All,<br><br>Jeff is ramping up Sugar activity in DC this summer...see below.<br><br>I'll make some signage for their workshop area and take lots of photos.<br><br>How else should this be marketed?<br><br>Mike<br><br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Jeff Elkner</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jeff@elkner.net">jeff@elkner.net</a>></span><br>Date: Sun, May 31, 2009 at 8:18 PM<br>
Subject: Re: Sugar Labs DC Summer Workshop<br>To: David Morris <<a href="mailto:davidrsmorris@gmail.com">davidrsmorris@gmail.com</a>><br>Cc: Jamie Boisture <<a href="mailto:jamieboisture@gmail.com">jamieboisture@gmail.com</a>>, Mike Lee <<a href="mailto:curiouslee@gmail.com">curiouslee@gmail.com</a>>, Walter Bender <<a href="mailto:walter.bender@gmail.com">walter.bender@gmail.com</a>>, Luke Faraone <luke@faraone.cc>, Kathleen Conley <<a href="mailto:Kathleen.Conley@osd.mil">Kathleen.Conley@osd.mil</a>>, Jason Straw <<a href="mailto:jason.straw@gmail.com">jason.straw@gmail.com</a>>, David Welsh <<a href="mailto:rdavidw@gmail.com">rdavidw@gmail.com</a>>, Nancy Opsut <<a href="mailto:nopsut@arlington.k12.va.us">nopsut@arlington.k12.va.us</a>><br>
<br><br>I will be teaching Python to middle school students as part of the Summer enrichment program at the Governor's Career and Technical Academy in Arlington during 4 weeks in July. That will keep me busy from 8 am to 4:30 pm.<br>
<br>At the same time, graduating senior Jamie Boisture will be coming in to do work porting the Graphics API for Students of Python (GASP), from pygame to pycairo. I plan to work out a schedule with Jamie that starts him later in the day and runs into the evening hours, so that I and others who work during the business day can participate. None of this has been finalized, since the specifics as to what and the when will depend on the interest and availabilities of participants.<br>
<br>By "workshop" I'm thinking of a shop where work gets done. I'm not planning a formal program, but rather a gathering place for folks interested in working on Sugar development to come and work together, exchange ideas, and hack on Sugar. It is my goal to have on-going work on Sugar development taking place at the Governor's Academy for years to come.<br>
<br>If you have anything specific you would like to do, please let me know. I have a room available with 15 computers from 4:30 to 9:30 pm Monday to Friday during the month of July. I would be more than happy to stay any evening to accomodate Sugar developement. <br>
<br>Thanks!<br><br>jeff elkner<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 3:30 PM, David Morris <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:davidrsmorris@gmail.com" target="_blank">davidrsmorris@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>Luke told me about the Summer workshop, and I would be very interested. </div>
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<div>I will learn py. I've learned VB and C++; it shouldn't be too hard.</div>
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