Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Uruguayan XOs Revival
Maybe someone at OLPC can get you the codes. But Ceibal should also have them. I cannot imagine that they would be unwilling to share them at this time. regards. walter On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 12:35 PM Luis Michelena wrote: > It's anybody there? > Cheers from Uruguay, long time no see, How are you all? Some folks > from Uruguay Butiá/CeibalJam and I, are trying to unlock XOs from > Ceibal(to revisit Butiá, and ,maybe, it's possible uses in > accesibility) > Do some of you could give us some advice about how unlock them? > It would be preferable if it could be posible to maintain the fs contents. > It's there still a chance to get developer keys for the XOs? > Because Ceibal decided to end support, declare them obsolete, and > begin to recycle !! but also turn the switch off for the rest of > the kicking ones... > > Thank you in advance, > Luis Michelena > ___ > Sugar-devel mailing list > sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs https://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] Updated invitation: Call for Design meeting @ Monthly from 08:00 to 09:00 on the second Friday from Fri 2019-09-13 to Thu 2022-04-07 (EDT) (iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org)
BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Google Inc//Google Calendar 70.9054//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:REQUEST BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T02 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T02 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190913T08 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190913T09 RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;UNTIL=20220408T035959Z;BYDAY=2FR DTSTAMP:20220408T115431Z ORGANIZER;CN=Walter Bender:mailto:walter.ben...@gmail.com UID:4l6ruft7kgti64jqnkb89sebnv_r20190913t120...@google.com ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE ;CN=perriefide...@gmail.com;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:perriefide...@gmail.com ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE ;CN=Ojemeh Peace Ozioma;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:fidelis.peaceoje...@gmail.com ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP= TRUE;CN=d...@lab6.com;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:d...@lab6.com ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE ;CN=walter.ben...@gmail.com;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:walter.ben...@gmail.com ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP= TRUE;CN=Dave Crossland;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:d.crossl...@gmail.com ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=DECLINED;RSVP=TRUE ;CN=Jaskirat Singh;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:juskirat2...@gmail.com ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE ;CN=Samson Goddy;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:samsongo...@gmail.com ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=DECLINED;RSVP=TRUE ;CN=qu...@laptop.org;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:qu...@laptop.org ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP= TRUE;CN=iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:iaep@lists.sugarlabs .org ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP= TRUE;CN=sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:sugar-devel@l ists.sugarlabs.org X-MICROSOFT-CDO-OWNERAPPTID:-1376176570 CREATED:20180914T110738Z DESCRIPTION:Hello\,\n\nI created an agenda for the meeting today.\n\nRegard s.\n\n\nOn Wed\, 12 Sep 2018 at 23:33\, James Cameron wr ote:\n>\n> G'day\,\n>\n> Yes\, I'm fine with 12pm UTC\, thanks for adjustin g.\n>\n> Just to help communicate the needs\; in our history at Sugar Labs\ ;\n>\n> - web site and branding were Marketing Team responsibilities\,\n>\n > - consistency of icons inside Sugar\, and user interface\, were Design\n> Team responsibilities\,\n>\n> - the Design Team was composed from self-s elected Sugar and core\n> activity developers.\n>\n> I'll be on the looko ut for anything that\, for want of a better word\,\n> we would call "requir ements"\, or "functionality"\, and ask that t...\n\n-::~:~::~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ :~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~::~:~::-\nDo not ed it this section of the description.\n\nView your event at https://calendar. google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=NGw2cnVmdDdrZ3RpNjRqcW5rYjg5c2Vib nZfUjIwMTkwOTEzVDEyMDAwMCBpYWVwQGxpc3RzLnN1Z2FybGFicy5vcmc&tok=MjMjd2FsdGVy LmJlbmRlckBnbWFpbC5jb200ZjU0MTdkNDA2NDIxMmRmYWQ3YWMyZjU5MmU3MmU3MTFkNjc2YjM 3&ctz=America%2FNew_York&hl=en&es=0.\n-::~:~::~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ :~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~::~:~::- LAST-MODIFIED:20220408T115429Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:1 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Call for Design meeting TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR invite.ics Description: application/ics ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] Updated invitation: Call for Design meeting @ Monthly from 08:00 to 09:00 on the second Friday from Fri 2018-09-14 to Thu 2022-04-07 (EDT) (iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org)
BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Google Inc//Google Calendar 70.9054//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:REQUEST BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T02 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T02 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180914T08 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180914T09 RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;UNTIL=20190913T035959Z;BYDAY=2FR DTSTAMP:20220408T115431Z ORGANIZER;CN=Walter Bender:mailto:walter.ben...@gmail.com UID:4l6ruft7kgti64jqnkb89se...@google.com ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE ;CN=perriefide...@gmail.com;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:perriefide...@gmail.com ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE ;CN=Ojemeh Peace Ozioma;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:fidelis.peaceoje...@gmail.com ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP= TRUE;CN=d...@lab6.com;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:d...@lab6.com ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE ;CN=walter.ben...@gmail.com;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:walter.ben...@gmail.com ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP= TRUE;CN=iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:iaep@lists.sugarlabs .org ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP= TRUE;CN=Dave Crossland;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:d.crossl...@gmail.com ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP= TRUE;CN=Jaskirat Singh;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:juskirat2...@gmail.com ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP= TRUE;CN=Samson Goddy;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:samsongo...@gmail.com ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP= TRUE;CN=sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:sugar-devel@l ists.sugarlabs.org ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=DECLINED;RSVP=TRUE ;CN=qu...@laptop.org;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:qu...@laptop.org X-MICROSOFT-CDO-OWNERAPPTID:-2021667619 CREATED:20180914T110738Z DESCRIPTION:Hello\,\n\nI created an agenda for the meeting today.\n\nRegard s.\n\n\nOn Wed\, 12 Sep 2018 at 23:33\, James Cameron wr ote:\n>\n> G'day\,\n>\n> Yes\, I'm fine with 12pm UTC\, thanks for adjustin g.\n>\n> Just to help communicate the needs\; in our history at Sugar Labs\ ;\n>\n> - web site and branding were Marketing Team responsibilities\,\n>\n > - consistency of icons inside Sugar\, and user interface\, were Design\n> Team responsibilities\,\n>\n> - the Design Team was composed from self-s elected Sugar and core\n> activity developers.\n>\n> I'll be on the looko ut for anything that\, for want of a better word\,\n> we would call "requir ements"\, or "functionality"\, and ask that t...\n\n-::~:~::~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ :~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~::~:~::-\nDo not ed it this section of the description.\n\nView your event at https://calendar. google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=NGw2cnVmdDdrZ3RpNjRqcW5rYjg5c2Vib nYgaWFlcEBsaXN0cy5zdWdhcmxhYnMub3Jn&tok=MjMjd2FsdGVyLmJlbmRlckBnbWFpbC5jb20 wMTNhZGRmNGYwN2Q1ZGYyNjQ0OTE4YWZhMjYxOTBmNzY1MzRkOTMw&ctz=America%2FNew_Yor k&hl=en&es=0.\n-::~:~::~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~: ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~::~:~::- LAST-MODIFIED:20220408T115429Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:1 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:Call for Design meeting TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR invite.ics Description: application/ics ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Help with Music Blocks Wikipedia Page?
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-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org > >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs https://www.sugarlabs.org ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Help with Music Blocks Wikipedia Page?
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-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs https://www.sugarlabs.org ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] Sugar Labs oversight board meeting (TODAY)
My apologies for not sending the reminder out yesterday. We have a SLOB meeting at 19:30 UTC (3:30 pm NY time) on matrix.org #sugar. Today (21/7/7) we will be doing a Music Blocks lesson. regards. -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] meeting reminder
We have a Sugar Labs oversight meeting on Wednesday, 23 June at 19:30 UTC (3:30 PM on the US East Coast). Hope you can join us (on #sugar in matrix.org) regards. -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] Belated meeting reminder
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 is a gateway from Liberachat's #sugar room.) See you there. -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] SLOB meeting reminder
We have a meeting scheduled for Wednesday, 2021-05-26 at 19:30 UTC (3:30PM on the US East Coast). We'll be using the #sugar room on Matrix.org (I think many of us use element.io as our Matrix app). Look forward to seeing everyone. regards. -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] [SLOB] meeting reminder
Hope to see all of you at tomorrow's meeting. 19:30 UTC (15:30 US east coast). We'll meet in Element (Matrix) as per usual. regards. -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] Announcement: Sugar on a Stick (SoaS) 34 released today
Thanks to everyone who helped with the release!!! On Tue, Apr 27, 2021, 5:41 PM Alex Perez wrote: > Folks, > > Fedora 34 was released today, which means that we've got a new release > of Sugar on a Stick 34, which includes Sugar 0.118, and can be > downloaded from: > > > https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/34/Spins/x86_64/iso/Fedora-SoaS-Live-x86_64-34-1.2.iso > > > It's one gigabyte in size. > > ..and written to any USB stick using BalenaEtcher, Fedora Imager Writer, > or whatever your favorite/preferred image writing tool is. > > > an installation image (non-live environment) for 32-bit ARM devices, > such as the Raspberry Pi 2-3, is also available at: > > > https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/34/Spins/armhfp/images/Fedora-SoaS-34-1.2.armhfp.raw.xz > The above image is 1.8 gigabytes. > > Special thanks to Sugar Labs member and contributor Ibiam Chihurumnaya, > AKA 'chimosky', for co-maintaining many/most of these Fedora activities, > as well as the core Sugar Fedora packages, which, 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 -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] SLOB meeting reminder
The next meeting of the Sugar Labs oversight board is on Wednesday, 17 March at 19:30 UTC (3:30 PM on the US East Coast). NOTE the time change for those attending from the US. We will be meeting in the #sugar room of matrix.org. Among other topics, we will discuss LibrePlanet -- should we have a virtual booth -- and Google Season of Docs. regards. -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] Meeting Reminder
The next meeting of the Sugar Labs oversight board is on Wednesday, 3 March at 19:30 UTC (2:30 PM on the US East Coast). We will 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.) I am hoping that Mariana Ludmila Cortés, the new president of OLPC, will be able to join us for a general discussion about strategy. Please contact me if you have any questions. regards. -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] SLOB meeting reminder
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 ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] 2021-01-03 meeting minutes
https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2021-02-03 Please see the two motions in the minutes. regards. -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] meeting reminder
Noted. thx On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 9:03 AM Jui Pradhan wrote: > > Hi everyone, > We might as well discuss Sugarlabs participation in GSoC 2021. The period to > apply for mentoring organizations is January 29 - February 19, 2021 (GSoC > 2021 Timeline). > > Regards, > Jui > > On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 7:17 PM Walter Bender wrote: >> >> The next Sugar Labs oversight board meeting is Wednesday, 2021-01-06 >> at 19:30 UTC (2:30 PM on the US East Coast). >> >> There will be a finance report and we will be discussing Claudia's >> idea of monthly virtual workshops. >> >> Please join us on Jitsi [1]. >> >> regards. >> >> -walter >> >> [1] https://meet.jit.si/sugarlabs >> -- >> Walter Bender >> Sugar Labs >> http://www.sugarlabs.org >> ___________ >> SLOBs mailing list >> sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/slobs > > > > -- > Jui Pradhan -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] meeting reminder
The next Sugar Labs oversight board meeting is Wednesday, 2021-01-06 at 19:30 UTC (2:30 PM on the US East Coast). There will be a finance report and we will be discussing Claudia's idea of monthly virtual workshops. Please join us on Jitsi [1]. regards. -walter [1] https://meet.jit.si/sugarlabs -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] SLOB meeting notes 2020-12-23
Perhaps it was not clear in the minutes but I plan to sort through the books over the holidays and report back at the next board meeting. On Fri, Dec 25, 2020, 4:54 PM Martin Guy wrote: > On 23/12/2020, Walter Bender wrote: > > MISSION > > Sugar Labs® is a volunteer-driven member project of > > Software Freedom Conservancy, a nonprofit corporation. > > Nice words, but what I see from down here is that the leading > developers are the paid ones (who not only do the work they're paid to > do but also shoulder other duties such as board membership. mentoring > and being a generous knowledge base) > > If that also seems to others to be the reality that we have, that > suggests an alternative view, to consciously use SL's funds to fund > development, with openness about what it pays to whom to do what, and > the developer's duty to itemize in public the hours spent on each > assigned task, and the progress made as a result, since that seems to > be a more effective path than simply wailing "We need more > volunteers!" > > To this end, drawing a line under the past financial accounting, > taking stock and relaunching it with greater transparency might be one > way to help SL achieve its technical goals, as well as encouraging > more and more generous donations when current or potential donors can > see how cost-effective their funds are. > > Just my 2 cents... > > Season's greetings > > M > ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] SLOB meeting notes 2020-12-23
== Meeting Minutes == Date: 2020-12-23 === Role Call === Present: Walter Bender Jui Pradhan Peace Ojemeh Claudia Urrea Ibiam Chihurumnaya Community: Samson Goody Absent: Lionel Laské === Report from project representative (Conservancy liaison) === We need a new representative to replace Devin. Claudia will assume this duty. Treasurer... Walter (temporary) Alex? Secretary Walter === Report from Ombudsman === Nothing from Pattie === Finance Report === Walter to prepare a report for the next meeting. Report from Ibiam about his contract to manage activities. === Google Code-in Replacement Discussion === Samson will take the lead and will organize a separate series of meetings with the goal 4-6 orgs in Q4 2021. === Sugar Labs Mission/Goals Discussion === What is our mission? MISSION Sugar Labs® is a volunteer-driven member project of Software Freedom Conservancy, a nonprofit corporation. Originally part of the One Laptop Per Child project, Sugar Labs coordinates volunteers around the world who are passionate about providing educational opportunities to children through the Sugar Learning Platform. Sugar Labs® is supported by donations and is seeking funding to accelerate development. callaurrea Sugar Labs produces, distributes, and supports the use of the Sugar learning platform, a free software system that is freely available to anyone who wants to use or extend it. Claudia: Mission in the context of remote learning??? Small things we can delivar... as oppose to being too ambitious to get anything done. Claudia: periodic events... maybe every month an event??? Things that are more scaffolded... respond to need. Claudia: We mentor kids and get them to do something concrete. Claudia: driven by something that is relevant... something we can commit to. Walter: learning software and a learning community What are our goals? A place for people to learn about FOSS and great tools. Sugar support for the existing OLPC deployments. Sugarizer support for schools that use mobile technology. Music Blocks for schools in Japan, kids in Peru, music teachers. Do we want to concern ourselves with deployment? If so, we need to be professional about it. Do we want to use an OKR model? Support on RPi, Sugar on a Stick on Ubuntu, Fedora, Trisquel Jui: What is our Social Media story? Samson reviewed the history. He will share the strategy doc. Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube... === Communication Channels === How do we want to communicate? IRC, Matrix, JITSI, Slack, all of the above? Samson and Claudia recommend: https://discord.com/ 650 kids used discord with Claudia's project. Samson uses it with GNOME. To be discussed next time. === Time and Place of Next Meeting === 2021 January 06 (Wednesday) at 19:30 UTC https://meet.jit.si/sugarlabs Next time: bring to the table ideas for monthly project. === Closing === regards. -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] Sugar Labs oversight board meeting -- 23 Dec
