[Sugar-devel] Sugar Outreach Plans 2019 - PyCon Cleveland

Samson Goddy samsongoddy at gmail.com
Mon Apr 15 05:02:06 EDT 2019


Hi Tony,

I agree with you. Are you coming to Pycon?


Regards

On Mon, Apr 15, 2019, 9:55 AM Tony Anderson <tony_anderson at usa.net> wrote:

> What Sugar Labs needs to survive is users. If our count of active users
> reaches zero, there will be no need for developers (or Sugar Labs).
>
> A Conference like PyCon is an opportunity to show that Sugar is a viable
> educational platform. So marketing does not need to be concerned about
> $, it needs to be concerned about the characteristics of Sugar that make
> it an attractive option for educators. At such a conference it is
> possible to make presentations - ofen there is an educational track.
> More importantly there is an opportunity to have an exhibit (booth).
> This booth can provide many examples of Sugar running on platforms other
> than the XO (make sure there some XO pictures visible since this
> attracts interest to a booth.) Sugarizer can demonstrate that Sugar is
> available for smartphones, tablets and other devices. Sugar can show its
> capabilities on Ubuntu, Raspbian. Windows is a special case since
> Miccrosoft has been able to lock educators into Windows. Showing that
> Sugar is viable in a Windows-based deployment may be beyond our current
> cabability.
>
> Our goal should be to attract new contributors and to find new
> deployment opportunities.
>
> Tony
>
> On 4/15/19 2:28 PM, James Cameron wrote:
> > You've all had an interesting discussion.  I'll add my points now; in
> > the form of questions and answers.
> >
> >
> > Q: are there funds available for marketing?
> >
> > A: in motion 2019-01 on 4th January, the Oversight Board preserved the
> > GSoC 2018 mentor stipends for marketing,
> >
> >
> > Q: are there any other funds available for marketing?
> >
> > A: yes, the Oversight Board could spend up to about $90k, but such a
> > spend would have to have compelling justification.  Swag isn't
> > compelling.
> >
> >
> > Q: have funds been spent on marketing?
> >
> > A: yes, the Oversight Board agreed to spend money on travel for two
> > members to PyCon 2019.
> >
> >
> > Q: how will the rest of the funds be spent?
> >
> > A: apart from reserving funds for marketing expenses relating to
> > SCaLE, and not yet applied for, the Oversight Board has made no other
> > decision.
> >
> > However, the board has received some marketing plans, has asked for
> > changes, and will hear any proposals.
> >
> >
> > Q: will a proposal or marketing plan have greater merit if it comes
> > from a team who call themselves marketing?
> >
> > A: no, because;
> >
> > - the Oversight Board has not formed a marketing team,
> >
> > - our original marketing team, who had people qualified in marketing,
> >    left long ago,
> >
> > - the Oversight Board consist of developers or other subject matter
> >    experts, can see a claim for legitimacy a mile off, and discount it
> >    easily,
> >
> >
> > Q: but isn't there's a marketing team on the Wiki?
> >
> > A: it is out of date.
> >
> >
> > Q: but aren't there a whole lot of teams on the Wiki?
> >
> > A: it is out of date.  Please work together with all of Sugar Labs,
> > don't look for a team.
> >
> >
> > Q: does the Software Freedom Conservancy control the funds?
> >
> > A: to a limited extent.  The Conservancy will act on decisions by the
> > Oversight Board provided those decisions are legal and follow
> > Conservancy policies, so any marketing also has to follow those
> > policies.
> >
> >
> > Comment;
> >
> > Gathering more developers who are active is our key to survival as a
> > community.  If our count of active developers reaches zero, there will
> > be a short delay and then something in the environment will change and
> > Sugar, Sugarizer or Music Blocks won't be usable.  That is one of
> > reasons why we are engaged with Google Summer of Code and Google
> > Season of Docs.
> >
> > We have some people who are interested in helping but have yet to
> > learn the skills to contribute actively.  I'd like to see that change.
> > Get started with programming, write new Sugar activities, fix
> > activities, and write documentation.
> >
> >
> > Q: what will happen if I do nothing except talk?
> >
> > A: nothing.  ;-)
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 12:58:14AM +0530, Sumit Srivastava wrote:
> >> Hi, Vipul, Jaskirat, and all members of SL community!
> >>
> >> These days I'm thinking about two things:
> >>
> >> 1. How to expand the SL developer community?
> >>
> >> 2. How do we move towards the vision for sugar labs that was discussed
> a few
> >> weeks ago in an email thread?
> >>
> >> As of now, I've some ideas for *1*, but need more inputs from everyone.
> Shall I
> >> start a new thread for new inputs?
> >>
> >> And yes, I'm constantly thinking about how can we make great things
> happen in
> >> the community. Glad that you noticed.
> >>
> >> Regards
> >> Sumit
> >>
> >> On Sun, 14 Apr 2019, 12:51 am Jaskirat Singh, <[1]
> juskirat2000 at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>      Thanks Vipul for taking this up, The funds that were granted by
> Google  for
> >>      GSOC ( I guess ) remains with the community and it is being
> controlled by
> >>      SFC of which Sugar Labs is a member project.
> >>      I see that Sumit initiated about swags, but maybe it might not
> have been
> >>      made to move further due to absence of the budget proposal.
> >>
> >>      So if anyone of us can try working on proposal for marketing along
> with a
> >>      marketing team that would be great and would become easy for Board
> to
> >>      review and add up their decisions.
> >>
> >>      On Sun, 14 Apr 2019, 12:39 am Vipul Gupta <[2]
> vipulgupta2048 at gmail.com
> >>      wrote:
> >>
> >>          Thanks, Jaskirat, I have also attached an email snippet
> regarding GSoC
> >>          Mentor Stipends on Sumit's request that was reallocated to the
