[IAEP] Back on Task... The 2017 Sugar Labs Mission Statement

[Tony Anderson]

Something like:

Sugar Lab's provides tools.

or

Sugar Labs provides Sugar.

Tony


On 04/30/2017 12:58 AM, Caryl Bigenho wrote:
>
> Hi Tony,
>
>
> A mission statement needs to be very short and succinct. It should be 
> short enough for you to write it on the back of a business card. The 
> average "Joe" (or Mary, for that matter) doesn't have a clue (or 
> care) who Jean Piaget, Seymour Papert, Cynthia Solomon, or Alan Kay 
> are. It isn't the job of the mission statement to tell them. That is 
> your job, should you decide it is needed.
>
>
> As for listing all the iterations and forms of Sugar and the tools 
> that support it, simply talking about a "collection of tools" does the 
> job very nicely. If folks want to know more they can ask or look it up 
> or you can tell them. But the mission statement doesn't have to list 
> every flower in our beautiful garden!
>
>
> Caryl😊
>
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> *From:* Tony Anderson <tony_anderson at usa.net>
> *Sent:* Friday, April 28, 2017 6:31:24 PM
> *To:* Caryl Bigenho; iaep; walter.bender at gmail.com; Samson Goddy; 
> Lionel Laske; Adam Holt; ignacio at sugarlabs.org; Laura Vargas; sameer verma
> *Subject:* Re: Back on Task... The 2017 Sugar Labs Mission Statement
> Compare:
>
> "Sugar Labs is a volunteer-run project whose mission is to reach 
> global learners and educators with a collection of tools that enable 
> them to explore, discover, create, and reflect in their local 
> language. Sugar Labs distributes these tools freely and encourages its 
> users to appropriate them, taking ownership and responsibility for 
> their learning." (proposed motion)
>
> /
> /
>
> "Sugar is a learning platform based on the constructionist educational 
> principles of Jean Piaget, Seymour Papert, Cynthia Solomon, and Alan 
> Kay. Sugar Labs is responsible to develop, distribute, and support 
> Sugar with the help of a global volunteer community of contributors. 
> Sugar Labs provides Sugar in two forms: Sugar for personal computers 
> and XOs and Sugarizer (Sugar Mobile) for mobile devices and the Web." 
> Motion approved January 2017.
>
> It is hard to avoid the conclusion that Sugar Labs is not comfortable 
> with its 'learning platform' but prefers to offer a set of tools from 
> which our users can pick and choose.
>
> Sugar as a learning platform supports collaboration, provides a 
> Journal, uses icons to minimize dependence on language skills  and 
> provides a common human interface to make easier discovery of new 
> capabilities.
>
> XSCE has been working with Kids on Computers. KOC did not even 
> consider Sugar but chose UberMix. If you don't need a platform but are 
> happy with a collection of tools, UberMix meets the need. 
> (http://www.ubermix.org/about.html and 
> https://opensource.com/life/13/2/kramden-institute-ubermix-digital-divide).
>
> Tony
>
>
> On 04/29/2017 12:52 AM, Caryl Bigenho wrote:
>>
>> Hi...
>>
>>
>> A few things...
>>
>>
>> First... Walter made this motion and it was seconded by several board 
>> members. Therefore it should be voted on, up or down, before 
>> considering Laura's substitute motion. I see nothing wrong with this 
>> mission statement. It is clear and concise and describes exactly what 
>> Sugar Labs is all about.
>>
>>
>> Walter's motion:
>>
>>
>> /Revise the Sugar Labs mission statement to "Sugar Labs is a 
>> volunteer-run project whose mission// is to reach global learners and 
>> educators with a collection of tools that enable them to explore, 
>> discover, create, and reflect in their local language. Sugar Labs 
>> distributes these tools freely and encourages its users to 
>> appropriate them, taking ownership and responsibility for their 
>> learning."/
>>
>> /
>> /
>>
>> Second... when you reply to an email, unless it is private SLOB 
>> business, please be sure you have included iaep in the addresses. 
>> Otherwise your messages look blank to everyone who isn't a SLOB 
>> member. It is called "sunshine."
>>
>>
>> Third... After the mission statement  is approved, or a 
>> substitute (but I hope it is this one), it will be time to consider 
>> long term goals for Sugar Labs. There should be only 4 or 5 at most. 
>> I have copies of 4 of the 5 that were proposed earlier. Walter may 
>> still have a copy of the 5th one. After the mission statement issue 
>> is settled, I'll send what I have out so you can all work on getting 
>> them just the way they should be.
>>
>>
>> Please understand, goals are NOT the same as objectives. They are 
>> much more general. Objectives are designed to help achieve the goals 
>> and have a definite form... /who/ will do /what/ by /when/, /how/ 
>> will it be done and /how/ will success be measured. Goals do NOT have 
>> these elements!
>>
>>
>> Proposals for future use of Sugar Labs funds should be directed to 
>> meet specific /objectives/ and thus our goals and our mission. They 
>> are all interconnected.
>>
>>
>> Caryl
>>
>>
>> P.S. Shouldn't there be a SLOB meeting today? I didn't see a notice 
>> on the iaep list.
>>
>

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