[Sugar-devel] Fwd: Announcing OLPC OS 11.3.0 for XO-1, XO-1.5 and XO-1.75

2011-11-01 Thread Adam Holt
Subject:Announcing OLPC OS 11.3.0 for XO-1, XO-1.5 and XO-1.75 Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 22:27:45 + From: Daniel Drake d...@laptop.org To: OLPC Devel de...@lists.laptop.org Hi, We're pleased to announce the release of OLPC OS 11.3.0 for XO-1, XO-1.5 and as a provisional release

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Sugar Digest 2013-10-22

2013-10-22 Thread Adam Holt
On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Walter Bender walter.ben...@gmail.comwrote: (c) We need to hold an election for four positions on the oversight board. Claudia, Daniel, and Gonzalo are continuing. The terms for Adam, Gerald, Chris and I are all expiring. Details to be posted shortly. Small

Re: [Sugar-devel] build an activity

2013-12-11 Thread Adam Holt
On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Chris Leonard cjlhomeaddr...@gmail.comwrote: On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 12:36 AM, James Cameron qu...@laptop.org wrote: Marked {{dated}}. Perhaps Sugar Labs could give us a replacement on their Wiki? I don't think this content needs to be hosted on

[Sugar-devel] TuxPaint that runs on XO-1 Release 12.1.0

2013-12-17 Thread Adam Holt
Sadly I've tried these and they do not fully launch: TuxPaint 3, 4, 5 6: http://activities.sugarlabs.org//en-US/sugar/addon/4088 TuxPaint 6.1 6.2: http://dev.laptop.org/~dsd/activities/ Any other tips or suggestions? Thanks all :) -- Unsung Heroes of OLPC, interviewed live @

Re: [Sugar-devel] Cannot connect to internet on school server

2014-08-01 Thread Adam Holt
+server-devel Thanks guys for yr insane dedication ;) On Aug 1, 2014 12:37 PM, Jerry Vonau m...@jvonau.ca wrote: On August 1, 2014 at 8:39 AM Tony Anderson t...@olenepal.org wrote: Hi, Jerry Hi Tony, I think what you are describing may be Daniel Drake's 'enhancement' to allow

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] [SLOBS] scheduling our next meeting

2015-01-06 Thread Adam Holt
Wednesday is actually Jan 7 (not 8th). Is that (Wedn) OK with everyone during the hour laid out by Walter? On Jan 6, 2015 8:28 AM, Gonzalo Odiard godi...@sugarlabs.org wrote: Works for me On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 10:05 AM, Walter Bender walter.ben...@gmail.com wrote: I was remiss in

Re: [Sugar-devel] Community OS 14.1.0 Version 2

2015-03-05 Thread Adam Holt
On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 6:55 AM, Samuel Greenfeld sam...@greenfeld.org wrote: I have updated the XO-1/1.5/1.75/4 images I previously made. The updated images can be found at http://www.greenfeld.org/xo/community/builds/14.1.0/build_2/ Profound Thanks Sam, and the Many Others behind this

Re: [Sugar-devel] XO Fedora 22 Beta work

2015-04-25 Thread Adam Holt
On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 3:42 PM, Gonzalo Odiard godi...@sugarlabs.org wrote: On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 1:10 AM, Samuel Greenfeld sam...@greenfeld.org wrote: At James' suggestion I looked a bit into a Fedora 22 beta build. I have found the following problems so far getting the RPM dependencies

Re: [Sugar-devel] Fedora Flock Conference

2015-04-24 Thread Adam Holt
On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 9:28 AM, Samuel Greenfeld sam...@greenfeld.org wrote: Are we planning to do anything with Sugar at the Fedora Flock Conference (August 12-15, Rochester NY - www.flocktofedora.org) this year? The call for talks just ended although it might be possible to sneak one in.

Re: [Sugar-devel] Community XO software builds

2015-05-06 Thread Adam Holt
On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 12:54 AM, Samuel Greenfeld sam...@greenfeld.org wrote: I saw some discussion last week about the community XO software builds. This seems to be something which gets many people excited. However according to my web server, there have not been very many downloads of

Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] Testing alias

2015-05-06 Thread Adam Holt
My intention was to cut through the red tape and get Samson onto the committee. I don't believe the vote was necessary, Appointing election officials in private becomes an increasingly dangerous game -- better to keep all informed on Day 1. Nigerians (like Samson) understand this all too well,

Re: [Sugar-devel] Testing alias

2015-05-06 Thread Adam Holt
+1 to Samson Goddy even if the Nigerian govt did not allow me to meet him during my less than 48hrs in country February (due to a more famous Goodluck/Badluck election ;) The following page says the Membership and Elections Committee can be emailed via elections at sugarlabs.org :

[Sugar-devel] congrats James & All for imminent Release 13.2.6!

