[Sugar-devel] Sugar Outreach Plans 2019 - PyCon Cleveland
Tony Anderson
tony_anderson at usa.net
Sat Apr 20 21:39:08 EDT 2019
I think it should be possible to have an exhibit at All Things Open.
Typical booth is a table wide enough for two people to sit side by side
and talk with people as they pass by. Most booths have a backdrop
identifying the organization and showing related images - generally as a
lead-in to discussions. I don't know how to begin a discussion with the
Open Source people on reserving a space.
Caryl Bigenho has a lot of experience in this after several years of
exhibiting Sugar at the Scale conference in Los Angeles. As most
organizations do, we could have an exhibit in a box ready to send to a
conference as the opportunity arises.
Calls for papers at Open Source are open.
Tony
On 4/21/19 5:37 AM, Vipul Gupta wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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:
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>> >> [1] mailto:juskirat2000 at gmail.com
>> <mailto:juskirat2000 at gmail.com>
>> >> [2] mailto:vipulgupta2048 at gmail.com
>> <mailto:vipulgupta2048 at gmail.com>
>> >> [3] https://mixstersite.wordpress.com/
>> >> [4] https://github.com/vipulgupta2048
>> >> [5] mailto:juskirat2000 at gmail.com
>> <mailto:juskirat2000 at gmail.com>
>> >> [6] mailto:vipulgupta2048 at gmail.com
>> <mailto:vipulgupta2048 at gmail.com>
>> >> [7] https://mixstersite.wordpress.com/
>> >> [8] https://github.com/vipulgupta2048
>> >> [9] mailto:juskirat2000 at gmail.com
>> <mailto:juskirat2000 at gmail.com>
>> >> [10] mailto:vipulgupta2048 at gmail.com
>> <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
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