[IAEP] Sugar Labs Flophouse

[Carol Farlow Lerche]

Just FYI the Gulf Coast in summer is extremely hot and humid.

On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 6:00 PM, Maria Droujkova <droujkova at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Cheers,
> MariaD
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