2015-11-07 Thread Adam Holt
Hopefully OLPC's download.laptop.org will come back to life later this wkd possibly? So all can try this on the classic 4 XO laptops: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/13.2.6 While OLPC Release 13.2.6 has technically been released today according to http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Releases, in

Re: [Sugar-devel] [support-gang] How to install TuxMath and TuxPaint on Release 13.2.5+ on "ALL" XOs!

2015-10-17 Thread Adam Holt
On Oct 17, 2015 12:41 AM, wrote: > 15 second startup as on OLPC version 11.* rather that of > 60 seconds with TuxMath-3.2 wrapper Activity. True, the TuxMath-3.1 we tested earlier this week also takes >60 seconds to start on 13.2.5 on XO-1. I have no idea why this

[Sugar-devel] How to install TuxMath and TuxPaint on Release 13.2.5+ on "ALL" XOs!

2015-10-14 Thread Adam Holt
DRAFT: http://download.unleashkids.org/HaitiOS/tux/readme.txt Thanks to Jerry Vonau who laid this out for many of us at the IIAB/XSCE summit in Toronto this past weekend. WARNING: ain't yet fully tested across all XO laptops {XO-1, XO-1.5, XO-1.75, XO-4} and improvements are most welcome! For

Re: [Sugar-devel] how to remove WiFi credential/history from Sugar?

2015-09-28 Thread Adam Holt
On Sep 28, 2015 6:00 AM, "James Cameron" <qu...@laptop.org> wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 03:59:38PM -0400, Adam Holt wrote: > > But I finally got it! WiFi password was ALSO cached in: > > > >/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/keys-WAN > > You'r

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

2015-10-05 Thread Adam Holt
On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 7:05 PM, James Cameron wrote: > G'day Walter, > > It has emerged that 23 UTC is not 6pm Boston. > > Could meetings be called using only UTC please? ;-) > If so use: http://google.com/search?q=utc+time I like Bert Freudenberg prefer to pick 1 real city

Re: [Sugar-devel] [support-gang] how to remove WiFi credential/history from Sugar?

2015-09-25 Thread Adam Holt
On Sep 25, 2015 1:23 PM, "Kevin Gordon" wrote: > > not at an XO at the moment but > > check the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ directory > > Or maybe a command line thingy like nmcli connection delete id will do what you want? My thoughts exactly. I tried the 2

Re: [Sugar-devel] [support-gang] how to remove WiFi credential/history from Sugar?

2015-09-25 Thread Adam Holt
On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 3:01 PM, Kurt H Maier wrote: > So, it's not in the gnome keyring. is it in > /home/olpc/.sugar/default/nm/networks.cfg ? > Nothing obvious in /home/olpc/.sugar/default and no nm within /home/olpc/.sugar/default on this XO-1.5. In fact when I did "rm

Re: [Sugar-devel] [support-gang] how to remove WiFi credential/history from Sugar?

2015-09-25 Thread Adam Holt
On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 1:56 PM, Paul Fox wrote: > try: > cd /etc > sudo grep -R . > It responds, as expected: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-WAN:ESSID= > cd /home/olpc > sudo grep -R . > No results at all. I ran "find . -name **" from both places as

Re: [Sugar-devel] how to remove WiFi credential/history from Sugar?

2015-09-25 Thread Adam Holt
On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 1:06 PM, Paul Fox wrote: > adam wrote: > > "rm /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/key_" does not fully delete a > WiFi > > credential, even after reboot of the XO-1.5 with Sugar 0.106.0, the > > password is clearly still buried+working in the system

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] I'm candidate

2015-12-14 Thread Adam Holt
On Dec 14, 2015 5:02 PM, "Lionel Laské" wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm proud to announce that I'm candidate for the SugarLabs Oversight board [1]. > For those that don't know me, I've updated my profile here [2]. > > Hope to be able to join the team. > > Best regards from