The next SLOB meeting is 12-23-20 at 19:30 UTC. The agenda is at: https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020-12-23 The meeting will be held on jitsi. Please contact me if you need the link. regards. -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Today's Minutes and Next Meeting Time
We can add this to the agenda for the Dec. 23 meeting. On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 11:13 PM Srevin Saju wrote: > > G'day! > > I have a topic, which perhaps needs discussion, > > We have been using IRC for many years. Recently, some of our > communication moved to Slack, and some to Jitsi. What is Sugar Labs's > idea of a best, unified communication platform which it should recommend > to new developers. Right now, all the guides point directly to IRC, most > new developers, who are interested to contributing to Sugar drop a > message to an IRC channel, and almost never get a reply. This is > possibly because the communication has diversified, or because of a > community split on the basis of communication medium. > > Recently, many new developers told us of the difficulties of using IRC > clients, the need for Bouncers, etc. We (some of us) suggested them to > use a Matrix client to connect to #sugar, and indeed they are quite > satisfied with new mode of communication.. The Matrix protocol. > > The Matrix protocol is interesting. Sugar had a matrix channel for many > years. Recently we set up a bridge between the matrix channel > (#sugar:matrix.org) and the IRC irc.freenode.net channel, i.e (#sugar), > which helped a few developers to keep connected to the IRC channel > without a bouncer and also make use of newer clients for mobile, for > example Element Android (available on F-droid, Google Play), and > Element iOS. Element / Matrix has a intuitive web client which supports > reactions and better formatting as compared to IRC, and is the best > place for a developer to start contributing. The most interesting and > useful feature is the IRC bridge, which helps to make use of the best of > Matrix and maintain the connection between the IRC channel and the > Matrix channel. The bridge is a tool which helps to convert the IRC > protocol to the matrix protocol and vice versa. > > Topic of discussion, we a Sugar Gitter channel, Sugarizer Matrix > channel, etc. Matrix has the support to integrate everything to a single > channel. What is your opinion? > > Interesting points of discussion and helpful material: > > * Pull request to add Matrix as a communication medium > (https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-docs/pull/203) > * Matrix Sugar Labs wiki page (https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Matrix) > * Official matrix-irc guide > (https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-appservice-irc/wiki/Guide:-How-to-use-Matrix-to-participate-in-IRC-rooms) > > As of now, many popular open source communities use Matrix as the main > mode of communication, and all the sister nodes bridged to the matrix > network > For example: > > * Fedora > * KDE > * Mozilla Thunderbird > > It would be cool, if we discuss this among a wider range of community, > putting a lot of people's idea rather than two of us discussion [cited]. > So, I hope this topic, would be a good candidate for the next SLOBS meeting. > > Regards > > On 12/9/20 11:48 PM, devin@ulibarri.website wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > The date and time of the next SLOBs Meeting > > <https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Next_meeting> 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 > > <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 <mailto: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 > > <https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020-12-09> > > > > Best, > > Devin > > > > _______ > > Sugar-devel mailing list > > sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org > > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > > -- > Srevin Saju > Sugar Labs > https://www.sugarlabs.org > > > ___ > Sugar-devel mailing list > sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] Updated invitation: [Sugar-devel] Reminder: SLOBs Meeting Today 20:00 UTC @ Wed 2020-11-11 15:00 - 16:00 (EST) (iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org)
BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Google Inc//Google Calendar 70.9054//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:REQUEST BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:2020T20Z DTEND:2020T21Z DTSTAMP:2020T184407Z ORGANIZER;CN=walter.ben...@gmail.com:mailto:walter.ben...@gmail.com UID:3q9brjolcvjkttjf5i95r36...@google.com ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP= TRUE;CN=sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:slobs@lists.sugarla bs.org ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP= TRUE;CN=devin@ulibarri.website;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:devin@ulibarri.website ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP= TRUE;CN=sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:sugar-devel@l ists.sugarlabs.org ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE ;CN=walter.ben...@gmail.com;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:walter.ben...@gmail.com ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP= TRUE;CN=iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:iaep@lists.sugarlabs .org ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP= TRUE;CN=samsongo...@gmail.com;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:samsongo...@gmail.com ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP= TRUE;CN=juipradha...@gmail.com;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:juipradha...@gmail.com ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP= TRUE;CN=favourkelvi...@gmail.com;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:favourkelvin17@gmail .com ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP= TRUE;CN=gsardana...@gmail.com;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:gsardana...@gmail.com ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP= TRUE;CN=ibiamchihurumn...@gmail.com;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:ibiamchihurumnaya @gmail.com X-MICROSOFT-CDO-OWNERAPPTID:1450508711 CREATED:2020T130053Z DESCRIPTION:Hi All\,\n\nJust a friendly reminder that today is the next SLO Bs Meeting.\n\nI have yet to publish a proposed agenda. When I do\, it will be at\nhttps://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020- 11-11\n\nOne thing to discuss is the final draft of bylaws to be officially \nadopted by SL Inc. Officers.\n\nAs always\, if any community members woul d like to join and do not\nalready know the link for the meeting\, please r eply to\nsl...@lists.sugarlabs.org and request the link.\n\nBest\,\nDevin\n ___\nSugar-devel mailing list\n sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org\nhttp://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar- devel\n\n-::~:~::~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~: ~:~:~:~:~:~:~::~:~::-\nPlease do not edit this section of the description.\ n\nThis event has a video call.\nJoin: https://meet.google.com/odm-jssy-pcx \n\nView your event at https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=VI EW&eid=M3E5YnJqb2xjdmprdHRqZjVpOTVyMzZkbjQgaWFlcEBsaXN0cy5zdWdhcmxhYnMub3Jn &tok=MjMjd2FsdGVyLmJlbmRlckBnbWFpbC5jb21kOTUxMmRhY2VmZjU3ZDMxNmUyMGNkMzYwNz c3NzkwZjQyNGJiZGQ0&ctz=America%2FNew_York&hl=en&es=0.\n-::~:~::~:~:~:~:~:~: ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~::~:~::- LAST-MODIFIED:2020T184407Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:1 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:[Sugar-devel] Reminder: SLOBs Meeting Today 20:00 UTC TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR invite.ics Description: application/ics ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] Updated invitation: [Sugar-devel] Reminder: SLOBs Meeting Today 20:00 UTC @ Wed 2020-11-11 15:00 - 15:15 (EST) (iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org)
BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Google Inc//Google Calendar 70.9054//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:REQUEST BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:2020T20Z DTEND:2020T201500Z DTSTAMP:2020T184403Z ORGANIZER;CN=walter.ben...@gmail.com:mailto:walter.ben...@gmail.com UID:3q9brjolcvjkttjf5i95r36...@google.com ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP= TRUE;CN=sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:slobs@lists.sugarla bs.org ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP= TRUE;CN=devin@ulibarri.website;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:devin@ulibarri.website ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP= TRUE;CN=sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:sugar-devel@l ists.sugarlabs.org ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE ;CN=walter.ben...@gmail.com;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:walter.ben...@gmail.com ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP= TRUE;CN=iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:iaep@lists.sugarlabs .org ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP= TRUE;CN=samsongo...@gmail.com;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:samsongo...@gmail.com ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP= TRUE;CN=juipradha...@gmail.com;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:juipradha...@gmail.com ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP= TRUE;CN=favourkelvi...@gmail.com;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:favourkelvin17@gmail .com ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP= TRUE;CN=gsardana...@gmail.com;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:gsardana...@gmail.com ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP= TRUE;CN=ibiamchihurumn...@gmail.com;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:ibiamchihurumnaya @gmail.com X-MICROSOFT-CDO-OWNERAPPTID:1450508711 CREATED:2020T130053Z DESCRIPTION:Hi All\,\n\nJust a friendly reminder that today is the next SLO Bs Meeting.\n\nI have yet to publish a proposed agenda. When I do\, it will be at\nhttps://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020- 11-11\n\nOne thing to discuss is the final draft of bylaws to be officially \nadopted by SL Inc. Officers.\n\nAs always\, if any community members woul d like to join and do not\nalready know the link for the meeting\, please r eply to\nsl...@lists.sugarlabs.org and request the link.\n\nBest\,\nDevin\n ___\nSugar-devel mailing list\n sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org\nhttp://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar- devel\n\n-::~:~::~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~: ~:~:~:~:~:~:~::~:~::-\nPlease do not edit this section of the description.\ n\nThis event has a video call.\nJoin: https://meet.google.com/odm-jssy-pcx \n\nView your event at https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=VI EW&eid=M3E5YnJqb2xjdmprdHRqZjVpOTVyMzZkbjQgaWFlcEBsaXN0cy5zdWdhcmxhYnMub3Jn &tok=MjMjd2FsdGVyLmJlbmRlckBnbWFpbC5jb21kOTUxMmRhY2VmZjU3ZDMxNmUyMGNkMzYwNz c3NzkwZjQyNGJiZGQ0&ctz=America%2FNew_York&hl=en&es=0.\n-::~:~::~:~:~:~:~:~: ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~::~:~::- LAST-MODIFIED:2020T184402Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:1 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:[Sugar-devel] Reminder: SLOBs Meeting Today 20:00 UTC TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR invite.ics Description: application/ics ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] Updated invitation: [Sugar-devel] Reminder: SLOBs Meeting Today 20:00 UTC @ Wed 2020-11-11 16:00 - 16:15 (EST) (iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org)
BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Google Inc//Google Calendar 70.9054//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:REQUEST BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:2020T21Z DTEND:2020T211500Z DTSTAMP:2020T184351Z ORGANIZER;CN=walter.ben...@gmail.com:mailto:walter.ben...@gmail.com UID:3q9brjolcvjkttjf5i95r36...@google.com ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP= TRUE;CN=sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:slobs@lists.sugarla bs.org ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP= TRUE;CN=devin@ulibarri.website;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:devin@ulibarri.website ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP= TRUE;CN=sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:sugar-devel@l ists.sugarlabs.org ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE ;CN=walter.ben...@gmail.com;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:walter.ben...@gmail.com ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP= TRUE;CN=iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:iaep@lists.sugarlabs .org ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE ;CN=samsongo...@gmail.com;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:samsongo...@gmail.com ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE ;CN=juipradha...@gmail.com;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:juipradha...@gmail.com ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE ;CN=favourkelvi...@gmail.com;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:favourkelvi...@gmail.com ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE ;CN=gsardana...@gmail.com;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:gsardana...@gmail.com ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE ;CN=ibiamchihurumn...@gmail.com;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:ibiamchihurumnaya@gma il.com X-MICROSOFT-CDO-OWNERAPPTID:1450508711 CREATED:2020T130053Z DESCRIPTION:Hi All\,\n\nJust a friendly reminder that today is the next SLO Bs Meeting.\n\nI have yet to publish a proposed agenda. When I do\, it will be at\nhttps://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020- 11-11\n\nOne thing to discuss is the final draft of bylaws to be officially \nadopted by SL Inc. Officers.\n\nAs always\, if any community members woul d like to join and do not\nalready know the link for the meeting\, please r eply to\nsl...@lists.sugarlabs.org and request the link.\n\nBest\,\nDevin\n ___\nSugar-devel mailing list\n sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org\nhttp://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar- devel\n\n-::~:~::~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~: ~:~:~:~:~:~:~::~:~::-\nPlease do not edit this section of the description.\ n\nThis event has a video call.\nJoin: https://meet.google.com/odm-jssy-pcx \n\nView your event at https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=VI EW&eid=M3E5YnJqb2xjdmprdHRqZjVpOTVyMzZkbjQgaWFlcEBsaXN0cy5zdWdhcmxhYnMub3Jn &tok=MjMjd2FsdGVyLmJlbmRlckBnbWFpbC5jb21kOTUxMmRhY2VmZjU3ZDMxNmUyMGNkMzYwNz c3NzkwZjQyNGJiZGQ0&ctz=America%2FNew_York&hl=en&es=0.\n-::~:~::~:~:~:~:~:~: ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~::~:~::- LAST-MODIFIED:2020T184350Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:[Sugar-devel] Reminder: SLOBs Meeting Today 20:00 UTC TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR invite.ics Description: application/ics ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] Invitation: [Sugar-devel] Reminder: SLOBs Meeting Today 20:00 UTC @ Wed 2020-11-11 16:00 - 17:00 (EST) (iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org)
BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Google Inc//Google Calendar 70.9054//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:REQUEST BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:2020T21Z DTEND:2020T22Z DTSTAMP:2020T130054Z ORGANIZER;CN=walter.ben...@gmail.com:mailto:walter.ben...@gmail.com UID:3q9brjolcvjkttjf5i95r36...@google.com ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP= TRUE;CN=sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:slobs@lists.sugarla bs.org ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP= TRUE;CN=devin@ulibarri.website;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:devin@ulibarri.website ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP= TRUE;CN=sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:sugar-devel@l ists.sugarlabs.org ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE ;CN=walter.ben...@gmail.com;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:walter.ben...@gmail.com ATTENDEE;CUTYPE=INDIVIDUAL;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=NEEDS-ACTION;RSVP= TRUE;CN=iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org;X-NUM-GUESTS=0:mailto:iaep@lists.sugarlabs .org X-MICROSOFT-CDO-OWNERAPPTID:1450508711 CREATED:2020T130053Z DESCRIPTION:Hi All\,\n\nJust a friendly reminder that today is the next SLO Bs Meeting.\n\nI have yet to publish a proposed agenda. When I do\, it will be at\nhttps://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020- 11-11\n\nOne thing to discuss is the final draft of bylaws to be officially \nadopted by SL Inc. Officers.\n\nAs always\, if any community members woul d like to join and do not\nalready know the link for the meeting\, please r eply to\nsl...@lists.sugarlabs.org and request the link.\n\nBest\,\nDevin\n ___\nSugar-devel mailing list\n sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org\nhttp://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar- devel\n\n-::~:~::~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~: ~:~:~:~:~:~:~::~:~::-\nPlease do not edit this section of the description.\ n\nThis event has a video call.\nJoin: https://meet.google.com/odm-jssy-pcx \n\nView your event at https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=VI EW&eid=M3E5YnJqb2xjdmprdHRqZjVpOTVyMzZkbjQgaWFlcEBsaXN0cy5zdWdhcmxhYnMub3Jn &tok=MjMjd2FsdGVyLmJlbmRlckBnbWFpbC5jb21kOTUxMmRhY2VmZjU3ZDMxNmUyMGNkMzYwNz c3NzkwZjQyNGJiZGQ0&ctz=America%2FNew_York&hl=en&es=1.\n-::~:~::~:~:~:~:~:~: ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~::~:~::- LAST-MODIFIED:2020T130053Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 STATUS:CONFIRMED SUMMARY:[Sugar-devel] Reminder: SLOBs Meeting Today 20:00 UTC TRANSP:OPAQUE END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR invite.ics Description: application/ics ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Sugar Trisquel image Ready for testing.
