Hi Lionel,
We are all anxiously awaiting more information on this! Very briefly, a few
days ago, the information was available but the link has since been disabled. I
wish I had done some screen shots while it was there, but didn't think to do
it. It looks like a really nice combo of a tablet w
@lists.sugarlabs.org; de...@lists.laptop.org
I found an image (see attached), but nothing else so far:
http://www.one-education.org/keyshot/
Nate
On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 1:53 PM, Caryl Bigenho wrote:
Hi Lionel,
We are all anxiously awaiting more information on this! Very briefly, a few
days ago
Hi Folks…
Sorry I didn't put my 2 cents worth in sooner, but here are some
questions/suggestions I have re: planning for the future….
Someone remarked that teachers don't like to use Sugar. If not,… why not?
Ask them!
Obviously, the teachers in Uruguay like it and use it. But not all of it.
bs.org;
lio...@olpc-france.org; sam...@greenfeld.org
On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 10:13 PM, Caryl Bigenho wrote:
Someone remarked that teachers don't like to use Sugar. If not,… why not?
Ask them!I hate to say that the user's not always right, but in Haiti at least,
some of the teachers are di
Hi Folks,
Sebastian, Samson, and I have been working on the details for updating the
SugarLabs membership list and conducting the long-overdue SLOBS election.
Please see the attached document for details on what we have concluded will be
the best way to proceed.
You may wish to refer to the att
Hi Folks,
I won't be able to be there. I will be picking up my son and grandson at the
end of the 80+ mile backcountry hike they started in Yellowstone National Park
today. I will have no internet access at all that day and most of the day
before. Sorry.
If you would like, I can make a short doc
P.S. To my past note… I still need more "news" stories from Sugar Labs members
about their latest projects. I have enough for a story about GSOC, and Gonzalo
sent a good (but long) article about writing documentation over the years and
how he(we) need help updating, revising, and translating an
Bert's suggestion is an excellent one. It would eliminate problems with
daylight saving time as well.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Oct 6, 2015, at 12:04 AM, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
>
>> On 05.10.2015, at 16:23, Adam Holt wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 7:05 PM, James Cameron wrote:
>>> G'd
Rosamel would like to attend the meeting today. I can't find the right link for
her. She is waiting for me on Facebook to send it to her. Please, if someone
has a direct link to the correct channel, send it asap!
Thanks,Caryl
> Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 08:44:45 -0400
> From: walter.ben...@gmail.com
Hi Folks...
Just curious, but what were the outcomes of the project at GPA? Was donated
hardware acquired as suggested? Was SOAS used extensively and with what
measurable results? Is the project continuing? What is its current status?
At this point, it seems the focus might appropriately be chan
one who has the time
and energy to do it well! I can think of several such people, but I will leave
that to the SLOBs.
Caryl Bigenho
P.S. I have been without internet since Sunday (just had new service installed
late yesterday) so I didn'
Yes! Please accommodate Samson's request! I know how hard it is for him to have
connectivity,
Caryl
From: d...@lab6.com
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2016 11:13:38 -0400
To: la...@somosazucar.org
CC: lionel.la...@gmail.com; sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org;
lio...@olpc-france.org; olpc-...@lists.laptop.org;
Hi Folks,
Laura raises an appropriate question. However, since these expenses were
incurred in the past, working under past policies, it seems only fair to
reimburse them. However, going forward in the future, if the two motions I
propose for a Financial Manager (changed from Treasurer to meet
Please add my motions regarding finances under new business. They will be
finalized at least 72 hours before the meeting.
Thanks,
Caryl
Sent from my iPhone
> On Apr 29, 2016, at 7:35 AM, samson goddy wrote:
>
>
> Perfect timing!
> Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:29:23 -0400
> From: walter.ben...@g
I have published the link to this list several times. Am traveling at the
moment but can send it out again when I get home this evening.
Caryl
Sent from my iPhone
> On Apr 29, 2016, at 12:35 PM, Dave Crossland wrote:
>
>
>> On 29 April 2016 at 14:29, Laura Vargas wrote:
>> Could not see the
Why does the vision statement say "but not phones"? I run Sugarizer on my
iPhone and Ed's Android phone. There are some formatting issues but they are
easily overcome. In the real world of developing countries, children are
probably more likely to have access to one of these tiny screens than an
row's meeting. If I need to add anything to the
motion or discussion before it comes up for vote... Send an email to this
thread.
Caryl
Sent from my iPhone
> On May 3, 2016, at 6:44 AM, Dave Crossland wrote:
>
>
>> On 3 May 2016 at 09:37, Caryl Bigenho wrote:
>> Wh
Hi...
