[IAEP] Motion to adopt the 2016 vision for Sugar Labs

[Sean DALY]

Hi Laura

My issue with this statement is that it is reductionist: "SL is a community
for learning about software". Which is certainly true, but fundamentally we
offer software, not a learning service.

Our vision should be a mission (to develop high-quality software for
children worldwide) and an overarching goal (making our software easily
available to learners and teachers) and an indicator of how we plan to do
this (web-based, multi-platform, XO-4, ...).

Project recruitment, the grocery list of goals, fundraising, pointing to
past successes, how we will adapt to a very different IT context from 2007,
all flow from an easy-to-understand vision statement which most accurately
tells the story concisely.

Sean




On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 8:46 AM, Laura Vargas <laura at somosazucar.org> wrote:

> I propose to adopt the following statement as the vision statement:
>
> Sugar Labs is a global community where you can learn how to design,
> develop and deploy high-quality Free Software that facilitates
> self-discovery learning experiences and collaboration among young children
> of all continents.  Join us!
>
> I regret the late submission of this proposal, but not until today I
> understood the vision is not about the software but the community. It is a
> summary of what has been written in the wiki, so that it has the ideal
> length of a vision statement while describing our reason to exist and at
> the same time serving as an inspirational quote to be part of this
> adventure. For reference on how to write a vision statement please visit:
> https://www.executestrategy.net/blog/write-good-vision-statement/
>
> --
> Laura V.
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> Happy Learning!
>
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