[IAEP] A robotics session at OLPC SF?

2013-10-07 Thread Sameer Verma
We have the Uruguay Butia robot, a couple of LEGO WeDo kits and a Mindstorms NXT box that we can provide. Any takers on running a session on robotics at the OLPC SF Community Summit 2013? http://www.olpcsf.org/CommunitySummit2013/proposal cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor

[IAEP] some very cool features for a capacitive touchscreen

2013-10-24 Thread Sameer Verma
ool. http://volumique.com/ cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://commons.sfsu.edu/ http://olpcsf.org/ http://olpcjamaica.org.jm/ ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Projec

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Sugar oversight board meeting

2013-11-05 Thread Sameer Verma
On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Flavio Danesse wrote: > My humble opinion (please stick to one): > > To put into perspective the opinion, I should remember that besides > developing for sugar since 2009, I am also a teacher in high school, so I've > been inside ceibal classrooms during this time.

[IAEP] keyboarding as a requirement

2013-11-10 Thread Sameer Verma
27;t point out to onscreen vs tactile, but the importance of tactile keyboards for children is an important consideration. Maybe keyboarding will go away altogether once we can speak to our computers like Captain Picard does for his "Tea, Earl Grey, hot", but we are not there yet. cheer

[IAEP] Fwd: Message to attendees of OLPC San Francisco Community Summit 2013

2013-11-30 Thread Sameer Verma
e> Eventbrite | 651 Brannan St. Suite 110 | San Francisco, CA 94107 -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://commons.sfsu.edu/ http://olpcsf.org/ http://olpcjamaica.org.jm/

Re: [IAEP] [support-gang] Sugarizer, a taste of Sugar on any device

2013-12-20 Thread Sameer Verma
-g...@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang > Installed the Android APK on the Android build for the XO-4 (which was announced yesterday as well). It's all very slow (video drivers I suppose) but it works. The Gears Activity works. It also shows up in th

[IAEP] coffee table books

2014-02-22 Thread Sameer Verma
I'm not sure if I've shared this with the lists before. We produced three coffee table books for our community summits. The books are available for purchase at cost by anyone. Here are some more details: http://www.olpcsf.org/node/206 cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, I

Re: [IAEP] olpc-sf March meeting

2014-03-14 Thread Sameer Verma
DTC 557 - One Laptop Per Child from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM 835 Market St. #557 San Francisco, CA 94103 http://olpcsf.org is currently unreachable via DNS, but it is up and running. Should be fixed soon. cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State Un

[IAEP] Guest at April meeting

2014-03-18 Thread Sameer Verma
://godiard.blogspot.com/ Gonzalo lives in Argentina and works with OLPC Australia (https://www.laptop.org.au/). Hope to see you all there! cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://commons.sfsu.edu/ http://olpcsf.org/ http

[IAEP] OLPC-SF April Meeting: Featuring Gonzalo Odiard

2014-04-09 Thread Sameer Verma
1 PM. http://olpcsf.org/ cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://commons.sfsu.edu/ http://olpcsf.org/ http://olpcjamaica.org.jm/ ___ IAEP -- It's An Education

Re: [IAEP] OLPC-SF April Meeting: Featuring Gonzalo Odiard

2014-04-13 Thread Sameer Verma
On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 12:15 PM, Sameer Verma wrote: > We are looking forward to a special guest at our OLPC-SF April > meeting. On April 12, 2014 we will hear from Gonzalo Odiard, > contributor extraordinaire to OLPC and Sugar. > > http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:

Re: [IAEP] [OLPC-SF] olpc-sf May Meeting

2014-05-17 Thread Sameer Verma
I'm bringing a XO 4 with the latest Android/Sugar build. I'm also bringing with me a Printrbot 3D printer. We'll try to run a few prints from the XO and see how that goes. See you there! Sameer On May 13, 2014 8:26 AM, "Aaron Borden" wrote: > olpc San Francisco will be hosting our monthly meeti

[IAEP] ‘Wiring the Amazon’ - NYTimes.com

2014-05-19 Thread Sameer Verma
Michael Kleiman's documentary on OLPC in Palestina, Peru. http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/05/20/opinion/wiring-the-amazon.html Sameer ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listin

[IAEP] Virtual Summits

2014-06-10 Thread Sameer Verma
Something to consider on our end? http://summit.ubuntu.com/ cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://commons.sfsu.edu/ http://olpcsf.org/ http://olpcjamaica.org.jm/ __