A quick update on Ed (Bigenho)... He got his pacemaker last night and might get
to go home this PM.
I will be at the hospital all day and will miss the SLOB meeting. I am hoping
all the differences have been ironed out and that my motions receive a majority
vote.
I noticed, the last tim
Hi All…
Ed is home now and his brand-new Echo-cardiogram-friendly pacemaker is happily
ticking away at 70 bpm. So, now I can finally give some feed back on the
motions….
Initially I left the values of $X and $Y undefined as I thought folks would
want to discuss these and fill them in. So far tha
OK. I'm with Samson on this. If we had the ability to spend small amounts on
things for conferences and exhibitions like sticker materials, banners, or even
pizza lunches for our booth volunteers so they wouldn't have to leave to go
eat, we could do a better job of "selling" SugarLabs and its pr
Dues are a bad idea!
Sorry folks
Caryl
Sent from my iPhone
> On May 12, 2016, at 7:17 AM, Dave Crossland wrote:
>
>
>> On 11 May 2016 at 22:28, Sam Parkinson wrote:
>> Is a membership fee for volunteers even something that any other Free
>> Software orgs do? GNOME doesn't seem to.
>
>
> I
Hi Folks…
I think it is time to take action on the 2 motions I have for the SLOB. Motion
A is for a Finance Manager and Motion B lays out the procedures for requesting
and disbursing funds. A lot of editing has been done by a few people, but the
amounts for $Y (a stipend for the FM) and $X the a
Hi Again…
I just changed it so that the SLOB members can edit the motions. Please! Don't
Edit Until You Have Discussed and Reached Consensis!
Caryl
From: cbige...@hotmail.com
To: olpc-...@lists.laptop.org; d...@lab6.com; h...@laptop.org;
walter.ben...@gmail.com; callaur...@gmail.com; lio...@olp
Sent from my iPhone
> On May 18, 2016, at 1:09 PM, Sean DALY wrote:
>
>
>> On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 7:45 PM, Dave Crossland wrote:
>> Fortunately, SLOBs votes are done via email, at any time, and the monthly
>> SLOBs meetings are there to unjam any backlogs.
>
>
> ah I was under the impres
Hi Folks…
"Nickel and dimeing" members doesn't seem to be a viable option. Not enough
funds would be raised for all the wonderful things Dave (and many others)
envision. Having an easy means for patrons to donate would be wonderful. But,
the best way to raise funds for projects is probably th
olenepal.org; la...@somosazucar.org
On 5 June 2016 at 10:18, Caryl Bigenho wrote:
"Nickel and dimeing" members doesn't seem to be a viable option
For me, neither does making up committees and talking about dedicated
volunteers that do not exist :) We are so smal
Super Laura! I enjoy working with you! :-D
Caryl
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jun 6, 2016, at 2:30 PM, Laura Vargas wrote:
>
> Caryl,
>
> I'll enjoy to join the committee ;D
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 2016-06-06 22:24 GMT+08:00 Caryl Bigen
Hi...
Most Friday's will be good for me but until I get settled for the summer in
Montana, I probably won't be able to join in.
IRC? I hope not! How about Google Hangout or Skype?
Caryl
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jun 9, 2016, at 3:04 PM, Laura Vargas wrote:
>
> Fridays afternoons -closing the
What does the SFC say about the management of grant funds?
Caryl
From: sdaly...@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2016 20:12:31 +0200
To: la...@somosazucar.org
CC: logo...@gmail.com; sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org; lio...@olpc-france.org;
sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org; olpc-...@lists.laptop.org; d...@lab6
Hi Guys…
I'll probably have to miss the meeting tomorrow as we are in the middle of
"Camp Grandma and Grandpa." Our 5-year-old granddaughter is keeping us busy
(really busy).
See you all next month (if not tomorrow),Caryl
From: walter.ben...@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2016 18:20:27 -0400
To: sl.
I would assume they do wish to stand for re-election. The publicity on this has
been terrible. I don't know who is in charge, but they should have made sure
they sent several reminders of deadlines to file for candidacy. In fact, was
there ever an announcement sent out to all of the membership a
ffice,
if they so chose. It was a lot of work and we had many hours involved in making
it happen. I Have seen nothing like that happening this year.
Caryl
From: Sebastian Silva
Sent: Friday, December 2, 2016 10:56:43 AM
To: Caryl Bigenho; Laura Vargas; Dave
Hi... it works beautifully on my iPhone.
However, on Ed's older Samsung smartphone running JellyBean, a lot of the
Activities don't work. The app itself does not appear on the phone but when I
go to the PlayStore, I can open it from there.
