[IAEP] community team

[Tomeu Vizoso]

On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 22:42, Anurag Goel <agoel23 at gmail.com> wrote:
> In light of the olpc realness summit running until June 2nd, June 3rd seems
> appropriate and the best date for me. I'll be attending my sister's
> graduation on the 4th then flying to India on the 5th. Does June 3rd work
> for those interested in attending?

June 3rd sounds great to me.

Regards,

Tomeu

> Thanks,
> Anurag
>
> On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Anurag Goel <agoel23 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Shall we start throwing out dates for the first meeting? How about June
>> 1st or 2nd?
>>
>> On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 4:49 AM, Tabitha Roder <tabitha at tabitha.net.nz>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I am watching this conversation with deep interest. In my attempts to
>>> develop a community of olpc and sugar volunteers in New Zealand I have
>>> experienced all sorts of extremes in emotion, energy drain, feelings of
>>> success and failure, and I still wouldn't give it up because I believe in
>>> what olpc and sugar have been striving for.
>>>
>>> Mostly I wish for more hours in the day; more hours for me and for the
>>> volunteers who have been trying to help along this journey with me. It takes
>>> a whole community and each of the players contributes in a different way. I
>>> have been frustrated when I have not been able to fill a role that requires
>>> a certain skill (e.g. translation, programmer, educator, funding guru,
>>> importing guru, etc) and disappointed with myself for not learning all these
>>> skills (obviously you can't learn everything).
>>>
>>> As a community of practice subgroup here in New Zealand we have tried to
>>> nurture each other and help each other learn so we all have more knowledge,
>>> we have shared challenges, learned the importance of regular interaction (we
>>> would have failed if it were not for the regularity of same place, same
>>> time, every week). We have had to define what we do and how will we do it,
>>> as well as build confidence in talking to others about what we do and why.
>>> This identity helps us. We have all had to work hard in our roles as
>>> volunteers, whether that be in recruiting others or in sacrificing time to
>>> investigate bugs or in other ways, or in financially supporting events to
>>> get olpc and sugar news out to others in New Zealand.
>>>
>>> As community lead for NZ I have had to learn how to set boundaries and
>>> minimums (this has been hard for me, but I have had to learn it for the good
>>> of the community). I have had to provide direction at times and step back
>>> and see what happens at other times. I have been surprised by some of those
>>> things. I have encouraged a culture of support and nurturing with the
>>> community. I have made mistakes and wished I had done better.
>>>
>>> My two cents: a community leader MUST have time, understanding of the
>>> nature of volunteers contributions in all their forms, and clarity in
>>> communication.
>>>
>>> Tabitha
>>>
>>>
>>> On 22 May 2010 20:15, Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu at tomeuvizoso.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 03:59, Bernie Innocenti <bernie at codewiz.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > El Tue, 18-05-2010 a las 11:41 +0200, Tomeu Vizoso escribió:
>>>> >
>>>> >> We also need to ask the Wiki team to create a new instance of the
>>>> >> team
>>>> >> template, such as this: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Wiki_Team
>>>> >
>>>> > Perhaps we don't need a new template. The Community Team page could
>>>> > simply be this: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs
>>>> >
>>>> > The header already reads "Community Home", and the content of the
>>>> > other
>>>> > subpages is already more or less appropriate.
>>>>
>>>> Sounds like a great topic for the kick-off meeting!
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Tomeu
>>>>
>>>> > --
>>>> >   // Bernie Innocenti - http://codewiz.org/
>>>> >  \X/  Sugar Labs       - http://sugarlabs.org/
>>>> >
>>>> >
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>> --
>> Anurag Goel
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> Anurag Goel
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