Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Donations to SugarLabs

2021-12-31 Thread Alex Perez
Devin, We can now accept donations via both Zelle (US only) and PayPal, by sending to donati...@sugarlabs.org On 12/31/2021 6:25:40 AM, devin@ulibarri.website wrote: Hi, I have been receiving many year-end fundraising emails from other orgs, and this made me think of SugarLabs which is now an

[IAEP] Sugar on a Stick (Fedora 35 spin) released

2021-11-02 Thread Alex Perez
Today, Fedora 35 has been released, and is available for download from  https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/35/Spins/x86_64/iso/Fedora-SoaS-Live-x86_64-35-1.2.iso The above ISO is 946 megabytes, and can be written to a USB stick using Fedora Media Writer. It's also

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Belated meeting reminder

2021-06-10 Thread Alex Perez
Apologies for missing the meeting. It was my birthday, and my wife and I were out on the coast for the day. On 6/9/2021 5:19:51 AM, Walter Bender wrote: We have a Sugar Labs oversight meeting today at 19:30 UTC (3:30 on the US East Coast). We'll meet in the Matrix #sugar room. (Note that there

[IAEP] Announcement: Sugar on a Stick (SoaS) 34 released today

2021-04-27 Thread Alex Perez
, as a whole, make up Sugar on a Stick. Regards, Alex Perez Sugar Labs Contributor & Fedora Package Wrangler ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

[IAEP] Call for testing of Fedora 34 beta Sugar On A Stick

2021-03-18 Thread Alex Perez
Folks, This is a call for testing of the upcoming Fedora 34 based Sugar on a Stick, which is now ready for testing on the following platforms: For 64-bit PCs, the ISO can be downloaded from:

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Today's Minutes and Next Meeting Time

2020-12-10 Thread Alex Perez
James Cameron wrote on 12/9/20 9:09 PM: > On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 07:13:49AM +0300, Srevin Saju wrote: >> G'day! >> >> I have a topic, which perhaps needs discussion, > It is about time this came up again. Pretty much :) > >> We have been using IRC for many years. Recently, some of our >>

[IAEP] Fwd: Fedora 32 Sugar on a Stick is available now!

2020-04-28 Thread Alex Perez
Fedora 32 has been released, and the Fedora 32 Sugar on a Stick spin is available for download from https://bit.ly/F32-SoAS-x86_64-ISO. It is 950 megabytes in size. The 32-bit Fedora SoaS ARM image, suitable for use on Raspberry Pi 1/2/3, is also available at

[IAEP] Fedora 32 Sugar on a Stick beta ISO ready for testing

2020-03-17 Thread Alex Perez
Fedora 32 has entered beta state, and the Sugar on a Stick beta ISO (size is 1 gigabyte) can be downloaded from http://bit.ly/SoaS-F32-Beta-ISO One known issue is that the IRC activity fails to start, and can not be used, as it's not yet been ported to Python 3. The current target final

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] GCI summit travel

2019-05-28 Thread Alex Perez
+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

[IAEP] Fedora 30 (Release Candidate 1) SoaS images ready for testing

2019-04-25 Thread Alex Perez
Fedora 30 is expected to be made between April 30th and May 7th, depending on a number of factors. The F30 release schedule is documented at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/30/Schedule Regards, Alex Perez Sugar Labs Oversight Board Member ___ IAE

Re: [IAEP] What's the long term vision of Sugar Labs?

2019-03-28 Thread Alex Perez
Sumit, Great questions, and they're particularly relevant at this phase/age of the existence of Sugar Labs. They certainly can't be answered in a single e-mail, however I think this is a perfect conversation to have, particularly on our IAEP mailing list, which is our general purpose mailing

Re: [IAEP] SCaLE 17X March7 -10, 2019

2018-12-21 Thread Alex Perez
Dave, It's not about 'splintering' discussion. There are a lot of logistics for a physical event, from "I'll bring X, Y, Z" to "meet us here on Friday" that simply _should not_ be happening on the iaep mailing list. Dave Crossland wrote: I agree with Caryl, in that unlike me and the 229

Re: [IAEP] SCaLE 17X March7 -10, 2019

2018-12-21 Thread Alex Perez
Caryl, Don't take it personally. While I agree James' comment was unfortunate, I do also understand what he was trying to say. I find it to have been worded quite poorly. We should all move on with the discussion. Caryl, can you share your thoughts on what additions, as well as deletions,