[Sugar-devel] Tony Anderson's platform, running for Sugar Labs Oversight Board

2015-12-29 Thread Adam Holt
Very encouraging to see Sugaristas' Long Term Support discussions of any kind: how to innovate sustaining old hardware with new software, how to balance hacker contributors' critical motivations with 3rd world educators' excruciating economics, how to think about Server-Sugar interactions evolving

[Sugar-devel] School Server + Sugarizer 0.6 to 0.7 Summary Minutes

2015-12-30 Thread Adam Holt
Thanks everyone who joined the Sugarizer+School Server call very early this morning! Extra special thanks to Lionel for taking time out of his family vacation, and Tim who put together the flawless live collaboration demo everyone took part in together, essentially a working XSCE+Sugarizer. All

[Sugar-devel] "Free collaborative apps for 1:1 classrooms"

2016-01-09 Thread Adam Holt
On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 6:08 AM, samson goddy wrote: > Someone tweeted @sugar_labs via twitter, asking if the sugarlabs might be > interested in this application. But it seems like she does not know that > Sugar Labs has an OS. But the interesting thing is the approach

[Sugar-devel] how to run script upon/after XO's 1st boot?

2016-01-07 Thread Adam Holt
1) Can a script be run at the end of Sugar's first boot? Or really anytime after gsettings name/gender/grade stuff? (After every boot if nec.) I tried inserting a script very late within /usr/bin/sugar (however that runs too early during Sugar's 1st boot) but I'm now remember an

Re: [Sugar-devel] Smart way to get $$ for posting videos on youtube

2016-06-03 Thread Adam Holt
On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 10:25 AM, Dave Crossland wrote: > Adam, please could you confirm with Conservancy that we can set up > adsense and youtube advertising accounts to raise revenue? > I don't see why not, if there is a genuine consensus to move forward here? But most important

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] [SLOB] another motion (Quispe trip to Translation Summit)

2016-06-03 Thread Adam Holt
On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 4:33 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: > On 12 May 2016 at 07:59, Walter Bender wrote: > > Motion: to reimburse Edgar Quispe for expenses incurred representing > Sugar > > Labs at the Traducción e interpretación en las lenguas originarias

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

2016-06-07 Thread Adam Holt
mments 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 with my comments and let me know if > this resolves your concerns. > > On 6 May 2016 at 1

Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOB] Motion (2 of 2) Sugar Labs donation

2016-06-04 Thread Adam Holt
As this is a very thoughtful proposal, I contacted SFConservancy's general counsel to verify it is legal given 501(c)3 non-profit laws can be strict, and he emphasized 2 things: (1) no tangible benefits may be offered in return for a donation (otherwise it is not a donation, by law!) (2) if such

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

2016-06-04 Thread Adam Holt
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/teachers are insufficiently

Re: [Sugar-devel] [support-gang] "Modern" Browser XO-1

2016-01-11 Thread Adam Holt
On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 10:33 AM, Sora Edwards-Thro wrote: > Hi all, > > What's the most "modern" browser someone could install on an XO-1? (either > Sugar or Gnome side). What options do we have for upgrading to support > specific apps? > > This is a generic question that

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] [SLOB] scheduling our next meeting

2016-02-04 Thread Adam Holt
introduction if that's best? > Everything else is general operating fund -- most of which has come from Google in support of our participation in GCI and GSoC. > > regards. > > -walter > > On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 9:06 PM, Adam Holt <h...@laptop.org> wrote: >> >> On

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] [SLOB] scheduling our next meeting

2016-02-04 Thread Adam Holt
On Feb 4, 2016 6:58 PM, "Tony Anderson" wrote: > > 1600 UTC is midnight here in the Philippines. This will, of course, improve in May when I will be on the same time as Lionel. See you in 8 days. We'll give Tony 2 votes every time he stays up til midnight ;) More

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Trip Advisor grant statement of work

2016-02-13 Thread Adam Holt
+localization mailing list On Feb 13, 2016 12:32 PM, "Walter Bender" wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 12:09 PM, Nick Doiron wrote: > >> That's great news. Is this specifically for localizing Sugar OS and the >> core activities, or can it be

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Trip Advisor grant statement of work

2016-02-13 Thread Adam Holt
+localization mailing list On Feb 13, 2016 2:06 PM, "Chris Leonard" wrote: > I would note that we had interpreted the TripAdvisor scope to include > efforts that would have a direct impact on l10n/i18n of Sugar to > include such efforts as developing new glibc locales

