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<p>Walter: Created page with &quot;= April 1 2026 Meeting = == Attending == * Devin Ulibarri (SL Inc. board) * MostlyK (SL Inc. board) * Samson Goddy (SL Inc. board) * Sumit Srivastava (SL Inc. board) * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board) * Claudia Urrea (Community Member) * Vyagh (Community Member) * Khadar Vali (Community Member) * Ashutosh Singh (Community Member) * Kavya Dhyani (Community Member) * TarunWorks (Community Member) * Parth Dagia (Community Member) * Harsha Agarwal (Community Member) * Mebin Th...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>= April 1 2026 Meeting =<br /> <br /> == Attending ==<br /> * Devin Ulibarri (SL Inc. board)<br /> * MostlyK (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Samson Goddy (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Sumit Srivastava (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Claudia Urrea (Community Member)<br /> * Vyagh (Community Member)<br /> * Khadar Vali (Community Member)<br /> * Ashutosh Singh (Community Member)<br /> * Kavya Dhyani (Community Member)<br /> * TarunWorks (Community Member)<br /> * Parth Dagia (Community Member)<br /> * Harsha Agarwal (Community Member)<br /> * Mebin Thattil (Community Member)<br /> * Kartik Tripathi (Community Member)<br /> <br /> === Absent ===<br /> * Sebastian Silva (SL Inc. board)<br /> <br /> == GSoC 2026 ==<br /> <br /> We have 386 applications.<br /> <br /> | Theme | Count |<br /> | --- | --- |<br /> | Other | 43 |<br /> | MB Release | 11 |<br /> | MB Temperament | 6 |<br /> | MB Performance | 24 |<br /> | MB Maintenance | 43 |<br /> | AI Activity Gen | 11 |<br /> | Reflection | 38 |<br /> | Sugar AI | 48 |<br /> | MB GIT | 22 |<br /> | Speak Activity | 74 |<br /> | GTK4 | 14 |<br /> | MB v4 | 16 |<br /> | Sugarizer | 36 |<br /> <br /> April 21 -- Proposal ranking due<br /> <br /> == DMP ==<br /> <br /> Sumit is setting up issues in MB for DMP (and would love some help)<br /> <br /> == AWS ==<br /> <br /> We don't have any updates. Mebin has approved of the plan that Krish made for migration. Krish was hoping for some feedback by Ibiam.</div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Next_meeting&diff=104803 2026-04-01T17:45:42Z

<p>Walter: /* Next meeting */</p> <hr /> <div>=== Next meeting===<br /> <br /> * Wednesday, 2026-04-16 at 17:00 UTC<br /> * on Matrix ([https://matrix.to/#/#sugar:matrix.org matrix.org room: Sugar])<br /> <br /> ==== Agenda items ====<br /> <br /> Standing agenda items;<br /> <br /> * pending motions from e-mail,<br /> * reports from Ombudsman,<br /> * reports from project teams, e.g. administrators of Google Code-in or Google Summer of Code,<br /> * discussion of goals,</div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2026-03-04&diff=104790 2026-03-04T21:17:43Z

<p>Walter: Created page with &quot;= March 4 2026 Meeting = == Attending == * Devin Ulibarri (SL Inc. board) * MostlyK (SL Inc. board) * Samson Goddy (SL Inc. board) * Sebastian Silva (SL Inc. board) * Sumit Srivastava (SL Inc. board) * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board) * Safwan Sayeed (community member) === Absent === == Agenda == * Election * GSoC * AWS * DMP * Systems === Election === Real quick, Safwan Sayeed sent out https://buttondown.com/sugarlabs/archive/board-election-results-announcement-three-...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>= March 4 2026 Meeting =<br /> <br /> == Attending ==<br /> * Devin Ulibarri (SL Inc. board)<br /> * MostlyK (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Samson Goddy (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Sebastian Silva (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Sumit Srivastava (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Safwan Sayeed (community member)<br /> <br /> === Absent ===<br /> <br /> == Agenda ==<br /> * Election<br /> * GSoC<br /> * AWS<br /> * DMP<br /> * Systems<br /> <br /> === Election ===<br /> <br /> Real quick, Safwan Sayeed sent out https://buttondown.com/sugarlabs/archive/board-election-results-announcement-three-new-5728/ and published https://www.sugarlabs.org/news/all/board-election-results-2026-27, which concludes the tasks from last year's election. Thank you, Safwan.<br /> <br /> === GSoC 2026 ===<br /> * The first thing is: We were selected!<br /> * Our idea list is here: https://github.com/sugarlabs/GSoC/blob/master/Ideas-2026.md<br /> * Devin reports that we continue to have enthusiastic contributors work Music Blocks. Sunday meetings have had attendance of ~20 each meeting.<br /> * Krish reports that around 8-10 people met today re GTK4.<br /> * If anyone has questions about the timeline or how to apply, GSoC info is here: https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/<br /> <br /> === AWS ===<br /> * Krish reports that the plan is still to create an Issue on the Sugar-AI repo on how to port it to lambda so we can deploy it in AWS Lambda service<br /> <br /> === DMP ===<br /> <br /> Sumit reports that we are in the process of applying for DMP.<br /> <br /> === Systems ===<br /> <br /> Nothing reported.</div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Next_meeting&diff=104789 2026-03-04T21:16:32Z

<p>Walter: /* Next meeting */</p> <hr /> <div>=== Next meeting===<br /> <br /> * Wednesday, 2026-03-18 at 17:00 UTC<br /> * on Matrix ([https://matrix.to/#/#sugar:matrix.org matrix.org room: Sugar])<br /> <br /> ==== Agenda items ====<br /> <br /> Standing agenda items;<br /> <br /> * pending motions from e-mail,<br /> * reports from Ombudsman,<br /> * reports from project teams, e.g. administrators of Google Code-in or Google Summer of Code,<br /> * discussion of goals,</div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2026-02-18&diff=104785 2026-02-18T17:49:44Z

<p>Walter: Created page with &quot;= Feb 18 2026 Meeting = == Attending == * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board) * Sumit Srivastava (SL Inc. board) * Krish Pandya (MostlyK) (SL Inc. board) * Om Santosh Suneri (community member) * Mebin Thattil (community member) * Vyagh (community member) === Absent === * Devin Ulibarri (SL Inc. board) * Sebastian Silva (SL Inc. board) * Samson Goddy (SL In. board) == Agenda == * GSoC * AWS * Systems * Other === GSoC === * We should hear within 24 hours if Sugar Labs has be...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>= Feb 18 2026 Meeting =<br /> <br /> == Attending ==<br /> * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Sumit Srivastava (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Krish Pandya (MostlyK) (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Om Santosh Suneri (community member)<br /> * Mebin Thattil (community member)<br /> * Vyagh (community member)<br /> <br /> === Absent ===<br /> * Devin Ulibarri (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Sebastian Silva (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Samson Goddy (SL In. board)<br /> <br /> == Agenda ==<br /> * GSoC<br /> * AWS<br /> * Systems<br /> * Other<br /> <br /> === GSoC ===<br /> * We should hear within 24 hours if Sugar Labs has been accepted.<br /> * We have a solid group of mentors<br /> * Walter will add Sumit and Om Santosh as admins if/when we are accepted.<br /> * We welcome more ideas on the [ideas page](https://github.com/sugarlabs/GSoC/blob/master/Ideas-2026.md).<br /> <br /> === AWS ===<br /> * MostlyK and Mebin are working on a Lambda solution, which will be much more cost efficient<br /> * Sumit et al. suggest we move to open models.<br /> <br /> === Systems ===<br /> * Walter reported to Ibiam that email to sugarlabs.org is bouncing.<br /> <br /> === Other ===<br /> * Sumit raised the topics of DMP and SLSoC.<br /> * Walter volunteered to help find funds if we surface strong candidates</div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Next_meeting&diff=104784 2026-02-18T17:49:17Z

<p>Walter: /* Next meeting */</p> <hr /> <div>=== Next meeting===<br /> <br /> * Wednesday, 2026-03-04 at 17:00 UTC<br /> * on Matrix ([https://matrix.to/#/#sugar:matrix.org matrix.org room: Sugar])<br /> <br /> ==== Agenda items ====<br /> <br /> Standing agenda items;<br /> <br /> * pending motions from e-mail,<br /> * reports from Ombudsman,<br /> * reports from project teams, e.g. administrators of Google Code-in or Google Summer of Code,<br /> * discussion of goals,</div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2026-02-04&diff=104779 2026-02-04T18:01:39Z

