Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Priorities and Ideas (for GSoC)

2009-03-16 Thread Samuel Klein
Thanks, Sayamindu. I've put bookreaders, improvements to core activities (should offline email be there?) and schoolserver-related work near the top of the OLPC list at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Summer_of_Code/Ideas Activities that can be used immediately in the field would make excellent OLPC

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Priorities and Ideas (for GSoC)

2009-03-16 Thread Samuel Klein
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Walter Bender wrote: > regardless of the scale of the GSoC program, it is small > relative to our needs and the potential size of the pool of interested > contributors. Therefore, we should consider designing a mentoring > program that can beyond the needs of GSoC.

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Priorities and Ideas (for GSoC)

2009-03-14 Thread Walter Bender
I guess I wasn't clear in my last message. The point I was trying to make is that regardless of the scale of the GSoC program, it is small relative to our needs and the potential size of the pool of interested contributors. Therefore, we should consider designing a mentoring program that can beyond

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Priorities and Ideas (for GSoC)

2009-03-14 Thread Jameson Quinn
It's true that most new organizations are capped at two slots, and that there are 20% fewer slots overall this year than last. On the other hand, we are not most new organizations, and generally number of slots is proportional to number of applicants. If everybody on this list helps get people to a

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Priorities and Ideas (for GSoC)

2009-03-14 Thread Walter Bender
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 6:07 PM, Jameson Quinn wrote: > >> >> My fourth priority is other educational activities. There are hundreds of >> good ideas out there. > > Just to clarify: this is not to denigrate activities. In the end, Sugar will > stand or fall on its activities. But my attitude here

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Priorities and Ideas (for GSoC)

2009-03-13 Thread David Farning
Hey Jameson, Mel Thanks for _proving_ me wrong. I had originally thought that Sugar Labs would only have the resources to handle two mentors/students this summers with out getting bogged down. It now looks like you have got a great handle on the project. david On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 4:49 PM,