[Marketing] idea for funding /stories
Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero
dirakx at gmail.com
Sat May 23 23:20:21 EDT 2009
Thanks Marten.
Looking forward to hear from you.
cheers!
Rafael Ortiz
On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 6:14 AM, Marten Vijn <info at martenvijn.nl> wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-05-22 at 10:32 -0500, Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero wrote:
> > Hi Marten
> >
> > i think it would be a great opportunity for Sugar Labs co and other
> > Local Labs to work with iicd,
> >
> > i think you know them better and you can begin the talks,
> > if they need a proposal of some kind we can work it out.
> >
> > so if you call them and pass them to us it would be great,
>
> I 'll make the call next tuesday,
> I 'll get back then.
>
> Kind regards,
> Marten
>
> >
> >
> > Thanks!.
> > Rafael Ortiz
> >
> >
> > On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 6:09 AM, Marten Vijn <info at martenvijn.nl>
> > wrote:
> > On Fri, 2009-05-22 at 01:08 -0500, Rafael Enrique Ortiz
> > Guerrero wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 3:38 AM, Sean DALY
> > <sdaly.be at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi Marten
> > >
> > > Our hope is that a local Sugar Lab can develop in
> > every
> > > country...
> > >
> > > although one of us could send a CD this time, we
> > would
> > > certainly need.
> > >
> > > An experience with the Colombian Sugar Lab in this regard is
> > that in
> > > all the presentations, conferences and meetings,
> > > we try to give at least some sugar CDs..right now we are in
> > the
> > > initial phase of ''showing'' Sugar to everyone and trying to
> > separate
> > > it from the XO..it's unfortunate but there is a complete
> > lack of
> > > knowledge (in Colombia) of both OLPC and Sugar but this lack
> > of
> > > knowledge is worst on Sugar, we are trying to change that
> > fact.
> > >
> > > Also we hope that future sugar labs in the region (maybe
> > Chile,
> > > Brazil, Peru and Uruguay) can begin to do this work.
> > >
> >
> > Hi Rafael,
> >
> > Maybe we can setup the iicd to work with us.
> >
> > http://www.iicd.org/
> >
> > IICD is a non-profit foundation that specialises in
> > information and
> > communication technologies (ICT) as a tool for development.
> >
> >
> > They have funding, traveling manpower. They believe in train
> > the
> > trainer.
> >
> > I 'll be more to happy to work with them (training advise).
> >
> > I want to help bootstrapping this, but then leave the chain.
> > I think request from the countries could connected directly to
> > them, if
> > they yes. Having request from Local Sugar Labs is much
> > stronger than me
> > presenting a good idea. (and as always both have to be done.)
> >
> > How could we setup this up? Shall I give them a phonecall?
> > And do a hand over to you?
> >
> > kind regards,
> > Marten
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > a lot of funding to handle the logistics of mailing
> > to
> > > everyone who
> > > wants one. I agree that the Ubuntu model (ShipIt,
> > > https://shipit.ubuntu.com/ FAQ:
> > > http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/shipit-faq) is a
> > great way to
> > > bypass
> > > bandwidth limitations, but that model requires very
> > > significant
> > > funding (not to mention lots of volunteers to stuff
> > envelopes
> > > and
> > > manage order taking, tracking, shipments, customs
> > forms,
> > > reporting,
> > > etc). You may recall that Mark Shuttleworth
> > personally
> > > financed
> > > Canonical with millions of rand of his own money and
> > placed US
> > > $10m in
> > > the Ubuntu Foundation in 2005.
> > >
> > > Most African countries, even the poorest ones, have
> > IT firms
> > > and
> > > computer-equipped companies, if we can find people
> > in those
> > > countries
> > > interested in assisting Sugar Labs we will have a
> > more
> > > scalable model.
> > > Canonical is getting a handle on ShipIt costs (which
> > are
> > > confidential)
> > > by sending boxes of CDs to Loco teams for local
> > distribution,
> > > e.g.
> > >
> >
> http://jonathancarter.co.za/2009/05/07/ubuntu-za-loco-discs-have-arrived/
> > >
> > > We would need to look long and hard at a decision to
> > do a
> > > shipit-like
> > > organization, especially as an ongoing commitment.
> > The speed
> > > of Sugar
> > > development means most CDs woud probably be swiftly
> > obsolete.
> > > I do
> > > think however that a targeted mailing of branded CDs
> > to
> > > journalists
> > > and education ministries/departments would be an
> > excellent
> > > promotion
> > > tactic.
> > >
> > > Sean
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Marten Vijn
> > > <info at martenvijn.nl> wrote:
> > > > >From private conservation:
> > > >
> > > > A man in africa wants to use Sugar,
> > > > due a slow uplink the download will cost
> > > > 8 hours.
> > > >
> > > > - gzipping the iso save 10 Mb only.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Maybe there is a funder interested to
> > > > burn cd and off them to delevoping contries.
> > > >
> > > > Like ubuntu does.
> > > >
> > > > kind regards,
> > > > Marten
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Marten Vijn
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> > > > http://martenvijn.nl
> > > > http://opencommunitycamp.org
> > > > http://wifisoft.org
> > > >
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