I have two more devices to try it on still. Maybe the
Hi All...
The badges are a bad idea! There is absolutely no guarantee that badge holders
would make any contributions to warrant the amounts they would be collecting
just for being some kind of "hero" in the past. SugarLabs funds should be
reserved for specific projects and products. If these
ed? Is that
> a Sugar activity or is it using Moodle?
>
> Thanks,
> Caroline
>
>
> PS Awesome videos!
>
> -- Forwarded message --
> From: Caryl Bigenho
> Date: 2009/1/29
> Subject: FW: [Sur] videos de Rivera, Uruguay (Excellent!)
> To: OLPC Supp
Hi...
Here is more good stuff from Uruguay. These anecdotes were collected from
teachers at a school for developmentally challenged children in Uruguay at a
fair they had for a number of schools participating in Project Ceibal (OLPC in
Uruguay). They were originally posted on a blog in Spani
Hello Friends,
OLPC will have a booth this weekend (2/20-2/22)
at the Southern California Area LInux Expo (SCaLE). This is a large
conference (up to 1000) of open-source aficionados including
programmers. It is a great chance to recruit folks for our team of
volunteer developers of Activities f
Hi All...
One more question before the CUE Conference this week. I had bought a Sugar
Live CD from xoexplosion, but before I had a chance to try it on my MacBook,
someone at SCaLE took it! Now I need to know...
Would it have worked if I had just booted my MacBook from it? How would I have
Hi,
I downloaded soas-beta.iso to my MacBook and burned it to a disk. I would like
to get it to boot and be usable on the MacBook. Does anyone know how to do
this?
Thanks,
Caryl___
Sugar-devel mailing list
Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org
http://l
this issue.
Thanks,
Caroline
2009/5/20 Caryl Bigenho
Hi,
I downloaded soas-beta.iso to my MacBook and burned it to a disk. I would like
to get it to boot and be usable on the MacBook. Does anyone know how to do
this?
Thanks,
Caryl
___
IAEP
2 because I don't have
a test machine that shows it and its a show stopper for me for all work in
Boston Public Schools because their macbooks have this issue.
Thanks,
Caroline
2009/5/20 Caryl Bigenho
Hi,
I downloaded soas-beta.iso to my MacBook and burned it to a disk. I w
Ah Ha!
You have just opened an interesting can of worms! When I try to use SoaS with
boot helper on my MacBook I also get Mac and Windows as my boot options.
However the Windows image is actually WindowsI since I have it installed via
Bootcamp. I need it for some internet sites that don't wor
Just curious... has anyone been working on making Sugar and/or the apps
available on Android devices? This was discussed some time ago, and if I am not
mistaken, was to be one of this year's goals for SugarLabs.
I purchased the XO Tablet and am very disappointed in the apps on it. There is
no
Amazon will not warrantee a Kindle Fire HD of you become root. But, they sell
books for the Kindle Fire that tell how, exactly to do it. There are also lots
of web sites with instructions for becoming root in the Kindle Fire and some
even tell how you can undo the process and they claim you can
Can we have a session to play with this at the SFSummit? "BYOA?" (Bring your
own Android).
Caryl
P.S. Maybe also a session on Sugar on "R-Pi"?
Mike Lee wrote:
>I also have a Gen 1 Nexus 7 and would like to try this if it can be done from
>Mac or Win OS. I'd be particularly interested in the u
Hi...
Will some of you be at the SF Summit? I can bring my XO Tablet if you would
like to test Sugar on it. All I ask is that you sweep it clean when finished so
I can re-customize it for my grand daughter. It's to be her present for her
third birthday in late December.
Caryl
P.S. If others can
Hi…
Last year at SCaLE George Hunt helped me get Sugar running on my RPi. Because
our booth was so busy, it took parts of both Saturday and Sunday to get it
going. I then tried it when I got home and found that it was prone to stalls.
Of course, this was back in late February and there may have
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 11:34:11 -0500
From: h...@laptop.org
To: support-g...@lists.laptop.org
Subject: [support-gang] Fwd: [Sugar-devel] Sugar Labs Roadmap. [SD 61;79]
From: Yioryos Asprobounitis
Date: Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 11:29 AM
Subject: Re: [Sugar-devel] Sugar Labs Roadmap. [SD 61;79]
To:
Very nice! I tried them all. The little animation tutorial for the Gears
Activity was especially nice. This is a great start on something a lot of us
have been talking about. Having it be web/server based is a great solution to a
lot of problems.
How difficult will it be to add things like Turt
(SoCal-OSSIE folks… read the Postscript)
Lionel and friends… you have done such a wonderful job!