<p>Walter: /* Feb 4 2026 Meeting */</p> <hr /> <div>= Feb 4 2026 Meeting =<br /> <br /> == Attending ==<br /> * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Sumit Srivastava (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Krish Pandya (MostlyK) (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Devin Ulibarri (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Sebastian Silva (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Samson Goddy (SL In. board)<br /> * Om Santosh Suneri (community member)<br /> * Mebin Thattil (community member)<br /> * Safwan Sayeed (community member)<br /> * Vanshikaa Pahal (community member)<br /> * Diwangshu Kakoty (community member)<br /> * Ibiam (community member)<br /> <br /> == Agenda ==<br /> * Welcoming our newest board member<br /> * GSoC 2026<br /> * AWS updates<br /> * SL infra updates<br /> <br /> === Welcome ===<br /> Warm welcome to Krish and welcome back to Samson and Walter. Claudia will continue in her role as treasurer.<br /> <br /> === GSoC 2026 ===<br /> We submitted out application. Mentors are encouraged to flesh out our [Ideas list](https://github.com/sugarlabs/GSoC/blob/master/Ideas-2026.md)<br /> <br /> === AWS updates and discussion ===<br /> * Devin reapplied, and we received new credits that are already active in our account.<br /> * We need to do some management, either with lambda or some other schema such that we are not leaving the service running all the time.<br /> * ACTION: Krish will lead a team that will make recommendations at the next meeting.<br /> <br /> === SL infra updates ===<br /> * Ibiam is working on updating Mailman<br /> * Ibiam is working on our weblate configuration</div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2026-02-04&diff=104778 2026-02-04T18:00:50Z

<p>Walter: Created page with &quot;= Feb 4 2026 Meeting = == Attending == * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board) * Sumit Srivastava (SL Inc. board) * Krish Pandya (MostlyK) (SL Inc. board) * Devin Ulibarri (SL Inc. board) * Sebastian Silva (SL Inc. board) * Om Santosh Suneri (community member) * Mebin Thattil (community member) * Safwan Sayeed (community member) * Vanshikaa Pahal (community member) * Diwangshu Kakoty (community member) * Ibiam (community member) === Absent === * Samson Goddy (SL In. board) ==...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>= Feb 4 2026 Meeting =<br /> <br /> == Attending ==<br /> * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Sumit Srivastava (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Krish Pandya (MostlyK) (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Devin Ulibarri (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Sebastian Silva (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Om Santosh Suneri (community member)<br /> * Mebin Thattil (community member)<br /> * Safwan Sayeed (community member)<br /> * Vanshikaa Pahal (community member)<br /> * Diwangshu Kakoty (community member)<br /> * Ibiam (community member)<br /> <br /> === Absent ===<br /> * Samson Goddy (SL In. board)<br /> <br /> == Agenda ==<br /> * Welcoming our newest board member<br /> * GSoC 2026<br /> * AWS updates<br /> * SL infra updates<br /> <br /> === Welcome ===<br /> Warm welcome to Krish and welcome back to Samson and Walter. Claudia will continue in her role as treasurer.<br /> <br /> === GSoC 2026 ===<br /> We submitted out application. Mentors are encouraged to flesh out our [Ideas list](https://github.com/sugarlabs/GSoC/blob/master/Ideas-2026.md)<br /> <br /> === AWS updates and discussion ===<br /> * Devin reapplied, and we received new credits that are already active in our account.<br /> * We need to do some management, either with lambda or some other schema such that we are not leaving the service running all the time.<br /> * ACTION: Krish will lead a team that will make recommendations at the next meeting.<br /> <br /> === SL infra updates ===<br /> * Ibiam is working on updating Mailman<br /> * Ibiam is working on our weblate configuration</div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Next_meeting&diff=104777 2026-02-04T18:00:08Z

<p>Walter: /* Next meeting */</p> <hr /> <div>=== Next meeting===<br /> <br /> * Wednesday, 2026-02-18 at 17:00 UTC<br /> * on Matrix ([https://matrix.to/#/#sugar:matrix.org matrix.org room: Sugar])<br /> <br /> ==== Agenda items ====<br /> <br /> Standing agenda items;<br /> <br /> * pending motions from e-mail,<br /> * reports from Ombudsman,<br /> * reports from project teams, e.g. administrators of Google Code-in or Google Summer of Code,<br /> * discussion of goals,</div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Next_meeting&diff=104761 2026-01-21T17:54:00Z

<p>Walter: /* Next meeting */</p> <hr /> <div>=== Next meeting===<br /> <br /> * Wednesday, 2026-02-04 at 17:00 UTC<br /> * on Matrix ([https://matrix.to/#/#sugar:matrix.org matrix.org room: Sugar])<br /> <br /> ==== Agenda items ====<br /> <br /> Standing agenda items;<br /> <br /> * pending motions from e-mail,<br /> * reports from Ombudsman,<br /> * reports from project teams, e.g. administrators of Google Code-in or Google Summer of Code,<br /> * discussion of goals,</div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2026-01-21&diff=104760 2026-01-21T17:52:53Z

<p>Walter: Created page with &quot;= Jan 21 2026 Meeting = == Attending == * Claudia Urrea (SL Inc. board) * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board) * Sumit Srivastava (SL Inc. board) * Krish Pandya (MostlyK) (SL Inc. board) * Ibiam (community member) === Absent === * Samson Goddy (SL In. board) * Devin Ulibarri (SL Inc. board) * Sebastian Silva (SL Inc. board) == Agenda == * Welcoming our newest board member * GSoC 2026 * AI policy * Other === Welcome to Krish === Our newest board member is Krish Pandya. He...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>= Jan 21 2026 Meeting =<br /> <br /> == Attending ==<br /> * Claudia Urrea (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Sumit Srivastava (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Krish Pandya (MostlyK) (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Ibiam (community member)<br /> <br /> === Absent ===<br /> * Samson Goddy (SL In. board)<br /> * Devin Ulibarri (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Sebastian Silva (SL Inc. board)<br /> <br /> == Agenda ==<br /> <br /> * Welcoming our newest board member<br /> * GSoC 2026<br /> * AI policy<br /> * Other<br /> <br /> === Welcome to Krish ===<br /> <br /> Our newest board member is Krish Pandya. He has been leading the GTK4 transition efforts and has made numerous contributes to our AI infrastructure.<br /> <br /> === GSoC ===<br /> <br /> We are registered as an Org for 2026. Now we need to flesh out our [Project Ideas](https://github.com/sugarlabs/GSoC/blob/master/Ideas-2026.md)<br /> <br /> We are interested in both maintenence (we have many outstanding needs) and new features (Google is especially interested in AI). Let's present a well-rounded collection of ideas.<br /> <br /> === AI policy ===<br /> <br /> Here is the Google memo re AI contributions: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jglptdn_DovOxjwuhzORn3QhYoeBcToS7ymk3IIWHKY/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.ib59d98mnz6q<br /> <br /> Sumit and Krish wrote an AI policy for our [Contributors Guide](https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-docs/blob/master/src/contributing.md)<br /> <br /> If you use AI to generate code for a pull request, you must include the prompts and the full conversation history from the AI tool (such as Claude Code, Codex, or GitHub Copilot etc). Including this information will help us understand your approach to solving the problem and facilitate a faster and more effective review of your pull request. It also allows us to provide more detailed feedback on how to improve your contribution.<br /> <br /> === Other ===<br /> <br /> Next meeting, when Devin is back, we can brainstorm ideas for 2026 beyond GSoC.<br /> * Ibiam has been surfacing some fund-raising ideas<br /> * Devin and I had talked about a MB day of some sort<br /> <br /> Also note that Devin has been working on getting us more AWS credits (with help from Ibiam and MostlyK)</div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2026-01-07&diff=104754 2026-01-07T18:10:44Z

