[Sugar-devel] Sugar Outreach Plans 2019 - PyCon Cleveland
Chihurumnaya Ibiam
ibiamchihurumnaya at gmail.com
Sun Apr 21 03:15:01 EDT 2019
Hey Vipul,
I'll not be attending PyCon as my visa application was denied.
On Sat, Apr 20, 2019, 10:39 PM Vipul Gupta <vipulgupta2048 at gmail.com> 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> 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
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