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Trip Advisor grant statement of work

2016-02-24 Thread Adam Holt
hed off of this link this wkd or in coming days, or weeks at the latest: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Translation_Proposal >> >>> Thank you in advance. >>> >>> > Thanks again. > > >> Blessings >>> Laura Victoria >>> >>

Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [IAEP] Trip Advisor grant statement of work

2016-02-24 Thread Adam Holt
On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 2:27 PM, Walter Bender wrote: > Adam and the SFC may think these funds are 100% fungible, but I think we > have an ethical obligation towards the goals of the proposal, which Chris > has nicely summarized. > Indeed, that's precisely what

Re: [Sugar-devel] Announcing OLPC OS 13.2.7 with Sugar 0.108

2016-02-24 Thread Adam Holt
Tremendous news, Profound thanks James & the Sugar 0.108 Team!! Aside: i haven't given up (yet) on a wider array of quality learning videos (from Internet-in-a-Box 2.0 etc) becoming playable on XO-1 in 2016 so many years later. Issues you've well-documented @

Re: [Sugar-devel] Translations

2016-02-20 Thread Adam Holt
Excellent food for thought Tony! +Sora, Tim, Nick, Caryl to see if they have ideas/suggestions below? On Feb 20, 2016 3:35 AM, "Tony Anderson" wrote: > As I understand the issue: SugarLabs has some funds available to support > translation of Sugar. At the SLOBs meeting,

[Sugar-devel] financial summaries posted for Sugar Labs' 4 fiscal years 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

2016-02-12 Thread Adam Holt
I'm still trying the understand the many financial documents forwarded by http://SFConservancy.org overnight (received by all 7 Sugar Labs Oversight Board office holders this morning) which go back to Sugar Labs' inception in 2008, towards understanding what's most important to publish. But this

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Ombudsman

2016-02-12 Thread Adam Holt
On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 6:30 PM, Walter Bender wrote: > FYI, Bert has agreed to continue in the role as ombudsman [1] for Sugar > Labs. > Thanks Bert, and thanks Walter for making this happen. Minutes from today's meeting are available at [2]. > I misspoke about

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

2016-03-30 Thread Adam Holt
, but I'll try to keep things moving. Topics 1-3 should be quick. Have some materials prepared in advance will help. > > [1] https://docs.google.com/document/d/16jIFuZ9bX-Bv675BpA1KmcEcRcX4PRCOUEX0ICRUkOc/edit > > regards. > > -walter > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 4:31 PM, Ada

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues

2016-04-11 Thread Adam Holt
ty) are asked to please assist them by refining their proposal right here -- so that transparency is no longer just a buzzword in this neighborhood, but a community practice/culture we learn together. https://docs.google.com/document/d/16jIFuZ9bX-Bv675BpA1KmcEcRcX4PRCOUEX0ICRUkOc *Coherence towards inc

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

2016-04-11 Thread Adam Holt
On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 11:40 PM, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > > Hi Adam > > On 10 April 2016 at 22:05, Adam Holt <h...@laptop.org> wrote: > >> On Apr 10, 2016 9:37 PM, "Dave Crossland" <d...@lab6.com> wrote: >> > >>

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

2016-04-08 Thread Adam Holt
On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 10:04 PM, Walter Bender <walter.ben...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 9:43 PM, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > >> Hi Adam! >> >> On 1 April 2016 at 01:24, Adam Holt <h...@laptop.org> wrote: >> >>

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

2016-04-08 Thread Adam Holt
On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 11:56 PM, Tony Anderson wrote: > Dave, > > This is an example of how powerful our community could be. Naturally, we > would need to nail down this price - Amazon quotes about $10 each. There > has been a lot of discussion in the community on the

Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues

2016-04-09 Thread Adam Holt
es. Which SFConservancy's General Counsel has thankfully now clarified for SL's Board, Ombuds, Caryl Bigenho, Dave Crossland, Sean Daly and Chris Leonard -- towards protecting us all moving forward on a strong foundation. On a largely separate matter (fiduciary/fundraising landscape procedures) that I

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues

2016-04-09 Thread Adam Holt
On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 10:33 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: > > On 9 April 2016 at 11:26, Caryl Bigenho wrote: > >> I also agree that $500 does seem excessive, and even inappropriate > > > FWIW, I thought it was small; it is under minimum wage for some places. >