Re: [IAEP] Virtual Summits

2014-06-10 Thread Sameer Verma
out and IRC sessions. Ubuntu Online Summit 14.06 is going on >> right now. >> >> Something to consider on our end? >> >> http://summit.ubuntu.com/ >> >> cheers, >> Sameer >> -- >> Sameer Verma, Ph.D. >> Professor, Information System

Re: [IAEP] olpc-sf June Meeting hosted by Inveneo

2014-06-17 Thread Sameer Verma
On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 1:17 PM, Aaron Borden wrote: > Hey folks, please note the new location this month. > > Inveneo will be hosting this month's olpc San Francisco monthly meeting > on Saturday, June 21st, from 10AM - 1PM. The address is 972 Mission St, > 5th floor, note this is *not* our usual

Re: [IAEP] olpc-sf June Meeting hosted by Inveneo

2014-06-20 Thread Sameer Verma
On Jun 17, 2014 6:22 PM, "Sameer Verma" wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 1:17 PM, Aaron Borden wrote: > > Hey folks, please note the new location this month. > > > > Inveneo will be hosting this month's olpc San Francisco monthly meeting > > on Satu

Re: [IAEP] olpc-sf June Meeting hosted by Inveneo

2014-06-21 Thread Sameer Verma
Friendly reminder. If you are coming to the meeting today, we meet at Inveneo. 972 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94103. Sameer On Jun 17, 2014 1:20 PM, "Aaron Borden" wrote: > Hey folks, please note the new location this month. > > Inveneo will be hosting this month's olpc San Francisco monthly

Re: [IAEP] Video demonstration of Sugarizer server features

2014-06-22 Thread Sameer Verma
Excellent progress! I'm impressed at how you typed in the user ID on Android :-) Perhaps that part should be an easier to remember id, or we need to re-think the workflow. cheers, Sameer On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 7:25 AM, Lionel Laské wrote: > Hi all, > > > > Since the last version, Sugarizer allo

[IAEP] XOVis posts

2014-06-23 Thread Sameer Verma
Two blog posts are up for XOVis. These should do a good job as an intro to XOVis. http://blog.olenepal.org/index.php/archives/902 http://www.olpcsf.org/node/208 cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http

Re: [IAEP] olpc-sf June Meeting hosted by Inveneo

2014-06-23 Thread Sameer Verma
Here are some relevant posts: http://www.olpcsf.org/node/208 and http://blog.olenepal.org/index.php/archives/902 The recording info about the Hangout is at http://www.olpcsf.org/node/209 cheers, Sameer On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 9:42 AM, Sameer Verma wrote: > Friendly reminder. If you are com

Re: [IAEP] olpc-sf June Meeting hosted by Inveneo

2014-06-23 Thread Sameer Verma
tops. To unlock your laptop, see http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Collection_stick Have a great time at the event! On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 9:42 AM, Sameer Verma wrote: > Friendly reminder. If you are coming to the meeting today, we meet at > In

[IAEP] OLPC SF July 2014 meeting

2014-07-15 Thread Sameer Verma
be smaller, and online is expected to include more global locations. Please send in additional agenda items. cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://commons.sfsu.edu/ http://olpcsf.org/ http://olp

[IAEP] Community Summit 2014

2014-07-31 Thread Sameer Verma
So, this is the stub of an idea. Feedback welcome and appreciated. Volunteers for both online and offline sessions are much needed. Please write back and let us know onlist or offlist. If you have experience running online sessions, hangouts, etc. you are in demand! cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma,

Re: [IAEP] OLPC-SF August meeting

2014-08-09 Thread Sameer Verma
On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 1:10 AM, Aaron Borden wrote: > Hello folks, > > We're back at the downtown campus for this month's olpc San Francisco > monthly meeting. It's this weekend, Saturday, August 9th, from 10AM - > 1PM, at SFSU downtown campus, 835 Market Street in Room 597 (the fish > bowl). >

[IAEP] In-person, online or both? | OLPC San Francisco

2014-08-26 Thread Sameer Verma
How will you participate in the upcoming OLPC San Francisco Community Summit 2014? Let us know, so we can plan accordingly. http://www.olpcsf.org/node/212 Cheers, Sameer ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.