<p>Walter: Created page with &quot;= Jan 07 2026 Meeting = == Attending == * Devin Ulibarri (SL Inc. board) * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board) * Samson Goddy (SL In. board) * Sumit Srivastava (SL Inc. board) * Safwan Sayeed (community member) * Om Santosh Suneri (community member) * Mebin Thattil (community member) == Absent == * Claudia Urrea (SL Inc. board) * Sebastian Silva (SL Inc. board) == Agenda == * Elections * Infrastructure/AWS * GSoC mentoring and planning === Elections === * https://wiki.suga...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>= Jan 07 2026 Meeting =<br /> <br /> == Attending ==<br /> * Devin Ulibarri (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Samson Goddy (SL In. board)<br /> * Sumit Srivastava (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Safwan Sayeed (community member)<br /> * Om Santosh Suneri (community member)<br /> * Mebin Thattil (community member)<br /> <br /> == Absent ==<br /> * Claudia Urrea (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Sebastian Silva (SL Inc. board)<br /> <br /> == Agenda ==<br /> * Elections<br /> * Infrastructure/AWS<br /> * GSoC mentoring and planning<br /> <br /> === Elections ===<br /> * https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2026-2027-candidates<br /> * Voting and candidacy eligibility is detailed here: https://www.sugarlabs.org/news/all/elections-extension-december-2025 (with additional links to our bylaws).<br /> * Makho and Elvis are not community members, and hence, not eligible to run for board positions.<br /> * Om Santosh made a motion that we remove Makho and Elvis from the ballot. Seconded by Sumit. Motion passed: 4-0-2.<br /> <br /> === Infrastructure/AWS ===<br /> * Ibiam will be moving lists.sl.o to point to the new service<br /> * Ibiam sorted out an issue with sudo on Sunjammer<br /> * MB v3.7.0 was released (and includes widgets that use AI services)<br /> * Devin will apply for some more credits, but he has a request: Please, please, please:&lt;br/&gt;- think about what we need them for&lt;br/&gt;- think about how many credits our planned use will cost&lt;br/&gt;- think about the benefit of using those&lt;br/&gt;- discuss amongst each other and review&lt;br/&gt;- send to me an agreed upon number with some details for how you plan to use them by Jan 15.<br /> <br /> === GSoC mentoring and planning ===<br /> * Last year's interns are encouraged to mentor.<br /> * https://forms.gle/JfqnRqBVww5Bh22J9 &lt;-- mentor application form<br /> * Om Santosh will set up the Ideas page for 2026 -- we need to start populating it.<br /> * Walter will begin the application process once it is live. He'll invite Sumit and Om Santosh to be co-admins.</div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Next_meeting&diff=104753 2026-01-07T18:09:35Z

<p>Walter: /* Next meeting */</p> <hr /> <div>=== Next meeting===<br /> <br /> * Wednesday, 2026-01-21 at 17:00 UTC<br /> * on Matrix ([https://matrix.to/#/#sugar:matrix.org matrix.org room: Sugar])<br /> <br /> ==== Agenda items ====<br /> <br /> Standing agenda items;<br /> <br /> * pending motions from e-mail,<br /> * reports from Ombudsman,<br /> * reports from project teams, e.g. administrators of Google Code-in or Google Summer of Code,<br /> * discussion of goals,</div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/2026-2027-candidates/Candidate_Name&diff=104740 2025-12-17T20:01:52Z

<p>Walter: </p> <hr /> <div>Candidates<br /> <br /> 1. Makho Mashoba<br /> <br /> I, Makho Mashoba, seek election to the Board of Directors of Sugar Labs because I believe every child deserves access to the tools that will define their future—especially artificial intelligence. My career has been rooted in building AI systems that make complex information accessible, intuitive, and empowering. From developing data-intensive analytics platforms to leading engineering teams, I’ve seen firsthand how technology can unlock understanding when designed with compassion and curiosity at its core.<br /> <br /> My commitment to children’s learning predates my work in technology. Before entering AI, I spent years working in daycares and volunteering with youth programs. Those experiences shaped my belief that children are naturally inventive thinkers—they simply need environments that nurture exploration. Sugar Labs embodies this philosophy, and I want to help extend that mission globally.<br /> <br /> Today, AI is becoming a universal language. If children—regardless of geography, income, or circumstance—can learn to create with AI rather than merely consume it, we give them agency in a rapidly changing world. I want to bring my expertise in AI, open-source development, and educational innovation to Sugar Labs to help build tools, curricula, and community partnerships that make this possible.<br /> <br /> I am committed to helping Sugar Labs empower the next generation of thinkers, builders, and dreamers. With a foundation in early childhood work, a career in advanced technology, and a passion for global youth empowerment, I hope to serve as a bridge between what children imagine and what they can create.<br /> <br /> <br /> 2. Elvis Udaigwe<br /> <br /> I, Elvis Udaigwe, am applying to join the Board of Directors of Sugar Labs because I am passionate about empowering children through technology and hands-on learning. From a young age, I was curious and eager to learn, and the opportunities I had to explore technology shaped my path. Those experiences allowed me to gain skills in software development, work as a web developer and data analyst, and eventually mentor others in technology.<br /> <br /> Through mentoring young Africans in the Google Africa Developer Scholarship program, I have seen how access to the right tools, guidance, and encouragement can transform curiosity into real skills and confidence. I want to bring that same impact to children worldwide, helping them explore, create, and learn in ways that go beyond traditional education.<br /> <br /> As a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), I have led projects from start to finish, developed strategies, launched initiatives, and worked closely with stakeholders to achieve results. My experience as a data analyst has helped me turn information into insights that support smart decision-making, a skill I see as useful for guiding Sugar Labs’ programs and growth.<br /> <br /> I have also built multiple Generative AI agents and explored ways technology can enhance creativity and learning. I see a strong alignment between my experience and Sugar Labs’ mission to provide children with open-source tools to experiment, collaborate, and grow.<br /> <br /> Joining Sugar Labs’ board would allow me to contribute my experience in technology, software development, mentorship, and AI to help expand programs, build community partnerships, and ensure that children everywhere have the opportunity to develop the skills and confidence to shape their futures.<br /> <br /> 3. Walter Bender<br /> <br /> While I would love to see some of the newer contributors join the ranks of our oversight board, I also think it is important to have some continuity -- to help ground Sugar Labs to the pedagogy that motivated its founding in 2008. I continue to learn as a member of this learning organization and, while some family issues have precluded my full engagement over the past few months, things are looking up for 2026/2027.<br /> <br /> I will focus on supporting and expanding the opportunities we provide for mentorship; more outreach -- perhaps the first ever Sugar/Music Blocks &quot;DemoScene&quot;; and help move our technical stack into the 2020s.</div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Next_meeting&diff=104739 2025-12-17T19:49:57Z

<p>Walter: /* Next meeting */</p> <hr /> <div>=== Next meeting===<br /> <br /> * Wednesday, 2026-01-07 at 17:00 UTC<br /> * on Matrix ([https://matrix.to/#/#sugar:matrix.org matrix.org room: Sugar])<br /> <br /> ==== Agenda items ====<br /> <br /> Standing agenda items;<br /> <br /> * pending motions from e-mail,<br /> * reports from Ombudsman,<br /> * reports from project teams, e.g. administrators of Google Code-in or Google Summer of Code,<br /> * discussion of goals,</div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2025-12-17&diff=104738 2025-12-17T19:49:02Z

<p>Walter: Created page with &quot;= Dec 17 2025 Meeting = == Attending == * Devin Ulibarri (SL Inc. board) * Samson Goddy (SL In. board) * Sumit Srivastava (SL Inc. board) * Safwan Sayeed (community member) * suryaansh (community member) * MostlyK (community member) == Absent == * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board) * Claudia Urrea (SL Inc. board) * Sebastian Silva (SL Inc. board) == Agenda == * Election report by myself and Safwan * Any end-of-the-year work * AWS and infrastructure * Let&#039;s talk about our m...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>= Dec 17 2025 Meeting =<br /> <br /> == Attending ==<br /> * Devin Ulibarri (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Samson Goddy (SL In. board)<br /> * Sumit Srivastava (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Safwan Sayeed (community member)<br /> * suryaansh (community member)<br /> * MostlyK (community member)<br /> <br /> == Absent ==<br /> * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Claudia Urrea (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Sebastian Silva (SL Inc. board)<br /> <br /> == Agenda ==<br /> * Election report by myself and Safwan<br /> * Any end-of-the-year work<br /> * AWS and infrastructure<br /> * Let's talk about our meeting time<br /> * Anything else<br /> <br /> === Election report ===<br /> * See https://www.sugarlabs.org/news/community-news/fall-board-elections-2025-how-to-participate<br /> * It looks like we received 15 applicants to vote in the election.<br /> * However, we have any candidates at this time.<br /> * Candidates are suppose to add themselves here: https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2026-2027-candidates<br /> <br /> === Any end-of-the-year work ===<br /> * The Sweet Spot newsletter was sent out: https://www.sugarlabs.org/news/community-news/2025-12-16-sweet-spot-004<br /> * We welcome any reflections on work done this year. You can propose an article to the website by creating a post in https://github.com/sugarlabs/www-v2<br /> <br /> === AWS and infrastructure ===<br /> * The rationale for the credits Devin requested was to test GSoC projects -- specifically GSoC/DMP/SSoC -- because the concern was that the contributors needed to be able to test their work in order to best understand their work.<br /> * bedrock access gateway would still support all the latest models without any: https://github.com/sum2it/bedrock-access-gateway<br /> * ai.sugarlabs.org gives out access to contributors on using the Sugar-AI API key which will infer the model on our AWS server, it acts like any other LLM service provider but here we are the one hosting LLM on our AWS provided GPU.<br /> * There is a sugar-ai activity which can query using this service and acts like an activity, most contributors this Summer worked with Gemini End-Points and added Sugar Endpoints for testing too, so we know it works.<br /> * If we get an LLM service provider like Google, Anthropic, OpenAI, we will be happy to swift our end-points to access from their service and Sugar-AI keeps running, so anything tested on Sugar-AI remains functional and we have 2 amazing things.<br /> <br /> === &quot;Let's talk about our meeting time&quot; ===<br /> * We agree to (1) skip 12/24 and 1/7 and (2) communicate async for anything urgent until we meet again 1/7<br /> <br /> === Other ===<br /> * Special acknowledgement to Krish for presenting at GNOME Asia: https://www.youtube.com/live/WZ63lQ-DsOA?t=4h5m18s<br /> * Source for slide deck: https://github.com/MostlyKIGuess/gnome-asia-talk</div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2025-12-03&diff=104733 2025-12-03T18:55:54Z