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues

2016-04-09 Thread Adam Holt
On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 1:01 AM, Adam Holt <h...@laptop.org> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 10:33 PM, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > >> >> On 9 April 2016 at 11:26, Caryl Bigenho <cbige...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I also agree th

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

2016-04-10 Thread Adam Holt
On Apr 10, 2016 9:37 PM, "Dave Crossland" <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > > On 10 April 2016 at 20:35, Adam Holt <h...@laptop.org> wrote: >> >> Just imagine if OLPC had not chosen to run off with $40 Millon in community-driven revenue > > I don't understand

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

2016-04-10 Thread Adam Holt
James Cameron's engaging OLPC's emergent last-mile communities forthrightly (below) is *precisely* the ingredient that was missing in 2008 (evolution of http :// wiki.laptop.org

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

2016-04-11 Thread Adam Holt
On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 1:06 PM, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > > Hi > > On 11 April 2016 at 10:41, Adam Holt <h...@laptop.org> wrote: > >> On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 11:40 PM, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: >> >>> >>>

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

2016-03-31 Thread Adam Holt
In Haiti XO-1s will be dominant across many schools for years and year to come. Similar to Tony's description, but these typically will be using 32GB SD cards -- thankfully these are incredibly affordable. The resilience/repairability of the XO-1 laptops is the absolutely fascinating part.

Re: [Sugar-devel] [Localization] [SLOBS] [SLOB] meeting reminder

2016-03-31 Thread Adam Holt
On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 3:52 PM, Lionel Laské wrote: > > Hi all, > > Just to share some thought before the meeting regarding the l18n. Sure > that it could feed the debate tomorrow :-) > > I'm pretty sure that it's super important for Sugar to be available in > multiple

Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [SLOB] GSoC mentor stipend motion

2016-05-11 Thread Adam Holt
On May 7, 2016 3:33 PM, "Lionel Laské" wrote: > > Disagree. > > Thought I understand that 500$ is lot of money for some people, I think that GSoC is also a way for SugarLabs to raise money. Because we don't ask for an annual fee to member (like other association, for

Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [SLOB] another motion (Quispe trip to Translation Summit)

2016-05-18 Thread Adam Holt
I find the practice of retroactively voting for funds to be highly unprofessional, in all instances. Nevertheless I am hereby voting in favor in this 1 instance, on the hope that Translation Community Manager Chris Leonard will begin improving the situation with a public blog going forward -- so

Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [SLOB] another motion (Quispe trip to Translation Summit)

2016-05-18 Thread Adam Holt
) approach is in fact possible beginning in 2016. -walter > > On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 9:32 AM, Lionel Laské <lionel.la...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> >> +1 for the remark of Adam. >> +1 for the motion due to the relative small amount of money engaged. >> >&g

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] [SLOBS] [SLOB] GSoC mentor stipend motion

2016-05-11 Thread Adam Holt
4 affirmative votes (majoruty of 7 seats) are required for all motions to pass. This was clarified when I joined SL Oversight Board at the end of 2009, and again exhaustively re-clarified at the beginning of this year. On May 11, 2016 2:24 PM, "Sebastian Silva" wrote:

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] [SLOBS] [SLOB] GSoC mentor stipend motion

2016-05-11 Thread Adam Holt
On May 11, 2016 2:55 PM, "Sebastian Silva" <sebast...@fuentelibre.org> wrote: > > El 11/05/16 a las 13:40, Adam Holt escribió: > > This was clarified when I joined SL Oversight Board at the end of > > 2009, and again exhaustively re-clarified at the beginnin

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] [SLOB] Yoruba i18n motion

2016-05-15 Thread Adam Holt
On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 3:17 PM, Chris Leonard wrote: > On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 3:11 PM, samson goddy > wrote: > > Thanks for everyone who voted for this project. So what is the next step > for > > me to do to begin. > > > > > > Samson G > >

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

2016-05-06 Thread Adam Holt
The financial spring cleaning CarylB, DaveC and others have worked hard on within https://docs.google.com/document/d/16jIFuZ9bX-Bv675BpA1KmcEcRcX4PRCOUEX0ICRUkOc/edit is promising, but seems premature in my opinion, until its mechanics are better understood: - Even if we suppose that $X remains

