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

Vipul Gupta vipulgupta2048 at gmail.com
Sat Apr 20 17:37:55 EDT 2019


Hey Tony,

All Things Open is an awesome conf (i just discovered it today, Thanks),
I liked several of the points you made regarding the representation of
Sugar Labs at conferences such as PyCon's. That's exactly what I was hoping
for while focusing on the Education Summit of PyCon Cleveland. These
conferences are a great opportunity to represent the work Sugar Labs have
done, and attract new supporters and contributors. I hope Samson, Ibiam and
everyone else heading out there takes full benefit of the unlimited
potential that PyCon has to offer.

Also, please do collaborate or discuss on the mailing list any conference
or summit that would help further our cause and outreach goals. I would be
more than happy to help draft proposals or even try to get a booth in Open
Spaces so as to represent Sugar Labs and all its offerings to a wider
audience especially educators and students. I am already in the process to
create a google form on seeking speakers in our community who would like to
help out with this and be present at future conferences for Sugar Labs. I
think some good would surely come out this if we all work together.

Cordially,
Vipul Gupta
Mixster <https://mixstersite.wordpress.com/> | Github
<https://github.com/vipulgupta2048>


On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 7:12 AM Tony Anderson <tony at olenepal.org> wrote:

> Hi, Samson
>
> At the time I will be in Germany. I expect to attend Europython in Basel
> July 8-14. I also plan to attend All Things Open in Raleigh NC October 13-15
>
> Tony
> On 4/15/19 5:02 PM, Samson Goddy wrote:
>
> 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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