Re: [IAEP] In-person, online or both? | OLPC San Francisco

2014-08-26 Thread Sameer Verma
On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 2:10 PM, Sameer Verma wrote: > How will you participate in the upcoming OLPC San Francisco Community Summit > 2014? Let us know, so we can plan accordingly. > > http://www.olpcsf.org/node/212 > > Cheers, > Sameer Poll had auto-expired, but it's

Re: [IAEP] In-person, online or both? | OLPC San Francisco (Sameer Verma)

2014-08-29 Thread Sameer Verma
On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 2:45 AM, Lionel Laské wrote: > Drupal error :-( > Fixed. Sameer > Lionel. > > > > 2014-08-27 18:00 GMT+02:00 : >> >> >> Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 14:10:59 -0700 >> From: Sameer Verma >> To: OLPC SF , Grassroots

Re: [IAEP] In-person, online or both? | OLPC San Francisco

2014-08-29 Thread Sameer Verma
On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 2:10 PM, Sameer Verma wrote: > How will you participate in the upcoming OLPC San Francisco Community Summit > 2014? Let us know, so we can plan accordingly. > > http://www.olpcsf.org/node/212 > > Cheers, > Sameer I got a few queries on how we wer

[IAEP] A very cool project with TurtleArt

2014-09-08 Thread Sameer Verma
Found a very cool project made with TurtleArt! http://joshburker.blogspot.com/2014/04/3d-printed-turtleart-stamps-for-clay.html Talk about covering S, T, E, A, and M! cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http

[IAEP] WEB the film

2014-09-16 Thread Sameer Verma
This project has a new site. You can also watch the whole documentary on sites such as iTunes, Amazon, Google Play etc. by paying for it. I'm also looking into screening in San Francisco. http://webthefilm.com/ Sameer ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Proj

[IAEP] Fwd: [OLPC-SF] Call For Proposals: OLPC SF Community Summit 2014

2014-09-17 Thread Sameer Verma
-- Forwarded message -- From: Hilary Naylor Date: Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 8:54 AM Subject: [OLPC-SF] Call For Proposals: OLPC SF Community Summit 2014 To: olpc-sf dear all, OLPC-SF has opened proposal submission for the 2014 Community Summit to be held in San Francisco, California

Re: [IAEP] [Grassroots-l] OLPC-SF Community Summit and Turtle Art Day

2014-10-17 Thread Sameer Verma
) 12PM -12:45 Fix-it Session (Alex Kleider, Nina Stawski, Hilary Naylor) Lunch 12:45PM to 2PM 2:00PM - 2:45PM Lightning talks: project updates in 5 minutes each. Jamaica, India, Tanzania, Australia, Madagascar, and more 2:50PM- 3:35PM Analytics in Nepal and Australia (Sameer Verma, Martin Abente) 3

[IAEP] Watch "WEB: The Film" for free today

2014-11-17 Thread Sameer Verma
nd all its teething problems. An optimistic film about the new opportunities, communities and changes that modern technology brings with it." cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://commons.s

[IAEP] Intel's attempt at an offline server

2015-01-23 Thread Sameer Verma
http://linuxgizmos.com/intel-spins-ubuntu-based-education-access-point/ cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://commons.sfsu.edu/ http://olpcsf.org/ http://olpcjamaica.org.jm

Re: [IAEP] Intel's attempt at an offline server

2015-01-26 Thread Sameer Verma
ing management systems) but > overall this looks like an interesting effort. Oh, and I really do like the > inclusion of a (supposedly) 5 hour battery as this will come in really > handy in places such as Nepal, rural Peru, etc. > > Just my 2 eurocents, > Christoph > > On Fri, Jan

Re: [IAEP] Planning for the future (Samuel Greenfeld)

2015-03-13 Thread Sameer Verma
garlabs has none. It is still a vestige of OLPC, which continues to enjoy a high brand status around the world (good, bad, it's all publicity). This may be a lot to digest, but unless we address of these issues, this project will go nowhere fast. best, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Prof

[IAEP] Laura de Reynal at OLPC-SF tomorrow!

2015-04-10 Thread Sameer Verma
Laura is a part of OLPC France and was very active in Nosy Komba, Madagascar and with us in OLPC Jamaica. ALEARN, as they used to say ;-) See you tomorrow!!! cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://commons

Re: [IAEP] Laura de Reynal at OLPC-SF tomorrow!

