[IAEP] 2016-2018 Oversight Board

[Laura Vargas]

I have stated my intention to help achieve quality in products and process
within the SL project and community.

This "translations work flow" example was used to ilustrate the urgent need
to draw a line between Executive process (such as raising resources) and
Oversight process (such as oversighting budget executions).

I believe that in order to achieve  quality in products and process, all
projects of all SL active members need to be well formulated,
"greenlighted", tested, documented and improved.
.


2016-01-20 10:16 GMT-05:00 Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>:

> (1) I estimated the cost at $1000. Until hewe calculate the number of
> strings, we will not know the price. FWIW, Edgar has done a great job in
> the past for us -- he works quickly and reliably, rare qualities that make
> him well worth the investment in my opinion.
>
>
As I stated, calculated with local rates, US$1000 is equivalent to a
minimun of 600 words.



> (2) Not sure how your list of other languages is relevant. Just because
> there are other languages in addition to Aymara that could benefit from
> translations does not mean we should not continue to support Aymara.
>

It is well known Peru is a multilingual country. On 2015 we team up with
the Peruvian MinEdu to be able to include Awajun, still many other
indigenous cultures/languages are in the rescue/waiting list.

Please find more info here:
http://peru21.pe/actualidad/peru-oficializo-24-lenguas-nativas-promover-inclusion-social-2221116



> (3) I raised money more than two years ago from Trip Advisor to support
> our translation efforts and have repeatedly made requests for translators
> in languages we do not yet cover. Why is it only now that you are speaking
> up about these other languages? Do you have reliable translators lined up?
> If so, please answer my call and make a proposal.
>
>
Please share if there are still funds available for Sugar translations.



> (4) The translation $s are coming from the Trip Advisor grant, money I
> raised specifically for these purposes. The general Sugar Labs fundss are
> not at issue.
>

>From the accounting POV, new Board members will need to have access to
the *Sugar
Labs Financial Documentation* up to December 2015.




> (5) Regarding transparency, we hold public meetings -- as you well know --
> and the opportunity for community members to voice their opinions is well
> established (for example this email thread).
>
> regards.
>
> -walter
>

Blessings,
Laura Victoria



> On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 4:35 AM, Laura Vargas <laura at somosazucar.org>
> wrote:
>
>> This example ilustrates my point. Mr Bender has superior skills for
>> technological education but lacks of know-how in managing resources in such
>> a complex project.
>>
>> According to this meeting log [1] mr Bender is requiring authorization
>> from the board to "hire" a translator to the Aimara Lenguage for a few
>> words for US$1000.
>>
>> The value in the local market for a translation of US$1,000 are at a
>> minimun 600 words.
>>
>> "Down here" we have many users from many lenguages that sould benefit a
>> lot from the translation of Sugar, ie; Asháninca, Aguaruna, Shipibo, etc.
>> Will US$1000 make a diference? well, as you can see it would.
>>
>> To be able to approve such financial requirement, the board would need to
>> consult financial status and documentation such as the *Sugar Labs
>> Balance Sheet* and the specific *Budget for the translation project*.
>>
>> Such documentation and process should be updated on the web and posted
>> publicly in the Mailing List in order to benefit from comunity feedback
>> before approval and execution.
>>
>> I believe separating Executive Director figure from the Board will
>> benefit the overall process by making it easier to document requests and
>> approvals, and specially reducing the overload of work for mr Bender.
>>
>>
>> Best regards and blessings
>> Laura Victoria
>>
>> [1] http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/2016-01-11
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 2016-01-09 22:27 GMT-05:00 Laura Vargas <laura at somosazucar.org>:
>>
>>> Is not "ridiculous", it is logical.
>>>
>>> The best interests of the Sugar Community is to achieve Quality
>>> management as it is focused not only on product and service quality,
>>> but also on the means to achieve it. Quality management, therefore,
>>> uses quality assurance and control of processes as well as products to
>>> achieve more consistent quality. [1]
>>>
>>> It is been 4 years since our finance page on the wiki was updated [2].
>>>
>>> We have lack of "oversight" and communication on a very sensitive
>>> process, therefore Sugar community is suffering a lot from this bottle neck.
>>>
>>> We won't achieve quality assurance if we don't have control over vital
>>> processes such as Finances.
>>>
>>> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_management
>>> [2] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Finance
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Eng. Laura Victoria
>>>
>>> 2015-12-31 17:08 GMT-05:00 Chris Leonard <cjlhomeaddress at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>>  Laura,
>>>>
>>>> Your proposal is quite ridiculous and has nothing to do with the best
>>>> interests of the Sugar community.  This attempt at a power play does
>>>> not do you any credit.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 9:59 AM, Laura Vargas <laura at somosazucar.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Hello everybody / Hola a todos
>>>> >
>>>> > Hope all the holiday wishes come with many blessings for the big Sugar
>>>> > family.
>>>> >
>>>> > 2015 was a great year, many exciting releases! I would like to
>>>> congratulate
>>>> > and thank you all.
>>>> >
>>>> > I'm glad we have enthusiastic candidates for the upcoming elections.
>>>> It
>>>> > surely is of our best interest to have good quality software in the
>>>> hands
>>>> > and heads of our little ones, therefore I believe during the 2016-2018
>>>> > period SL should center it's energy on QUALITY.
>>>> >
>>>> > Quality of process, functionalities, documentation,etc.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > So talking about Quality, one of the first things I would like to
>>>> underline
>>>> > is that there currently is a deep organizational conflict since there
>>>> is an
>>>> > Executive Director also serving as an Oversight Board member. I
>>>> believe this
>>>> > situation is unhealthy and must be avoided if possible.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > From our wiki:
>>>> >
>>>> > "The Executive Director (ED) is responsible for the day to day
>>>> operations of
>>>> > the foundation and reports directly to the Oversight Board..."
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > 'The current Executive Director is Walter Bender, elected by the
>>>> during the
>>>> > 2008-09-19 board meeting."
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > I propose we ask Walter to withdraw his candidacy for the 2016-2018
>>>> Board
>>>> > and continue serving as Executive Director for Sugar Labs.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Best regards.
>>>> >
>>>> > --
>>>> > Laura V.
>>>> > I&D SomosAZUCAR.Org
>>>> >
>>>> > Identi.ca/Skype acaire
>>>> > IRC kaametza
>>>> >
>>>> > Happy Learning!
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > _______________________________________________
>>>> > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)
>>>> > IAEP at lists.sugarlabs.org
>>>> > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Laura V.
>>> I&D SomosAZUCAR.Org
>>>
>>> Identi.ca/Skype acaire
>>> IRC kaametza
>>>
>>> Happy Learning!
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Laura V.
>> I&D SomosAZUCAR.Org
>>
>> Identi.ca/Skype acaire
>> IRC kaametza
>>
>> Happy Learning!
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)
>> IAEP at lists.sugarlabs.org
>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Walter Bender
> Sugar Labs
> http://www.sugarlabs.org
>



-- 
Laura V.
I&D SomosAZUCAR.Org

Identi.ca/Skype acaire
IRC kaametza

Happy Learning!
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