Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] [SLOBS] [SLOB] meeting reminder and some open issues to discuss

2016-06-07 Thread Dave Crossland
Do you have any more specific objections? ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] [SLOBS] [SLOB] meeting reminder and some open issues to discuss

2016-06-07 Thread Adam Holt
Progress. Further progress will come after I speak with Bradley Kuhn in coming weeks, to understand has real-world recommendations on pacing/publishing financials, based on his extensive experiences with the ~40 NGO's he (as SFConservancy's de facto bookkeeper) supervises/supports. I hope he has t

Re: [Sugar-devel] The future of Sugar on XO-1s

2016-06-07 Thread sam
Well, the XO1.75 and XO4 are arm. And aren't all ARM devices special snowflakes that need more kernel patches than even Ubuntu would slap on Gtk? On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 12:34 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: On 29 May 2016 at 22:02, Sam P. wrote: Supporting XO1s is more than just performance thou

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] [SLOBS] [SLOB] meeting reminder and some open issues to discuss

2016-06-07 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi I went over Caryl's google doc again after re-reading the below, and I must say that I am no longer surprised by Adam's comments at the SLOB meeting on Friday; it seems that these clearly expressed points were not addressed in the text that Caryl submitted. Adam, please review the Google Doc w

Re: [Sugar-devel] A Better Idea...

2016-06-07 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi I'm in NY and Caryl is in CA so evenings will be best for me On 7 June 2016 at 18:15, Laura Vargas wrote: > Thanks Dave and Caryl, > > Looks like we are getting the hang of it! We as a Committe should schedule a > weekly meeting to live chat with important updates/news and pending > decisions

Re: [Sugar-devel] The future of Sugar on XO-1s

2016-06-07 Thread Dave Crossland
On 29 May 2016 at 22:02, Sam P. wrote: > Supporting XO1s is more than just performance though. XOs don't run normal, > up to date versions of fedora. Why is this? ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/

Re: [Sugar-devel] The future of Sugar on XO-1s

2016-06-07 Thread Sam P.
On 30 May 2016 12:36:37 PM AEST, Dave Crossland wrote: >Hi > >I want to return to this older thread because of James Cameron's >comment in >https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar/pull/688#issuecomment-222393275 : > >On the assumption that Sugar Labs is dropping support for XO-1, I'll >close >this pu

Re: [Sugar-devel] A Better Idea...

2016-06-07 Thread Laura Vargas
Thanks Dave and Caryl, Looks like we are getting the hang of it! We as a Committe should schedule a weekly meeting to live chat with important updates/news and pending decisions. I propose to have the meeting every Monday Morning. Will this work for you two? Regards and Blessings 2016-06-07

Re: [Sugar-devel] Go Social via Social Media (Proposal/Motion)

2016-06-07 Thread Dave Crossland
On 7 June 2016 at 16:50, samson goddy wrote: > Sure I am going to use your help on that. Let me know your G+ profiles and I'll add you to the YouTube Channel that I've set up: https://www.youtube.com/c/SugarlabsOrg-EN ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar

Re: [Sugar-devel] Go Social via Social Media (Proposal/Motion)

2016-06-07 Thread samson goddy
Sure I am going to use your help on that. > From: d...@lab6.com > Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2016 16:02:56 -0600 > Subject: Re: Go Social via Social Media (Proposal/Motion) > To: samsongo...@hotmail.com > CC: sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org; market...@lists.sugarlabs.org; > i...@lists.sugarlabs.org; sl...@

Re: [Sugar-devel] Go Social via Social Media (Proposal/Motion)

2016-06-07 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi Samson On 7 June 2016 at 13:39, samson goddy wrote: > I was suppose to draft just the youtube proposal This was the discussion that led to this document: On 2 June 2016 at 18:28, samson goddy wrote: > On 2 June 2016 at 23:06, Dave Crossland wrote: >> On 2 June 2016 at 04:58, Sean DALY wro

Re: [Sugar-devel] Go Social via Social Media (Proposal/Motion)

2016-06-07 Thread Dave Crossland
[ Here is the full text of the doc, by Samson with editing assistance by myself ] Concerning SL vision 2016, I think that SL should add social media as one of our main ways to get new members. With the big name we have, we should use that as an advantage to get people into our community - but we a

[Sugar-devel] Go Social via Social Media (Proposal/Motion)

2016-06-07 Thread samson goddy
Hello Everyone, I and Dave came up with this proposal on how to make this organization bigger. I was suppose to draft just the youtube proposal as promised. So we came up with a better idea to go into the social world explained by the proposal[1]. About the sugar Vision 2016, i think that

Re: [Sugar-devel] Are you using Sugar daily for your own education?

2016-06-07 Thread James Simmons
Dave, If you think it will help, please do. James Simmons On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 12:38 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: > > On 7 June 2016 at 10:47, James Simmons wrote: > >> Considering that I am fifty years older than the target audience for >> Sugar I'd have to say that's pretty good. > > > LOL >

Re: [Sugar-devel] Are you using Sugar daily for your own education?

2016-06-07 Thread Dave Crossland
On 7 June 2016 at 10:47, James Simmons wrote: > Considering that I am fifty years older than the target audience for Sugar > I'd have to say that's pretty good. LOL This is great! Can I use your text as a testimonial on the website? :) ___ Sugar-deve

Re: [Sugar-devel] Are you using Sugar daily for your own education?

2016-06-07 Thread James Simmons
Dave, I don't use Sugar daily now, but a few years ago I did. I was looking for a good way to read Project Gutenberg etexts and Kindles were going for $399. That was the year of "Give One, Get One" and for the price of a Kindle I could get an XO laptop for myself plus another for a child I would n

Re: [Sugar-devel] A Better Idea...

2016-06-07 Thread Dave Crossland
On 6 June 2016 at 23:26, Laura Vargas wrote: > I created a public pad for the Committee at https://titanpad.com/SLFC I have updated this, please check it ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/su

Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOB] Motion (1 of 2) GSoC Stipends

2016-06-07 Thread Dave Crossland
On 4 June 2016 at 07:36, Tony Anderson wrote: > I second the motion and approve it. On 7 June 2016 at 01:36, Sameer Verma wrote: > Aye. Do these votes count as they were not sent to the SLOBs list? ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarl

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] [SLOB] Motion (1 of 2) GSoC Stipends

2016-06-07 Thread Dave Crossland
On 4 June 2016 at 08:08, Adam Holt wrote: > On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 9:36 AM, Tony Anderson wrote: >> >> I second the motion and approve it. > > > I hope we all work together to find a way to compromise, but in any case my > opinion is already well-known, as stated a month ago: > > Mentors/tutors/t

Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOB] Motion (1 of 2) GSoC Stipends

2016-06-07 Thread Sameer Verma
Aye. Sameer On Jun 4, 2016 6:36 AM, "Tony Anderson" wrote: > I second the motion and approve it. > > Tony > > On 06/04/2016 03:02 PM, Walter Bender wrote: > > We did not have time to take action on two motions at yesterday's meeting. > Please review the motion below. If an oversight board second