2015-04-10 Thread Sameer Verma
Room change. We meet in 612 on the 6th floor. Same building. Sameer On Apr 10, 2015 12:53 PM, "Sameer Verma" wrote: > Super excited that Laura de Reynal will be joining us tomorrow for > OLPC-SF's April meeting! She'll be talking about Mozilla's Webmaker > (

[IAEP] Nepal quake

2015-04-25 Thread Sameer Verma
Anybody have any updates from our friends in Nepal? I saw one post on OLENepal's Facebook page and that's it. News out of Nepal is very disturbing :-( I hope they are ok. Sameer ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.su

Re: [IAEP] [Olpc-open] Nepal quake

2015-04-26 Thread Sameer Verma
ned spending the night > outside their building as aftershocks keep happening sporadically. > > Cheers, > Christoph > Am 25.04.2015 22:04 schrieb "Sameer Verma" : > >> Anybody have any updates from our friends in Nepal? I saw one post on >> OLENepal's

Re: [IAEP] [Olpc-open] Nepal quake

2015-04-26 Thread Sameer Verma
On Apr 26, 2015 9:30 AM, "Sameer Verma" wrote: > > Thanks Christoph? > Thanks Christoph! Excuse the typo. Sameer > I cannot even begin to imagine what it will take to rebuild and re-establish. All the people I know in Nepal have now checked in as safe, but clearly t

Re: [IAEP] Sugar DIgest 2015-05-26

2015-05-26 Thread Sameer Verma
Just saw the news as well. https://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2015-May/msg00027.html I exchanged a few notes with him about his illness some time ago (my mother had the same. She passed away a few months ago). Marco seemed to be doing better. His work will live on. Sameer On May

Re: [IAEP] OLPC-SF September meeting this Saturday

2015-09-12 Thread Sameer Verma
Note room change for the meeting today. We met in Room 610 (sixth floor) instead of 597 in the same building. Sameer On Sep 10, 2015 9:09 AM, "Aaron Borden" wrote: > Hello folks, > > OLPC San Francisco will be hosting our monthly meeting Saturday, > September 12th, from 10AM - 1PM at the downtow

[IAEP] Candidacy for Sugar Labs Oversight Board

2015-12-28 Thread Sameer Verma
work with you all for the years to come. cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://commons.sfsu.edu/ http://olpcsf.org/ http://olpcjamaica.org.jm/ ___ IAEP -- It

Re: [IAEP] [SLOB] scheduling our next meeting

2016-02-03 Thread Sameer Verma
I'm OK with times between 9AM and 10PM, except for 12pm to 4pm and 7pm to 10pm on Mondays and Wednesdays (teaching schedule). Weekends are OK too, but not as structured. All times are Pacific. Cheers, Sameer On Feb 2, 2016 12:17 PM, "Walter Bender" wrote: > It being 3AM in Thailand, I forgot to

Re: [IAEP] [SLOB] scheduling our next meeting

2016-02-04 Thread Sameer Verma
me their vote. Really appreciate >>> your confidence. >>> >>> I guess that UTC 15h00-17h00 should be okay on most timezone. >>> I can manage it if we plan meetings one or two weeks before. >>> >>> Best regards from France. >>> >&g

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

2016-03-04 Thread Sameer Verma
Apologies for missing the meeting. I came down with the flu. Lost my voice as well. Still loopy on meds, but will try to catch up soon. Sameer On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 8:28 AM, Walter Bender wrote: > We have a Sugar Labs oversight board meeting tomorrow (Friday), 4 March, at > 16:00 UTC. Please jo

Re: [IAEP] OLPC-SF March meeting

2016-03-12 Thread Sameer Verma
Note: We have moved to Room 610, sixth floor, same building. Sameer On Mar 10, 2016 8:07 AM, "Aaron D Borden" wrote: > Hello folks, > > OLPC San Francisco will be hosting our monthly meeting Saturday, > March 12th, from 10AM - 1PM at the downtown SFSU campus, 835 Market > Street, 5th floor, Room

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

2016-04-09 Thread Sameer Verma
fall under the guise > promotion of Turtle Blocks but otherwise has discretion in organizing and > funding these events, within the budget constraints of grant and the travel > guidelines of the SFC. > Aye. Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State U

Re: [IAEP] Motions to create position of Translation-Community Manager

2016-04-09 Thread Sameer Verma
ger. > +1 > I further move that Chris Leonard be named to this position effective > immediately. Abstain. > > At Adam's request, I am adding a third motion: > > I move that the Translation-Community Manager be paid a stipend of $1000 per > month. > Abstain. Sameer

[IAEP] Newbie on Sugar

2016-05-01 Thread Sameer Verma
I'm looking for instructions for a newbie to get started on building HTML 5 activities for Sugar. The students in question are in high school, and have minimal coding experience. Typical equipment is either a Mac or Windows laptop. No prior OLPC or Sugar experience. Ideas? Starting points? My go

