[IAEP] Sugar - Local Lab - Partners

[Tomeu Vizoso]

Hi David,

I like the way in which you have written your thoughts on this and I
think we are all pretty much in sync, but just in case, which are the
points where you see controversy?

For the rest, these are the logs of yesterday's meeting of the oversight board:

http://sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/OversightBoard/Meeting_Minutes-2008-12-12

Regards,

Tomeu

On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 01:00, David Farning <dfarning at sugarlabs.org> wrote:
> I have gotten confused by all of the threads going on about Local
> Labs:( So, as far as I am concerned, if the conversation doesn't
> happen on IAEP or a scheduled meeting, it didn't happen.  Yes, I meant
> to un-subscribe from slobs.  Yes, I am aware that if notion that
> knowledge is power holds true, I have given up all of my power.
>
> One of the ideas that we have been working on to encourage the use of
> Sugar is Local Labs[1].  My premise in thinking about Local Labs is
> that Sugar Labs is a rather abstract global organization (maling
> lists, wikis and git repositories) while teaching is a very concert
> and local. (from 9:50 to 10:25 you will be in room 127 for social
> studies)
>
> Local Labs are a mechanism to bridge that gap.  First, I would like to
> distinguish between Local Labs and Partners.  A Local Labs is
> basically a clone of Sugar Labs for a geographical region.  A Partner
> is an entity that wants to leverage the Sugar brand to enhance their
> business.
>
> Their are several different models for open source partnerships.  The
> two most common are subscription and percentage.  In a subscription
> model, the partner commits a fixed amount to Sugar Labs in exchange
> for considerations such as use of the brand, the ability to fast track
> bug reports, and goodwill.  In the subscription model a partner
> commits a percentage of their revenue in exchange for the same types
> of considerations.
>
> The relationship between Sugar Labs and Local Labs,  is more like the
> relationship between spider plants[2] and their plantlets.  To
> reproduce, a spider plant sends out stolons from which plantlets grow.
>  Once the plantlet has developed, the stolen can be severed.  Yet,
> both the original plant and the new plant are similar, because of
> their shared genetic matter.
>
> For Sugar Labs and local labs, the common genetic material is our
> mission, vision, and values.  The mission is our goal, the vision is
> our inspiration, and our values are our guide.
>
> The stolen is the brave sole who, after internalizing Sugar Labs
> mission, vision, and values, decides to form a Lab in their region.
> For awhile, Sugar Labs will provide support in the form of
> infrastructure and advice.  After a while, the support can be cut.
> Yet, the local lab will survive.
>
> After a few years, some local labs will have withered and died. Some
> will have thrived. Some may still be connected via the stolen.
>
> While Sugar Labs and Local Labs are made of the same genetic material,
> there will be differences.  Differences in personality, culture, and
> emphasis.  Local labs leader's and member's personality will be
> different. The local culture will affect the culture of the each Lab.
> Some labs may focus solely on deployments; others on translations, and
> development; other on content.
>
> david
>
> 1.  http://sugarlabs.org/go/Local_labs
> 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_plant
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