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

2016-05-06 Thread Adam Holt
On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 10:35 AM, Karen Sandler <ka...@sfconservancy.org> wrote: > On 2016-05-06 12:06, Adam Holt wrote: > > s/he tries to do that, SFConservancy has explained to me that they >> often take a month-or-so to get all receipts entered into their >> syste

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

2016-05-06 Thread Adam Holt
On May 6, 2016 5:45 PM, "Laura Vargas" wrote: > the budget allowed for Chris Leonard's Internationalization tasks (USD$12,000.00) On this narrow point, I'd (assume) Translation Community Manager outlay represents $12,000 + 10% for SFConservancy = $13,200 total, from May

Re: [Sugar-devel] Sugar-Server enhancement

2016-04-13 Thread Adam Holt
On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 8:17 PM, Tony Anderson wrote: > James > > I can't think of a use case for an XO to access multiple school servers. Apologies am not following all the details of this conversation, but just to point out some of our newer work in Haiti will

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

2016-05-07 Thread Adam Holt
On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 8:47 AM, Chris Leonard <cjlhomeaddr...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 11:23 AM, Chris Leonard <cjlhomeaddr...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 10:12 AM, Adam Holt <h...@laptop.org> wrote: > > > > ... &

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

2016-05-07 Thread Adam Holt
On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 6:41 AM, Laura Vargas <la...@somosazucar.org> wrote: > > > 2016-05-07 9:28 GMT+08:00 Adam Holt <h...@laptop.org>: > >> On May 6, 2016 5:45 PM, "Laura Vargas" <la...@somosazucar.org> wrote: >> > the budget allowed

Re: [Sugar-devel] Donation

2016-06-29 Thread Adam Holt
On Jun 29, 2016 6:40 AM, "Ütkarsh Tiwari" wrote: > > Hi, > I would like to donate some amount of my stipend to Sugar Labs. How shall I proceed? FYI about a month ago I asked SFConservancy if they can provide a PayPal donation button, which Karen Sandler confirms

Re: [Sugar-devel] Donation

2016-06-29 Thread Adam Holt
On Jun 29, 2016 6:50 AM, "Adam Holt" <h...@laptop.org> wrote: > > On Jun 29, 2016 6:40 AM, "Ütkarsh Tiwari" <iamutkarshtiw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > I would like to donate some amount of my stipend to Sugar Labs. How shall I

Re: [Sugar-devel] [Server-devel] auditing our "IIAB/XSCE 6.2 Networking" overview

2017-02-22 Thread Adam Holt
at 2:27 PM, James Cameron <qu...@laptop.org> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 01:38:57PM -0500, Adam Holt wrote: > > Are all the reserved ports here still in actual/ongoing use? > > > > Protocol Port Service > > TCP 312

Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [IAEP] Outreachy motion

2017-02-14 Thread Adam Holt
On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 1:48 PM, Laura Vargas wrote: > > 2017-02-13 19:02 GMT-05:00 Walter Bender : > >> Laura suggested [1] that I make a formal motion to the board regarding >> Sugar Labs participation in Outreachy. Here it is: >> >> Motion:

Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [IAEP] Outreachy motion

2017-02-14 Thread Adam Holt
On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 2:06 PM, Adam Holt <h...@laptop.org> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 1:48 PM, Laura Vargas <la...@somosazucar.org> > wrote: > >> >> 2017-02-13 19:02 GMT-05:00 Walter Bender <walter.ben...@gmail.com>: >> >>> Laura

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

2017-08-13 Thread Adam Holt
Because Samson Goddy is our close friend and clearly should go to San Francisco for GSoC, it is tempting to send him a personal loan. But for Sugar Labs to provide loans to our personal friends is a dangerous precedent frought with moral and ethical hazards. As such, personally my conscience

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

2017-08-14 Thread Adam Holt
Thanks Karen for please responding to these 3 emails I sent you when possible: - July 12 subject line "Donation from Facebook" [paperwork required so donations can flow to Sugar Labs] - Aug 4 subject line "Donation from Facebook" [paperwork required so donations can flow to Sugar Labs] - Aug 9

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

2017-06-12 Thread Adam Holt
now your favorite non-Facebook channels if poss, in addition to your outreach work on FB?* Thanks, > Ignacio > > On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 9:16 AM, Adam Holt <h...@laptop.org> wrote: > >> On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 8:07 AM, Samson Goddy <samsongo...@gmail.com> >> wro

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

2017-06-09 Thread Adam Holt
On Jun 7, 2017 7:59 AM, "Adam Holt" <h...@laptop.org> wrote: Lionel, Sameer, Laura & Ignacio, Can you please try to vote yes or no Or please formally abstain, but do vote your opinion please! (As you we're elected to do, setting a tone for forward action — in wha

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

2017-06-09 Thread Adam Holt
On Jun 9, 2017 6:30 AM, "Adam Holt" <h...@laptop.org> wrote: On Jun 7, 2017 7:59 AM, "Adam Holt" <h...@laptop.org> wrote: Lionel, Sameer, Laura & Ignacio, Can you please try to vote yes or no Or please formally abstain, but do vote your opinion please!