It might be a worthwhile exercise to come up with a consistent naming convention :P On Sat, Oct 31, 2020 at 6:20 AM Martin Guy wrote: > > > the included activities are: > > > > abacus > > analyzejournal > > browse > > calculate > > ... > > I've been looking at what activities to include in a Sugar Live > Everything i386 release, but it looks like you've made my task easier. > Shall I call it Sugar Live Trisqel in honour of the Activity selection > or do you think that would confuse things? > > Also, if you're OK with me lifting your Acvivity selection, I see I > need to include lines like > > clone https://github.com/sugarlabs/somethingSomething.activity > > in Sugar Live Build's auto/config file, where "something" is usually > "something-activity" but not all actiivies follow this convention, so > do you have to hand a list of the github-name activity-name pairs for > the Trisqel list, to save me having to pore over github/sugarlabs' > many pages of activities by hand? > > I see that sugarlabs-calculator (named in SLB' sucrose set) on github > redirects to calculator-activity (I guess it was renamed at some > point). If all activities were to do this (e.g. pippy-activity->Pippy) > it would be easier to reduce package choices to a succint list. > > M > > Thanks again > > M > ___ > Sugar-devel mailing list > sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] GCI discontinued - backup plan
I have not had the bandwidth to really wrap my head around how to do this yet. Coming up with projects is not a problem. Global outreach w/o Google will be a challenge. @tincho maybe we can grab a few minutes to discuss this? -walter On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 4:24 PM Martin Abente Lahaye wrote: > > I would love to see this happening as well. > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 5:00 PM Mariah Villarreal > wrote: >> >> I'm happy to help with outreach for participants if this comes to fruition. >> I have some free time these days :) >> >> >> >> On 10/28/20 6:45 PM, Samson Goddy wrote: >> >> Yes, Walter mentioned it at some point, looking forward in helping too. >> >> >> Regards >> >> On Wed, Oct 28, 2020, 6:43 PM Samson Goddy wrote: >>> >>> Yes, Walter mentioned it at some point, looking forward in helping too. >>> >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> On Wed, Oct 28, 2020, 6:32 PM Jui Pradhan wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> I'm aware that GCI has been discontinued and sugarlabs was a participating >>>> organization before. Generally, it was around December and January. >>>> I remember reading a mail about the discussion on "how we might continue >>>> the concept without formal support". >>>> Has anything been finalized yet? Also, I would be happy to help. Do let me >>>> know. >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> -- >>>> Jui Pradhan >>>> ___ >>>> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >>>> IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org >>>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >> >> >> ___ >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >> >> ___ >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > ___ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] Music Blocks v3.3
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!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] Tom Gilliard
I am saddened by the news that Tom Gilliard (satellit), long time Sugar contributor has passed away after a long illness. Tom was one of our most dedicated and diligent testers of Sugar builds (on a wide variety of GNU/Linux platforms) and a great advocate who will be missed. Tom's wife Virginia can be reached at sandykayak...@gmail.com -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] FYI: GCI is discontinued
A few of us have been discussing how we might continue the concept without formal Google support. Stay tuned. On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 2:58 AM Hrishi Patel wrote: > That is extremely sad. I read that email, I have so many good memories > with GCI. > > On Thu, Jun 11, 2020, 2:25 AM Devin Ulibarri > wrote: > >> 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-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel >> > ___ > Sugar-devel mailing list > sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] [Systems] Upgrading sunjammer to Ubuntu 20.04
Music Blocks seems happy. thx On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 1:36 PM Bernie Innocenti wrote: > On 01/06/2020 21.43, Bernie Innocenti wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'll be taking sunjammer down shortly a scheduled OS upgrade. > > > > Services hosted on sunjammer, including wiki.sugarlabs.org and > > lists.sugarlabs.org will be unavailable until the update is complete. > > Sunjammer is back online with the wiki and hopefully also the mailing > lists too (this is the test). > > Please contact us on systems@ if you find any breakage. > > > > During the procedure, I will be reachable on #sugar as bernie_. > > That was a lie: I switched to Quassel IRC a while ago, and the core was > running on... you guessed it! > > -- > Bernie Innocenti > Sugar Labs Infrastructure Team > http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Infrastructure_Team > ___ > Systems mailing list > syst...@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/systems > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] Congratulations to our GCI winners
Winners AndreaGon srevinsaju Runners up pidddgy Bottersnike Finalists Kiy4h Smag Honorable Mention sdziuda Rishikesh Joshi NathanDimmer Abhay Malik We had 563 tasks completed by 306 students. (Over 500 students participated.) A good deal of progress was made on the conversion of Sugar to Python3, Music Blocks enhancements, and improvements to Sugarizer. Some fun new activities were added as well. Thanks to the community for supporting (and mentoring) this effort. regards. -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Important Update on the Slob Elections 2019-2021
On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 10:34 AM Vipul Gupta wrote: > Hello everyone, > Over the past couple of days, there have been some important updates > regarding the upcoming SLOB elections. These are as follows, > > 1. The Sugar Labs oversight board has unanimously agreed to the motion of > changing the name of the election to *2019-21*, the decision is > underlined below. > > Agreed Motion 2020-02; this late election to be renamed 2019-2021, and >> that the seats to vacate be either three or four, per our governance >> rule "positions on the board will be on a two-year staggered basis". > > > You can find the information regarding the election and the candidates > here, https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2019-2021-candidates > (We are still migrating information of candidates and will finish that up > soon) > > 2. In regards to the same, the seats to be vacated has to be either three > or four for the election to take place. There is one (1) additional slot > available after the resignation of Walter Bender from the oversight board. > Walter will still be closely associated with all activities of Sugar Labs. > > Point of clarification. I am vacating my seat as of 31 January to make room for the 3rd slot so we can rebalance our board seats as per the guidelines. I plan to run for one of the 4 seats that will open up in the 2020-2022 election at the end of this calendar year. 3. After a discussion with the election committee, I have decided the > election will take place from *15th January to 31st January 2020*. > Results will be declared soon after that. > > That would be all for the moment. Hoping to see you all vote for the > upcoming elections! Expecting a bigger turnout. As always, do reach out if > you have any questions. > > Thanks, > Vipul Gupta > @vipulgupta2048 <https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Vipulgupta2048> > _______ > SLOBs mailing list > sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/slobs > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] Sugar Labs oversight board elections -- volunteer(s) needed
We will be holding an election for some open seats for the oversight board (SLOB) later this month. Since Ibiam is a candidate, it is inappropriate for him to administer the election. Hence we are looking for a volunteer to be the one to run the election. We can walk you through the mechanics of what needs to be done, but it is important for the integrity of the election that we find an independent administrator. Please contact me directly if you are interested. regards. -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] GCI background
On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 6:37 PM James Cameron wrote: > Thanks, I've received the invitation and registered. Great. Nice to have you on board. > The mentor > participant agreement had a couple things that I'm worried about; > > 1.1.a "contributor to an active and viable open source or free > software organisation" ... not clear to me that Sugar Labs is > sufficiently active and viable to qualify, but presumably that has > already been worked out. > I attached a graph of the activity on just one of our repos. Looks pretty active to me. > > 2.1.b "respond to contestant requests within thirty-six (36) hours" > ... does not take into account weekends, which for me can be up to > about sixty-three (63) hours; 5pm Friday to 8am Monday. > We will need to ensure we have multiple mentors per project (plus the admins) to ensure we have these sorts of gaps covered. We've generally managed to be pretty responsive in years past. > > On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 04:44:02AM -0400, Walter Bender wrote: > > As I mentioned in my earlier email, Sugar Labs has been selected to > participate > > in Google Code-in (GCI) 2019. It is a really fun program and represents > a great > > opportunity for the community to reach out to new contributors. > > > > The contest begins on December 2, 2019, so we have about one month to > prepare. > > > > For those of you who are volunteering to be a mentors, I will be sending > out > > invitations to formally sign up as mentors over the next few days, so > keep an > > eye out for the invitation. Meanwhile, I wanted to share some general > > information with you and the Sugar Labs community. > > > > * The GCI admins are myself, Lionel, and Ibiam. > > > > * We will be using the sugar-devel mailing list [0] for all of our > general GCI > > correspondence. This ensures that any discussions are public and that the > > entire community can participate. By “general”, I mean discussions about > > process, time lines, etc. > > > > * We will be using #sugar on [1]irc.freenode.net as our help line for > the GCI > > students. It is important that we keep as close to 24/7 coverage as > possible, > > as we anticipate participation from students from almost every timezone. > If you > > do not have an IRC account, please see [1] for details. > > > > * The GCI website maintains a mechanism for corresponding with the > students > > regarding individual tasks. That thread is only accessible to students > and > > mentors. It is meant for private feedback to the student. > > > > * We maintain a wiki page for Sugar-Labs-specific GCI information [2]. > > > > * Further details about the rules, guidelines for mentorship, etc. can > be found > > on the GCI website [3]. Mentor-specific guidelines are here: [2]https:// > > developers.google.com/open-source/gci/help/responsibilities > > > > * It is important to remember that we are working with youths, ages > 13-17, many > > of whom are participating in order to learn. So please be appropriate in > your > > language and please be patient. Also, we need to be protective of their > > privacy, so do not share or solicit any personal information. > > > > About tasks: > > > > At the heart of GCI are the tasks. These are bite size (and not so bite > size) > > challenges for the students. Each task can take from 3-7 days and they > can span > > a variety of areas: > > > > Code: Tasks related to writing or refactoring code > > > > Documentation/Training: Tasks related to creating/editing documents and > helping > > others learn more > > > > Outreach/Research: Tasks related to community management, > outreach/marketing, > > or studying problems and recommending solutions > > > > Quality Assurance: Tasks related to testing and ensuring code is of high > > quality > > > > Design: Tasks related to user experience research or user interface > design and > > interaction > > > > More details on what these categories mean is available on the GCI > website. > > > > It is our responsibility as a participating organization to come up with > the > > task list. We need to have around 100 tasks defined before the content > begins > > and will need at least 300 to keep pace as the contest progresses. Open > issues > > generally make good tasks. More suggestions can be found in the wiki [4]. > > (Music Blocks alone we have more than 200, so I don’t anticipate running > > short.) Mentors can enter task suggestions directly into the GCI system > [5]. &
[IAEP] GCI background
As I mentioned in my earlier email, Sugar Labs has been selected to participate in Google Code-in (GCI) 2019. It is a really fun program and represents a great opportunity for the community to reach out to new contributors. The contest begins on December 2, 2019, so we have about one month to prepare. For those of you who are volunteering to be a mentors, I will be sending out invitations to formally sign up as mentors over the next few days, so keep an eye out for the invitation. Meanwhile, I wanted to share some general information with you and the Sugar Labs community. * The GCI admins are myself, Lionel, and Ibiam. * We will be using the sugar-devel mailing list [0] for all of our general GCI correspondence. This ensures that any discussions are public and that the entire community can participate. By “general”, I mean discussions about process, time lines, etc. * We will be using #sugar on irc.freenode.net as our help line for the GCI students. It is important that we keep as close to 24/7 coverage as possible, as we anticipate participation from students from almost every timezone. If you do not have an IRC account, please see [1] for details. * The GCI website maintains a mechanism for corresponding with the students regarding individual tasks. That thread is only accessible to students and mentors. It is meant for private feedback to the student. * We maintain a wiki page for Sugar-Labs-specific GCI information [2]. * Further details about the rules, guidelines for mentorship, etc. can be found on the GCI website [3]. Mentor-specific guidelines are here: https://developers.google.com/open-source/gci/help/responsibilities * It is important to remember that we are working with youths, ages 13-17, many of whom are participating in order to learn. So please be appropriate in your language and please be patient. Also, we need to be protective of their privacy, so do not share or solicit any personal information. About tasks: At the heart of GCI are the tasks. These are bite size (and not so bite size) challenges for the students. Each task can take from 3-7 days and they can span a variety of areas: Code: Tasks related to writing or refactoring code Documentation/Training: Tasks related to creating/editing documents and helping others learn more Outreach/Research: Tasks related to community management, outreach/marketing, or studying problems and recommending solutions Quality Assurance: Tasks related to testing and ensuring code is of high quality Design: Tasks related to user experience research or user interface design and interaction More details on what these categories mean is available on the GCI website. It is our responsibility as a participating organization to come up with the task list. We need to have around 100 tasks defined before the content begins and will need at least 300 to keep pace as the contest progresses. Open issues generally make good tasks. More suggestions can be found in the wiki [4]. (Music Blocks alone we have more than 200, so I don’t anticipate running short.) Mentors can enter task suggestions directly into the GCI system [5]. For everyone else, feel free to share on the sugar-devel list. Suggests for tasks can come from any mentor or community member but the approval of tasks is done only by an administrator. All tasks should be written with the same clarity one would expect in a ticket: a detailed description of the challenge and suggestions as to resources that might be of use. You can include links in a task description, to an issue, for example, but the task description should be largely self-explanatory. We adhere to the same standards and processes of contributions for GCI tasks as any other contribution, so please familiarize yourself with the Contributor’s Guide [6]. Before the contest begins, I will send out more details about reviewing and approving student work. It is imperative that we maintain consistent and high standards for all submissions. Finally, as I said at the start, GCI is fun. Enjoy. regards. -walter [0] lists.sugarlabs.org/sugar-devel [1] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Google_Code_In_2019#Getting_set_up_on_IRC [2] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Google_Code_In_2019 [3] https://codein.withgoogle.com/ [4] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Google_Code_In_2019#This_is_a_stub_for_25.2B_example_tasks_new_for_GCI_2019 . [5] https://codein.withgoogle.com/dashboard/ [6] https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-docs/blob/master/src/contributing.md -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] GCI 2019
Sugar Labs has been selected as a Google Code-in 2019 mentor organization. I'll send some details this evening. regards. -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] Google Code-in 2019
I've begun putting together our application to GCI 2019. And I have created a page in the wiki with background information [2] If you are interested in mentoring, please let me know (and add your name to the list at the bottom of the wiki page.). Please indicate what areas you wish to help with (coding, design, research, documentation, and QA) and relevant experience in the Sugar Labs community. Looking forward to GCI. regards. -walter [1] https://codein.withgoogle.com/ [2] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Google_Code_In_2019 -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] Sugar Labs changing directions
For those of you who were not able to attend the most recent Sugar Labs oversight board meeting [1], on 3 May, I wanted to share with you an important decision made by the board. Sugar Labs has been a member project of the SFC since 2008 and operated under the SFC guidelines during that period. For the most part it has been a productive and amicable relationship but there have been a few bumps in the road, when Sugar Labs community members have had difficulty adhering to some of the SFC guidelines. After several attempts to foster a less contentious relationship, it was determined that the best course of action is to make a change. The board unanimously passed a motion to form a 501(c)(3) with the intent of moving Sugar Labs resources, infrastructure, and funds into it. [2] Devin Ulibarri, our Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) liaison communicated this decision to Karen Sandler, the executive director of the SFC, who responded that the SFC would "be happy to help form the new organization." Personally, I consider our membership in the SFC as a way-point along a continuing journey to bring the best in Free/Libre software to education. While I appreciate the work we have done with the SFC for more than ten years, I look forward to a new model of independence for Sugar Labs. The oversight board will keep the community informed of our progress towards establishing the 501(c)(3) organization. Community input, as always, is most welcome. regards, Walter Bender on behalf of the Sugar Labs oversight board [1] http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings/2019-05-03 [2] https://www.501c3.org/what-is-a-501c3/ -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] [SoaS] [Sugar-devel] Fedora 30 SoaS (Sugar on A Stick) final released
On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 11:36 AM Peter Robinson wrote: > On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 4:07 PM Walter Bender > wrote: > > > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 10:58 AM Alex Perez > wrote: > >> > >> The Fedora 30 release was earlier today, and with it comes the Fedora > 30 Sugar on a Stick environment, which now has functional collaboration, > out of the box. It includes Sugar 0.113, which incorporates the necessary > fixes. > >> > >> > >> For those who would like to try or use Fedora 30 Sugar on a Stick, you > can download these ISO images, and use DD, win32diskimager, or your > preferred raw image writing utility to stick the contents on a USB drive. > Alternatively, the two ISOs below can be booted as a Virtual Machine, using > VirtualBox, Parallels, Hyper-V, and other virtualization software. > >> > >> Here are your download links: > >> > >> > https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/30/Spins/x86_64/iso/Fedora-SoaS-Live-x86_64-30-1.2.iso > <<--- this link did not work > > > > > > > https://mirrors.rit.edu/fedora/fedora/linux//releases/30/Spins/x86_64/iso/Fedora-SoaS-Live-x86_64-30-1.2.iso > <<--- this link works > > The first link sends a redirect to the closest mirror, while the > mirror manager is pretty good it might be catching up due to load of > release, and the first link is likely still good for a lot of people > depending on where you are. > The first link was returning errors. Maybe I was being directed to an overloaded or down server? Seems to work now. > > >> > https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora-secondary/releases/30/Spins/i386/iso/Fedora-SoaS-Live-i386-30-1.2.iso > >> > >> > https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/30/Spins/armhfp/images/Fedora-SoaS-armhfp-30-1.2-sda.raw.xz > >> > >> ___ > >> Sugar-devel mailing list > >> sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org > >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > > > > > > > > -- > > Walter Bender > > Sugar Labs > > http://www.sugarlabs.org > > > > _______ > > SoaS mailing list > > s...@lists.sugarlabs.org > > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas > ___ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] Google Season of Documentation
As per the motion approved during this month's oversight board meeting, I have been the process of applying to Google Season of Documentation. I did a first pass of filling out the application and I created a stub repo [1] for the project on our GH account. Next, I'll work on cleaning up the application and we can all work on generating ideas for where we'd want to apply some technical writing to our documentation. regards. -walter [1] https://github.com/sugarlabs/GSoD -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] April 19th workshop in Kano
I will ask Ahmed for his materials. I know he is also still looking for input. regards. -walter On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 3:20 PM Patricia Escauriza < pescaur...@paraguayeduca.org> wrote: > I'd like to do something like that in Paraguay, I would also appreciate > having the material and details.. regards! > > Patty > > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> > Virus-free. > www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> > <#m_9168463907467690660_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > El dom., 31 mar. 2019 a las 2:02, Jaskirat Singh () > escribió: > >> Looks great >> >> On Sun, 31 Mar 2019, 11:23 am Rishabh Thaney, >> wrote: >> >>> Sounds great! >>> Can I please get the course material of the workshop? Would like to >>> organise an event like this as well. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> On Sat, Mar 30, 2019 at 7:59 PM Walter Bender >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Please see the attached brochure. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Walter Bender >>>> Sugar Labs >>>> http://www.sugarlabs.org >>>> <http://www.sugarlabs.org> >>>> ___ >>>> Sugar-devel mailing list >>>> sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org >>>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Thanks & best regards >>> Rishabh Thaney >>> +91.999.909.3117 >>> rishabhtha...@gmail.com >>> https://www.linkedin.com/in/rishabhthaney/ >>> >>> ___ >>> Sugar-devel mailing list >>> sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org >>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel >>> >> ___ >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > > > -- > > > > > ___ > Sugar-devel mailing list > sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] April 19th workshop in Kano
Please see the attached brochure. -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] What's the long term vision of Sugar Labs?
