[IAEP] Sugar Labs Flophouse

[Maria Droujkova]

On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 5:17 PM, David Farning <dfarning at sugarlabs.org> wrote:
> On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 8:43 AM, David Farning <dfarning at sugarlabs.org> wrote:
>>> Hey all,
>>>
>>> Is anyone interested in setting up a Sugar Labs Flophouse next summer?
>>>  I have been impresses with the quality of applicants interested in
>>> gsoc and independent internships.
>>
>> If you set it up to run year round I would move in in a heartbeat and
>> offer seminars.
>>
>> Can we consider doing this in a target country? Ghana would work well for me.
>
> I haven't thought this through very far yet.  So the following might
> make less sense than I usually make.
>
> Within the next couple of years, I would like to start a Sugar
> institute to foster the Sugar community.  I am thinking of something
> with work and living space for about 20 people to come together to
> work together for brief periods (a couple of weeks to a couple of
> months).

There is much know-how on organizing places like that in coworking
communities. This mailing list, for example, is nice:
http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en There are economic
models, frequently asked questions, examples of many existing spaces
and so on.

A transitional possibility to your Institute can be contacting
existing coworking spaces for events like "Sugar Month @
YourCoworkingSpace" across the world.




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MariaD

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