I hope we can get lots of folks involved in sugarizing lots of the Sugar
activities. It would be great if someone could write a guide to doing that for
some of us who are "newbies" for this particula
Hi Walter,
Sounds like a great trip and a very complete workshop. I have a few questions...
1) Were the teachers to go back and train other teachers at their schools? (the
Triple T format... Teachers Training Teachers)
2) Were the teachers' expenses covered?
3) Did the teachers receive a stipend
Hi Rodolfo and all...
Long ago, in a very early version of SoaS, I seem to recall that Tam Tam was
included. However, it did not work well as each operating system had its own
way of making sounds on ttam he computer. I remember it being very poor quality
on the Mac. If they could overcome thi
Hi Folks...
Notes from Sunny SoCal...
Another reason to "Androidize" Sugar... whenever someone asks me (as recently
as last evening) about the XO Learning Tablet, they assume Sugar will run on
it. I have to tell them, "no, it's an Android platform, but we hope to get
Sugar running on Android de
O.K. So... now it is time to "divide and conquer!" That is... divide the work
up into doable little projects and conquer the huge task of getting Sugar
Activities onto Android and possibly other platforms. Someone (at Sugar Labs,
logically) just needs to be in charge and coordinate the efforts t
O.K. So... now it is time to "divide and conquer!" That is... divide the work
up into doable little projects and conquer the huge task of getting Sugar
Activities onto Android and possibly other platforms. Someone (at Sugar Labs,
logically) just needs to be in charge and coordinate the efforts t
Hi...
If "compatibility" rather than "transition" means that Sugar would work on both
Android devices and XOs (and, hopefully lots of other platforms including the
RPi as SoaS), I see that as ideal.
One thing that keeps coming up in these discussions is the importance of
Journal. It is almost
Hey! You don't need a Kindle to read a Kindle edition of a book! Just
download the reader program from Amazon. Let's all buy a copy of the ebook!
(it's only 99 cents!). That will boost the ratings quite a bit. You might pass
these links on to others you know who might like to try their hand
Hey Jim
That puts you in the top 5.5%! ;-D
Caryl
> Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 09:22:34 -0500
> From: nices...@gmail.com
> To: sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org; i...@lists.sugarlabs.org
> Subject: Re: [IAEP] Please review "Make Your Own Sugar Activities!" on Amazon
>
> Thanks to Caryl's suggestio
Good stuff, but really the same-old, same old Plan Ahead!
And, I might add one thing... find ways to make sure you reach those who might
need a little extra encouragement to get them to attend... women and people of
color. Check the photos of their otherwise well attended event to see what I
m
Hi Folks,
Is there an "Easter Egg" in the Moon Activity? Last December I turned on my XO
to see what the moon would look like durning the last Lunar Eclipse. It was
pink!
Was this a fluke? ... my imagination? or a fun thing put in by the developer
of the Moon Activity? Don't know for su
Hello Esteban (and all),
It would be wonderful if you or someone else could write up some very easy to
follow instructions for doing the screen scaling, in Spanish, for the teachers
in Uruguay. Don't assume anything. Pretend the teacher is a total beginner
(on the Olidata many will be). Make
Hi folks,
Maybe what seem to be problems with Sugar aren't so bad after all. In fact, it
looks like Apple is using some of our stuff!
The most striking is the new "Air Drop" feature which is, essentially, our mesh
network! It uses wi-fi and even has a view that I swear is is a copy of our
Nei
Hi All
Thanks for recording and posting these. Do any of you remember the Apple ii
game for Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?" Must have been circa mid 1980s.
All text. Fun problem solving. I got the Babelfish!
On a more useful note... the folks in Uruguay have some good things going with
Hi
Let's put this to a test!
With all the flooding we are having in Montana this summer the clouds of
mosquitos are really fierce! Our family is visiting with their PCs and I have a
Mac. We can try this in the next couple of days and see if it really works. It
says it can be barely audible
Hi...
I was in the middle of a crowd/parade of houseguests and completely overlooked
the Selectricity email. A reminder message from Luke directly to the eligible
voters with a catchy, not-to-be missed Subject line would be helpful next time.
Sorry I missed this one.
Caryl
> Date: Mon, 11 Ju
ectrum that could be
experimented with there.
Sean
On 8 July 2011 18:08, Caryl Bigenho wrote:
Hi
Let's put this to a test!
With all the flooding we are having in Montana this summer the clouds of
mosquitos are really fierce! Our family is visiting with their PCs and I have a
Mac.
Hi... Exactly what I was going to suggest. Is there a reason you friend hasn't
updated? Check with him first and, if he doesn't mind go for a newer build.
