proposal (Laura)
3. Sugar Vision (Lionel)
4. Proposed rules for removal and replacement of SLOB members (Adam)
5. Treasurer position and process (Caryl)
6. Wiki Cleanup Party planning (Walter)

regards.

-walter

On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 11:25 AM, Caryl Bigenho  wrote:

> Yes! Please accommodate Samson's request! I know how hard it is for him to
> have connectivity,
>
> Caryl
>
>
>
>
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> Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2016 11:13:38 -0400
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> Subject: Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [SLOB] meeting reminder
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>
> Hi
>
> On 31 March 2016 at 04:02, Samson Goddy  wrote:
>
> I will suggest that the samson proposal should be taken first in the
> meeting tomorrow. the meeting is 8pm by nigerian time and the cyber
> cafe i will using closes by 9pm. so i dont want to miss out.
>
>
> On 1 April 2016 at 11:03, Laura Vargas  wrote:
>
> The new proposed agenda for today's meeting would look like this:
>
> Agenda
>
> 1. Sugar Vision (Lionel)
> 2. Rules of the Road (Adam)
> 3. Google Summer of Code status (Walter)
> 4. Sugar Translation Projects Fund (Laura) See [0]
> 5. Request from Edgar Quispe to attend Traducción e interpretación en las
> lenguas originarias del Perú meeting in Lima (Walter and CJL)
> 6. I18n manager discussion (Tony)
> 7. Proposal from Samson Goddy re i18n in Nigeria (Walter and CJL)
> 8. Wiki Cleanup Party planning (Walter)
> 9. Treasurer position and process (Adam and Caryl) See [1]
> 10 . Your Topic Here...
>
>
> I would like to suggest items 4-7 be moved to 1-4 to honor Samson's request
>
> --
> Cheers
> Dave
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Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [SLOB] meeting reminder

[Caryl Bigenho]

Yes! Please accommodate Samson's request! I know how hard it is for him to have 
connectivity,
Caryl



From: d...@lab6.com
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2016 11:13:38 -0400
To: la...@somosazucar.org
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Subject: Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [SLOB] meeting reminder

Hi
On 31 March 2016 at 04:02, Samson Goddy  wrote:
I will suggest that the samson proposal should be taken first in the
meeting tomorrow. the meeting is 8pm by nigerian time and the cyber
cafe i will using closes by 9pm. so i dont want to miss out.
On 1 April 2016 at 11:03, Laura Vargas  wrote:
The new proposed agenda for today's meeting would look like this:
Agenda
1. Sugar Vision (Lionel)2. Rules of the Road (Adam)3. Google Summer of Code 
status (Walter)4. Sugar Translation Projects Fund (Laura) See [0]5. Request 
from Edgar Quispe to attend Traducción e interpretación en las lenguas 
originarias del Perú meeting in Lima (Walter and CJL)6. I18n manager discussion 
(Tony)7. Proposal from Samson Goddy re i18n in Nigeria (Walter and CJL)8. Wiki 
Cleanup Party planning (Walter)
9. Treasurer position and process (Adam and Caryl) See [1]
10 . Your Topic Here...
I would like to suggest items 4-7 be moved to 1-4 to honor Samson's request

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Dave


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Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [SLOB] meeting reminder

[Dave Crossland]

Hi

On 31 March 2016 at 04:02, Samson Goddy  wrote:

> I will suggest that the samson proposal should be taken first in the
> meeting tomorrow. the meeting is 8pm by nigerian time and the cyber
> cafe i will using closes by 9pm. so i dont want to miss out.
>

On 1 April 2016 at 11:03, Laura Vargas  wrote:

> The new proposed agenda for today's meeting would look like this:
>
> Agenda
>
> 1. Sugar Vision (Lionel)
> 2. Rules of the Road (Adam)
> 3. Google Summer of Code status (Walter)
> 4. Sugar Translation Projects Fund (Laura) See [0]
> 5. Request from Edgar Quispe to attend Traducción e interpretación en las
> lenguas originarias del Perú meeting in Lima (Walter and CJL)
> 6. I18n manager discussion (Tony)
> 7. Proposal from Samson Goddy re i18n in Nigeria (Walter and CJL)
> 8. Wiki Cleanup Party planning (Walter)
> 9. Treasurer position and process (Adam and Caryl) See [1]
> 10 . Your Topic Here...
>

I would like to suggest items 4-7 be moved to 1-4 to honor Samson's request

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Re: [IAEP] [Localization] [SLOBS] [SLOB] meeting reminder

[Sean DALY]

Concerning marketing, In the past I funded nearly everything out of pocket
including big-ticket items like the 100 USB sticks and of course travel but
was unable to continue doing so when I reached $5000 of expenses. I did
request and receive funding from the SLOBs for newswire press releases, but
that forfeit has expired at this point, we would need new funding if we
decide to issue press releases.

I pay the monthly cost of the press page softphone number, although I
haven't tested if it is active for awhile. I would appreciate reimbursement
for that expense, I would need to look up how many years + months that has
been going (cost was low, under $10 a month I think).