[IAEP] IAEP and sugar-devel mailing list subscriber statistics, by the numbers

2018-12-21 Thread Alex Perez
In case anyone was curious... Of the 238 subscribers on iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org: * 32 people have chosen to place their subscription in the "nomail" state, so they are able to send e-mail to the list, but don't receive normal or digest e-mails. * 56 of the 238 subscribers have digest mode

Re: [IAEP] SCaLE 17X March7 -10, 2019

2018-12-21 Thread Alex Perez
10' by 10' so the banner has to be at least 8' wide to look good. The current one is made of a lightweight non-woven fabric that resists wrinkles and can be folded fairly small to fit in the outside pocket of a suitcase. We took it that way to LinuxFest Northwest a couple of years ago. I

[IAEP] An open Invitation to join Sugar Labs event planning mailing list (was: Re: SCaLE 17X March7 -10, 2019)

2018-12-20 Thread Alex Perez
in on the discussion by subscribing athttp://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/event-planning Regards, Alex Perez Alex Perez wrote: I will be in attendance at SCaLE 17x, along with my wife, who is currently a first grade schoolteacher, and has taught second grade, kindergarten, and pre-K here in California. Since

Re: [IAEP] SCaLE 17X March7 -10, 2019

2018-12-20 Thread Alex Perez
Caryl & others, I have removed all of the recipients who are already members of the IAEP mailing list from the CC: list, so they do not receive duplicate e-mails. I will be in attendance at SCaLE 17x, along with my wife, who is currently a first grade schoolteacher, and has taught second

Re: [IAEP] Announcement of the candicacy of Lionel Laské for SLOB

2018-11-27 Thread Alex Perez
en source project (these words to not appear anywhere on the Sugar Labs landing page). Regards, Alex Perez Lionel Laské <mailto:lionel.la...@gmail.com> November 27, 2018 at 9:02 AM Hi all, I'm proud to be candidate for the SugarLabs Oversight Board election. Find more about my candid

Re: [IAEP] Announcement of the candidacy of Alex Perez (was: Stage II November: Election)

2018-11-20 Thread Alex Perez
I hereby announce my candidacy. Please ask any questions you may have, and read more at https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2018-2020-candidates/Alex_Perez Samson Goddy November 19, 2018 at 7:24 AM Greetings, Sugar Lab's Elections and Membership

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Call to action for inactive SLOBs - attend the meetings or resign your seats

2018-11-16 Thread Alex Perez
to contribute to being a SLOB, however I don't think I'm incorrect in stating that the meetings are a critical place for actual collaboration to happen, or at least should be. Regards, Alex Perez Claudia Urrea <mailto:callaur...@gmail.com> November 16, 2018 at 11:28 AM I understand the c

[IAEP] Call to action for inactive SLOBs - attend the meetings or resign your seats

2018-11-15 Thread Alex Perez
I hereby assert that the Sugar Labs Oversight Board has become stagnant to the point of near-100% ineffectiveness. It no longer serves the intended purpose, and the quality of discourse at the SLOB meetings themselves has diminished to near-zero. Back in June/July of 2018, I created

Re: [IAEP] [sugar-devel] Wiki Page created for all Sugar Labs 2018 Goal Submissions

2018-11-15 Thread Alex Perez
responded. 2018 is now six weeks from being over, and it is clear that the majority of current Sugar Labs Oversight Board members can not even be bothered to show up to a majority of their SLOB meetings in 2018, much less actually do anything else. Alex Perez <mailto:ape...@alexperez.com>

[IAEP] [sugar-devel] Wiki Page created for all Sugar Labs 2018 Goal Submissions

2018-07-08 Thread Alex Perez
, using the links to add details to each specific sub-page. Regards, Alex Perez ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

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

2018-07-06 Thread Alex Perez
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Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs - Goals for 2018 and beyond

2018-01-24 Thread Alex Perez
Sameer, Apologies for top-posting. For 2018, I would really like to see Sugar Labs get behind and commit to getting the core of Sugar working fully with Python 3. I personally believe this is critical to its long(er) term success, as Python 2 continues be deprecated. Python 2 will not be

Re: [IAEP] 172 XO-1s for $24 each (+ freight) $4,000 total

2016-07-21 Thread Alex Perez
Walter, On 2016-06-13 15:02:02 +, Walter Bender said: Off the top of my head, the bulk chargers do 10 batteries at a time. I have two to donate to a large order. Well, I bought the lot of these, and, in addition, another ~90 units, which have various cosmetic issues, such as damaged