Re: [IAEP] Seeking insights into Oversight_Board/Decisions

2016-04-11 Thread Adam Holt
On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 5:33 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: > Hi Adam > > On 11 April 2016 at 15:21, Adam Holt wrote: > >> On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 2:46 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: >> >>> On 11 April 2016 at 14:32, Adam Holt wrote: >>> You are thorough enough to consider the fiduciary/stewardship

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues

2016-04-11 Thread Sean DALY
On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 11:07 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: > Are all the PRs in 2013/14/15/16 listed on that page? > Yes indeed. We considered doing one for the TripAdvisor grant, but decided it was better to wait for results. There has been lessening press interest in SL, parallel to OLPC, but th

[IAEP] 2015 SocialHelp Survey?

2016-04-11 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi Sam! Pinned to the top of https://socialhelp.sugarlabs.org is a thread, "Survey - “How bad is Sugar (software)?”" Are the results of this survey available anywhere? :) If not, the survey contents is anonymous, so I don't see any reason to keep the full results private, but perhaps I'm missing

Re: [IAEP] Wiki Gardening Weekend (May 14-15, Boston, USA)

2016-04-11 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi Sebastian! In the "Seeking insights into Oversight_Board/Decisions" thread you said, On 11 April 2016 at 14:57, Sebastian Silva wrote: > El 11/04/16 a las 13:56, Walter Bender escribió: > > >> Generally I think all mediawiki instances should be retired and replaced >> with a static site gen

[IAEP] Wiki Gardening Weekend (May 14-15, Boston, USA)

2016-04-11 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi Walter! In the "Seeking insights into Oversight_Board/Decisions" thread you said, On 11 April 2016 at 14:56, Walter Bender wrote: > On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 2:46 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: > >> >> On 11 April 2016 at 14:32, Adam Holt wrote: >> >>> >>> You are thorough enough to consider the

Re: [IAEP] Seeking insights into Oversight_Board/Decisions

2016-04-11 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi Adam On 11 April 2016 at 15:21, Adam Holt wrote: > On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 2:46 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: > >> On 11 April 2016 at 14:32, Adam Holt wrote: >> >>> You are thorough enough to consider the fiduciary/stewardship secretary >>> role outlined below, and/or coaching/mentoring someon

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues

2016-04-11 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi Sean! On 11 April 2016 at 15:37, Sean DALY wrote: > Prior to the pack, I was funding press releases on pay-as-you-go out of my > pocket, and I wasn't able to continue that any more at over $200 a pop. > Thank you so much for that huge material contribution - there are so many PRs in https://

Re: [IAEP] Seeking insights into Oversight_Board/Decisions

2016-04-11 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi Sean! On 11 April 2016 at 15:57, Sean DALY wrote: > On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 7:51 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: > >> Given the trademark fee was recently paid to renew the trademarks, I >> guess the merits were accepted > > > For an organization with the possibility of widespread recognition, own

Re: [IAEP] Seeking insights into Oversight_Board/Decisions

2016-04-11 Thread Sean DALY
On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 7:51 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: > Given the trademark fee was recently paid to renew the trademarks, I guess > the merits were accepted For an organization with the possibility of widespread recognition, owning your trademark is a vital step. It could be compared to owni

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues

2016-04-11 Thread Sean DALY
Hi Dave, the $2390 sum is for the following marketing/promotion/PR expense: eReleases CauseWire 10-pack Invoice #011413122 This was authorized by a SLOBs vote in late 2012. Prior to the pack, I was funding press releases on pay-as-you-go out of my pocket, and I wasn't able to continue that any m

Re: [IAEP] Seeking insights into Oversight_Board/Decisions

2016-04-11 Thread Adam Holt
On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 2:46 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: > On 11 April 2016 at 14:32, Adam Holt wrote: > >> You are thorough enough to consider the fiduciary/stewardship secretary >> role outlined below, and/or coaching/mentoring someone younger to assist >> you -- would you consider giving back i

Re: [IAEP] Seeking insights into Oversight_Board/Decisions

2016-04-11 Thread Sebastian Silva
El 11/04/16 a las 13:56, Walter Bender escribió: > > > Generally I think all mediawiki instances should be retired and > replaced with a static site generator backed by a distributed > version control "pull request" model of collaboration. > > http://designwithfontforge.com has s

Re: [IAEP] Seeking insights into Oversight_Board/Decisions

2016-04-11 Thread Walter Bender
On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 2:46 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: > > On 11 April 2016 at 14:32, Adam Holt wrote: > >> >> You are thorough enough to consider the fiduciary/stewardship secretary >> role outlined below, and/or coaching/mentoring someone younger to assist >> you -- would you consider giving b

Re: [IAEP] Seeking insights into Oversight_Board/Decisions

2016-04-11 Thread Dave Crossland
On 11 April 2016 at 14:32, Adam Holt wrote: > > You are thorough enough to consider the fiduciary/stewardship secretary > role outlined below, and/or coaching/mentoring someone younger to assist > you -- would you consider giving back in this way? > Sort of: I don't want to take on any responsib

Re: [IAEP] Seeking insights into Oversight_Board/Decisions

2016-04-11 Thread Adam Holt
On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 2:22 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: > SORRY > > I shot this off and didn't double check, I think I confused myself because > (IIRC) Adam put together the finance wiki page summary and I got confused > =) > > THANK YOU WALTER :D > Dave, You are thorough enough to consider

Re: [IAEP] Seeking insights into Oversight_Board/Decisions

2016-04-11 Thread Dave Crossland
SORRY I shot this off and didn't double check, I think I confused myself because (IIRC) Adam put together the finance wiki page summary and I got confused =) THANK YOU WALTER :D ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@list

Re: [IAEP] Seeking insights into Oversight_Board/Decisions

2016-04-11 Thread Walter Bender
On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 1:51 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: > > Hi > > Thanks to Adam for putting together > https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Decisions - is a great read > :) > I put this collection together as a quick reference, not as a place to go for the details... > > I have some q

Re: [IAEP] Seeking insights into Oversight_Board/Decisions

2016-04-11 Thread Adam Holt
On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 1:51 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: > > Hi > > Thanks to Adam for putting together > https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Decisions - is a great read > :) > This is Walter Bender's very hard work, and a huge step forward in 2015. Sugar Labs unfortunately lacks a secr

[IAEP] Seeking insights into Oversight_Board/Decisions

2016-04-11 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi Thanks to Adam for putting together https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Decisions - is a great read :) I have some questions about some of the motions, but some are a few years old and perhaps it is no longer easy to answer them - no pressure :) > selectricity This sounds great! Wh

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues

2016-04-11 Thread Bastien Guerry
Hi all, as much as I appreciate efforts to be completely transparent on those issues, would you mind having the discussion on a single mailing list? Receiving those emails twice is a bit stressful. Thanks! And a big hugs to all paid or unpaid Sugar/OLPC *volunteers* <3 -- Bastien ___

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues

2016-04-11 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi Laura! Thanks for the spreadsheet - this is great! On 10 April 2016 at 23:57, Laura Vargas wrote: > According to the published numbers (I'm attaching a Spreadsheet with the > information published by you) for the last 4 years, ~80% (USD$26,400) of > expenses are related to promotional travel

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues

2016-04-11 Thread Adam Holt
On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 11:57 PM, Laura Vargas wrote: > > Adam, > > Am not sure how the Conservancy can help us get better if we don't have > our financial policies well defined. > > According to the published numbers (I'm attaching a Spreadsheet with the > information published by you) for the l