On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 11:23 AM Sumit Srivastava wrote: > Walter, > > Thank you for responding, you've been with SL before it even started, it > really matters to us. > > Please also address this question: > > If we could achieve anything, what would we want? > Peace, love, and understanding. But back to Sugar Labs,... (1) I think we need to be an exemplar of how to deploy* power ideas to young learners everywhere. This includes not just the bits we deliver, but the organization through which we deliver them. (2) I think we need to also focus on a few** high-potential opportunities for deployments. In my opinion, that includes continuing to support the OLPC deployments on whatever hardware and OS they are using, focusing on RPi and other devices favored by the Maker community, and continuing to leverage the potential of piggybacking on distributions such as Fedora and Debian in the form of spins or mixes. We need to make it easier for people to get started... even Sugar on a Stick is too much for most potential users. (3) We need to do a better job of packaging the Sugar experience for potential deployments. I had written pretty detailed deployment guides back in the OLPC days. We need something more contemporary that helps people get started and points them towards realizing the true vision of learning with Sugar. * We have fallen short of the deploy side of late in part because of the disconnect described by Tony, which I think exists for reasons other than he asserted. ** We have very limited developer cycles these days, so we need to choose our opportunities wisely. And we need to grow that community. > > This might really help us improve our plans for the future. > > Regards > > On Fri, 29 Mar 2019, 8:42 pm Walter Bender, > wrote: > >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 7:49 AM Sumit Srivastava >> wrote: >> >>> Insightful inputs, Tony. I want to discuss all of the stuff being talked >>> about here, but not now. >>> >>> Please keep the emails coming, we need more of them from the community, >>> especially people who've been with SL for a long time. >>> >>> >>> On Fri, 29 Mar 2019, 11:31 am Tony Anderson, >>> wrote: >>> >>>> [snip] >>> >>> Later OLPC split into two organizations: OLPC and SugarLabs. OLPC for >>>> the production and distribution of the XO laptop and SugarLabs for >>>> implementation and support of the software (Sugar). This split has had >>>> important historical consequences: SugarLabs views itself as only >>>> developing the software but not supporting it as a product - that task >>>> is left to OLPC (for the XO) and Linux distributions for other >>>> platforms. This creates a gap between Sugar Labs and its user community. >>>> >>> >> I respectfully disagree with Tony on this point. A consequence of the >> split is the Sugar Labs does not have the same access to deployments that >> it did when there was just one organization. But whenever we have been >> given the opportunity to directly work with a deployment, we have been >> responsive. The gap does exist, but only when we are left out of the >> discussion. >> >>> >>>> [snip] >>>> >>>> One possible future for Sugar is that it is honorably retired along >>>> with >>>> the XO to computer history. Perhaps recorded as a forerunner of the >>>> Raspberry Pi. >>>> >>> >> In fact, the Sugar experience on RPi is pretty terrific. Some of us have >> been pushing hard to get more pickup in the communities that embrace RPi. >> >>> >>>> Another future for Sugar is that it again asks 'How can the >>>> technological advances in computing be harnessed to bring the ideals of >>>> the Dynabook closer to reality?" What can we learn from the Raspberry >>>> Pi >>>> and the Maker community? Is the Dynabook to be a phone or virtual >>>> reality headgear or a game machine? >>>> >>> >> While I think the maker movement is great stuff (and one of the >> education-ideas-du-jour) I don't think it is always as focused on >> Contructonism as construction. I think we have some features, such as the >> journal and portfolio activity, that could help focus the learning >> potential of that movement. >> >>> >>>> The critical requirement to avoid retirement is to make Sugar viable as >>>> an educational computing environment on the current generation of >>>> laptop >>>> computers. This encompass
Re: [IAEP] What's the long term vision of Sugar Labs?
that, which is one of the reasons >> > why I chose to run for the Sugar Labs Oversight Board. Our next meeting >> > is next Friday, on 2019-04-05 at 20:00 UTC, on IRC, in the >> > #sugar-meeting channel on FreeNode. Feel free to join us and observe, as >> > well as ask questions before and after the official meeting commences. >> > >> > https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board >> >> Regards >> >> Sumit Srivastava >> >> ___ >> >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> >> IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org >> >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >> > -- next part -- >> > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> > URL: < >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/attachments/20190328/9fd990ae/attachment-0001.html >> > >> > >> > -- >> > >> > Message: 3 >> > Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 08:13:29 +0530 >> > From: Sumit Srivastava >> > To: iaep >> > Cc: Sugar-dev Devel >> > Subject: Re: [IAEP] What's the long term vision of Sugar Labs? >> > Message-ID: >> > < >> caezcgjxi42ts0yqyocdkytobjnqrmunjzzagg5z_qrd_qxk...@mail.gmail.com> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> > >> > Great points, Alex. >> > >> > I would love to hear from all of you, especially the senior members of >> the >> > SL community, before we discuss all the points one by one. >> > >> > Regards >> > Sumit >> > >> > On Fri, 29 Mar 2019, 6:49 am Alex Perez, wrote: >> > >> >> 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 >> >> list. >> >> >> >> Sumit Srivastava wrote on 3/28/19 5:00 PM: >> >> >> >> Do we aim to be like Red Hat? Canonical? No match? Who are we closest >> to? >> >> Who do we aim to be? >> >> >> >> >> >> Speaking as an Oversight Board member, I do not believe it is in the >> >> interest of Sugar Labs to attempt to emulate a company like Red Hat and >> >> Canonical. These companies have hundreds/thousands of paid employees, >> and >> >> their organizational structure is a product of the needs of their >> corporate >> >> customers. >> >> >> >> Right now, we have a few existential problems on the horizon, one of >> which >> >> is a long term problem, but which we now need to address in the >> short-term: >> >> Maintainability. Sugar has a lot of "technical debt", and unless we can >> >> complete our goal of 100% Python 3 compatibility of all core Sugar >> >> libraries and the toolkit, we risk the loss of being able to be run as >> a >> >> desktop environment on current versions of Linux, due to our reliance >> on >> >> Python 2. Since Python 2 has been on life support for many, many >> years, and >> >> is only nine months from being officially retired, it will no longer be >> >> maintained by the Python Foundation, nor included by default in the >> next >> >> versions of Fedora and Ubuntu. You can read further details about the >> >> sunsetting of Python 2 at https://pythonclock.org >> >> >> >> <https://pythonclock.org/> >> >> >> >> >> >> I understand that these are a lot of questions. You can also share >> >> relevant mail archive links if they're available. >> >> >> >> I also understand that we're a non profit and the organisations I >> >> mentioned might not be a close match. >> >> >> >> I personally do not think the core entity of Sugar Labs should be a >> >> commercial entity, but non-profit organizations are completely >> entitled to >> >> be profitable, and many are quite for the profitable. Personally, I >> would >> >> like to see the development of a federated model, where we have >> >> country/regionally-centered "chapters" of Sugar Labs, with Sugar Labs >> >> itself taking the in-the-field feedback from our distributed user >> base, and >> >> incorporating and triaging suggestions/feedback, >> >> >> >> >> >> Essense of my question: If we could achieve anything, what would we >> want? >> >> >> >> I would love to see a world where Sugar was used extensively, >> worldwide, >> >> by children in the primary school age range, with a wide range of >> >> actively-maintained activities, relevant to the current curricula of a >> >> variety of countries, and of interest to elementary school teachers, >> across >> >> all socioeconomic groups. How we get there is the real question, >> assuming >> >> we want to, and have the organizational will to do so. >> >> >> >> As for what our "long term vision" is, I honestly don't think we have >> one >> >> at this point, and we should fix that, which is one of the reasons why >> I >> >> chose to run for the Sugar Labs Oversight Board. Our next meeting is >> next >> >> Friday, on 2019-04-05 at 20:00 UTC, on IRC, in the #sugar-meeting >> channel >> >> on FreeNode. Feel free to join us and observe, as well as ask questions >> >> before and after the official meeting commences. >> >> >> >> https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board >> >> >> >> >> >> Regards >> >> Sumit Srivastava >> >> >> >> ___ >> >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)IAEP >> @lists.sugarlabs.orghttp://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >> >> >> >> >> >> ___ >> >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> >> IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org >> >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >> > -- next part -- >> > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> > URL: < >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/attachments/20190329/abb47024/attachment.html >> > >> > >> > -- >> > >> > Subject: Digest Footer >> > >> > ___ >> > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org >> > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >> > >> > -- >> > >> > End of IAEP Digest, Vol 132, Issue 6 >> > >> >> >> ___ >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > ___ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) 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Re: [IAEP] Pycon Cleavland 2019 Poster Session
On Tue, Dec 25, 2018 at 6:33 AM IQRA MUHAMMAD < iqra.muhamma...@ce.ceme.edu.pk> wrote: > Hi! > > We have been working on this idea to present a Sugar Labs project at the > Poster session of Pycon Cleveland 2019. The PyCon 2019 conference, which > will take place in Cleveland, is the largest annual gathering for the > community using and developing the Open-Source Python programming language. > It would be a great opportunity to present a Sugar Labs Project at the > event and this will increase the outreach and a great chance to let people > know more about Sugar Labs.We are keen to have your suggestions on this > and also wish to discuss which Sugar Labs project would be appropriate to > be presented in a Poster Session in Pycon Cleveland 2019. It would be > great, if you could take out some time to give us some ideas on which Sugar > Labs project can we present for the poster session. The link below shows > some of the past projects presented in the Poster Session of Pycon 2018: > > https://us.pycon.org/2018/schedule/posters/list/ > > Best Regards, > Iqra Muhammad > > ___ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep The Sugar Desktop and the majority of the Sugar activities are written in Python, so it would make sense to focus there. (Sugarizer and Music Blocks are JavaScript and hence would not be appropriate topics for this venue.) To me the thing that is most interesting is the scaffolding we built into Sugar to expose the underlying Python code to our users (e.g., view source) and to encourage them to explore on their own (the copy mechanism that gives them them their own copy of a an activity to modify, Pippy, which is a Python playpen and can be used to create new Sugar activities, and Turtle Blocks, that provides a Python version of anything they write in the Logo block language. Also, the IRC activity, which invites newbie developers to follow the discussions of seasoned developers. All of these are topics I touched upon in my 2013 talk at PyCon. regards. -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] SCaLE 17X March7 -10, 2019
On Sat, Dec 22, 2018 at 7:51 PM Caryl Bigenho wrote: > > P.S. To Walter... what is the size of the Sugar Labs banner you have? > It is about 30 inches wide and 72 inches tall. Self-standing. -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] welcoming the new Sugar Labs oversight board members
We'll need to write up a "Teacher's Guide" for each activity. On Sat, Dec 22, 2018 at 1:47 PM Rishabh Thaney wrote: > > > On Sat, 22 Dec 2018 at 7:48 PM, Walter Bender > wrote: > >> >> >> On Sat, Dec 22, 2018 at 1:00 AM Rishabh Thaney >> wrote: >> >>> Thanks for the update, Walter and congratulations to all the newly >>> elected members. >>> >>> I would also like to help Samson and Vipul with outreach. >>> Would also like to share that we recently hosted an 'hour of code' with >>> the ACM student chapter of our college in which we went to a school and >>> taught basic programming to the students of 5th grade. >>> >>> I was wondering if Sugar Labs also participates in the ACM Hour of code >>> which takes place every year. >>> Would also like to discuss the possibility of partnering with Code.org >>> and to see if we can list an activity here: >>> https://hourofcode.com/in/en/learn >>> >>> Which I believe would help in outreach and supporting a bigger cause as >>> well. >>> I would request everyone to please share any relevant inputs on this. >>> >> I've watched with dismay over the years as we have gone from summer of >> code to month of code to week of code to day of code to hour of code. That >> said, I know nothing about marketing and obviously this is a good outreach >> opportunity. >> >> Ideas: >> (1) Sugar on RPi install party >> (2) Sugar on a Stick install party >> (3) Write your first interactive paint program in Turtle Blocks >> (4) Write your first song in Music Blocks >> (5) Do X, Y, or Z with a Sugarizer activity. >> > > Thanks for these insights, I think we can list most of these as > interactive modules here: > https://hourofcode.com/in/en/learn > > So that people conducting more such programs can also be provided with our > resources which can be used for the HOC. > > Though, will have to check how to go about with listing them and are there > any guidelines that need to be followed. > >> >> >>> Happy holidays! >>> >> >> Thx >> >>> >>> Best >>> Rishabh >>> >>> -- >>> Thanks & best regards >>> Rishabh Thaney >>> +91.999.909.3117 >>> rishabhtha...@gmail.com >>> https://www.linkedin.com/in/rishabhthaney/ >>> >>> regards. >> >> -walter >> -- >> Walter Bender >> Sugar Labs >> http://www.sugarlabs.org >> <http://www.sugarlabs.org> >> > -- > Thanks & best regards > Rishabh Thaney > +91.999.909.3117 > rishabhtha...@gmail.com > https://www.linkedin.com/in/rishabhthaney/ > > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] welcoming the new Sugar Labs oversight board members
On Sat, Dec 22, 2018 at 1:00 AM Rishabh Thaney wrote: > Thanks for the update, Walter and congratulations to all the newly elected > members. > > I would also like to help Samson and Vipul with outreach. > Would also like to share that we recently hosted an 'hour of code' with > the ACM student chapter of our college in which we went to a school and > taught basic programming to the students of 5th grade. > > I was wondering if Sugar Labs also participates in the ACM Hour of code > which takes place every year. > Would also like to discuss the possibility of partnering with Code.org and > to see if we can list an activity here: > https://hourofcode.com/in/en/learn > > Which I believe would help in outreach and supporting a bigger cause as > well. > I would request everyone to please share any relevant inputs on this. > I've watched with dismay over the years as we have gone from summer of code to month of code to week of code to day of code to hour of code. That said, I know nothing about marketing and obviously this is a good outreach opportunity. Ideas: (1) Sugar on RPi install party (2) Sugar on a Stick install party (3) Write your first interactive paint program in Turtle Blocks (4) Write your first song in Music Blocks (5) Do X, Y, or Z with a Sugarizer activity. > Happy holidays! > Thx > > Best > Rishabh > > -- > Thanks & best regards > Rishabh Thaney > +91.999.909.3117 > rishabhtha...@gmail.com > https://www.linkedin.com/in/rishabhthaney/ > > regards. -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] SCaLE 17X March7 -10, 2019
I have a Sugar Labs banner that I can make available. On Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 7:22 PM 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 others not doing > > anything for scale, she is doing something and that should only be > > commended. > > > > I also think splintering the discussion in many mailing lists is a > > pity, since email reader app features exist to deal with muting > > uninteresting threads, and it makes historical research harder. > > ___ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] welcoming the new Sugar Labs oversight board members