Re: [IAEP] Newbie on Sugar

2016-05-01 Thread Sameer Verma
Thanks! Sameer On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Sam P. wrote: > For web activities, there is: > https://developer.sugarlabs.org/activity.md.html > > On 2 May 2016 5:03:57 AM AEST, Sameer Verma wrote: >> >> I'm looking for instructions for a newbie to get started on

Re: [IAEP] [SLOB] Yoruba i18n motion

2016-05-07 Thread Sameer Verma
Approve. Sameer On May 6, 2016 6:40 PM, "Walter Bender" wrote: > At today's Sugar Labs oversight board meeting [1], we discussed the motion > submitted by Chris Leonard to fund a program for translation of Sugar into > Yoruba, one of the three main languages spoken in Nigeria. I second the > mot

Re: [IAEP] [SLOB] GSoC mentor stipend motion

2016-05-11 Thread Sameer Verma
Approve. Sameer On May 6, 2016 4:49 PM, "Walter Bender" wrote: > At today's Sugar Labs oversight board meeting [1], we discussed the motion > submitted by Sebastian Silva to allow the mentors participating in Google > Summer of Code to disperse the mentor stipend among themselves as they see > f

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Motion: to undertake a fund raising drive.

2016-06-05 Thread Sameer Verma
o be clear what our vision > and major goals are, and relate them convincingly to donors. > > +1 The strategic plan for Sugarlabs, which should include Vision, Mission, Goals, Objectives and Tasks can not only act as a roadmap (time frame 3 to 5 years) but also then justify request for funds f

[IAEP] Sugarlabs and Sugar are different

2016-06-24 Thread Sameer Verma
things are related. I hope this will bring some clarity. https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/images/1/18/Sugarlabs-strategy-overview.webm cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ ___ IA

Re: [IAEP] Sugarlabs and Sugar are different

2016-06-25 Thread Sameer Verma
https://assoc.drupal.org/about cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 7:28 PM, Caryl Bigenho wrote: > Hi All... > > Very well done Sameer! I hope everyone takes the approximately 35 minutes

Re: [IAEP] Sugarlabs and Sugar are different

2016-06-27 Thread Sameer Verma
d link. > > You can right-click and save the webm video. It will play in Firefox or Chrome/ Chromium natively. Sameer > On Sat, Jun 25, 2016 at 11:31 AM, Sameer Verma wrote: > >> >> Thank you, Caryl :-) I was a bit pressed for time (I had to pick up my >> kids from sc

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Sugarlabs and Sugar are different

2016-06-27 Thread Sameer Verma
Lionel. > > 2016-06-25 0:20 GMT+02:00 Sameer Verma : > >> It's been interesting to watch the conversations around vision, mission, >> marketing, etc. over the last few weeks. Several observations emerge. Here >> are a few that I think are relevant to us. >

Re: [IAEP] Sugarlabs and Sugar are different

2016-06-27 Thread Sameer Verma
nd Sugar are different > > To: cbige...@hotmail.com > > CC: sve...@sfsu.edu; sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org; iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org > > > > > On 24 June 2016 at 22:28, Caryl Bigenho wrote: > > > On 24 June 2016 at 18:20, Sameer Verma wrote: > > >> > > &

Re: [IAEP] Sugarlabs and Sugar are different

2016-06-27 Thread Sameer Verma
://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Vision_proposal_2016/Call_2 > > Thanks. I think your notes (below) are a lot more useful. > On 24 June 2016 at 18:20, Sameer Verma wrote: >> >> > > 3) There are several confounding variables at play. For example, Sugar is >> a FOSS project.

Re: [IAEP] [SLOB] meeting reminder

2016-06-30 Thread Sameer Verma
On Jun 30, 2016 3:08 AM, "Walter Bender" wrote: > > We have a Sugar Labs oversight meeting on Friday, 1 July at 19:00 UTC (See [1]). Please join us on 1rc.freenode.net #sugar-meetring > Typo. #sugar-meeting Sameer > See [2] for the current list of agenda items. > > regards. > > -walter > > > [1

Re: [IAEP] [OLPC-SF] OLPC-SF July meeting this Saturday

2016-07-11 Thread Sameer Verma
No minutes taken. Our usual note taker is out. so is the back up. Plus, our meetings are more informal than most (although we do document) and the process was more conversational. The good news is that we did come up with formalized vision and mission statements (just posted on OLPC-SF list), and i

