Please add a planet.sugarlabs.org explanation blurb

[Mel Chua]

Woo, we're done! I agree with Greg on all counts, so...

Hey, Bernie! (Yay, Bernie!) What can we do to help with 
http://dev.sugarlabs.org/ticket/77

Thanks, everyone!

--Mel

Greg Dekoenigsberg wrote:
> 
> +1 to Walter's original blurb, and +2 to Caroline's edits.
> 
> Ship it!  :)
> 
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> On Wed, 3 Dec 2008, Caroline Meeks wrote:
> 
>> Blurb: Planet Sugar Labs is a collection of personal blogs by Sugar
>> Labs community contributors. Sugar Labs is the collective effort
>> of a community of smart and passionate people working (in very
>> different ways) to solve the same problem: giving everyone an
>> opportunity to learn to learn.  Our community members write about what 
>> excites them about learning, Sugar, and the Sugar
>> community. In the spirit of free software, we share and criticize—that 
>> is how we learn and improve and encourage participation by newcomers.  
>> Enjoy and join the
>> conversation.
>>
>> -Random edits.  I think everything we write should encourage people to 
>> join and contribute. - CM
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 12:26 PM, Walter Bender 
>> <walter.bender at gmail.com> wrote:
>>       I think it should mention cookies somewhere.
>>
>>       Blurb: Planet Sugar Labs is a collection of personal blogs by Sugar
>> Labs community contributors. We encourage community members to speak
>> up about what excites them about learning, Sugar, and the Sugar
>> community. In the spirit of free software, we encourage sharing and
>> criticism—that is how we learn and improve. Also, by being open about
>> the thinking behind our work, we hope the reader will gain some
>> further insights into work itself. Sugar Labs is the collective effort
>> of a community of smart and passionate people working (in very
>> different ways) to solve the same problem: given everyone an
>> opportunity to learn to learn.
>>
>> -walter
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 12:15 PM, Mel Chua <mel at melchua.com> wrote:
>> > We're working an explanation blurb for the top of planet.sugarlabs.org.
>> > This is a small, fast miniproject. If you want to participate:
>> >
>> > * See current draft text below.
>> > * Respond with edits in the next 24 hours. All replies must contain a
>> > complete draft of a blurb to be considered - instead of saying things
>> > like "I think it should mention cookies somewhere," write a draft of 
>> the
>> > blurb that mentions ponies and send that out! Blurbs may be 
>> annotated to
>> > clarify your intentions. ;-)
>> > * I will aggregate edits and send final text to Bernie 24 hours from 
>> now.
>> >
>> > Note that I am claiming temporary benevolent dictatorship on the blurb,
>> > but after we send to Bernie in 24 hours anyone can take editorialship
>> > and beat it into the next-gen of cohesiveness with a stick if they 
>> want. ;-)
>> >
>> > Thanks, y'all!
>> >
>> > -Mel
>> >
>> > --------
>> >
>> > Blurb: Planet Sugar Labs is a collection of personal blogs by Sugar 
>> Labs
>> > community contributors. We experiment, make guesses and predictions 
>> that
>> > sometimes don't work out, and we don't always agree on things. We trust
>> > that you'll be able to sort through the chaos and make up your own 
>> mind.
>> > By opening up our thoughts behind the work we do, we hope to show how
>> > Sugar Labs is a collective effort of a community of smart and 
>> passionate
>> > people working (in very different ways) to solve the same problem:
>> > learning about learning.
>> >
>> > Annotation: I'm looking to strike a balance between "simplify and
>> > amplify" (a central/cohesive message, I'm assuming) and having the
>> > different voices and opinions of Sugar contributors come out as
>> > individuals - who might disagree, and be confusing in their 
>> disagreement
>> > for a viewer from the outside world.
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>> Walter Bender
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>> Caroline Meeks
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