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] [SLOBS] SLOB motion

2017-06-03 Thread Adam Holt
avors to each other — *by saying-what-we-mean and meaning-what-we-say.* Respecting All, Adam regards. -walter On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 8:43 AM, Samson Goddy <samsongo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Jun 1, 2017 1:28 PM, "Adam Holt" <h...@laptop.org> wrote: > >

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] [SLOBS] SLOB motion

2017-06-03 Thread Adam Holt
, that will unfortunately but certainly not be resolved before June 11/12. Be It Resolved: we now need to move on. On Jun 3, 2017 9:39 AM, "Samson Goddy" <samsongo...@sugarlabs.org> wrote: On Sat, Jun 3, 2017 at 2:08 PM, Adam Holt <h...@laptop.org> wrote: > On Jun 3, 201

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

2017-06-07 Thread Adam Holt
un 5, 2017 3:28 PM, "Walter Bender" <walter.ben...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sun, Jun 4, 2017 at 2:32 PM, Adam Holt <h...@laptop.org> wrote: > >> On Sun, Jun 4, 2017 at 2:17 PM, Samson Goddy <samsongo...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>>

Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] SLOB motion

2017-06-01 Thread Adam Holt
On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 5:47 PM, Walter Bender wrote: > I'd like to queue up this motion before our monthly meeting on Friday: > > Motion: Allocate $800 towards the expenses associated with Samson Goddy > presenting Sugar at the Scratch Conference in Bordeaux, France in

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] [SLOBS] SLOB motion

2017-06-01 Thread Adam Holt
On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 7:14 AM, Samson Goddy wrote: > This would set a terrible precedent for Sugar Labs to pay $800 for a visa > alone. > > Flight and other things connected. > > All for the sake of 1 visa alone, let's hope it happens (sorry you're flying instead of

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

2017-06-04 Thread Adam Holt
Please all who can support this motion, thank you for doing so, once [XXX] is clarified below: "To support Samson Goddy's attending 2017 Scratch conference in Bordeaux, France (19-21 July 2017) to strengthen our relationship with Scratch, Sugar Labs should allocate up to $500 in support of his

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

2017-06-04 Thread Adam Holt
On Sun, Jun 4, 2017 at 2:17 PM, Samson Goddy wrote: > I will take sole responsibility for the lost and if it happen, i didn't > get the visa. > My apologies I misunderstood earlier, among the many emails. That makes things very clear, thank you Samson. Be it then

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

2017-06-12 Thread Adam Holt
M NYC Time today, in 7+ hours from now, i.e. exactly 1 week after it was seconded and voting began. > It is very disappointing that this motion is still pending. I am to travel > to lagos tomorrow and i really need to know what will happen to the motion. > > Samson G > > On Ju

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

2017-09-14 Thread Adam Holt
+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 Vargas" wrote: >> >> Hello

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

2017-09-15 Thread Adam Holt
e infringing. > > As Sean Daly points out, this is not the first time that the topic has > come up [3, 4]. "In the past, OLPC was amenable to the use of the xo logo > in Sugar, but asked we not use it in marketing materials without a formal > co-branding licensing agreemen

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

2017-09-08 Thread Adam Holt
On Sep 8, 2017 7:43 AM, "Laura Vargas" <la...@somosazucar.org> wrote: 2017-08-14 23:51 GMT-05:00 Adam Holt <h...@laptop.org>: > Thanks Karen for please responding to these 3 emails I sent you when > possible: > ... > > - Aug 9 subject line "Samson Go

Re: [Sugar-devel] Motion: To appoint Volunteer Laura Vargas as Sugar Labs Financial Manager [was Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] URGENT action needed]