<p>Walter: Created page with &quot;= December 3 2025 Meeting = == Attending == * Devin Ulibarri (SL Inc. board) * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board) * Sebastian Silva (SL Inc. board) * Sumit Srivastava (SL Inc. board) * Safwan Sayeed (community member) * MostlyK (community member) * Mebin Thattil (community member) * Ibiam (community member) === Absent === * Samson Goddy (SL In. board) * Claudia Urrea (SL Inc. board) == Agenda == * Elections report * AWS report * Sugar Systems Report * Plans for next year...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>= December 3 2025 Meeting =<br /> <br /> == Attending ==<br /> <br /> * Devin Ulibarri (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Sebastian Silva (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Sumit Srivastava (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Safwan Sayeed (community member)<br /> * MostlyK (community member)<br /> * Mebin Thattil (community member)<br /> * Ibiam (community member)<br /> <br /> === Absent ===<br /> * Samson Goddy (SL In. board)<br /> * Claudia Urrea (SL Inc. board)<br /> <br /> == Agenda ==<br /> <br /> * Elections report<br /> * AWS report<br /> * Sugar Systems Report<br /> * Plans for next year?<br /> * Anything else?<br /> <br /> === Elections ===<br /> <br /> Devin and Safwan were able to publish the application and the announcement: https://forms.gle/2F5PjLHZpzPq2ssL7<br /> <br /> As a reminder, we use ranked voting for our elections: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yd6rLfd7SrrHAPVQnLPpJUr01LBHe_sI6HdcGl0vW_I/edit?tab=t.0<br /> <br /> === AWS ===<br /> <br /> AWS is asking us to reapply for Open Source Credits in January, which is right around the corner.<br /> <br /> Action: Devin will apply for more credits. MostlyK and Mebin will help prepare a report of what we have been doing in support of the application.<br /> <br /> === Sugar Systems ===<br /> <br /> Devin will meet with Bernie to discuss DNS configuration and support going forward.<br /> <br /> === 2026 planning ===<br /> <br /> * More on-line seminars<br /> * More alumni mentors for GSoC, DMP, and SSoC<br /> * Maybe an International MB Day? Or a competition for the best MB project? Similar ideas for other Sugar activities? Best Sugar story? Best Physics project?<br /> <br /> Action: Devin to apply for a MCC grant for MB Day.<br /> <br /> === Other ===<br /> <br /> Book recommendation: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6918930-confessions-of-a-public-speaker<br /> <br /> We should push for some end-of-year gifts to Sugar Labs: https://www.every.org/sugar-labs<br /> <br /> MostlyK is giving a talk on his GTK4 work on December 13.</div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Next_meeting&diff=104732 2025-12-03T18:55:00Z

<p>Walter: /* Next meeting */</p> <hr /> <div>=== Next meeting===<br /> <br /> * Wednesday, 2025-12-10 at 17:00 UTC, (per agreed motion 2020-06, &quot;meet every two weeks&quot;),<br /> * on Matrix ([https://matrix.to/#/#sugar:matrix.org matrix.org room: Sugar])<br /> <br /> ==== Agenda items ====<br /> <br /> Standing agenda items;<br /> <br /> * pending motions from e-mail,<br /> * reports from Ombudsman,<br /> * reports from project teams, e.g. administrators of Google Code-in or Google Summer of Code,<br /> * discussion of goals,</div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2025-10-29&diff=104721 2025-10-29T17:51:11Z

<p>Walter: /* Elections */</p> <hr /> <div>= Oct 29 2025 Meeting =<br /> <br /> == Attending ==<br /> * Devin Ulibarri (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Claudia Urrea (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Sumit Srivastava (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Sebastian Silva (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Safwan Sayeed (community member)<br /> * suryaansh (community member)<br /> <br /> == Absent ==<br /> * Samson Goddy (SL In. board)<br /> <br /> == Agenda ==<br /> * GSoC+DMP: What's the best way to onboard contributors to mentor for GSoC 2026?<br /> * Elections<br /> * Any events this fall?<br /> * Anything else?<br /> <br /> === GSoC+DMP: What's the best way to onboard contributors to mentor for GSoC 2026? ===<br /> <br /> Devin observed that we don't really have a rigorous system, but he thinks people are wanting something to help them feel that they are in and committed.<br /> <br /> Sumit suggests that we dm all of them personally and request them to mentor.<br /> <br /> What needs to be communicated is just very basic, like what are expectations around communication, scheduling meetings, code review, what to do if a contributor becomes non- or less- responsive, etc.<br /> <br /> Sumit created a wiki page to capture ideas: https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Mentoring<br /> <br /> === Elections ===<br /> <br /> Safwan Sayeed: Is working with Devin on elections. Here's a draft of the announcement: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UaXW27Aj1xZ3inCB1aShhI4NRFMqTa6XoDizDh86a2w/edit?tab=t.0<br /> <br /> === Fall events ===<br /> <br /> Walter will be attending a meeting with some edu researchers in Chile that I am trying to schedule with Devin (and Claudia is she is available) and a roundtable on innovation and AI in higher ed.<br /> <br /> MostlyK will be representing SL at the GTK summit.<br /> <br /> Walter will ask the DMP organizers about representation at their fall summit (https://dpgdialogues.com/).</div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2025-10-29&diff=104720 2025-10-29T17:50:32Z

<p>Walter: Created page with &quot;= Oct 29 2025 Meeting = == Attending == * Devin Ulibarri (SL Inc. board) * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board) * Claudia Urrea (SL Inc. board) * Sumit Srivastava (SL Inc. board) * Sebastian Silva (SL Inc. board) * Safwan Sayeed (community member) * suryaansh (community member) == Absent == * Samson Goddy (SL In. board) == Agenda == * GSoC+DMP: What&#039;s the best way to onboard contributors to mentor for GSoC 2026? * Elections * Any events this fall? * Anything else? === GSoC+...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>= Oct 29 2025 Meeting =<br /> <br /> == Attending ==<br /> * Devin Ulibarri (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Claudia Urrea (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Sumit Srivastava (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Sebastian Silva (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Safwan Sayeed (community member)<br /> * suryaansh (community member)<br /> <br /> == Absent ==<br /> * Samson Goddy (SL In. board)<br /> <br /> == Agenda ==<br /> * GSoC+DMP: What's the best way to onboard contributors to mentor for GSoC 2026?<br /> * Elections<br /> * Any events this fall?<br /> * Anything else?<br /> <br /> === GSoC+DMP: What's the best way to onboard contributors to mentor for GSoC 2026? ===<br /> <br /> Devin observed that we don't really have a rigorous system, but he thinks people are wanting something to help them feel that they are in and committed.<br /> <br /> Sumit suggests that we dm all of them personally and request them to mentor.<br /> <br /> What needs to be communicated is just very basic, like what are expectations around communication, scheduling meetings, code review, what to do if a contributor becomes non- or less- responsive, etc.<br /> <br /> Sumit created a wiki page to capture ideas: https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Mentoring<br /> <br /> === Elections ===<br /> <br /> Safwan Sayeed: Is working with me on elections. Here's a draft of the announcement: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UaXW27Aj1xZ3inCB1aShhI4NRFMqTa6XoDizDh86a2w/edit?tab=t.0<br /> <br /> === Fall events ===<br /> <br /> Walter will be attending a meeting with some edu researchers in Chile that I am trying to schedule with Devin (and Claudia is she is available) and a roundtable on innovation and AI in higher ed.<br /> <br /> MostlyK will be representing SL at the GTK summit.<br /> <br /> Walter will ask the DMP organizers about representation at their fall summit (https://dpgdialogues.com/).</div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Next_meeting&diff=104719 2025-10-29T17:49:23Z