I hope everyone is well. We are in a seasonal transition -- winter has begun in the north and summer in the south. I wanted to convey holiday greetings to everyone in the community and also to provide some updates: * We have a new oversight board. Welcome to James Cameron, Alex Perez, and Devin Ulibarri. Lionel Laske and I were reelected to our seats. Claudia Urrea and Samson Goddy will be completing their two-year terms in 2019. I think we have a very strong group, with demonstrable dedication to Sugar Labs and its mission and I look forward to having a very productive (and fun) year. * Many thanks to Adam, Sameer, and Ignacio, all three of whom have dedicated many years of effort to the project and the community. Your contributions are appreciated. * James will be taking over for me as chair of the oversight board meetings -- he runs a much better meeting than I do and I think it will be a change for the better in terms of making us a more efficient organization, able to make more thoughtful decisions more quickly. * James will also be replacing Adam as the Sugar Labs liaison to the Software Freedom Conservancy. I know he will offer a level of professionalism that will hopefully lead to clear and timely communication between our organizations. A few heads up: * 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. * Rahul Bothra is helping to organize a new set of landing pages for Google Summer of Code. I anticipate that Sugar Labs will be applying again this year and we are striving to be more organized than in years past. * The winners of the Google Code-in contest will be announce in two weeks by Google. We had some fantastic contributions this year. Thank you for all the help with organizing (Ibiam), mentoring, and participation. Make sure to spend some time with family over these short (or long) days. regards. -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] Marketing Opportunity @ SCALE 17x (DotOrg Booth)
On Sat, Dec 15, 2018 at 4:10 AM James Cameron wrote: > G'day Caryl, > > Thanks. Looks like a good opportunity. > > Apart from answers to your questions, which are more to do with > software and hardware than the project, is there anything you think > the board should be asked to decide? At the moment I don't think the > board is needing to decide anything, as our members can direct > themselves, but welcome your thoughts. We could, under advisement of the Marketing team, allocate a budget for making some stickers to hand out. There is quite a collection of designs generated during GCI. https://people.sugarlabs.org/peaceojemeh/GCIStickers/ > On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 06:12:11PM +, Caryl Bigenho wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > > > Once again we have been offered a FREE booth at one of the country's top > open > > source conferences. I have to let Bala know by the 19th if we would like > to > > take advantage of this opportunity. So here are the questions we must > consider > > before committing ourselves to this ... > > > > What do we have to "market" and who is our target audience? > > Do we have any compelling stories to tell... Mexico? Haiti? Pakistan? > Or??? > > Will anyone else besides the folks in SoCal be here to help "man" the > booth for > > 3-Days(3/8-3/10)? > > Do we have anything special to offer as "swag"? > > What new software can we show? Running on what new hardware? > > Can we offer some hands-on experiences for people there? > > > > Please discuss! We did not participate in SCaLE in 2018 but did every > year from > > 2008-2017. > > > > My email service is acting up and I have to send this out in "batches" as > > entering some of your names erases everything!!! Put your replies on the > IAEP > > list so everyone can see them. > > > > Thanks, > > Caryl Bigenho > > > > > ━━━ > > From: Hriday Balachandran > > Sent: Sunday, December 9, 2018 6:49 PM > > Subject: SCALE 17x DotOrg Booth > > > > Hi there, > > > > As we look to filling the expo floor, your organization has been invited > back > > to SCALE, and we are offering you a free booth in recognition of your > group's > > excellent open source contributions. > > > > SCALE 17x will be held between March 7 and March 10, 2019, and the expo > floor > > will tentatively be from 1400 on March 8, till 1200 on March 10. > > > > Please let me know within the next 10 days if I should hold the booth > for you. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Bala. > > > ___ > > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > > -- > James Cameron > http://quozl.netrek.org/ > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [SLOB] Meeting Reminder
On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 8:04 PM Dave Crossland wrote: > Thanks for sharing the logs! > FWIW, the logs from every meeting are available in the wiki: https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Minutes enjoy. -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] [SLOB] Meeting Reminder
We have our regular meeting of the Sugar Labs oversight board tomorrow (Friday), 7 December (today). My apologies for not sending this reminder out earlier. We meet at 20:00 UTC (4PM on the US East Coast). Please join us on irc.freenode.net #sugar-meeting Recall that you must be registered on Freenode in order to attend the meeting. See [1] for details. Among other topics, we will discuss: * Google Code In update * Elections update * New Sugar group forming in Nigeria * Marketing regards. -walter [1] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Google_Code_In_2018/background#Getting_set_up_on_IRC -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] throwing my hat into the ring
My statement regarding the Sugar Labs oversight board can be found here: https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Walter#Sugar_2020 regards. -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Switching sugarlabs.org to Backdrop CMS
Could you (or someone) please articulate why you think this will reduce the maintenance burden? (I ask with complete ignorance about Backdrop.) regards. -walter On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 4:01 AM James Cameron wrote: > Backdrop CMS is a lightweight content management system for > non-profits. > > Backdrop CMS joined the Software Freedom Conservancy recently, and > Sugar Labs is also part of SFC. > > Have we any volunteers interested in converting the web site and > content to Backdrop? It seems to have all the features needed, and > may help to release our volunteers to work on more important things, > such as Music Blocks, Turtle Blocks, Sugarizer, Sugar, or activities. > > Steps; > > * [ ] establish a list of volunteers, > > * [ ] build a list of requirements and acceptance criteria, > > * [ ] check for alternate CMS implementations, > > * [ ] verify we have consensus to proceed, > > * [ ] verify oversight board is in favour, > > * [ ] instantiate the CMS, > > * [ ] copy content from old site, > > * [ ] maintain content. > > -- > James Cameron > http://quozl.netrek.org/ > ___ > Sugar-devel mailing list > sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] [SLOB] Meeting reminder
We have our regular meeting of the Sugar Labs oversight board tomorrow (Friday), 2 November at 20:00 UTC (4PM on the US East Coast). Please join us on irc.freenode.net #sugar-meeting Recall that you must be registered on Freenode in order to attend the meeting. See [1] for details. Among other topics, we will discuss: * Google Code In * Elections for new board seats * Marketing team update regards. -walter [1] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Google_Code_In_2018/background#Getting_set_up_on_IRC -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] Sugar Labs oversight board elections
We'll be holding an election for 4 seats on our oversight board. The election will be held in early December. (1) If you are interested in helping run the election, please let Samson Goddy, Caryl Bigelow, and/or Dave Crossland know. (2) If you are interested in a running for open board seat, please let Samson, Cayrl, or Dave know. The minimum obligation of board members is 1 hour per month meeting and a light email load. That said, it is critical to Sugar Labs to have a board that is invested in our mission. I hope you consider throwing your hat into the ring. regards. -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] [SLOB] Jaskirat travel
Please excuse the top post. @ Adam, Sameer, Claudia, Lionel, and Ignaco, I was hoping to sort out this issue at today's meeting but only Samson and I showed up (2nd month in a row). I would appreciate your timely response, yea or nay. Without your participation we are paralyzed as an organization. regards. -walter On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 2:41 PM Walter Bender wrote: > As per the discussion with Brett [sfconservancy.org #1917], Jaskirat has > asked for a travel advance for his trip to Google, where he will be > representing Sugar Labs at both the GSOC Meetup and the Mentor Summit. The > details of his trip can be found here [1]. > > Jaskirat has worked hard to accommodate the concerns raised by several of > us regarding his proposed budget. I think it is with scope and compliant > with SFC rules. > > MOTION: Approve Jaskarit's attendance of the GSoC Meetup while he is > traveling for the GSoC Mentor Summit and a travel advance of US $712. > > This is somewhat timely, so please try to respond ASAP. > > regards. > > -walter > > > [1] > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y-W8kR2-zmy2XRskBzRIEjASiMWTbcviK9uDf3V0GJQ/edit?usp=sharing > > -- > Walter Bender > Sugar Labs > http://www.sugarlabs.org > <http://www.sugarlabs.org> > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Meeting Reminder
I put instructions on how to register on Freenode in the wiki (as part of a landing page for every GCI task.) I am assuming people will be able to manage. As for SLOB meetings, the regulars also should be able to manage. (We've discussed before about using Sugar chat -- dogfooding -- for our meetings. I'd be game.) -walter On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 6:33 PM James Cameron wrote: > At the moment the issue with Freenode requires all of us to register > before we can speak. > > This impacts new people. It makes their joining as complicated as any > other service with registration requirements. > > As D. Joe has observed, if we had our people watching, we could notice new > people to let them speak. We would need to enable this, and somehow cover > the different time zones. As we don’t have enough coverage now to answer > the simplest questions from the people we have, we would need some > commitment. That would be the next step in that plan. > > I don’t know of any other service we could use that doesn’t require some > sort of registration. > > We might set up an IRC server ourselves, but then we take on the defence > problem that Freenode does for us. > > We do have a Jabber server, but I don’t know if it has been attacked in > the same way. > > On 5 Oct 2018, at 07:38, Walter Bender wrote: > > We will be meeting tomorrow (Friday, 5 October) at 20UTC [1] (4PM in > Boston) on irc.freenode.net #sugar-meeting (See [2]). > > Note that there has been a SPAM issue on Freenode of late (See the email > from James I have forwarded below). We should discuss potential solutions. > > Also on the agenda: > > * GSoC travel > * GCI 2018 > * [your topic here] > > regards. > > -walter > > [1] https://www.worldtimeserver.com/convert_time_in_UTC.aspx > [2] https://webchat.freenode.net/ > > -- > Walter Bender > Sugar Labs > http://www.sugarlabs.org > > _______ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] [SLOBS] Meeting Reminder
We will be meeting tomorrow (Friday, 5 October) at 20UTC [1] (4PM in Boston) on irc.freenode.net #sugar-meeting (See [2]). Note that there has been a SPAM issue on Freenode of late (See the email from James I have forwarded below). We should discuss potential solutions. Also on the agenda: * GSoC travel * GCI 2018 * [your topic here] regards. -walter [1] https://www.worldtimeserver.com/convert_time_in_UTC.aspx [2] https://webchat.freenode.net/ -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] [SLOB] Jaskirat travel
+1 from me. On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 5:35 PM Samson Goddy wrote: > Seconded > > > Regards > > On Wed, Oct 3, 2018, 7:41 PM Walter Bender > wrote: > >> As per the discussion with Brett [sfconservancy.org #1917], Jaskirat has >> asked for a travel advance for his trip to Google, where he will be >> representing Sugar Labs at both the GSOC Meetup and the Mentor Summit. The >> details of his trip can be found here [1]. >> >> Jaskirat has worked hard to accommodate the concerns raised by several of >> us regarding his proposed budget. I think it is with scope and compliant >> with SFC rules. >> >> MOTION: Approve Jaskarit's attendance of the GSoC Meetup while he is >> traveling for the GSoC Mentor Summit and a travel advance of US $712. >> >> This is somewhat timely, so please try to respond ASAP. >> >> regards. >> >> -walter >> >> >> [1] >> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y-W8kR2-zmy2XRskBzRIEjASiMWTbcviK9uDf3V0GJQ/edit?usp=sharing >> >> -- >> Walter Bender >> Sugar Labs >> http://www.sugarlabs.org >> <http://www.sugarlabs.org> >> ___ >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] [SLOB] Jaskirat travel
As per the discussion with Brett [sfconservancy.org #1917], Jaskirat has asked for a travel advance for his trip to Google, where he will be representing Sugar Labs at both the GSOC Meetup and the Mentor Summit. The details of his trip can be found here [1]. Jaskirat has worked hard to accommodate the concerns raised by several of us regarding his proposed budget. I think it is with scope and compliant with SFC rules. MOTION: Approve Jaskarit's attendance of the GSoC Meetup while he is traveling for the GSoC Mentor Summit and a travel advance of US $712. This is somewhat timely, so please try to respond ASAP. regards. -walter [1] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y-W8kR2-zmy2XRskBzRIEjASiMWTbcviK9uDf3V0GJQ/edit?usp=sharing -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [SLOB] motion regarding GSoC mentor travel
Carly and maybe me. I don't know any other details. On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 4:05 PM Ignacio Rodríguez wrote: > Hello. > I'm not trying to be mean or something, but wondering who is he meeting > from SugarLabs? > > > (to visit some Sugar Labs people and his cousin in DC.) > > Greetings, > Ignacio.- > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 4:20 PM Samson Goddy > wrote: > >> Seconded, >> >> I believe that members should use opportunities like Gsoc to Meetup >> fellow members. >> >> >> Regards >> >> On Tue, Sep 18, 2018, 8:17 PM Walter Bender >> wrote: >> >>> Background: Google has provided SL with $3000 towards mentor travel to >>> the October summit. ($3300 - the SFC 10%) although we have yet to receive >>> $1100 of the funds. We have also received $5400 in mentor "stipends" ($6000 >>> - the SFC 10%). As you may recall, we are sending three people, Devin, >>> Jaskirat, and Shrivank. Only Jaskirat is traveling internationally, so the >>> best estimate is that the travel will come in on budget. As we did last >>> year, we could apply some of the mentor stipend $$ to cover any overruns. >>> (Note we have already approved a previous motion to approve a travel >>> advance for Jaskirat to attend the Google Summer of Code mentor summit in >>> October 2018. [1]) >>> >>> The SFC estimates a cost increase in Jaskirat's ticket of $400-$500 due >>> to his intention to travel some while in the States (to visit some Sugar >>> Labs people and his cousin in DC.) Jaskirat is paying for his domestic >>> travel, but the round trip in and out of SF is apparently less expensive, >>> hence the need for SLOB approval. IMHO, we should be extending >>> opportunities for community members whenever possible. >>> >>> Motion: To approve the additional cost associated with Jaskirat's ticket >>> to and from the GSoC summit as calculated by the SFC. If for some reason >>> the total budget for GSoC summit travel exceeds $3000, we can apply >>> Jaskirat's and my share of the GSoC mentor stipend to cover the overrun. >>> >>> This is somewhat timely as tickets need to be purchased. >>> >>> regards. >>> >>> -walter >>> >>> [1] >>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-devel/2018-August/055603.html >>> >>> -- Forwarded message - >>> From: Brett Smith via RT >>> Date: Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 12:58 PM >>> Subject: Re: [sfconservancy.org #1845] Additional US flight >>> expenditures for Jaskirat Singh >>> To: >>> Cc: >>> >>> >>> On 09/18/2018 12:46 PM, Adam Holt via RT wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 12:21 PM, Brett Smith via RT < >>> approv...@tix.sfconservancy.org> wrote: >>> >>>> Adam and team, >>>> >>>> Jaskirat Singh is planning additional travel in the US after the GSoC >>>> mentor summit. Some of it is personal, >>> >>> >>> Hi Brett, >>> >>> Travel funds for the GSoC mentor summit do not include personal side >>> trips. >>> >>> Adam, >>> >>> Yes, to be clear, our travel policy states: “Travelers may seek approval >>> to book travel itineraries that include extra days for personal reasons, *so >>> long as the cost of the flight meets the other requirements of this >>> Policy*.” >>> Additional expense *just* for personal reasons isn’t permitted, and if >>> that was the case here, I would’ve declined without even asking you. The >>> planned meetings with other collaborators meant it was at least potentially >>> project-related, so that’s why I checked. >>> >>> I’ll work with him to see what he wants to do but I won’t book >>> additional travel with him unless/until you tell me otherwise. >>> >>> Thanks for your prompt response, >>> -- >>> Brett Smith >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Walter Bender >>> Sugar Labs >>> http://www.sugarlabs.org >>> <http://www.sugarlabs.org> >>> ___ >>> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >>> IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org >>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >> >> ___ >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > ___ > Sugar-devel mailing list > sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] [SLOB] motion regarding GSoC mentor travel
