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"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)<br>
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"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.<br>
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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. <br>
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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. <br>
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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.
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ubermix.org/about.html">http://www.ubermix.org/about.html</a> and
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://opensource.com/life/13/2/kramden-institute-ubermix-digital-divide">https://opensource.com/life/13/2/kramden-institute-ubermix-digital-divide</a>).<br>
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Tony<br>
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On 04/29/2017 12:52 AM, Caryl Bigenho wrote:<br>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: 15px;">Hi...</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: 15px;">A few
things...</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: 15px;">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.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-size: 15px;">Walter's
motion:</span></p>
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<p><i><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-size: 15px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Revise the Sugar
Labs </span><span class="highlight"
id="0.07530483194942983" name="searchHitInReadingPane"
style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-size: 15px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">mission</span><span
style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-size: 15px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> statement to
"Sugar Labs is a volunteer-run project whose </span><span
class="highlight" id="0.8336737215000869"
name="searchHitInReadingPane" style="color: rgb(255, 0,
0); font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255);">mission</span></i><span style="color: rgb(33, 33,
33); font-size: 15px;"><i><span style="color: rgb(255, 0,
0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> 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."</span></i></span><br>
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style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255,
255, 255);"><br>
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<p><span style="font-size: 15px;">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."</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 15px;">Third... After the mission
statement <span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, "Apple Color
Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColorEmoji,
"Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji",
EmojiSymbols; font-size: 15px;">
is approved, </span>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. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 15px;">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...
<i>who</i> will do <i>what</i> by <i>when</i>, <i>how</i>
will it be done and <i>how</i> will success be measured.
Goals do NOT have these elements!</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 15px;">Proposals for future use of
Sugar Labs funds should be directed to meet specific
<i>objectives</i> and thus our goals and our mission. They
are all interconnected.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 15px;">Caryl</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 15px;">P.S. Shouldn't there be a SLOB
meeting today? I didn't see a notice on the iaep list.</span></p>
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