<p>Walter: /* Next meeting */</p> <hr /> <div>=== Next meeting===<br /> <br /> * Wednesday, 2025-11-12 at 17:00 UTC, (per agreed motion 2020-06, &quot;meet every two weeks&quot;),<br /> * on Matrix ([https://matrix.to/#/#sugar:matrix.org matrix.org room: Sugar])<br /> <br /> ==== Agenda items ====<br /> <br /> Standing agenda items;<br /> <br /> * pending motions from e-mail,<br /> * reports from Ombudsman,<br /> * reports from project teams, e.g. administrators of Google Code-in or Google Summer of Code,<br /> * discussion of goals,</div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2025-10-15&diff=104713 2025-10-15T18:49:20Z

<p>Walter: Created page with &quot;= Oct 15 2025 Meeting = == Attending == * Devin Ulibarri (SL Inc. board) * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board) * Samson Goddy (SL In. board) * Sebastian Silva (SL Inc. board) * Claudia Urrea (SL Inc. board) * Krish -- MostlyK (community member) * Srevin (SL sysadmin, community member) == Absent == == Agenda == * GSoC/DMP/SSoC report * AWS and infra report * Sugar systems report (migration discussion) * Election discussion * Briefly highlight FSF40 participation * GNOME gove...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>= Oct 15 2025 Meeting =<br /> <br /> == Attending ==<br /> * Devin Ulibarri (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Samson Goddy (SL In. board)<br /> * Sebastian Silva (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Claudia Urrea (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Krish -- MostlyK (community member)<br /> * Srevin (SL sysadmin, community member)<br /> <br /> == Absent ==<br /> <br /> == Agenda ==<br /> * GSoC/DMP/SSoC report<br /> * AWS and infra report<br /> * Sugar systems report (migration discussion)<br /> * Election discussion<br /> * Briefly highlight FSF40 participation<br /> * GNOME governance<br /> <br /> === GSoC/DMP/SSoC report ===<br /> <br /> As for GSoC/DMP/SSoC, this may be the final report for board meetings this year. Devin just submitted the final SSoC and DMP evaluations.<br /> <br /> For those interested in joining any of these programs, you must prioritize meeting attendance and communication, including blog posts.<br /> <br /> Based on survey responses from GSoC/DMP/SSoC, 100% described the community as supportive and collaborative.<br /> <br /> In terms of skill growth, Non-Technical: 100% improved communication; 92% strengthened collaboration, time management, problem-solving and 67% strengthened cross-cultural teamwork.<br /> <br /> === AWS and infra report ===<br /> <br /> MostlyK: There were no unusual activities. I actually recently ( 2 days ago) ran an autoencoder just to test out latency and everything seemed fine. The unusual request for api acess have also stopped. But we should think about moving the API to gemini by asking and involving Google perhaps. Would be much cheaper.<br /> <br /> Walter will investigate some Google options.<br /> <br /> === Sugar systems report (migration discussion) ===<br /> <br /> Srev: Systems migration - so I was volunteering to do the sunjammer.sl.o to bender.sl.o migration; primarily because of the increased reports on issues on #sugar systems - mostly due to not having enough disk space (our root disk is ~50GB); I was hoping to do it this weekend, but open to discussion. <br /> <br /> I think I will perform a copy, and investigate the effort without switching any of the live services over, at temporary domain names (for example wiki.temp.sugarlabs.org - so that the normal wiki.sugarlabs.org continues to work, and see how that looks like for a week, before doing a downtime). re: downtime, yes - we can send an email on all the mailing lists (before the migration), thinking of doing a hard downtime/swap on 25/26th. <br /> <br /> https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Infrastructure_Team/Getting_Involved<br /> <br /> === Election discussion ===<br /> <br /> We should encourage people to run... some new contributors esp.<br /> <br /> For those newer to our community, the way to run is (1) become a member (details here: https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Members) and (2) announce your candidacy on the wiki, such as https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2025-2026-candidates<br /> <br /> === Releases ===<br /> Sebastian Silva asked: Do we plan a release (of Sugar desktop / suite) or is there any way that the board can help a &quot;release&quot; happen? Something to highlight recent work and remind the community we exist? Perhaps we can show our interest on the still developing GTK4 and wayland versions?<br /> <br /> Walter: We still use Fedora release cycles. Ibiam is the responsible party, with help from James.</div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Next_meeting&diff=104712 2025-10-15T18:48:18Z

<p>Walter: /* Next meeting */</p> <hr /> <div>=== Next meeting===<br /> <br /> * Wednesday, 2025-10-29 at 17:00 UTC, (per agreed motion 2020-06, &quot;meet every two weeks&quot;),<br /> * on Matrix ([https://matrix.to/#/#sugar:matrix.org matrix.org room: Sugar])<br /> <br /> ==== Agenda items ====<br /> <br /> Standing agenda items;<br /> <br /> * pending motions from e-mail,<br /> * reports from Ombudsman,<br /> * reports from project teams, e.g. administrators of Google Code-in or Google Summer of Code,<br /> * discussion of goals,</div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2025-09-17&diff=104711 2025-09-17T17:55:37Z

<p>Walter: meeting notes</p> <hr /> <div>= Sept 17 2025 Meeting =<br /> <br /> == Attending ==<br /> * Devin Ulibarri (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Samson Goddy (SL In. board)<br /> * Sebastian Silva (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Sumit Srivastava (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Krish -- MostlyK (community member)<br /> * Safwan Sayeed (community member)<br /> * Om Santosh Suneri (community member)<br /> * Ibiam (community member)<br /> <br /> == Absent ==<br /> * Claudia Urrea (SL Inc. board)<br /> <br /> == Agenda ==<br /> * GSoC/DMP/SSoC report<br /> * AWS and infra report<br /> * Election discussion<br /> * Briefly highlight FSF40 participation<br /> * GNOME governance<br /> <br /> === GSoC/DMP/SSoC Report ===<br /> * Final reports are here: https://www.sugarlabs.org/news/developer-news<br /> * Final presentations are here: https://www.youtube.com/@SugarlabsOrg-EN/streams<br /> <br /> === AWS and infra report ===<br /> MostlyK: We are on the verge of merging a CI/CD pipeline for Sugar-AI, there were some issues of API taking too long, which I have fixed by increasing the timeout from nginx server. So now that 504 would be gone. Everything else was running smoothly in AWS. I am although not sure how our credits/cost is looking or if this is sustainable. [Our current burnrate is about US$ 1500 per month.] We are also getting some weird people requesting for API for absolutely horrible description on their usage so it's good we have a system to deny API keys.<br /> Devin: Our credits:&lt;br/&gt;Total amount remaining&lt;br/&gt;$4,696.33&lt;br/&gt;Total amount used&lt;br/&gt;$1,803.67&lt;br/&gt;Expiration date of 08/31/2026<br /> All: We should reopen the investigation into the tradeoff of self-hosting models.<br /> <br /> === Election discussion ===<br /> Walter, Claudia, and Samson's positions are opening up. We need to hold a new election. (Safwan held up his hand.)<br /> <br /> Last year:<br /> * https://docs.google.com/document/d/13SCn2BS_nW2eUqYjoIILRHO7yGh2DHGKgs2sVblQwTM/edit?tab=t.0<br /> * https://bettervoting.com/<br /> <br /> === FSF40 participation ===<br /> * Devin will represent us at https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf40-foundation-panel<br /> * Mostlyk applied to GNOME Asia to talk about the GTK4 port.<br /> * Walter will attend an event at the National Children's Museum in DC on AI and learning.<br /> <br /> === Governance ===<br /> See https://discourse.gnome.org/t/rfc-governance/30738<br /> <br /> MostlyK: GNOME's past informal governance was a system of &quot;project fiefdoms,&quot; where individual maintainers had immense authority over their respective codebases. While this allowed for quick, independent development in the project's early days, it became a major liability as GNOME grew. The lack of a formal body to set project-wide priorities and resolve cross-project disagreements caused fragmentation and contributor burnout. This &quot;benevolent dictator&quot; model ultimately proved unsustainable, forcing them to seek a more scalable and collaborative structure. They are still in the process of making this change, but the motivation for it is clear: they need a way to grow without falling apart.<br /> <br /> While our project isn't the size of GNOME, we can learn from their experience to strengthen our own amazing community. Our biweekly(well now weekly) meetings and board meeting discussions are a major strength, providing a consistent forum for community consensus and communication. We've got a great foundation. <br /> <br /> To make things even better, we can adopt some of GNOME's principles to help us make decisions faster and get more done. By setting clear six-month goals for projects like they had GNOME 49 for this summer , like a focused summer of code . We can align our efforts and ensure that our discussions lead to tangible work. Empowering dedicated teams for areas like Music Blocks and the main website would allow them to make quick decisions and drive their work forward, while our broader meetings can focus on celebrating successes and guiding our collective vision for Sugar which we all anyways do.</div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Next_meeting&diff=104710 2025-09-17T17:52:15Z

