[Sugar-devel] ActivityTeam proposal

[Arjun Sarwal]

+1
I am in too.

Arjun

On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu at sugarlabs.org> wrote:

> I believe this will make a very big difference in the future of Sugar.
>
> Good luck and have fun,
>
> Tomeu
>
> On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 19:46, Wade Brainerd <wadetb at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi all, hope you are enjoying FUDcon.
> >
> > Given the recent events at OLPC, I'm planning to refocus my activity
> > development efforts on SugarLabs.  I imagine other activity developers
> > are planning to do the same.
> >
> > SugarLabs is off to a great start getting packages into distributions,
> > but I can't help noticing that the activities on the home page are
> > essentially the same were shipped with OLPC build 650 back in 2007.
> >
> > One of the things that drew me to Sugar and OLPC was the promise of
> > high quality, collaborative, constructivist educational software.
> > While the initial activity set was good, it was also clear that there
> > were large holes to be filled.  For a variety reasons, many of those
> > holes remain two years later.
> >
> > And that's why I'm proposing the creation of a SugarLabs ActivityTeam.
> >  The new team will be separate from the DevelopmentTeam, and will have
> > the responsibility of maintaining and extending the suite of
> > activities available for Sugar.
> >
> > We will:
> > 1. Maintain and develop the current suite of Sugar activities.
> > 2. Recruit and mentor activity developers from the community.
> > 3. Collect, document and organize new activity and activity feature
> > ideas from the EducationTeam, deployments and community.
> > 4. Work with the DevelopmentTeam and the InfrastructureTeam to ensure
> > activity developers are well supported.
> > 5. Gather feedback with the DeploymentTeam about how Sugar activities
> > are doing in the field.
> >
> > Until now, activity development has largely been an individual effort.
> >  The purpose of this proposal is to collect the activity development
> > community into an effective team who can tackle the entire ecosystem
> > of Sugar activities together.  One result should be fewer activities
> > "dropping off the radar" into lack of maintenance.
> >
> > Please respond with your feedback about the proposal.  If you like the
> > idea and would like to be part of the ATeam, feel free to indicate
> > that.
> >
> > Best,
> > Wade
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Arjun Sarwal
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