Sean



On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 2:27 AM, Walter Bender 
wrote:

> Here are a few of my thoughts regarding both the i18n thread and the
> proposal from Caryl regarding a treasurer  position.
>
> (1) The Trip Advisor grant content has been vetted multiple times: by
> Chris and I when we wrote it; by my colleagues at Trip Advisor who have
> been playing a role in the work; by the SFC and SLOBs before I submitted
> it; by Trip Advisor itself; by SLOBs after the grant was approved; and...
> every time we've spend any of the funds, (a) I've gotten yet another
> preapproval from SLOBs; and (b) had to reaffirm that approval with the SFC.
> Frankly, as the principal investigator (PI) on the grant, I am being
> generous by calling these interactions unwieldy. Regarding the Turtle
> Workshop funds I don't think I should have to be jumping through hoops to
> spend it on Turtle Workshops. Regarding the i18n funds, I trust Chris to
> continue to exercise his good judgment in advancing the interests of our
> community. Let's stop second-guessing him and let him get on with the work.
> We both have a track record of reporting to the community what we have been
> doing. To conclude, I think that the PI should get SLOB (and SFC) approval
> for grants submitted through Sugar Labs, but as long as there is adequate
> reporting, which will enable SLOB and SFC to determine that the funds are
> being allocated appropriately, the PI should have autonomy.
>
> (2) That said, the general funds have not been vetted and I think we need
> SLOB input on spending these funds. We have on occasion granted
> discretionary funds to some of our teams, e.g., the systems team has some
> unilateral ability to spend on the order of a few hundred dollars here and
> there, but I think it is reasonable that they present a proposal for larger
> projects, e.g., refreshing servers, etc. Similarly we gave some limited
> autonomy to the marketing team, although for the most part Sean paid for
> incidentals out of his own pocket and came to SLOB for big ticket items. I
> don't think this system is broken.
>
> (3) We have tried multiple times to fill the treasurer role. Doesn't seem
> to hold anyone's interest for long. Love to see someone take up the role
> again. But in my opinion, the treasurer's role is reporting, not allocation
> of funds.
>
> To be continued tomorrow at the SLOB meeting.
>
> regards.
>
> -walter
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 6:20 PM, Adam Holt  wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 3:52 PM, Lionel Laské 
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Just to share some thought before the meeting regarding the l18n. Sure
>>> that it could feed the debate tomorrow :-)
>>>
>>> I'm pretty sure that it's super important for Sugar to be available in
>>> multiple languages.
>>> Plus I know the huge works done by all translators (including some guys
>>> from OLPC France) on this, mostly as volunteers (i.e. unpaid).
>>>
>>> As everyone know SugarLabs funds are limited so I think that before
>>> launching a paid mission of translation.
>>>
>>
>> Impact needs to be articulated for sure.  But I'm not sure the above
>> story about very limited translation funds is correct.  In fact the records
>> seem to show the opposite:
>>
>> The TripAdvisor grant specifically allocated "$60,000" for translation,
>> and especially indigenous languages, as it was explained to me by Walter
>> Bender in the summer of 2013, when the initial grant was awarded.  This
>> should come as no surprise given the nature of the donor (TripAdvisor)
>> wanting to honor endangered languages, relating to its global travel
>> business.
>>
>> While it is possible to redirect funds away from their intended purpose
>> (according to SFC, as discussed in February and March) things could also
>> get very complicated very fast if Sugar Labs chooses to go on record
>> defying the intent of a major donor.
>>
>>
>> PS I do not know if the "final" installment ($40,000 of $120,000 total
>> TripAdvisor grant) is forthcoming or not, as was expected to be received in
>> October 2015, but hopefully Walter can clarify.  I am trying to clarify our
>> current balance with SFC, but this takes time apparently.
>>
>> Finally, if worst case the final TripAdvisor installment is not
>> forthcoming, then the translation budget would fall from "$60,0

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [SLOB] meeting reminder

[Laura Vargas]

2016-03-31 8:20 GMT+08:00 Walter Bender :

> Here is the current agenda:
>
> Agenda:
> 1. Google Summer of Code status (Walter)
> 2. Wiki Cleanup Party planning (Walter)
> 3. Request from Edgar Quispe to attend Traducción e interpretación en las
> lenguas originarias del Perú meeting in Lima (Walter and CJL)
> 4. I18n manager discussion (Tony)
> 5. Proposal from Samson Goddy re i18n in Nigeria (Walter and CJL)
> 6. Sugar Vision (Lionel)
> 7. Treasurer position and process (Adam and Caryl) See [1]
> 8. Rules of the Road (Adam)
> 9. Sugar Translation Projects Fund (Laura)
> 10. ???
>
> I am not sure how we are going to manage to get through the list in one
> hour,...
>

It would help a lot to give continuity to February's pending issues first.

Also, since there are so many localization related items, it will be smart
to keep them in logical order, and considering that the statement of work
from the Trip Advisor grant states that "...we would use the Tripadvisor
donation *as the initial basis of a fund to help **translation efforts...*",
it is logical to start with the fund related motions.