<p>Walter: /* Next meeting */</p> <hr /> <div>=== Next meeting===<br /> <br /> * Wednesday, 2025-10-01 at 17:00 UTC, (per agreed motion 2020-06, &quot;meet every two weeks&quot;),<br /> * on Matrix ([https://matrix.to/#/#sugar:matrix.org matrix.org room: Sugar])<br /> <br /> ==== Agenda items ====<br /> <br /> Standing agenda items;<br /> <br /> * pending motions from e-mail,<br /> * reports from Ombudsman,<br /> * reports from project teams, e.g. administrators of Google Code-in or Google Summer of Code,<br /> * discussion of goals,</div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2025-09-03&diff=104699 2025-09-03T17:49:32Z

<p>Walter: Created page with &quot;= Sept 3 2025 Meeting = == Attending == * Devin Ulibarri (SL Inc. board) * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board) * Claudia Urrea (SL Inc. board) * Sumit Srivastava (SL Inc. board) * Krish -- MostlyK (community member) * Safwan Sayeed (community member) === Absent === * Sebastian Silva (SL Inc. board) * Samson Goddy (SL In. board) == Agenda == * GSoC/DMP/SSoC Report * AWS discussion * Infra reports === GSoC/DMP/SSoC Report === As for GSoC/DMP/SSoC, we&#039;re starting to wrap up...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>= Sept 3 2025 Meeting =<br /> <br /> == Attending ==<br /> * Devin Ulibarri (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Claudia Urrea (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Sumit Srivastava (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Krish -- MostlyK (community member)<br /> * Safwan Sayeed (community member)<br /> <br /> === Absent ===<br /> * Sebastian Silva (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Samson Goddy (SL In. board)<br /> <br /> == Agenda ==<br /> * GSoC/DMP/SSoC Report<br /> * AWS discussion<br /> * Infra reports<br /> <br /> === GSoC/DMP/SSoC Report ===<br /> <br /> As for GSoC/DMP/SSoC, we're starting to wrap up projects.<br /> <br /> Some GSoC projects were due on Monday. Mentors have a few more days to review those. Other projects have later deadlines.<br /> <br /> We've seen a lot of good work this year.<br /> <br /> This Friday, we'll be doing an hour-long presentation for those students who had the earlier, September 1 deadline.<br /> <br /> The event will be broadcast to our YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/@SugarlabsOrg-EN Subscribe to be notified about the event.<br /> <br /> === AWS discussion ===<br /> <br /> People with approved keys can test here: https://ai.sugarlabs.org/dashboard<br /> <br /> === Infra reports ===<br /> <br /> What is our post-GSoC maintenance plan? -- Safwan will continue to help.</div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Next_meeting&diff=104698 2025-09-03T17:47:55Z

<p>Walter: /* Next meeting */</p> <hr /> <div>=== Next meeting===<br /> <br /> * Wednesday, 2025-09-17 at 17:00 UTC, (per agreed motion 2020-06, &quot;meet every two weeks&quot;),<br /> * on Matrix ([https://matrix.to/#/#sugar:matrix.org matrix.org room: Sugar])<br /> <br /> ==== Agenda items ====<br /> <br /> Standing agenda items;<br /> <br /> * pending motions from e-mail,<br /> * reports from Ombudsman,<br /> * reports from project teams, e.g. administrators of Google Code-in or Google Summer of Code,<br /> * discussion of goals,</div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2025-07-09&diff=104686 2025-07-23T17:59:30Z

<p>Walter: </p> <hr /> <div>= July 9 2025 Meeting =<br /> <br /> == Attending ==<br /> <br /> * Devin Ulibarri (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Samson Goddy (SL In. board)<br /> * Sumit Srivastava (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Om Santosh Suneri (community member)<br /> * Krish Pandya (AKA MostlyK) (community member)<br /> * Mebin Thattil (community member)<br /> * Ibiam (community member)<br /> <br /> === Absent ===<br /> <br /> * Claudia Urrea (SL Inc. board)<br /> <br /> == Agenda ==<br /> <br /> * GSoC/DMP/SSoC reports<br /> * Featured GSoC/DMP/SSoC project(s)<br /> * AWS discussion<br /> * DNS update (tech)<br /> * Sunjammer and server infra discussion<br /> * Anything else?<br /> <br /> === GSoC/DMP/SSoC reports ===<br /> <br /> * Generally positive updates re GSoC and DMP progress.<br /> * July 18 is the deadline for mid-term evaluations.<br /> * Devin has suggested that students pair up to review their blog posts before submitting.<br /> <br /> === Featured GSoC/DMP/SSoC project(s) ===<br /> <br /> https://www.sugarlabs.org/authors/aman-chadha<br /> <br /> === AWS discussion ===<br /> <br /> MostlyK and Ibiam merged Sugar-AI and tried running an instances for it but our blocker was Amazon as of now because our G spot and on-demand request got denied. AWS is not a viable long-term solution for us.<br /> Om Santosh will deploy his app on AWS.<br /> Mebin is running on Azure for the time being.<br /> Maybe we should buy a GPU? But where would we host it and who would maintain it?<br /> <br /> === Sunjammer and server infra ===<br /> <br /> * Too much down time, but we don't know why.<br /> * ACTION: We need a plan to both understand the issues and come up with a realistic path to maintenance.<br /> Tip of the hat to FSF.<br /> <br /> === DNS update ===<br /> <br /> We moved to CloudFare to increase reliable uptime.<br /> Tip of the hat to Mebin, Ibiam, and Devin.</div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2025-07-23&diff=104685 2025-07-23T17:54:14Z

<p>Walter: Created page with &quot;= July 23 2025 Meeting = == Attending == * Devin Ulibarri (SL Inc. board) * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board) * Claudia Urrea (SL Inc. board) * Sumit Srivastava (SL Inc. board) * Sebastian Silva (SL Inc. board) * Mebin Thattil (community member) * Bishoy Wadea (community member) == Agenda == * AWS update * GSoC+DMP report * Sugar Systems * FSF 40th === AWS update === * SugarAI is built in mind so that different activities which plan on using online versions of AI services...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>= July 23 2025 Meeting =<br /> <br /> == Attending ==<br /> * Devin Ulibarri (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Claudia Urrea (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Sumit Srivastava (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Sebastian Silva (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Mebin Thattil (community member)<br /> * Bishoy Wadea (community member)<br /> <br /> == Agenda ==<br /> * AWS update<br /> * GSoC+DMP report<br /> * Sugar Systems<br /> * FSF 40th<br /> <br /> === AWS update ===<br /> * SugarAI is built in mind so that different activities which plan on using online versions of AI services (like LLM responses), have a centralized place for deployment. SugarAI helps manage API keys and it's distributions. (https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-ai)<br /> * We managed to increase our service quota for G instances from 0 to 16. This means we now have the required compute to go ahead and deploy SugarAI (which will be used by a bunch of activities). <br /> * There is a concern of running out of these credits. (&quot;that's better than not using them&quot;)<br /> <br /> === GSoC+DMP report ===<br /> * The GSoC mid-term evaluations were last week. Everyone is on track.<br /> * This week are the DMP mid-term presentations. Each DMP intern is doing a presentation in front of external mentors.<br /> * We also sent feedback to our SSoC contributor.<br /> * [Mid Term Blog Posts](https://www.sugarlabs.org/tags/midterm)<br /> <br /> === Sugar Systems ===<br /> * We tried to change DNS to CloudFlare, ran into issues that were causing sugarlabs.org to be inaccessible, so we reverted to our previous status quo.<br /> * As of right now, our wiki and MB server (both hosted on Sunjammer) seem to be working.<br /> <br /> === FSF 40 ===<br /> * https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/fsf40-celebration-registration<br /> * Sugar Labs should participate in some way:<br /> ** We could have a booth or propose a session or run a workshop.<br /> ** It might be fun to have a session of FOSS and learning with Claudia and Cynthia Solomon<br /> ** Devin and Walter could do a MB workshop<br /> <br /> === phishin ===<br /> * There is an uptick in phishing attacks towards sugar emails.</div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Next_meeting&diff=104684 2025-07-23T17:53:12Z