Re: [IAEP] [OLPC-SF] OLPC-SF July meeting this Saturday

2016-07-11 Thread Sameer Verma
On Jul 11, 2016 3:48 PM, "Dave Crossland" wrote: > > > > On 11 July 2016 at 14:20, Sameer Verma wrote: >> >> No minutes taken. Our usual note taker is out. so is the back up. >> Plus, our meetings are more informal than most (although we do >> doc

Re: [IAEP] [SLOB] meeting reminder

2016-09-01 Thread Sameer Verma
I plan to attend, but I'm traveling (flying tonight) into Miami, and there may be flight delays due to the hurricane situation. Sameer On Sep 1, 2016 10:32 AM, "Walter Bender" wrote: > We have a Sugar Labs oversight board meeting tomorrow at 19UTC [1]. Please > join us on irc.freenode.net #suga

Re: [IAEP] [SLOB] meeting reminder

2016-09-05 Thread Sameer Verma
day or so. Traveling back to San Francisco today. Sameer On Sep 1, 2016 11:08 PM, "Sameer Verma" wrote: I plan to attend, but I'm traveling (flying tonight) into Miami, and there may be flight delays due to the hurricane situation. Sameer On Sep 1, 2016 10:32 AM, "Walter Bend

[IAEP] Sugarcamp at OLPC SF

2016-09-10 Thread Sameer Verma
We are looking to host OLPC SF community summit on Nov 4, 5 and 6 (pending some confirmation on logistics). There was also some conversation around hosting a sugarcamp in conjunction with the summit. Thoughts? Sameer ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project

[IAEP] Why Your Open Source Project Is Not A Product

2016-09-10 Thread Sameer Verma
https://www.linux.com/blog/why-your-open-source-project-not-product We've talked about this before. We are not alone in dealing with this distinction of an ongoing project vs what people use in schools etc. Sameer ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (

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

2016-11-04 Thread Sameer Verma
Sorry, I couldn't make it. Too many meetings, plus OLPC SF Community Summit begins this evening. Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 4:09 AM, Walter Bender wrote: > My apologies

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

2016-12-03 Thread Sameer Verma
has been terrible. > > Actually non-existent, because there is nothing to publicize. > >> >> I don't know who is in charge, > > No one is in charge. I am the SLOB rep, but would prefer a non-SLOB to chair the elections. Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information

Re: [IAEP] OLPC-SF 9th anniversary meeting this Saturday

2017-01-14 Thread Sameer Verma
Meeting room change. We've moved to 607. Sameer On Jan 9, 2017 8:56 AM, "Aaron D Borden" wrote: > Hello folks, > > OLPC San Francisco will be hosting our monthly meeting Saturday, > January 14th, from 10AM - 1PM at the downtown SFSU campus, 835 Market > Street, 5th floor, Room 597 (the fishbowl

Re: [IAEP] OLPC-SF February meeting

2017-02-11 Thread Sameer Verma
Room change. We meet in DTC 607. Sixth floor of the same building. Sameer On Jan 31, 2017 11:54 PM, "Aaron D Borden" wrote: Hello folks, OLPC San Francisco will be hosting our monthly meeting Saturday, February 11th, from 10AM - 1PM at the downtown SFSU campus, 835 Market Street, 5th floor, Ro

Re: [IAEP] [SLOB] ping

2017-02-21 Thread Sameer Verma
+1 Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 6:21 PM, Walter Bender wrote: > Does anyone have anything to say regarding my Outreachy motion? > > regards. > > -walter > > -- &g

Re: [IAEP] OLPC-SF March meeting: Ethiopia

2017-03-10 Thread Sameer Verma
k. We'll have a discussion with the project lead Andres Gros of Facebook and project computer expert Sameer Verma of SFSU. Discussion will be moderated by Alex Kleider. We will have Ethiopian coffee and light snacks. Agenda - Meet and greet - Ethiopia and the new OLPC XO-NL3 Laptop - Project updat

Re: [IAEP] OLPC-SF March meeting: Ethiopia

2017-03-11 Thread Sameer Verma
hly meeting Saturday, >> March 11th, from 10AM - 1PM at the downtown SFSU campus, 835 Market >> Street, 6th floor, room 609. Please RSVP[1]. >> >> This month, the **new** OLPC XO-NL3 Laptop is going to Ethiopia. Come and >> see the new device at work. We'll hav