Background: Google has provided SL with $3000 towards mentor travel to the October summit. ($3300 - the SFC 10%) although we have yet to receive $1100 of the funds. We have also received $5400 in mentor "stipends" ($6000 - the SFC 10%). As you may recall, we are sending three people, Devin, Jaskirat, and Shrivank. Only Jaskirat is traveling internationally, so the best estimate is that the travel will come in on budget. As we did last year, we could apply some of the mentor stipend $$ to cover any overruns. (Note we have already approved a previous motion to approve a travel advance for Jaskirat to attend the Google Summer of Code mentor summit in October 2018. [1]) The SFC estimates a cost increase in Jaskirat's ticket of $400-$500 due to his intention to travel some while in the States (to visit some Sugar Labs people and his cousin in DC.) Jaskirat is paying for his domestic travel, but the round trip in and out of SF is apparently less expensive, hence the need for SLOB approval. IMHO, we should be extending opportunities for community members whenever possible. Motion: To approve the additional cost associated with Jaskirat's ticket to and from the GSoC summit as calculated by the SFC. If for some reason the total budget for GSoC summit travel exceeds $3000, we can apply Jaskirat's and my share of the GSoC mentor stipend to cover the overrun. This is somewhat timely as tickets need to be purchased. regards. -walter [1] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-devel/2018-August/055603.html -- Forwarded message - From: Brett Smith via RT Date: Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 12:58 PM Subject: Re: [sfconservancy.org #1845] Additional US flight expenditures for Jaskirat Singh To: Cc: On 09/18/2018 12:46 PM, Adam Holt via RT wrote: On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 12:21 PM, Brett Smith via RT < approv...@tix.sfconservancy.org> wrote: > Adam and team, > > Jaskirat Singh is planning additional travel in the US after the GSoC > mentor summit. Some of it is personal, Hi Brett, Travel funds for the GSoC mentor summit do not include personal side trips. Adam, Yes, to be clear, our travel policy states: “Travelers may seek approval to book travel itineraries that include extra days for personal reasons, *so long as the cost of the flight meets the other requirements of this Policy*.” Additional expense *just* for personal reasons isn’t permitted, and if that was the case here, I would’ve declined without even asking you. The planned meetings with other collaborators meant it was at least potentially project-related, so that’s why I checked. I’ll work with him to see what he wants to do but I won’t book additional travel with him unless/until you tell me otherwise. Thanks for your prompt response, -- Brett Smith -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] [SLOB] GCI 2018
Thanks! Ibiam will be the co-admin this year, but your mentoring will of course be super helpful. Do you have time, tio? On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 4:43 PM Ignacio Rodríguez wrote: > I'll second. > I'll have more time this year to mentor and be admin if required. > > Greetings, > Ignacio.- > > On Fri, Sep 7, 2018, 5:42 PM Walter Bender > wrote: > >> We seem to have sufficient interest from the community to apply to Google >> Code-in again this year. Lots of returning mentors and some students who >> have morphed into mentors as well. But I will not apply w/o SLOB approval. >> >> Motion: Sugar Labs will apply to participate in Google Code-in 2018. >> Walter will be the primary administrator. >> >> Time in of the essence as the schedule this year has applications >> starting this week, so please respond ASAP. >> >> regards. >> >> -walter >> >> -- >> Walter Bender >> Sugar Labs >> http://www.sugarlabs.org >> <http://www.sugarlabs.org> >> ___________ >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] [SLOB] GCI 2018
We seem to have sufficient interest from the community to apply to Google Code-in again this year. Lots of returning mentors and some students who have morphed into mentors as well. But I will not apply w/o SLOB approval. Motion: Sugar Labs will apply to participate in Google Code-in 2018. Walter will be the primary administrator. Time in of the essence as the schedule this year has applications starting this week, so please respond ASAP. regards. -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] [SLOB] meeting reminder
We will be meeting Friday, 7 September at 20UTC [1] (4PM in Boston) on irc.freenode.net #sugar-meeting. Note that there has been a SPAM issue on Freenode of late so you will need to register your account if you want to participate. Please see [2]. Among the discussion topics on the agenda: * GSoC wrap up * Music Blocks in Japan * GCI particpation * Time for a design team meeting? regards. -walter [1] https://www.worldtimeserver.com/convert_time_in_UTC.aspx [2] h <https://webchat.freenode.net/>*https://freenode.net/kb/answer/registration <https://freenode.net/kb/answer/registration>* First time users: /nick YOURNICKNAME /msg NickServ REGISTER password yourem...@example.com Returning users: /nick YOURNICKNAME /msg nickserv identify YOURPASSWORD -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] freenode spam measures
Unfortunately, if seems some spammers are still in the channel. Investigating. On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 4:00 AM Vipul Gupta wrote: > +1 many groups have implemented for the same. > On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 10:05 PM Walter Bender > wrote: > > > > Our primary channels on Freenode are now set to + r which means only > "registers" users can post. This should take care of the spam issue, but > will inconvenience some users. > > > > To register on Freenode, > > > > /msg NickServ REGISTER password yourem...@example.com > > > > regards. > > > > -walter > > -- > > Walter Bender > > Sugar Labs > > http://www.sugarlabs.org > > > > ___ > > Sugar-devel mailing list > > sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org > > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > > > > -- > Cordially, > Vipul Gupta > Mixster | Github > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] freenode spam measures
Our primary channels on Freenode are now set to + r which means only "registers" users can post. This should take care of the spam issue, but will inconvenience some users. To register on Freenode, /msg NickServ REGISTER password yourem...@example.com regards. -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] [sfconservancy.org #1322] For Approval: Jaskirat Singh funding and advance for travel to GSoC mentor summit
A bit of context: We are assigned 3 slots for GSoC mentors to attend the mentor summit. I am hoping that Devin and Jaskirat will be able to attend, along with one TBD. We will get $3300 from Google to cover all of the expenses, which should easily cover Devin (domestic travel) and Jaskirat (international) and one more domestic traveler. (Google will also be covering the local hotel and meal expenses.) Motion: To approve a travel advance for Jaskirat to attend the Google Summer of Code mentor summit in October 2018. Regards. -walter On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 5:15 PM Brett Smith via RT < approv...@tix.sfconservancy.org> wrote: > Hi SLOBs, > > Jaskirat Singh is traveling to the GSoC mentor summit. Because he's > coming from India, he's asked us to prepay a number of expenses, which > we're happy to do as long as you approve. > > First, he has requested an advance of 43,700.00 INR (about $625) to cover > expenses related to getting his visa and ground transportation in India. > He provided this budget: > > VISA Fees - 11200 INR > Travelling agent and Consultant charges - 7000 INR > As i have to travel for the VISA Documentation and Interview to other > states so for that i have 2 dates consecutively ( VISA appointment letter > attached), So for that Hotel Charge for 1 night and 2 days - 7000 INR > Meals for this purpose ( 2 days ) - 2000 INR (approx.) > Taxi fare from my location to the US Embassy - 4000 INR + toll and taxes ( > approx ). > As per the rules VISA Documentation and Interview takes place at different > place and VISA Collection gets issued from the different location which is > the part of another state, so for that Taxi Fare - 2500 INR > Taxi fare from Home to Airport - 5000 INR + toll and taxes ( approx ) > Taxi fare from airport to back Home - 5000 INR + toll and taxes ( approx ) > > Please let us know whether or not you approve sending him money for these > expenses ahead of time. We'll still ask him to provide receipts after the > fact as required for all travel under our policies. > > Note that, between this advance and the flight he's asking us to book, > Jaskirat's travel is likely to exceed $1,000, meaning some of it will be > paid out of Sugar's general fund and not covered by the money coming from > Google for GSoC. Please let us know what total travel budget you're > willing to set for Jaskirat. > > Thank you, > > -- > Brett Smith > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] [SLOB] meeting reminder
Sorry for the late notice. I was offline traveling all of yesterday. We will be meeting today (Friday, 3 August) at 20UTC [1] (4PM in Boston) on irc.freenode.net #sugar-meeting (See [2]). Note that there has been a SPAM issue on Freenode of late (See the email from James I have forwarded below). We should discuss potential solutions. Also on the agenda: * GSoC update * Music Blocks in Japan * Nigeria workshop plans * Marketing news letter * Packaging discussion regards. -walter [1] https://www.worldtimeserver.com/convert_time_in_UTC.aspx [2] https://webchat.freenode.net/ -- Forwarded message - From: James Cameron Date: Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 6:09 PM Subject: Re: [Systems] Messages on sugar-meeting To: Chihurumnaya Ibiam Cc: systems , Not much can be done; it is automatic, and outside our control. We are using freenode.net's community services. freenode have a news item about the issue; http://freenode.net/news/spambot-attack My personal response; I'm not a channel operator for #sugar or #sugar-meeting; if I were, I'd set the channels to +r but this will require everyone to register with freenode.net before speaking. It is easier to ignore the spam. Setting /umode +R will block private spam. Make sure GSoC students you mentor are aware of the situation. To help you understand the history of the attack, and the very angry and hurt people involved on both sides, here's a copy and paste from the #linux.conf.au channel; it is spoken with sarcasm in oz style; anyone know what all the freenode spam is actually about? yeah, apparently a 'master hacker' went into a ham radio channel to troll people, found it to apparently be an illicit den of pedophila, started trolling, got kickbanned, came back with friends, they got klined, and then when they complained to freenode staffers about it and the staffers did nothing, decided the entire network was a hotbed of illicit activity, and fired up their botnet so if i ignore the "found it to apparently be an illicit den of pedophilia" part, that all sounds like a pretty plausible storm in a teacup yes A bunch of Internet Garbage Humans are trying to do to Freenode what a similar bunch of Internet Garbage Humans did to James Gunn. ... aj: https://freenode.net/news/spambot-attack see this too if you really want the full run-down - follow the reddit references too. It's been going on for weeks now. https://www.dailydot.com/debug/linux-exherbo-developer-debunked/ even some hn people thought it was real because it didn't look like obvious spam at the time: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17543632 unfortunately, GPG and WOT hasn't really taken off. irc users getting pm spam might also want to /umode +R or /mode +R -- James Cameron http://quozl.netrek.org/ ___ Systems mailing list syst...@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/systems -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] Fwd: Sugar Labs & World Maker Faire NY 2018
Anyone interested in participating? regards. -walter -- Forwarded message - From: Jay Kravitz Date: Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 4:44 PM Subject: Sugar Labs & World Maker Faire NY 2018 To: Cc: Maker Relations Good morning Walter :::.. I'm reaching out to see if Sugar Labs might be interested in having a presence at World Maker Faire New York 2018 <https://makerfaire.com/new-york/> at the New York Hall of Science. September 22 - 23, 2018. Michael McMahon from the Midnight Riders suggested that we reach out and thought you would be a great fit for Maker Faire. Please let us know if you're interested by filling out our Exhibit Applicatio <https://makerfaire.com/new-york/call-for-makers/>n. We look forward to hearing from you. Thanks…Jay -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] [SLOB] approval needed for Bender's GCI travel expenses
Fellow oversight board members, I would appreciate if someone would propose a motion as per Bradley's email below so that I can get reimbursed for my travel to the Google Mentor Summit. thx. -walter -- Forwarded message - From: Bradley M. Kuhn via RT Date: Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 8:04 PM Subject: [sfconservancy.org #898] SLOBS approval needed for Bender's GCI travel expenses. To: Walter Bender via RT wrote on Sunday, 1 July: > As you know, Google sponsors one mentor from each participating org to > attend the summit and the costs of the trip are passed through to Google. ... > Please contact me if you have any further questions. This assessment is actually no longer accurate, and as such, we need approval from SLOBs to proceed with the travel reimbursement, just like we do with any other. Adam, could you as Representative communicate that SLOBs approved $614.03 for Walter's travel. Reasons we need such approval are below: The information that Walter relied on to write the above is out of date. A few years ago, Google changed the nature of the way payments are made for GCI and GSoC. While, informally, Google requests that a certain part of the payments be used for travel expenses for the GCI and GSoC Mentor Summits (respectively) there is no longer a formal requirement, agreement, nor arrangement that requires Conservancy (and its Sugar Labs project) to use these funds for that purpose. Sugar Labs could use the funds for any purpose that fits within the project and Conservancy's charitable mission. Thus, under the FSA with Conservancy, it's up to Sugar Labs to recommend that how we spend the funds. As you decide on whether you'd like to pay the funds for this purpose, note that Bender's expenses are substantially less than the amount given as a donation for GCI. Sugar received $7,380.00 total for its participation in GCI 2017 Finally, please avoid the phrase "pass through" with regard to funds at Conservancy. Regardless of any specific donation situation, Conservancy *does not* do any activity as a "pass through" fiscal sponsor. That phrase has specific meaning in USA-non-profit circles and that's never what we're doing here, no matter what. Meanwhile, Walter, there's a receipt missing: > $25 Baggage fee* > * My restricted fare on United did not allow me any luggage beyond a > personal bag for my laptop. I managed on the way out, but could not > manage on the way back, hence I had to check a bag. This is within policy, but it does require a receipt when proposed as a stand-alone expense. It looks like you didn't attach the receipt. (I noticed you attached the same file twice, so I suspect that there is another file of receipts we haven't gotten yet). AFIAK, all major airline give a receipt for checked luggage at the time they collect payment. If you lost that, in my experience, you can get the receipt from the airline's website from your account after the fact. Please send along the $25 receipt. Everything else seems well documented. Note in future you don't need to include receipts for M&IE; please take a look at the travel policy section regarding that: https://sfconservancy.org/projects/policies/conservancy-travel-policy.html -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] [SLOB] meeting reminder and time change