<p>Walter: /* Next meeting */</p> <hr /> <div>=== Next meeting===<br /> <br /> * Wednesday, 2025-08-06 at 17:00 UTC, (per agreed motion 2020-06, &quot;meet every two weeks&quot;),<br /> * on Matrix ([https://matrix.to/#/#sugar:matrix.org matrix.org room: Sugar])<br /> <br /> ==== Agenda items ====<br /> <br /> Standing agenda items;<br /> <br /> * pending motions from e-mail,<br /> * reports from Ombudsman,<br /> * reports from project teams, e.g. administrators of Google Code-in or Google Summer of Code,<br /> * discussion of goals,</div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=File:Tuner.png&diff=104662 2025-06-26T11:45:07Z

<p>Walter: </p> <hr /> <div></div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2025-06-25&diff=104661 2025-06-26T11:44:52Z

<p>Walter: /* Highlights */</p> <hr /> <div>= June 25 2025 Meeting =<br /> <br /> == Attending ==<br /> * Devin Ulibarri (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Samson Goddy (SL In. board)<br /> * Sebastian Silva (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Sumit Srivastava (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Krish Pandya (AKA MostlyK) (community member)<br /> * Ibiam (community member)<br /> * Mebin Thattil (community member)<br /> <br /> === Absent ===<br /> <br /> * Claudia Urrea (SL Inc. board)<br /> <br /> == Agenda ==<br /> <br /> * GSoC+DMP report<br /> * Any project highlights?<br /> * AWS<br /> <br /> === GSoC+DMP ===<br /> Devin had feedback regarding the weekly reports (https://www.sugarlabs.org/news/developer-news):<br /> <br /> * GIT -- not creating a new branch before creating PR<br /> * GIT -- not sufficient detail in commit message<br /> * Review -- not reviewing work before raising a PR (e.g. image not loading)<br /> * Consistency -- review naming conventions we are using and adapt to those<br /> * Editing -- Check for grammar and spelling<br /> * Other -- It's nice to add some images every once in a while<br /> <br /> === Highlights ===<br /> <br /> [[file:gitBackend.png|300px]]<br /> [[file:legoComposer.png|300px]]<br /> [[file:reflection.png|300px]]<br /> [[file:GTK4.png|300px]]<br /> [[file:Tuner.png|300px]]<br /> <br /> === AWS Updates ===<br /> <br /> * Krish has updated everyone's policy from System Admin to EC2 Full Access, which will give them enough permission to launch instances for their work. (This only applies to IAM users and not root users which are the ones that were created from their own gmail and not AWS ID.)<br /> * Krish will be adding an extra policy in the EC2 Group that can he assigned to new users.<br /> * Krish kept Mebin, Sumit as System Adminstrators.<br /> * He is working on proper documentation.<br /> * Mostly we will use ml.XX, t.XX size instances and if need be G. (This will require different permissions.)<br /> * There are 2 groups: EC2 Group (with EC2 Full Access policy) and Sys Admins (with Sys Admin policy)<br /> <br /> icarito has been pondering if Sugar Desktop could be an MCP-native environment, e.g. provide hooks for &quot;agents&quot; - do any of the AI projects go in this direction?<br /> <br /> A &quot;society of agents&quot; a la Minsky would be a nice way to think about the AI projects this summer. They all are in orbit around similar goals.<br /> <br /> === Cloudflare proxy ===<br /> <br /> Sumit raised the possibility of setting up a CDN for the wiki.<br /> <br /> Mebin will investigate.<br /> <br /> === Other news ===<br /> <br /> icarito will be giving a talk &quot;Technology of Opression, Software of Liberation&quot;.</div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=File:GTK4.png&diff=104660 2025-06-26T11:42:28Z

<p>Walter: </p> <hr /> <div></div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=File:Reflection.png&diff=104659 2025-06-26T11:41:55Z

<p>Walter: </p> <hr /> <div></div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=File:LegoComposer.png&diff=104658 2025-06-26T11:41:04Z

<p>Walter: </p> <hr /> <div></div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=File:GitBackend.png&diff=104657 2025-06-26T11:39:20Z

<p>Walter: </p> <hr /> <div></div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2025-06-25&diff=104656 2025-06-26T11:31:32Z

<p>Walter: /* Highlights */</p> <hr /> <div>= June 25 2025 Meeting =<br /> <br /> == Attending ==<br /> * Devin Ulibarri (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Samson Goddy (SL In. board)<br /> * Sebastian Silva (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Sumit Srivastava (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Krish Pandya (AKA MostlyK) (community member)<br /> * Ibiam (community member)<br /> * Mebin Thattil (community member)<br /> <br /> === Absent ===<br /> <br /> * Claudia Urrea (SL Inc. board)<br /> <br /> == Agenda ==<br /> <br /> * GSoC+DMP report<br /> * Any project highlights?<br /> * AWS<br /> <br /> === GSoC+DMP ===<br /> Devin had feedback regarding the weekly reports (https://www.sugarlabs.org/news/developer-news):<br /> <br /> * GIT -- not creating a new branch before creating PR<br /> * GIT -- not sufficient detail in commit message<br /> * Review -- not reviewing work before raising a PR (e.g. image not loading)<br /> * Consistency -- review naming conventions we are using and adapt to those<br /> * Editing -- Check for grammar and spelling<br /> * Other -- It's nice to add some images every once in a while<br /> <br /> === Highlights ===<br /> <br /> [[file:gitBackend.png|300px]]<br /> [[file:legoComposer.png|300px]]<br /> [[file:reflection.png|300px]]<br /> [[file:GTK4.png|300px]]<br /> [Tuner](https://matrix.to/#/!leczFRLARMQIeUpVdG:matrix.org/$vIX9gGfa-2vhR3gQmyVWdqorIpxDdprtJjwWvVnKej8?via=matrix.org&amp;via=gitter.im&amp;via=srev.in)<br /> <br /> === AWS Updates ===<br /> <br /> * Krish has updated everyone's policy from System Admin to EC2 Full Access, which will give them enough permission to launch instances for their work. (This only applies to IAM users and not root users which are the ones that were created from their own gmail and not AWS ID.)<br /> * Krish will be adding an extra policy in the EC2 Group that can he assigned to new users.<br /> * Krish kept Mebin, Sumit as System Adminstrators.<br /> * He is working on proper documentation.<br /> * Mostly we will use ml.XX, t.XX size instances and if need be G. (This will require different permissions.)<br /> * There are 2 groups: EC2 Group (with EC2 Full Access policy) and Sys Admins (with Sys Admin policy)<br /> <br /> icarito has been pondering if Sugar Desktop could be an MCP-native environment, e.g. provide hooks for &quot;agents&quot; - do any of the AI projects go in this direction?<br /> <br /> A &quot;society of agents&quot; a la Minsky would be a nice way to think about the AI projects this summer. They all are in orbit around similar goals.<br /> <br /> === Cloudflare proxy ===<br /> <br /> Sumit raised the possibility of setting up a CDN for the wiki.<br /> <br /> Mebin will investigate.<br /> <br /> === Other news ===<br /> <br /> icarito will be giving a talk &quot;Technology of Opression, Software of Liberation&quot;.</div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=File:LegoConverter.png&diff=104655 2025-06-25T18:21:21Z

<p>Walter: </p> <hr /> <div></div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2025-06-25&diff=104654 2025-06-25T18:20:37Z

