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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.</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">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. <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Calls for papers at Open Source are
open. <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Tony<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Hey Tony,
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<div>All Things Open is an awesome conf (i just discovered it
today, Thanks), </div>
<div>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. </div>
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<div>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. </div>
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<p>Hi, Samson</p>
<p>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<br>
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9:55 AM Tony Anderson <<a
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rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">What Sugar Labs
needs to survive is users. If our count of active
users <br>
reaches zero, there will be no need for developers (or
Sugar Labs).<br>
<br>
A Conference like PyCon is an opportunity to show that
Sugar is a viable <br>
educational platform. So marketing does not need to be
concerned about <br>
$, it needs to be concerned about the characteristics
of Sugar that make <br>
it an attractive option for educators. At such a
conference it is <br>
possible to make presentations - ofen there is an
educational track. <br>
More importantly there is an opportunity to have an
exhibit (booth). <br>
This booth can provide many examples of Sugar running
on platforms other <br>
than the XO (make sure there some XO pictures visible
since this <br>
attracts interest to a booth.) Sugarizer can
demonstrate that Sugar is <br>
available for smartphones, tablets and other devices.
Sugar can show its <br>
capabilities on Ubuntu, Raspbian. Windows is a special
case since <br>
Miccrosoft has been able to lock educators into
Windows. Showing that <br>
Sugar is viable in a Windows-based deployment may be
beyond our current <br>
cabability.<br>
<br>
Our goal should be to attract new contributors and to
find new <br>
deployment opportunities.<br>
<br>
Tony<br>
<br>
On 4/15/19 2:28 PM, James Cameron wrote:<br>
> You've all had an interesting discussion. I'll
add my points now; in<br>
> the form of questions and answers.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Q: are there funds available for marketing?<br>
><br>
> A: in motion 2019-01 on 4th January, the
Oversight Board preserved the<br>
> GSoC 2018 mentor stipends for marketing,<br>
><br>
><br>
> Q: are there any other funds available for
marketing?<br>
><br>
> A: yes, the Oversight Board could spend up to
about $90k, but such a<br>
> spend would have to have compelling
justification. Swag isn't<br>
> compelling.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Q: have funds been spent on marketing?<br>
><br>
> A: yes, the Oversight Board agreed to spend money
on travel for two<br>
> members to PyCon 2019.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Q: how will the rest of the funds be spent?<br>
><br>
> A: apart from reserving funds for marketing
expenses relating to<br>
> SCaLE, and not yet applied for, the Oversight
Board has made no other<br>
> decision.<br>
><br>
> However, the board has received some marketing
plans, has asked for<br>
> changes, and will hear any proposals.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Q: will a proposal or marketing plan have greater
merit if it comes<br>
> from a team who call themselves marketing?<br>
><br>
> A: no, because;<br>
><br>
> - the Oversight Board has not formed a marketing
team,<br>
><br>
> - our original marketing team, who had people
qualified in marketing,<br>
> left long ago,<br>
><br>
> - the Oversight Board consist of developers or
other subject matter<br>
> experts, can see a claim for legitimacy a mile
off, and discount it<br>
> easily,<br>
><br>
><br>
> Q: but isn't there's a marketing team on the
Wiki?<br>
><br>
> A: it is out of date.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Q: but aren't there a whole lot of teams on the
Wiki?<br>
><br>
> A: it is out of date. Please work together with
all of Sugar Labs,<br>
> don't look for a team.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Q: does the Software Freedom Conservancy control
the funds?<br>
><br>
> A: to a limited extent. The Conservancy will act
on decisions by the<br>
> Oversight Board provided those decisions are
legal and follow<br>
> Conservancy policies, so any marketing also has
to follow those<br>
> policies.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Comment;<br>
><br>
> Gathering more developers who are active is our
key to survival as a<br>
> community. If our count of active developers
reaches zero, there will<br>
> be a short delay and then something in the
environment will change and<br>
> Sugar, Sugarizer or Music Blocks won't be
usable. That is one of<br>
> reasons why we are engaged with Google Summer of
Code and Google<br>
> Season of Docs.<br>
><br>
> We have some people who are interested in helping
but have yet to<br>
> learn the skills to contribute actively. I'd
like to see that change.<br>
> Get started with programming, write new Sugar
activities, fix<br>
> activities, and write documentation.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Q: what will happen if I do nothing except talk?<br>
><br>
> A: nothing. ;-)<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 12:58:14AM +0530, Sumit
Srivastava wrote:<br>
>> Hi, Vipul, Jaskirat, and all members of SL
community!<br>
>><br>
>> These days I'm thinking about two things:<br>
>><br>
>> 1. How to expand the SL developer community?<br>
>><br>
>> 2. How do we move towards the vision for
sugar labs that was discussed a few<br>
>> weeks ago in an email thread?<br>
>><br>
>> As of now, I've some ideas for *1*, but need
more inputs from everyone. Shall I<br>
>> start a new thread for new inputs?<br>
>><br>
>> And yes, I'm constantly thinking about how
can we make great things happen in<br>
>> the community. Glad that you noticed.<br>
>><br>
>> Regards<br>
>> Sumit<br>
>><br>
>> On Sun, 14 Apr 2019, 12:51 am Jaskirat Singh,