The new proposed agenda for today's meeting would look like this:

Agenda

1. Sugar Vision (Lionel)
2. Rules of the Road (Adam)
3. Google Summer of Code status (Walter)
4. Sugar Translation Projects Fund (Laura) See [0]
5. Request from Edgar Quispe to attend Traducción e interpretación en las
lenguas originarias del Perú meeting in Lima (Walter and CJL)
6. I18n manager discussion (Tony)
7. Proposal from Samson Goddy re i18n in Nigeria (Walter and CJL)
8. Wiki Cleanup Party planning (Walter)
9. Treasurer position and process (Adam and Caryl) See [1]
10 . Your Topic Here...

To review and/or comment on the (3) motions related to the creation of
the Sugar
Translation Projects Fund please visit the following editable pad:

[0] http://pad.publiclab.org/p/SPTF

Thank you all for understanding and hope to see you at the meeting ;D

regards,

Laura V.
Sugar Translation's Committe Member

but I'll try to keep things moving. Topics 1-3 should be quick. Have some
> materials prepared in advance will help.
>
>
[1]
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/16jIFuZ9bX-Bv675BpA1KmcEcRcX4PRCOUEX0ICRUkOc/edit
>
> regards.
>
> -walter
>
> On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 4:31 PM, Adam Holt  wrote:
>
>> During February's meeting I was assigned to report back during March's
>> meeting ideas on how to replace continuously inactive board members -- in a
>> respectful, consistent and most professional way -- to protect the vibrancy
>> of our legacy.
>>
>> Then during March's meeting, time did not permit me to present this
>> high-priority action, ensuring our legacy and governance is purposeful and
>> on track.
>>
>> Thanks all for keeping clean, proactive governance at the top of our
>> list, even if only for a few minutes, as yes even an oft-anarchistic
>> community of dreamers needs cohesive rules-of-the-road :-)
>> On Mar 30, 2016 3:56 PM, "Lionel Laské"  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi Walter,
>>>
>>> As I said at last meeting, I would like to add a topic regarding "Sugar
>>> vision".
>>> Will share a document proposal.
>>>
>>> Best regards from France.
>>>
>>>Lionel.
>>>
>>>
>>> 2016-03-30 13:31 GMT+02:00 Walter Bender :
>>>
 The next meeting of the Sugar Labs oversight board will be Friday, 1
 April at 19:00 UTC. Please join us at irc.freenode.net #sugar-meeting
 (you can access our IRC channel through the web interface provided at
 http://chat.sugarlabs.org).

 Agenda:
 1. Google Summer of Code status
 2. Wiki Cleanup Party planning
 3. Request from Edgar Quispe to attend Traducción e interpretación en
 las lenguas originarias del Perú meeting in Lima
 4. I18n manager discussion
 5. Proposal from Samson Goddy re i18n in Nigeria
 6. YOUR TOPIC HERE

 Looking forward to seeing everyone on Friday.

 regards.

 -walter
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOB] meeting reminder

[Sebastian Silva]

I thought it was worthwile to create a link with the time of the meeting
expressed dynamically.

In the past Daylight Saving Time etc seem to have caused confusion.

Click the following link to get a confirmed time:
http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/election?iso=20160401T19&p0=1440&msg=SLOBS+meeting+April+1st&font=slab

Read you then!

Regards,
Sebastian

On 30/03/16 06:31, Walter Bender wrote:
> Friday, 1 April at 19:00 UTC.

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Re: [IAEP] [Localization] [SLOBS] [SLOB] meeting reminder

[Laura Vargas]

Hi all,

Please review the following 3 Motions for Sugar Labs related to the Sugar
Projects Translation's Fund to be considered at the SLOBs meeting 04/01/16 .

(Here is the link to the editable pad: http://pad.publiclab.org/p/SPTF )

*Sugar Projects Translation's Fund*

*Proposed **New** Motion:*
All funds raised by any Sugar Labs community member in the name of Sugar
Project's translations must be directed to the “Sugar Projects
Translation's Fund”.


   - *Purpose*


   - The purpose of the fund is to serve as a source of capital for any
   interested party to be able to complete and/or manage one or more Sugar
   related Translation Project.



*Proposed **New** Motion:*
The present SugarLabs Oversight board appoints the current Translation's
Committee, with the full responsability of reviewing, upgrading, approving
and overseeing Sugar Translation Projects and Proposals made by any
interested party, with special attention to Native Languages communities.


*Proposed **New** Motion:*

*Requests for funds: *will be presented to the Translation's Committee, in
writing, with copy to the IAEP mailing list and the Localization mailing
list, at least 72 hours in advance of the monthly scheduled "Translation
Committee Meeting". Committe members shall vote during the meeting for
approval by simple majority.

All interested parties, must also send the proposal to the IAEP mailing
list and the Localization mailing list, in advance.

Remenber the link to editable pad is: http://pad.publiclab.org/p/SPTF

Thank you all and god bless us.

Laura V.



2016-04-01 8:33 GMT+08:00 Dave Crossland :

>
> On 31 March 2016 at 20:27, Walter Bender  wrote:
>
>> SFC
>
>
> (BTW, the Software Freedom Conservancy is asking everyone to refer to it
> as "Conservancy" and not "SFC" to prevent ambiguity)
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