We have our regular Sugar Labs Oversight Board meeting scheduled for Friday, 6 July. Unfortunately I have a conflict at 20:00 UTC. Can we meet at 21:00 UTC? regards. -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] [SLOB] meeting reminder
The next oversight board meeting is on Friday, 1 June at 20 UTC [1]. Please join us on irc.freenode.net [2] #sugar-meeting to discuss, among other topics: * Sugar Labs summer internships * GSoC updates * TA Day Nigeria * Goals for 2018 I hope to see you there. regards. -walter [1] https://www.worldtimeserver.com/convert_time_in_UTC.aspx [2] http://webchat.freenode.net/ -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [Sugar-devel] [SLOB] Action required: Devin Ulibarri travel/stipend
On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 12:32 PM Lionel Laské wrote: > > +1 > > BTW I'm agree with Caryl, the idea is to use this "honorarium" to defray > his costs. Not considering it as a payment/salary/reward. > I'm not at all a big fan of the use of word "honorarium", it's not the > philosophy of SugarLabs to giving money to someone to represent SugarLabs. > It's even dangerous: in few months a guy could ask us to pay him because > he represented SugarLabs during a conference. > I don't know what the proper term should be, but this "honorarium" was not solicited by Devin, but rather, it was offered by the school. It is quite customary for this sort of thing in some cultures. Devin asked that the money be routed through the SFC so that at least some of it would go towards the support of SFC/SL. regards. -walter > > Lionel. > > > > 2018-05-10 3:55 GMT+02:00 Carlos mauro : > >> +1 >> >> El mié., 9 may. 2018 1:41 p. m., Walter Bender >> escribió: >> >>> +1 >>> >>> On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 2:11 PM Ignacio Rodríguez >>> wrote: >>> >>>> +1 >>>> ___ >>>> SLOBs mailing list >>>> sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org >>>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/slobs >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Walter Bender >>> Sugar Labs >>> http://www.sugarlabs.org >>> <http://www.sugarlabs.org> >>> _______ >>> Sugar-devel mailing list >>> sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org >>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel >>> >> >> ___ >> SLOBs mailing list >> sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/slobs >> >> > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [Sugar-devel] [SLOB] Action required: Devin Ulibarri travel/stipend
+1 On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 2:11 PM Ignacio Rodríguez wrote: > +1 > ___ > SLOBs mailing list > sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/slobs > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] [SLOB] Action required: Devin Ulibarri travel/stipend
I was hoping to discuss this at the May meeting, but no one was able to attend that meeting. Devin went to Japan to run some Music Blocks workshops. We had allocated a budget for him was US $1200 for his ticket and US $50 for local expenses (See [1]). Devin incurred some additional expenses above and beyond what we budgeted -- extra local travel and some equipment needed for the workshops (speakers). One of the schools he visited -- the Yokohama Science Frontiers school -- offered Devin an honorarium of ~US $500, which they sent to the SFC. ,These funds would cover his additional costs. The SFC won't release this money without our approval. It would amount to US $450 after the 10% allocation by the SFC. Motion: Approve the payment of US $450 as an honorarium to Devin Ulibarri for his workshops in Japan. I don't think there is anything controversial here, but of course, your feedback (and community feedback) is most appreciated. Someone would have to second this motion so that we can vote on it. Thanks. -walter [1] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Decisions#2018-01-09 -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Initial tests of Sugar on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 7:44 AM Tony Anderson wrote: > On April 27, 2018 I downloaded the ubuntu-18.04-desktop-amd64.iso. I > generated a boot usb drive with dd. The usb stick was used to install > Ubuntu 18.04 LTS alongside Windows 10. Sugar was installed using sudo > apt-get install sucrose. > > From http://activities.sugarlabs.org/activities, I scraped a list of > the most recent versions of each activity. This list contained 714 > entries. However a number turned out to be empty or duplicates. These > reduced the list to 516 activities. > > I them matched each item against the repostories in > 'http://github.com/sugarlabs'. There were corresponding repositories for > 222 of the 516 activities. All of these repositories (.zip) were > downloaded to the Positivo. One turned out to be empty: > lybniz_graph_plotter. > > The 221 repositories were unzipped and an attempt was made to build a > bundle with 'python setup.py dist_xo'. This process failed with > activities which included 'from sugar.activity import activity'. These > have not yet been ported to GTK3. This reduced the number of activities > to 106. Each of these activities was launched from the Home View on the > Positivo. Of these 91 executed as expected. The others failed to start > for various reasons. > Did you try installing the GTK2 toolkit packages? I would think that the GTK2 activities would still run with the toolkit installed. > > The details are in the attached spreadsheet - all normal disclaimers > apply. The comment 'help' means I didn't really understand how to work > the activity. > > Some general comments. The availability of Sugar on an LTS version of a > major distribution is an opportunity to demonstrate that the value of > Sugar is not limited to the XO. Unfortunately, the method to launch > Sugar is not obvious. You must click on your user panel to show the > password entry. Below, there is a 'gear' icon. You must click on that to > choose Sugar. Then you need to enter your Ubuntu password. > > On the first run, you are asked about colors, gender and age. In this > age with every site collecting private information for sale - this does > not make a good first impression. > > Sugar on Ubuntu launches to the (empty) Journal View! Ubuntu itself > provides a built-in set of welcome slides to introduce its new features. > Sadly, Sugar launches to a brick wall. The user needs to know to display > the Home View (using F3 or the Frame - F6). > > The Sugar install is minimal compared to what we have become used to. > The Home View has 5 activities: Browse, Calculate, Chat, Pippy, and > Write. Installed but not favorites are ImageViewer, Jukebox, Log, Read, > and Terminal. Presumably users are expected to install additional > activities from the 91 tested above. However, in general, these bundles > are not available on activities.sugarlabs.org and require some technical > expertise to install from github. > > On a positive note: connection to the internet and to the schoolserver > was smooth. The Neighborhood View worked as expected. Downloads from the > school server to the Journal worked as normal. As far as I could tell, > the working activities showed normal screen coverage. > > On Sugar with Ubuntu, you are your Ubuntu user - not olpc. Activities > available to all Sugar users on a laptop are in > /usr/share/sugar/activities. Activities installed by > sugar-install-bundle are in /home/yourusername/Activities and are only > available to you. With some technical expertise you can copy an activity > to the /usr/share/sugar/Activities directory to share it with other users. > > Tony > > ___ > Sugar-devel mailing list > sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Initial tests of Sugar on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Thanks Tony. This will help a lot as we try to put the finishing touches on the new activity portal. Also, it will provide further guidance to the student working on GTK2 porting. As far as the Ubuntu bug, it is on our radar. regards. -walter On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 7:44 AM Tony Anderson wrote: > On April 27, 2018 I downloaded the ubuntu-18.04-desktop-amd64.iso. I > generated a boot usb drive with dd. The usb stick was used to install > Ubuntu 18.04 LTS alongside Windows 10. Sugar was installed using sudo > apt-get install sucrose. > > From http://activities.sugarlabs.org/activities, I scraped a list of > the most recent versions of each activity. This list contained 714 > entries. However a number turned out to be empty or duplicates. These > reduced the list to 516 activities. > > I them matched each item against the repostories in > 'http://github.com/sugarlabs'. There were corresponding repositories for > 222 of the 516 activities. All of these repositories (.zip) were > downloaded to the Positivo. One turned out to be empty: > lybniz_graph_plotter. > > The 221 repositories were unzipped and an attempt was made to build a > bundle with 'python setup.py dist_xo'. This process failed with > activities which included 'from sugar.activity import activity'. These > have not yet been ported to GTK3. This reduced the number of activities > to 106. Each of these activities was launched from the Home View on the > Positivo. Of these 91 executed as expected. The others failed to start > for various reasons. > > The details are in the attached spreadsheet - all normal disclaimers > apply. The comment 'help' means I didn't really understand how to work > the activity. > > Some general comments. The availability of Sugar on an LTS version of a > major distribution is an opportunity to demonstrate that the value of > Sugar is not limited to the XO. Unfortunately, the method to launch > Sugar is not obvious. You must click on your user panel to show the > password entry. Below, there is a 'gear' icon. You must click on that to > choose Sugar. Then you need to enter your Ubuntu password. > > On the first run, you are asked about colors, gender and age. In this > age with every site collecting private information for sale - this does > not make a good first impression. > > Sugar on Ubuntu launches to the (empty) Journal View! Ubuntu itself > provides a built-in set of welcome slides to introduce its new features. > Sadly, Sugar launches to a brick wall. The user needs to know to display > the Home View (using F3 or the Frame - F6). > > The Sugar install is minimal compared to what we have become used to. > The Home View has 5 activities: Browse, Calculate, Chat, Pippy, and > Write. Installed but not favorites are ImageViewer, Jukebox, Log, Read, > and Terminal. Presumably users are expected to install additional > activities from the 91 tested above. However, in general, these bundles > are not available on activities.sugarlabs.org and require some technical > expertise to install from github. > > On a positive note: connection to the internet and to the schoolserver > was smooth. The Neighborhood View worked as expected. Downloads from the > school server to the Journal worked as normal. As far as I could tell, > the working activities showed normal screen coverage. > > On Sugar with Ubuntu, you are your Ubuntu user - not olpc. Activities > available to all Sugar users on a laptop are in > /usr/share/sugar/activities. Activities installed by > sugar-install-bundle are in /home/yourusername/Activities and are only > available to you. With some technical expertise you can copy an activity > to the /usr/share/sugar/Activities directory to share it with other users. > > Tony > > ___ > Sugar-devel mailing list > sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] The Verge article on OLPC/Sugar
FWIW, there was never an offer from Apple to offer a free (gratis) version of iOS for OLPC use and it is not obvious that it was technically feasible on the microprocessor we were using at the time. And certainly a free (libre) version was never even up for discussion. We did have an in-depth discussion with MS at the highest level about jointly creating a new OS (not a Windows port) but that discussion stalled out when free (libre) software was raised as a requirement. It is also worth speculating as to the number of XO-1s still in the hands of children in 2018 vs the number of iPhone-1s. The article did not touch upon the efforts we made to keep these machines out of landfills and when they did reach end of life, to make their environmental impact minimal: e.g., the first laptop to use an LED back light instead of fluorescent, etc. @Caryl: we ended up moving away from human-powered to solar-powered as it was less expensive, more robust, and less physically taxing on the kids. The XO-4 ran (runs) very nicely on a small panel. But ultimately, it is about what the kids do with the machine, which is why I remain passionate about Sugar. regards. -walter On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 5:28 PM Caryl Bigenho wrote: > Thanks to Dave for sharing this fun, interesting article! I already knew > most of what was in it and could probably add some things, but it was a > very thorough overview of the history of our favorite little "green > machine." > > > It might be fun to debate what could have been done differently to make it > more successful... but I think it already was very successful and, if it > hadn't been for the world financial crisis that hit in late 2007-early > 2008, we might be seeing millions of the XOs all over the world. > > > Just a few asides... I still believe the XO-4, with touch screen, to be > the best possible solution for a child's computer. And, with the more > efficient XO-4, the hand crank finally became viable. > > > Long ago many of us were looking for easy ways to adapt the hand crank > concept to generate power for the XO. Who else remembers the "cow power" > experiment? Bicycles were also suggested as chargers, where a student could > charge their computer while riding to and from school. > > > I had wanted to try to modify a treadle sewing machine so the machine > could be folded down and covered with a desktop and a user could gently > move their foot up and down as they sat and did their homework on their XO. > Alas... even in rural Montana where I went to a lot of farm and ranch > sales, I couldn't find a working treadle sewing machine. Most owners had > turned theirs into saddle racks! > > > Anyone else want to add some interesting anecdotes or ideas from the not > so distant past of the XO? Remember... it is still very much alive and well > in many places around the world! > > > Caryl > -- > *From:* IAEP on behalf of Dave > Crossland > *Sent:* Monday, April 16, 2018 10:17:05 AM > *To:* iaep > *Subject:* [IAEP] The Verge article on OLPC/Sugar > > > www.theverge.com/2018/4/16/17233946/olpcs-100-laptop-education-where-is-it-now > <https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theverge.com%2F2018%2F4%2F16%2F17233946%2Folpcs-100-laptop-education-where-is-it-now&data=02%7C01%7C%7C3342fb09295442408ef908d5a3bdfdc0%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435%7C1%7C0%7C636594958756639800&sdata=R14PUrH49svAG%2FC5263rjheK9pHQvtewUTOUXAI7NsE%3D&reserved=0> > ___ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] meeting reminder
We have a meeting on Friday, 5 April, at 20:00 UTC [1]. Please join us on irc.freenode.net #sugar-meeting [2]. regards. -walter 1. https://www.worldtimeserver.com/convert_time_in_UTC.aspx 2. chat.sugarlabs.org -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] Where to find survey about future of Sugar labs goals (outside facebook)
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe8Y-b03qHY_dSfES3qQQFckq7XVsRAbgzPEaIRItWHtljv-g/viewform might be what you are looking for. regards. -walter On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 5:55 PM Eduardo H. Silva wrote: > Hi list, > > A week ago appeared on my facebook a survey for what should be the future > goals of Sugar labs. > I'm currently trying to detach myself from facebook, but since I'd like to > respond to it, I was wondering if that survey is or will be available > somewhere else. > > Thanks (and good luck with all of your efforts!) > Eduardo > ___ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] NetDispenser Project
On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 2:44 PM C. Cossé wrote: > Dear Folks, > > Here > <https://collaborate.teachersguild.org/challenge/digital-citizenship/ideate/credit-meter-assisted-learning> > is a more complete description of the grass-roots project which I proposed > to sugar-labs a couple months ago. I believe that it can stimulate > development of free education software and provide "job opportunities" and > incentive for young and old programmers, alike. Perhaps "busking > opportunities" would be a more appropriate term :) > Charles, Many, if not most Sugar activities are not focused on completion of specific tasks, rather that are oriented around open-ended construction. That said, I am sure one could layer tasks on top of many activities, e.g., Turtle Confusion overlaid on top of Turtle Blocks. As far as how we'd integrate these into the system you are building, I don't have any idea. regards. -walter > > -Charles > ___ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] [SLOB] meeting reminder