<[1]<a href="mailto:juskirat2000@gmail.com"
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>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks Vipul for taking this up, The
funds that were granted by Google for<br>
>> GSOC ( I guess ) remains with the
community and it is being controlled by<br>
>> SFC of which Sugar Labs is a member
project.<br>
>> I see that Sumit initiated about swags,
but maybe it might not have been<br>
>> made to move further due to absence of
the budget proposal.<br>
>><br>
>> So if anyone of us can try working on
proposal for marketing along with a<br>
>> marketing team that would be great and
would become easy for Board to<br>
>> review and add up their decisions.<br>
>><br>
>> On Sun, 14 Apr 2019, 12:39 am Vipul
Gupta <[2]<a href="mailto:vipulgupta2048@gmail.com"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">vipulgupta2048@gmail.com</a><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks, Jaskirat, I have also
attached an email snippet regarding GSoC<br>
>> Mentor Stipends on Sumit's request
that was reallocated to the<br>
>> marketing committee for making
shirts, and stickers. I am not sure what<br>
>> is the progress of the same since
then or the status? But looking<br>
>> forward to hearing from any GSoC
2018 mentors as to what happened to<br>
>> those funds.<br>
>><br>
>> Cordially,<br>
>> Vipul Gupta<br>
>> [3]Mixster | [4]Github<br>
>><br>
>> On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at 11:56 PM
Jaskirat Singh <[5]<br>
>> <a
href="mailto:juskirat2000@gmail.com"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">juskirat2000@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Hi Vipul,<br>
>><br>
>> Yes I would be at Open Source
Summit Europe in France, It would be<br>
>> indeed to interact with
communities/people for introducing<br>
>> sugarlabs and its productivity
there.<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks<br>
>><br>
>> On Sat, 13 Apr 2019, 11:30 am
Vipul Gupta <[6]<br>
>> <a
href="mailto:vipulgupta2048@gmail.com"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">vipulgupta2048@gmail.com</a>
wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Sounds like a plan! Thank
you for your support, Jasikrat. I see<br>
>> you are planning to go for
Open Source Summit, would you mind<br>
>> to be our spokesperson
there.<br>
>> Maybe some opportunity comes
from the Linux Foundation as well.<br>
>> I also wanted to start a
discussion on the use of funds<br>
>> allocated for Sugar Labs's
merchandise at the end of Google<br>
>> Summer of Code using the
designs made in Google Code-In.<br>
>><br>
>> Cordially,<br>
>> Vipul Gupta<br>
>> [7]Mixster | [8]Github<br>
>><br>
>> On Sat, Apr 13, 2019 at
10:46 AM Jaskirat Singh <[9]<br>
>> <a
href="mailto:juskirat2000@gmail.com"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">juskirat2000@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Hi Vipul,<br>
>><br>
>> This sounds really good.
I really appreciate you both for<br>
>> representing Sugar labs
at PyCon.<br>
>><br>
>> Well, I proposed
somewhat same thing like Organising Sugar<br>
>> Summits in various
countries, I am still in the middle of<br>
>> it to draft my proposal
for the same. So once its done I<br>
>> will share here.<br>
>> And I think this is a
good opportunity as well for us to<br>
>> represent Sugar Labs at
such a great platform.<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks<br>
>><br>
>> On Sat, 13 Apr 2019,
10:32 am Vipul Gupta <[10]<br>
>> <a
href="mailto:vipulgupta2048@gmail.com"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
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wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Hello folks,<br>
>> At the end of 2018,
we started the Outreach works for<br>
>> Sugar Labs. At
first, we thought of sharing several<br>
>> accomplishments
throughout Google Code-In to keep the<br>
>> people in the loop
on various social media platforms,<br>
>> as well as sharing
experiences of Google Summer of Code<br>
>> students and their
projects held in 2018 for a positive<br>
>> impact.<br>
>><br>
>> We thought we can go
bigger and with that thought in<br>
>> mind represent Sugar
Labs on larger platforms in front<br>
>> of communities. I
proposed PyCon to be a great choice<br>
>> for the same.
Considering OLPC represented XO laptops<br>
>> being part of PyCon
2008 (An article by [11]Tony)<br>
>> Hence, we submitted
a proposal for talks about Sugar<br>
>> Labs in the
Education Summit of PyCon Cleveland 2019,<br>
>> and I am very happy
to inform that we have in fact been<br>
>> selected. It's a
great accomplishment for us all.<br>
>><br>
>> Samson would be
representing our community at PyCon<br>
>> Cleveland. I,
unfortunately, due to my university exams<br>
>> won't be able to go.
As much as I loved drafting the<br>
>> proposal with Samson
and be would like to meet and talk<br>
>> about Sugar Labs, I
am happy that Samson has a chance<br>
>> to be at PyCon and
will do great. We are still raw in<br>
>> your efforts and
have lots to improve. Would love to<br>
>> have more
suggestions on things we should be doing, and<br>
>> also planning to
hold workshops regarding Sugar in many<br>
>> countries in the
near future.<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks,<br>
>><br>
>> Cordially,<br>
>> Vipul Gupta<br>
>>
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>> [2] mailto:<a
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>> [4] <a
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>> [5] mailto:<a
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rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">juskirat2000@gmail.com</a><br>
>> [6] mailto:<a
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>> [8] <a
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>> [9] mailto:<a
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moz-do-not-send="true">juskirat2000@gmail.com</a><br>
>> [10] mailto:<a
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moz-do-not-send="true">vipulgupta2048@gmail.com</a><br>
>> [11] <a
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rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"
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moz-do-not-send="true">https://github.com/vipulgupta2048</a><br>
>> [14] mailto:<a
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