Can anyone suggest the best choice for this update? I would say maybe 860
since 874 is very new and still may have a few bugs.
Caryl
>
Be careful when you register! Everbrite added $80 to my charges even though I
did not authorize or ask for it. Also, you only get 15 min to complete your
registration so if you are registering more than one person, best to do them
separately to have time to enter all details.
Caryl
Date: Tue
Hi...
I am following the progress of this with great interest, and as soon as I
finish the work I promised to do on the Help Activity/Users Manual refresh, I
will have a chance to try it. I do have a few questions that will help me get
started.
1) Which Mac OS X are you running?
2) Has t
Any chance of trying to get Tam Tam to work on SoaS?
Caryl
> Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:18:36 +
> From: pbrobin...@gmail.com
> To: s...@lists.sugarlabs.org; sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org
> Subject: [SoaS] SoaS v7?
>
> Hi All,
>
> So there's no rest for the wicked its time to think abou
Hi SoaS folks... plus Greg!
If you do find a way to do this it would be wonderful. But, it will have to be
easy to explain to parents, teachers, and kids. They are our target audience
(right?). I'll forward a copy of this to Greg Dreshler up at UCSB. He was one
of my booth volunteers from SC
Hi...
I just added Tam Tam to the list of suggestions on the Sugar Labs wiki. While
I can't help mentor with code, I can help with testing, documentation, and
consulting on any musical questions that may arise.
CarylP.S. While doing this, I noticed that I need to update my pages on the
OLPC
ow to get things done! (also can be Googled
or searched for in Wikipedia if you need clarification).
Caryl
From: Laura Vargas
Sent: Monday, April 10, 2017 11:45:26 AM
To: Caryl Bigenho
Cc: Samson Goddy; sameer verma; Lionel Laské; Adam Holt; igna...@sugarlabs.
Tony Anderson... here's another +1
Caryl
From: IAEP on behalf of James Cameron
Sent: Monday, April 24, 2017 3:04:21 PM
To: Tony Anderson
Cc: IAEP SugarLabs; sugar-devel; Dave Crossland
Subject: Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] motion for a new mission statement
On Mo
Hi All...
Sebastian wrote, "Your mentioning Facebook, iPhone, Windows, Flash, LinkedIn
etc, do not fit with this agreement, so we would sincerely appreciate if you do
not promote these entities while representing Sugar Labs."
Huh??? It seems since the goal of Sugarizer is to make it available
Why are most of these messages coming through with no content? Messages from
Walter, Avni, and Laura had headers and footers only, no other content.
Caryl
From: IAEP on behalf of Laura Vargas
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2017 7:08:06 AM
To: Avni Khatri
Cc: Sugar-
+1 for James C. The voice of reason speaks! Thank you!
From: IAEP on behalf of James Cameron
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2017 1:57:40 PM
To: Laura Vargas
Cc: iaep; sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org; OLPC para usuarios, docentes, ,
voluntarios y administradores; Hi
Hello All...
I came late to this discussion as we have been very busy the past few days and
I didn't check my email until this am.
I wish to question the propriety of making the financial manager a paid
employee who is also serving on the board. This is quite out of the ordinary
and begs for
The XO icon in modified form is used on Sugarizer. It appears elsewhere on
other current versions of Sugar. It is a well known icon and, as such, carries
considerable intrinsic value.
If some people want to completely divorce themselves from all the hard work of
their predecessors and the good
Community feedback here
I wondered about the original $50 allowed for expenses... it seemed
unrealistically low at the time... guess I should have said something then!
Of course he should be able to use the honorarium to defray his costs!
GrannieB
From: I
Hi Folks,
I am the "SugarLabs" person Jaskirat will be visiting when he comes to Southern
California for a few days on his way to the east coast. However if any of
you will be in town during that time (Oct 15-17) we could have a get-together
at my house and he could meet more of us! Please
Hi Folks,
This is the second year that there has been a problem with the costs of GCI
mentor travel that went beyond just a simple round trip ticket from A to B and
back to A. I think it is time to consider what is causing the problem and come
up with an agreeable solution going forward. Adam
I was unable to sign on last month. It would be helpful to have complete
instructions along with a link available in a prominent location well in
advance of the meeting time.
Thanks!
Caryl
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 4, 2018, at 8:38 PM, James Cameron
mailto:qu...@laptop.org>> wrote:
It has n
Very sorry to hear that one of the long-time volunteers is gone. He will be
missed.
Caryl (aka GrannieB)
From: IAEP on behalf of Sumit Srivastava
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2020 5:36 AM
To: Vaibhav Aren
Cc: Sugar-dev Devel ; Hrishi Patel
; Jaskirat Singh ; Dave
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