On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 03:11, Michael Hutak <hu...@laptop.org> wrote: > I think that's a great idea SJ. In my experience in the Pacific, we get no > requests for shipping with windows and all our engagement with MOE's on > curricula and software and training surrounds Sugar. I think it wld be great > to highlight in a series of posts that on the ground we are still literally > working hand-in-glove.
Michael, thanks for these encouraging words, I'm looking indeed at working further together. Regards, Tomeu > cheers, Michael > > On 31 January 2010 15:35, Samuel Klein <meta...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> That news blurb was certainly bold... it's also from Fall 2008. It's >> harder to spread FUD when a couple years of stories of XOs in >> classrooms involve Sugar. >> >> I would like to work together on a series of blog posts about the new >> Sugar version that will be shipping on the 1.5's. If some of the >> active develpoers (Tomeu, Chris, one or two developers of new >> activities?) want to draft their impressions and favorite aspects of >> the new release, I would be happy to edit and publish the result. >> >> SJ >> >> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 5:20 AM, Tomeu Vizoso <to...@tomeuvizoso.net> >> wrote: >> > On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 00:21, Samuel Klein <meta...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 4:34 AM, Tomeu Vizoso <to...@sugarlabs.org> >> >> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 06:07, Walter Bender <walter.ben...@gmail.com> >> >>> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> I think we are looking at a great probortunity here. We have a project >> >> >> >> My mind balks at that word, but I agree with this message >> >> wholeheartedly. >> >> >> >>> If we are able to learn to make successful calls for help, we will be >> >>> able to scale up our capacity significantly. We can like it or not, >> >>> but we depend _a lot_ on volunteers and we need to accept it and >> >>> operate according to that reality. >> >> >> >> A good point. Is there a page on the slwiki to organize calls for >> >> help for various projects? (it's not always this sort of call for >> >> help -- sometimes there are calls for developers from outside groups >> >> trying to fund activity development as well; or calls for >> >> field-testers by a group of active developers...) >> > >> > We have http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Vacancies but that only works, as >> > it is now, for work that has associated a "position", not for >> > projects. Should we use the same? Create a different one? >> > >> > This is very related to Aleksey's proposal for a site that matches >> > needs with contributors, but I think it's better to start first with a >> > low-tech solution such as the wiki and move to more sophisticated >> > means as we learn more. >> > >> > About where to put the calls, my blog is read by GNOME hackers, I >> > think OLPC could ask Jonathan Corbet to put a call for kernel >> > developers, Greg's blog is read by Fedora contributors, what other >> > outlets we have for calling for specific volunteering opportunities? >> > >> > As mentioned before, I think it's very important how the need is >> > expressed, there's a world of difference between saying "we need you >> > to improve education" and having someone on the field describing how >> > the volunteer could make a real change on the lives of the people >> > there. Photos will also help, maybe a video from a rural school in >> > Africa, etc. >> > >> >>> And Sugar Labs cannot take this job it alone in part because most of >> >>> the general public still thinks that OLPC laptops are running Windows. >> >> >> >> We definitely need to remedy this confusion. >> > >> > I don't think that nor OLPC nor SLs can do much against MS' press >> > machine: >> > >> > >> > http://www.scidev.net/en/new-technologies/digital-divide/low-cost-laptops-to-change-from-linux-to-microsoft.html >> > >> > But if from time to time OLPC's press releases could briefly mention >> > Sugar, I think it could be great. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > Tomeu >> > > > > > -- > Michael Hutak > Director, Oceania > One Laptop per Child > www.laptop.org > http://olpcoceania.blogspot.com > -------- > Skype: michael.hutak > Cell: +61 412 001 052 > Fax: +61 2 8212 5967 > Web: www.hutak.com > -------- > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email is privileged, confidential and > copyright. It is intended for the named recipients only. > If you are not the named recipients, any use, reliance upon, disclosure or > copying of this email or any attachments is unauthorised. > If you have received this email in error, please delete it and reply via > email or the telephone numbers list above. > _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel