[IAEP] Sugarlabs - Goals

[Samson Goddy]

I like the idea too. Thanks Sameer for bringing it up.

On Jan 24, 2018 9:39 PM, "Sameer Verma" <sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote:

> Thanks, Dave! I haven't forgotten your persistence :-)
>
> I really appreciate your continued interest. In fact, I may need your
> assistance at some point, once we have a healthy set of responses.
>
> Stay tuned.
>
> Sameer
> --
> Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
> Professor, Information Systems
> San Francisco State University
> http://verma.sfsu.edu/
>
> On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 10:53 AM, Dave Crossland <dave at lab6.com> wrote:
> > This is great! Thank you Sameer!
> >
> > I recently began updating the ideas I drafted a few years ago with
> Samson.
> > Please let us know where to submit the ideas when you are ready :D
> >
> > On 11 January 2018 at 17:21, Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >> Greetings!
> >>
> >> Here is a proposal to solicit various goals towards mission of
> >> Sugarlabs. I am sending this out as per my comments on the recent
> >> #sugar-meeting on IRC.
> >>
> >> In the past, I have noticed that whenever we propose to discuss
> >> various goals that this community may pursue, we tend to fail quite
> >> rapidly at not arriving at a consensus. It is not that we have
> >> incorrect ideas about how we think the project should proceed. We tend
> >> to disagree prematurely. To remedy the situation, I am proposing that
> >> we gather opinions from the community about goals and do so in a
> >> manner where it remains temporarily shielded from public view. Then,
> >> at a given time (say two weeks) we make all of these items public.
> >> This may reveal if we have convergent ideas or if we are still very
> >> divergent. Either is okay.
> >>
> >> Next, we would try to merge similar items into tangible goals with a
> >> specific time frame. Depending on who the champions are for a specific
> >> goal and its objectives, these people may then band together into an
> >> ad-hoc group and pursue said goals.
> >>
> >> The time line for this project is relatively short. I propose that we
> >> collect ideas for two weeks. At the end of two weeks, we would then
> >> make the items public, and solicit more ideas for a third week. At the
> >> end of the third week, we would then try to collate similar responses
> >> into clusters of tangible goals. From there on, each set of goals may
> >> be pursued independently, depending on its sponsors, champions,
> >> supporters and participants.
> >>
> >> If this sounds like something that will help us move forward, I am
> >> ready to set this in motion. I have already discussed this with
> >> Hillary Naylor, who is an active participant in our OLPC-SF group.
> >> When it's time to collate responses, I may solicit some more help from
> >> some of you.
> >>
> >> cheers,
> >> Sameer
> >> --
> >> Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
> >> Professor, Information Systems
> >> San Francisco State University
> >> http://verma.sfsu.edu/
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> > Cheers
> > Dave
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