Re: [IAEP] OLPC-SF March meeting: Ethiopia

2017-03-11 Thread Sameer Verma
Youtube stream should be here: http://youtube.com/-4-GpTa-pJ0 Sameer On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 9:42 AM, Sameer Verma wrote: > Likely on Hangouts/YouTube at YouTube.com/olpcsf > > I'm on the train, getting there, but will ask Aaron to confirm and post > update. > > Sameer &

Re: [IAEP] OLPC-SF April meeting Saturday

2017-04-15 Thread Sameer Verma
Room change. We meet in DTC 607. Sixth floor. Sameer On Apr 13, 2017 10:08 PM, "Aaron Borden" wrote: > Hello folks, > > OLPC San Francisco will be hosting our monthly meeting Saturday, > April 15th, from 10AM - 1PM at the downtown SFSU campus, 835 Market > Street, 5th floor, room 597 (the fishb

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [SLOB] email motion re Scratch Conference

2017-05-19 Thread Sameer Verma
I second. Sameer On May 19, 2017 5:50 AM, "Walter Bender" wrote: Perhaps someone can second the motion so we can begin voting? On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 4:28 AM, Samson Goddy wrote: > Thank you all for the positive comments. But i am little sad that since > wednesday, only one vote has been ma

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [SLOB] email motion re Scratch Conference

2017-05-20 Thread Sameer Verma
+1 Sameer On May 19, 2017 9:01 AM, "Walter Bender" wrote: > +1 > > On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 11:56 AM, Sameer Verma wrote: > >> I second. >> >> Sameer >> >> On May 19, 2017 5:50 AM, "Walter Bender" wrote: >> >> Perhaps

Re: [IAEP] [XSCE] Video: Internet-in-a-Box in the Dominican Republic

2017-05-22 Thread Sameer Verma
's own annual community > powwow in Montreal (https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org) co-located right in > the same city with DebConf17 (https://debconf17.debconf.org). Thanks in > advance to open-access librarians / factivist developers all for getting in > touch towards joinin

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] MOTION: French visa for Samson Goddy to attend 10-year Anniversary Scratch Conf / 50-year Anniversary of Logo

2017-06-09 Thread Sameer Verma
elping Samson/Scratch/Sugar move forward! >>> >>> ___ >>> Sugar-devel mailing list >>> sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org >>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel >>> >> >> While I

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [Sugar-devel] MOTION: French visa for Samson Goddy to attend 10-year Anniversary Scratch Conf / 50-year Anniversary of Logo

2017-06-13 Thread Sameer Verma
ee with this. To say that it's all Free Software and nothing else is a mis-characterization. To take this extreme fundamentalist viewpoint would imply not being able to use web servers like Apache (Open Source, but not Free software). Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Syst

Re: [IAEP] OLPC-SF June meeting third Saturday

2017-06-17 Thread Sameer Verma
The Ethiopia Report is live at https//youtu.be/dtU6jBg3OUM Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfsu.edu/ On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 10:14 PM, Aaron Borden wrote: > Hello folks, > > OLPC San Francisco will be hosting ou

[IAEP] Voting systems

2017-07-07 Thread Sameer Verma
ordet Voting: http://civs.cs.cornell.edu/ Helios: https://heliosvoting.org/ E-Vote: https://github.com/mdipierro/evote OpaVote: https://www.opavote.com/ cheers, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco State University http://verma.sfs

Re: [IAEP] Voting systems

2017-07-07 Thread Sameer Verma
too. > > Are any votes required? > > Samson > > On Jul 7, 2017 10:54 PM, "Sameer Verma" wrote: > >> As per our meeting today, here's a short list of voting systems from >> other projects. Note that in all cases in this list, the voting >> m

Re: [IAEP] URGENT action needed

2017-08-11 Thread Sameer Verma
+1 Sameer On Aug 10, 2017 4:44 PM, "Walter Bender" wrote: > I presume we need a motion and a vote on this. Time is of the essence, so > please respond ASAP. > > Motion: Samson Goddy has been selected as a Sugar Labs representative to > the Google Summer of Code mentor summit. He has requested a

Re: [IAEP] Motion 2017-08-10: Sugar Labs Financial Manager to have a monthly compensation

2017-08-12 Thread Sameer Verma
-1. This is a knee jerk reaction to a symptom. I'm not sure how it will solve any ongoing issues effectively. Sameer On Aug 10, 2017 8:35 AM, "Laura Vargas" wrote: > > Hi SLOB's and members all, > > I think we should learn from experience and start compensating doing all > this work for Sugar