> >>          marketing committee for making shirts, and stickers. I am not
> sure what
> >>          is the progress of the same since then or the status? But
> looking
> >>          forward to hearing from any GSoC 2018 mentors as to what
> happened to
> >>          those funds.
> >>
> >>          Cordially,
> >>          Vipul Gupta
> >>          [3]Mixster | [4]Github
> >>
> >>          On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 11:56 PM Jaskirat Singh <[5]
> >>          juskirat2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>              Hi Vipul,
> >>
> >>              Yes I would be at Open Source Summit Europe in France, It
> would be
> >>              indeed to interact with communities/people for introducing
> >>              sugarlabs and its productivity there.
> >>
> >>              Thanks
> >>
> >>              On Sat, 13 Apr 2019, 11:30 am Vipul Gupta <[6]
> >>              vipulgupta2048 at gmail.com wrote:
> >>
> >>                  Sounds like a plan! Thank you for your support,
> Jasikrat. I see
> >>                  you are planning to go for Open Source Summit, would
> you mind
> >>                  to be our spokesperson there.
> >>                  Maybe some opportunity comes from the Linux Foundation
> as well.
> >>                  I also wanted to start a discussion on the use of funds
> >>                  allocated for Sugar Labs's merchandise at the end of
> Google
> >>                  Summer of Code using the designs made in Google
> Code-In.
> >>
> >>                  Cordially,
> >>                  Vipul Gupta
> >>                  [7]Mixster | [8]Github
> >>
> >>                  On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 10:46 AM Jaskirat Singh <[9]
> >>                  juskirat2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>                      Hi Vipul,
> >>
> >>                      This sounds really good. I really appreciate you
> both for
> >>                      representing Sugar labs at PyCon.
> >>
> >>                      Well, I proposed somewhat same thing like
> Organising Sugar
> >>                      Summits in various countries, I am still in the
> middle of
> >>                      it to draft my proposal for the same. So once its
> done I
> >>                      will share here.
> >>                      And I think this is a good opportunity as well for
> us to
> >>                      represent Sugar Labs at such a great platform.
> >>
> >>                      Thanks
> >>
> >>                      On Sat, 13 Apr 2019, 10:32 am Vipul Gupta <[10]
> >>                      vipulgupta2048 at gmail.com wrote:
> >>
> >>                          Hello folks,
> >>                          At the end of 2018, we started the Outreach
> works for
> >>                          Sugar Labs. At first, we thought of sharing
> several
> >>                          accomplishments throughout Google Code-In to
> keep the
> >>                          people in the loop on various social media
> platforms,
> >>                          as well as sharing experiences of Google
> Summer of Code
> >>                          students and their projects held in 2018 for a
> positive
> >>                          impact.
> >>
> >>                          We thought we can go bigger and with that
> thought in
> >>                          mind represent Sugar Labs on larger platforms
> in front
> >>                          of communities. I proposed PyCon to be a great
> choice
> >>                          for the same. Considering OLPC represented XO
> laptops
> >>                          being part of PyCon 2008 (An article by
> [11]Tony)
> >>                          Hence, we submitted a proposal for talks about
> Sugar
> >>                          Labs in the Education Summit of PyCon
> Cleveland 2019,
> >>                          and I am very happy to inform that we have in
> fact been
> >>                          selected. It's a great accomplishment for us
> all.
> >>
> >>                          Samson would be representing our community at
> PyCon
> >>                          Cleveland. I, unfortunately, due to my
> university exams
> >>                          won't be able to go. As much as I loved
> drafting the
> >>                          proposal with Samson and be would like to meet
> and talk
> >>                          about Sugar Labs, I am happy that Samson has a
> chance
> >>                          to be at PyCon and will do great. We are still
> raw in
> >>                          your efforts and have lots to improve. Would
> love to
> >>                          have more suggestions on things we should be
> doing, and
> >>                          also planning to hold workshops regarding
> Sugar in many
> >>                          countries in the near future.
> >>
> >>                          Thanks,
> >>
> >>                          Cordially,
> >>                          Vipul Gupta
> >>                          [12]Mixster | [13]Github
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> >> References:
> >>
> >> [1] mailto:juskirat2000 at gmail.com
> >> [2] mailto:vipulgupta2048 at gmail.com
> >> [3] https://mixstersite.wordpress.com/
> >> [4] https://github.com/vipulgupta2048
> >> [5] mailto:juskirat2000 at gmail.com
> >> [6] mailto:vipulgupta2048 at gmail.com
> >> [7] https://mixstersite.wordpress.com/
> >> [8] https://github.com/vipulgupta2048
> >> [9] mailto:juskirat2000 at gmail.com
> >> [10] mailto:vipulgupta2048 at gmail.com
> >> [11]
> http://www.olpcnews.com/use_cases/technology/pycon_2008_and_olpc.html
> >> [12] https://mixstersite.wordpress.com/
> >> [13] https://github.com/vipulgupta2048
> >> [14] mailto:Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
> >> [15] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
> >> [16] mailto:Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
> >> [17] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
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