2017-09-08 Thread Adam Holt
as there are many months with no transactions at all. On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 10:08 AM, Laura Vargas <la...@somosazucar.org> wrote: > > > 2017-09-08 7:39 GMT-05:00 Adam Holt <h...@laptop.org>: > >> On Sep 8, 2017 7:43 AM, "Laura Vargas" <la...@somosazucar.org>

Re: [Sugar-devel] Motion: To appoint Volunteer Laura Vargas as Sugar Labs Financial Manager [was Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] URGENT action needed]

2017-09-08 Thread Adam Holt
On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 10:30 AM, Adam Holt <h...@laptop.org> wrote: > FYI Laura, > > I did not receive any training/mentoring and as far as I know nobody else > in Sugar Labs has either. I have published all the ledger commands here, > that I know of to hopefully

Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [Sur] [IAEP] email motion 2017-19

2017-12-02 Thread Adam Holt
+1 from an "offline education" MiniApp-a-Thon @ Minneapolis, preventing me from attending yesterday's meeting, my apologies- On Sat, Dec 2, 2017 at 4:47 AM, rosamel norma ramirez mendez < rosano...@hotmail.com> wrote: > + 1 > > Enviado desde mi iPhone > > El 2 dic. 2017, a la(s) 00:14, Ignacio

Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [Sur] [IAEP] [SLOB] Action required: Devin Ulibarri travel/stipend

2018-05-11 Thread Adam Holt
+1 On Fri, May 11, 2018, 7:44 PM Claudia Urrea wrote: > + 1 > > On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 6:18 PM, rosamel norma ramirez mendez < > rosano...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> +1 >> >> Descarga Outlook para iOS >> -- >> *From:*

Re: [Sugar-devel] licensing question

2018-05-23 Thread Adam Holt
On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 6:41 PM, Walter Bender wrote: > We are struggling with a licensing question [1] and were hoping that the > SFC might be able to advise us. Can you please reach out to them in your > role as liaison? > I've emailed Karen Sandler (SFConservancy)

Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [IAEP] [SLOB] workshop travel motion

2018-01-08 Thread Adam Holt
+1 if it's clarified where public community reporting will take place, e.g. in the form of blog post(s) @ https://musicblocks.net or any such/similar. On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at

[Sugar-devel] "Show sample projects" button in Physics activity v32.1 on OLPC OS 13.2.9

2017-12-26 Thread Adam Holt
Just FYI the Physics activity has a button in the top-right ("Show sample projects") that momentarily flashes a large black rectangle onto the screen, but does not proceed. This was tested in Physics activity version 32.1 on OLPC OS 13.2.9 on XO-1.5 and XO-1.75, by right-clicking and also with a

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] [SLOBS] [SLOB] GCI 2018

2018-09-08 Thread Adam Holt
+1 I've notified SFConservancy that Sugar Labs is moving forward here, in case they can be of assistance with some of the new GCi policies etc. On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 11:32 PM, Rishabh Thaney wrote: > Seconded. I'm also interested in mentoring this year. > > On Sat, 8 Sep 2018 at 5:08 AM,

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] [SLOBS] [Motion]Re: [SLOB] approval needed for Bender's GCI travel expenses

2018-07-07 Thread Adam Holt
+1 On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 9:16 AM, Lionel Laské wrote: > +1 > > Lionel > > 2018-07-07 14:56 GMT+02:00 Ignacio Rodríguez : > >> I'll second it >> >> El sáb., 7 de jul. de 2018 08:47, Samson Goddy >> escribió: >> >>> Dear SLOBs, >>> >>> Motion: To approve Walter's $614.03 reimbursement

Re: [Sugar-devel] Requirements: Applying as mentor of Sugar Labs in Google Code-in'18

2018-09-21 Thread Adam Holt
On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 9:39 AM, Chihurumnaya Ibiam < ibiamchihurumn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Vaibhav Gupta, > > Being a mentor for this years GCI requires that you're a contributor to > sugarlabs, take a look at the list below - by James Cameron - > Looking forward to your contributions.

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] [SLOB] motion regarding GSoC mentor travel

2018-09-18 Thread Adam Holt
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

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] [SLOB] motion regarding GSoC mentor travel

2018-09-18 Thread Adam Holt
On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 5:52 PM, Caryl Bigenho wrote: > buying a one-way ticket on one airline for the first direction and a > one-way ticket on another for the return can often save money. > Not true for international long-haul flights, where it dramatically increases the price in most all

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