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] URGENT action needed

2017-08-12 Thread Sameer Verma
On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 11:50 AM, Laura Vargas wrote: > > > 2017-08-11 9:23 GMT-05:00 Samson Goddy : >> >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 3:08 PM, Laura Vargas >> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> 2017-08-11 8:54 GMT-05:00 Avni Khatri : On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 9:05 AM, Samuel Cantero >>>

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

2017-09-01 Thread Sameer Verma
Couldn't make it. Meeting conflict at work. Sameer On Aug 31, 2017 5:22 PM, "Walter Bender" wrote: > We have a meeting on Friday, 1 September at 19UTC. Please join us in > irc.freenode.net #sugar-meeting. Note that one option to connect is via > chat.sugarlabs.org in your web browser. > > Among

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Urgent Motion: To add three contributors into the membership/election committee

2017-09-06 Thread Sameer Verma
+1 Sameer On Sep 6, 2017 2:43 PM, "Ignacio Rodríguez" wrote: > It's +1 from me. > > But I will leave SLOBs once this happen, I honestly don't have time, and I > no longer feel motivated to be part of the SLOBs. > I will remain as a Sugar Labs, and will mantain some systems if required. > > Than

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [Sugar-devel] Motion: To apply to GCI 2017.

2017-09-14 Thread Sameer Verma
+1 Sameer On Sep 14, 2017 8:36 AM, "Adam Holt" wrote: > +1 > > On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 2:50 AM, Lionel Laské > wrote: > >> +1 >> >> Lionel >> >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 8:13 AM +0200, "Samson Goddy" < >> samsongo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>> >>> On Sep 14, 2017 3:37 AM, "Laura Var

Re: [IAEP] [SLOB] Motion regarding xo-computer icon

2017-09-15 Thread Sameer Verma
+1 Sameer On Sep 15, 2017 7:15 AM, "Samson Goddy" wrote: > > > On Sep 15, 2017 3:12 PM, "Walter Bender" wrote: > > The discussion regarding the status of the xo-computer icon seems to be > going around in circles. In my opinion, this makes it even more imperative > that the Sugar Labs oversig

[IAEP] Candidacy for Sugarlabs Oversight Board 2017-2019.

2017-09-15 Thread Sameer Verma
you are on the list. https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/File:SL_Member_List_verified_2017.ods If you would like to register to become a member, those instructions are at: https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Members best, Sameer -- Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Professor, Information Systems San Francisco

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [SLOB] Motion regarding xo-computer icon

2017-09-15 Thread Sameer Verma
Hi Caryl, Free and open source software projects allow for forking by design as a way out of major disagreements. However if this disagreement is due to an intellectual property issue (as it appears to be in the current discussion), it is best handled by our legal counsel. Most of us are not quali

Re: [IAEP] [OLPC-SF] OLPC-SF meeting postponed

2017-09-15 Thread Sameer Verma
Our September meeting will be tomorrow, Sept 16 in room 607 at the SFSU Downtown Center. 835 Market St. San Francisco CA 94103 10am to 1 pm Sameer On Sep 8, 2017 8:49 PM, "Andreas Gros" wrote: > Great! Looking forward to it > Andi > On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 12:20 AM Aaron Borden wrote: > >> Hey

Re: [IAEP] The Father Of Mobile Computing Is Not Impressed

2017-09-17 Thread Sameer Verma
Good read. Thx. Sameer On Sep 17, 2017 1:42 PM, "Dave Crossland" wrote: > https://www.fastcompany.com/40435064/what-alan-kay-thinks- > about-the-iphone-and-technology-now > > ___ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists

Re: [IAEP] [SLOB] motion to approve travel advance

2017-09-20 Thread Sameer Verma
I'll second the motion. Sameer On Sep 19, 2017 7:01 PM, "Walter Bender" wrote: > Alas, we have made no headway on my email regarding our travel advance > policy [1], but we have an important decision to make as soon as possible > [2]. > > As you know, we are hoping to send three representatives

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [SLOB] motion to approve travel advance

2017-09-20 Thread Sameer Verma
planning as described below, Thanks! >> >> On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 11:07 AM, Ignacio Rodríguez < >> igna...@sugarlabs.org> wrote: >> >>> Same here. >>> +1 >>> >>> Please enjoy and make us proud :) >>> >>> >&g

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Technical Service Request - Project: Sugar Network

2017-09-28 Thread Sameer Verma
gt; >>>>>>>>>>>> I would like to add the following request to the >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> upcoming >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> April's Sugar Labs Oversight Boa

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