Our next Sugar Labs oversight board meeting is Friday, 2 March at 20:00 UTC. (I've included a link to a UTC converter [1]). Among other topics of discussion will be Google Summer of Code and 2018 Goals. Hope to see you in irc.freenode.net #sugar-meeting [2] [1] https://www.worldtimeserver.com/convert_time_in_UTC.aspx [2] chat.sugarlabs.org -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] GSoC update
Sugar Labs has been accepted into Google Summer of Code 2018. I will start sending out mentor invitations shortly. Please let me know if you are interested in mentoring, and please continue to add new project ideas to the wiki [1]. We have been getting many requests from potential interns. Please try to be responsive to them. regards. -walter [1] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Summer_of_Code/2018 -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] [SLOB] meeting reminder
We have a Sugar Labs oversight meeting on Friday, 2 Feb. at 1900UTC. Please join us on irc.freenode.org #sugar-meeting [1] as we discuss, among other topics: GCI results, Summer of Code, and goals for 2018. regards. -walter [1] http://chat.sugarlabs.org:9090/ -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] Google Summer of Code 2018
We are still in the midst of wrapping up Google Code in -- almost 1200 students participating -- but we need to get moving quickly on Google Summer of Code, as the application period closes on 23 January. I've finished the boilerplate portion of the application and Devin Ulibarri has agreed to be co-administrator this year. * If you have interest in being a mentor this summer, please contact Devin and me. * If you have a project idea, please add it to the table in the wiki [1]. (If you are uncomfortable editing the wiki, feel free to email me. * If you have any other suggestions/input, please share it with us and the community. regards and happy new year. -walter [1] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Summer_of_Code/2018 -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] [SLOB] workshop travel motion
On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 9:28 AM, Chris Leonard 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 > 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 presentation in Japanese, of which the most recent draft(s) may >> be accessed at: >> >> https://owncloud.libretools.com/index.php/s/huL6h3MgPf7e9g8 >> >> -walter >> >> -- >> Walter Bender >> Sugar Labs >> http://www.sugarlabs.org >> <http://www.sugarlabs.org> >> >> ___ >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >> > > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] [SLOB] workshop travel motion
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- science-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 presentation in Japanese, of which the most recent draft(s) may be accessed at: https://owncloud.libretools.com/index.php/s/huL6h3MgPf7e9g8 -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] [SLOB] GSoC 2018
I made a motion at today's meeting regarding Sugar Labs participation in Google Summer of Code 2018. As I mentioned, Google has pushed up the application process: we need to get our application in by January 23. I think GSoC is well worth the effort and I hope we can agree to participate again this year. Motion: Sugar Labs will apply for Google Summer of Code 2018 The motion was seconded by Adam. Samson, Adam, and I voted in favor of participating, but we have yet to hear from the rest of you. Please respond at your earliest convenience as we don't have much time to prepare our application. regards. -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] [SLOB] meeting reminder
Happy 2018 everyone. The first Sugar Labs oversight board meeting is this Friday at 19:00 UTC. (14:00 in Boston). Please join us at #sugar-meeting on irc.freenode.net. (You can use chat.sugarlabs.org as your IRC client.) A few stats from Google Code In (which runs through 17 January: 977 students have participated. 590 tasks have been completed. We have a great team of more than 40 mentors this year, who have done a great job of being responsive to the students. Also, many other community member have contributed their time answering questions and reviewing pull requests. Hope to see you Friday. -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] [SoaS] Developing the Sugar Learning Platform for OEMs
Sounds like a solid approach to an easier path to installing Sugar. I'll try testing it this weekend. Thx. On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 8:53 PM, Ryan Cunningham wrote: > Dear Sugar Labs, > > I am Ryan Cunningham, an active user of the Sugar Learning Platform > (even now as I compose this message!). I have autism and seizure > disorder and have contributed prior work to Sugar Labs, including > changes to the "About My Computer" configuration panel to render the > GNU GPL in a monospace font (because it is a plain text file with a > 79-character margin). > > According to Red Hat's Brand Standards, Mohandas Gandhi said "First > they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you > win." (Though no evidence was found that Gandhi actually said this.) > This quote inspired Red Hat's journey as a company, from the > open-source outlier in a Windows 98 world to the provider of > technology serving as the backbone of many of today's Web sites. > > What if we said the same thing about the journey of Sugar Labs? What > if Sugar Labs broke through a world of American educational computing > now dominated by Chrome OS? > > I believe the best way that Sugar Labs can do so is to market its > software to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). By doing so, the > Sugar Learning Platform can achieve a wider market share in > more-developed countries and be accessible to more students, teachers, > and parents. > > In order to aid with doing so, I am hereby releasing under the GNU > General Public License, version 3 (or any later version), a script > (called "Sugar Factory") which will install and configure the Sugar > Learning Platform to run on any desktop, laptop, notebook, or tablet > computer in the process of manufacturing or preparation for secondhand > sale. This script uses a hard-coded partitioning scheme where all > files reside in the root partition--except, for UEFI-compliant > systems, a 512-megabyte EFI System Partition will be created at the > beginning of the disk and mounted at /boot/efi. (GPT partitioning is > not supported.) > > Original equipment manufacturers that use this script may either flash > the operating system (which is a modified version of Sugar on a Stick) > directly to each device, or create an intermediate image and flash > that (which is a /lot/ faster). Also, they may make whatever > modifications they desire (or none at all) to the finished operating > system, and may choose to use the Sugar, Python Powered, and/or Fedora > Remix logos on the packaging and/or other promotional materials of > products that contain it. > > I have also attached the license and the output from my last test run > of this script (which was successful). > > Sincerely, > > Ryan Cunningham > > ___ > SoaS mailing list > s...@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas > > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] Claudia Urrea
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!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] email motion 2017-19
Motion: To appoint Claudia Urrea to the oversight-board seat that opened due to the resignation of Laura Vargas. This temporary appointment would last until the next oversight board election in 2018. This was discussed at today's oversight-board meeting [1], but since we lacked a quorum we could not take a vote. Hence this email. Please respond ASAP. The gist of the discussion was: #topic replacing Laura on the board Laura Vargas has resigned her seat on the board. I think we should fill the vacancy with a temporary appointment. Her seat was up in fall 2018. So it would be a 9-10 month appointment. I propose Claudia Urrea for several reasons: (1) she got the most votes in the last election (missing a seat on the board by just one vote) (2) she is very experienced with Sugar and our target audience (3) she brings academic and education experience to the mix (4) she is a thoughtful, long-term contributor to the community (5) and she is a very respectful colleague Her state of objects from the last election can be found at [2]. regards. -walter [1] http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings/2017-12-01T19:05:26 [2] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2017-2019-candidates#Claudia_Urrea -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] [SLOB] meeting reminder
The Sugar Labs oversight board will be meeting on Friday, 1 December at 19:00 UTC. Please join us on irc.freenode.net #sugar-meeting ( chat.sugarlabs.org). regards. -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs Community Response Team
On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 11:28 AM, Hilary Naylor wrote: > Hi all, > I was very surprised to learn that the Ombudsman's ruling is not > binding. That would certainly make it even harder to find people to serve > in that role. > The ruling is binding. What is lacking is any mechanism for enforcement. > I have a suggestion for a modification to the proposal for a Response > Team. Rather that a permanent Team, make it a Team that is created as the > need arises, and that the 3 members are agreed to by the persons in > dispute, and that both (or all) those in dispute agree to abide by the > Team's decision. Where should these Team members come from? -- All Sugar > Labs community members are potential Team members by default except for the > current SLOBs (and SLOBs candidates if there are any). Team members would > be drawn by random selection, people may opt-out or be rejected by one or > more of the disputees, and selection continues until there are three. > It sounds like you are proposing a jury of one's peers. But I think the need goes well beyond making a ruling. There is a good deal of investigation and mediation that is not typical of the responsibilities given to a jury. I think that the role of ombudsman (and/or membership on a Response Team) requires a level of maturity and experience that would be hard to guarantee in your proposed approach. > > Your thoughts? > > cheers > Hilary > > ---Original Message--- > Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2017 08:35:40 -0500 > From: Walter Bender > To: iaep , sugar-...@lists.sugarlabs.org > Subject: Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs Community Response Team > > On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 4:31 PM, Laura Vargas > wrote: > > > [español abajo] > > > > Good day Sugar Labs members, > > > > As per today's meeting Bert Freudenbergs has declined his Ombudsman > > position on Sugar Labs. > > > > It has been discussed in today's meeting the possibility for Sugar Labs > to > > shape a RESPONSE TEAM composed at least 3 Sugar Labs members (Its has > > been suggested at least one female member). > > > > The objective of the RESPONSE TEAM will be to attend and resolve all Code > > of Conduct's requests for the Sugar Labs Community. > > > > > > Please share your comments and if you are interested in be take part of > > this new team. > > > > While I am in favor of trying to improve upon our ability as a community to > resolve differences, I have several concerns about the plan to form a > committee: > (1) It is not clear to me that a committee decision would hold any more > weight than the decision of a sole ombudsman. In the most recent (and only > second ever) intervention by the ombudsman, his decision was rejected by > the party that asked for the intervention. How would the proposed change > result in a different outcome? > (2) Bert will be sorely missed and hard to replace. Finding three (or more) > community members with Bert's standing within the community and > impartiality will be difficult. Finding even one will be difficult. > > On the plus side, it is certainly easier to build in diversity if we have a > committee rather than a single person. > > regards. > > -walter > > > > > Regards and blessings to all, > > > > [español] > > > > Buenos días miembros de Sugar Labs, > > > > Según la reunión de hoy, Bert Freudenbergs ha declinado su posición de > > Ombudsman en Sugar Labs. > > > > Se ha discutido en la reunión de hoy la posibilidad de que Sugar Labs > > forme un EQUIPO DE RESPUESTA compuesto por al menos 3 miembros de Sugar > > Labs (se ha sugerido al menos un miembro femenino). > > > > El objetivo del EQUIPO DE RESPUESTA será atender y resolver todas las > > solicitudes relacionadas con el Código de Conducta para la Comunidad de > > Sugar Labs. > > > > > > Por favor, comparta sus comentarios y si está interesado en formar parte > > de este nuevo equipo. > > > > Saludos y bendiciones para todos, > > > > > > Laura Victoria > > > --- > Hilary Naylor, Ph.D. > www.a2zed.us > Oakland CA > > ___ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs Community Response Team
On Fri, Nov 3, 2017 at 4:31 PM, Laura Vargas wrote: > [español abajo] > > Good day Sugar Labs members, > > As per today's meeting Bert Freudenbergs has declined his Ombudsman > position on Sugar Labs. > > It has been discussed in today's meeting the possibility for Sugar Labs to > shape a RESPONSE TEAM composed at least 3 Sugar Labs members (Its has > been suggested at least one female member). > > The objective of the RESPONSE TEAM will be to attend and resolve all Code > of Conduct's requests for the Sugar Labs Community. > > > Please share your comments and if you are interested in be take part of > this new team. > While I am in favor of trying to improve upon our ability as a community to resolve differences, I have several concerns about the plan to form a committee: (1) It is not clear to me that a committee decision would hold any more weight than the decision of a sole ombudsman. In the most recent (and only second ever) intervention by the ombudsman, his decision was rejected by the party that asked for the intervention. How would the proposed change result in a different outcome? (2) Bert will be sorely missed and hard to replace. Finding three (or more) community members with Bert's standing within the community and impartiality will be difficult. Finding even one will be difficult. On the plus side, it is certainly easier to build in diversity if we have a committee rather than a single person. regards. -walter > > Regards and blessings to all, > > [español] > > Buenos días miembros de Sugar Labs, > > Según la reunión de hoy, Bert Freudenbergs ha declinado su posición de > Ombudsman en Sugar Labs. > > Se ha discutido en la reunión de hoy la posibilidad de que Sugar Labs > forme un EQUIPO DE RESPUESTA compuesto por al menos 3 miembros de Sugar > Labs (se ha sugerido al menos un miembro femenino). > > El objetivo del EQUIPO DE RESPUESTA será atender y resolver todas las > solicitudes relacionadas con el Código de Conducta para la Comunidad de > Sugar Labs. > > > Por favor, comparta sus comentarios y si está interesado en formar parte > de este nuevo equipo. > > Saludos y bendiciones para todos, > > > Laura Victoria > > > > > > -- > Laura V. > * I&D SomosAZUCAR.Org* > > “Solo la tecnología libre nos hará libres.” > ~ L. Victoria > > Happy Learning! > #LearningByDoing > #Projects4good > #IDesignATSugarLabs > #WeCanDoBetter > > ___ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
[IAEP] Sugar Digest 2017-10-27
1. Sugar Labs will be participating in Google Code-in again this year. Ignacio Rodriguez and I are the program administrators and are now gathering suggestions for bite-sized tasks in coding, documentation, research, design, and outreach. We'll also be scouring the open issues in the various Sugar-related repos for tasks. Please pass your suggestions out way. Also, if you are interested in mentoring, please contact me. Finally, it would great if you could help spread the word about the contest among educators so that we can reach out to as many potential participants as possible (the contest is open to 13-17 year olds). GCI is a great opportunity to recruit new talent into the community. Details out the contest are available at [1]. The Sugar Labs page describing out participation is at [2]. 2. There is a new release of Music Blocks available [3]. Features include a marked improvement in performance and lots of bug fixes. Tip of the hat to Devin Ulibarri, Edgar Quispe, and Euan Ong for their contributions to this release. 3. Congratulations to Lionel, Sameer, and Adam for being reelected to the Sugar Labs oversite board. (And thanks to everyone who voted for my return to the board as well.) Our next meeting is on 3 November at 19UTC in the #sugar-meeting channel of irc.freenode.net. [1] https://developers.google.com/open-source/gci/resources/contest-rules [2] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Google_Code_In_2017 [3] https://github.com/walterbender/musicblocks/releases/tag/v2.1 -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org <http://www.sugarlabs.org> ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
