Re: [Sugar-devel] Sugar Outreach Plans 2019 - PyCon Cleveland

2019-04-15 Thread James Cameron
You've all had an interesting discussion. I'll add my points now; in the form of questions and answers. Q: are there funds available for marketing? A: in motion 2019-01 on 4th January, the Oversight Board preserved the GSoC 2018 mentor stipends for marketing, Q: are there any other funds

Re: [Sugar-devel] Sugar Outreach Plans 2019 - PyCon Cleveland

2019-04-15 Thread Samson Goddy
Hi Tony, I agree with you. Are you coming to Pycon? Regards On Mon, Apr 15, 2019, 9:55 AM Tony Anderson wrote: > What Sugar Labs needs to survive is users. If our count of active users > reaches zero, there will be no need for developers (or Sugar Labs). > > A Conference like PyCon is an

Re: [Sugar-devel] Sugar Outreach Plans 2019 - PyCon Cleveland

2019-04-15 Thread Tony Anderson
What Sugar Labs needs to survive is users. If our count of active users reaches zero, there will be no need for developers (or Sugar Labs). A Conference like PyCon is an opportunity to show that Sugar is a viable educational platform. So marketing does not need to be concerned about $, it

Re: [Sugar-devel] Sugar Outreach Plans 2019 - PyCon Cleveland (Tony Anderson)

2019-04-15 Thread Lionel Laské
Hi Tony, +1 on this. BTW Sugar/Python is not the only way to grow user base. For your information, we're currently deploying Sugarizer in 3 schools in the Saint-Ouen city near Paris. It means about 150 Android tablets with Sugarizer OS installed on it, used by few hundred children. Regards.

[Sugar-devel] Sugar Labs presence at PyCon (was: Re: Sugar-devel Digest, Vol 126, Issue 52)

2019-04-15 Thread Alex Perez
Sugar Labs already has plans to have a presence at this years PyCon, which is April 30th through May 10th in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. I will be there personally, in my capacity as Oversight Board member, as will Samson Goddy. Ibiam had hoped to attend but had difficulty with his visa

Re: [Sugar-devel] Sugar Outreach Plans 2019 - PyCon Cleveland

2019-04-15 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, Samson At the time I will be in Germany. I expect to attend Europython in Basel July 8-14. I also plan to attend All Things Open in Raleigh NC October 13-15 Tony On 4/15/19 5:02 PM, Samson Goddy wrote: Hi Tony, I agree with you. Are you coming to Pycon? Regards On Mon, Apr 15, 2019,

Re: [Sugar-devel] Sugar Outreach Plans 2019 - PyCon Cleveland (Tony Anderson)

2019-04-15 Thread Tony Anderson
Agreed. I think Sugarizer has a better immediate opportunity to attract new users than Sugar/Python. On 4/15/19 5:37 PM, Lionel Laské wrote: Hi Tony, +1 on this. BTW Sugar/Python is not the only way to grow user base. For your information, we're currently deploying Sugarizer in 3 schools