<p>Walter: </p> <hr /> <div>= June 25 2025 Meeting =<br /> <br /> == Attending ==<br /> * Devin Ulibarri (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Samson Goddy (SL In. board)<br /> * Sebastian Silva (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Sumit Srivastava (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Krish Pandya (AKA MostlyK) (community member)<br /> * Ibiam (community member)<br /> * Mebin Thattil (community member)<br /> <br /> === Absent ===<br /> <br /> * Claudia Urrea (SL Inc. board)<br /> <br /> == Agenda ==<br /> <br /> * GSoC+DMP report<br /> * Any project highlights?<br /> * AWS<br /> <br /> === GSoC+DMP ===<br /> Devin had feedback regarding the weekly reports (https://www.sugarlabs.org/news/developer-news):<br /> <br /> * GIT -- not creating a new branch before creating PR<br /> * GIT -- not sufficient detail in commit message<br /> * Review -- not reviewing work before raising a PR (e.g. image not loading)<br /> * Consistency -- review naming conventions we are using and adapt to those<br /> * Editing -- Check for grammar and spelling<br /> * Other -- It's nice to add some images every once in a while<br /> <br /> === Highlights ===<br /> <br /> [[file:gitBackend.png|300px]<br /> [[file:legoComposer.png|300px]]<br /> [[file:reflection.png|300px]]<br /> [[file:GTK4.png|300px]]<br /> [Tuner](https://matrix.to/#/!leczFRLARMQIeUpVdG:matrix.org/$vIX9gGfa-2vhR3gQmyVWdqorIpxDdprtJjwWvVnKej8?via=matrix.org&amp;via=gitter.im&amp;via=srev.in)<br /> <br /> === AWS Updates ===<br /> <br /> * Krish has updated everyone's policy from System Admin to EC2 Full Access, which will give them enough permission to launch instances for their work. (This only applies to IAM users and not root users which are the ones that were created from their own gmail and not AWS ID.)<br /> * Krish will be adding an extra policy in the EC2 Group that can he assigned to new users.<br /> * Krish kept Mebin, Sumit as System Adminstrators.<br /> * He is working on proper documentation.<br /> * Mostly we will use ml.XX, t.XX size instances and if need be G. (This will require different permissions.)<br /> * There are 2 groups: EC2 Group (with EC2 Full Access policy) and Sys Admins (with Sys Admin policy)<br /> <br /> icarito has been pondering if Sugar Desktop could be an MCP-native environment, e.g. provide hooks for &quot;agents&quot; - do any of the AI projects go in this direction?<br /> <br /> A &quot;society of agents&quot; a la Minsky would be a nice way to think about the AI projects this summer. They all are in orbit around similar goals.<br /> <br /> === Cloudflare proxy ===<br /> <br /> Sumit raised the possibility of setting up a CDN for the wiki.<br /> <br /> Mebin will investigate.<br /> <br /> === Other news ===<br /> <br /> icarito will be giving a talk &quot;Technology of Opression, Software of Liberation&quot;.</div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2025-06-25&diff=104653 2025-06-25T17:54:59Z

<p>Walter: Created page with &quot;= June 25 2025 Meeting = == Attending == * Devin Ulibarri (SL Inc. board) * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board) * Samson Goddy (SL In. board) * Sebastian Silva (SL Inc. board) * Sumit Srivastava (SL Inc. board) * Krish Pandya (AKA MostlyK) (community member) * Ibiam (community member) * Mebin Thattil (community member) === Absent === * Claudia Urrea (SL Inc. board) == Agenda == * GSoC+DMP report * Any project highlights? * AWS === GSoC+DMP === Devin had feedback regardin...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>= June 25 2025 Meeting =<br /> <br /> == Attending ==<br /> * Devin Ulibarri (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Samson Goddy (SL In. board)<br /> * Sebastian Silva (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Sumit Srivastava (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Krish Pandya (AKA MostlyK) (community member)<br /> * Ibiam (community member)<br /> * Mebin Thattil (community member)<br /> <br /> === Absent ===<br /> <br /> * Claudia Urrea (SL Inc. board)<br /> <br /> == Agenda ==<br /> <br /> * GSoC+DMP report<br /> * Any project highlights?<br /> * AWS<br /> <br /> === GSoC+DMP ===<br /> Devin had feedback regarding the weekly reports (https://www.sugarlabs.org/news/developer-news):<br /> <br /> * GIT -- not creating a new branch before creating PR<br /> * GIT -- not sufficient detail in commit message<br /> * Review -- not reviewing work before raising a PR (e.g. image not loading)<br /> * Consistency -- review naming conventions we are using and adapt to those<br /> * Editing -- Check for grammar and spelling<br /> * Other -- It's nice to add some images every once in a while<br /> <br /> === Highlights ===<br /> <br /> [git backend]()<br /> [Lego composer]()<br /> [Reflection]()<br /> [GTK4]()<br /> [Tuner](https://matrix.to/#/!leczFRLARMQIeUpVdG:matrix.org/$vIX9gGfa-2vhR3gQmyVWdqorIpxDdprtJjwWvVnKej8?via=matrix.org&amp;via=gitter.im&amp;via=srev.in)<br /> <br /> === AWS Updates ===<br /> <br /> * Krish has updated everyone's policy from System Admin to EC2 Full Access, which will give them enough permission to launch instances for their work. (This only applies to IAM users and not root users which are the ones that were created from their own gmail and not AWS ID.)<br /> * Krish will be adding an extra policy in the EC2 Group that can he assigned to new users.<br /> * Krish kept Mebin, Sumit as System Adminstrators.<br /> * He is working on proper documentation.<br /> * Mostly we will use ml.XX, t.XX size instances and if need be G. (This will require different permissions.)<br /> * There are 2 groups: EC2 Group (with EC2 Full Access policy) and Sys Admins (with Sys Admin policy)<br /> <br /> icarito has been pondering if Sugar Desktop could be an MCP-native environment, e.g. provide hooks for &quot;agents&quot; - do any of the AI projects go in this direction?<br /> <br /> A &quot;society of agents&quot; a la Minsky would be a nice way to think about the AI projects this summer. They all are in orbit around similar goals.<br /> <br /> === Cloudflare proxy ===<br /> <br /> Sumit raised the possibility of setting up a CDN for the wiki.<br /> <br /> Mebin will investigate.<br /> <br /> === Other news ===<br /> <br /> icarito will be giving a talk &quot;Technology of Opression, Software of Liberation&quot;.</div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Next_meeting&diff=104652 2025-06-25T17:54:25Z

<p>Walter: /* Next meeting */</p> <hr /> <div>=== Next meeting===<br /> <br /> * Wednesday, 2025-07-09 at 17:00 UTC, (per agreed motion 2020-06, &quot;meet every two weeks&quot;),<br /> * on Matrix ([https://matrix.to/#/#sugar:matrix.org matrix.org room: Sugar])<br /> <br /> ==== Agenda items ====<br /> <br /> Standing agenda items;<br /> <br /> * pending motions from e-mail,<br /> * reports from Ombudsman,<br /> * reports from project teams, e.g. administrators of Google Code-in or Google Summer of Code,<br /> * discussion of goals,</div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Next_meeting&diff=104651 2025-06-11T18:17:49Z

<p>Walter: /* Next meeting */</p> <hr /> <div>=== Next meeting===<br /> <br /> * Wednesday, 2025-06-25 at 17:00 UTC, (per agreed motion 2020-06, &quot;meet every two weeks&quot;),<br /> * on Matrix ([https://matrix.to/#/#sugar:matrix.org matrix.org room: Sugar])<br /> <br /> ==== Agenda items ====<br /> <br /> Standing agenda items;<br /> <br /> * pending motions from e-mail,<br /> * reports from Ombudsman,<br /> * reports from project teams, e.g. administrators of Google Code-in or Google Summer of Code,<br /> * discussion of goals,</div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Next_meeting&diff=104650 2025-06-11T18:16:56Z

<p>Walter: /* Next meeting */</p> <hr /> <div>=== Next meeting===<br /> <br /> * Wednesday, 2025-06-25 at 19:30 UTC, (per agreed motion 2020-06, &quot;meet every two weeks&quot;),<br /> * on Matrix ([https://matrix.to/#/#sugar:matrix.org matrix.org room: Sugar])<br /> <br /> ==== Agenda items ====<br /> <br /> Standing agenda items;<br /> <br /> * pending motions from e-mail,<br /> * reports from Ombudsman,<br /> * reports from project teams, e.g. administrators of Google Code-in or Google Summer of Code,<br /> * discussion of goals,</div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2025-06-11&diff=104649 2025-06-11T18:15:44Z

<p>Walter: Created page with &quot;= June 11 2025 Meeting = == Attending == * Devin Ulibarri (SL Inc. board) * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board) * Samson Goddy (SL In. board) * Sebastian Silva (SL Inc. board) * Claudia Urrea (SL Inc. board) * Om Santosh Suneri (community member) * Mebin Thattil (community member) * Safwan Sayeed (community member) * MostlyK (community member) * Muhammad Haroon (community member) == Absent == * Sumit Srivastava (SL Inc. board) == Agenda == * GSoC+DMP report by Walter and D...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>= June 11 2025 Meeting =<br /> <br /> == Attending ==<br /> * Devin Ulibarri (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Samson Goddy (SL In. board)<br /> * Sebastian Silva (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Claudia Urrea (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Om Santosh Suneri (community member)<br /> * Mebin Thattil (community member)<br /> * Safwan Sayeed (community member)<br /> * MostlyK (community member)<br /> * Muhammad Haroon (community member)<br /> <br /> == Absent ==<br /> * Sumit Srivastava (SL Inc. board)<br /> <br /> == Agenda ==<br /> <br /> * GSoC+DMP report by Walter and Devin<br /> * AWS credits and tech resources<br /> * Policy for other resources<br /> <br /> === GSoC+DMP ===<br /> <br /> We are off and running:<br /> * There is a schedule for 1-1 and group meetings and &quot;office hours&quot;<br /> * The students are writing weekly [blogs](https://www.sugarlabs.org/news/developer-news)<br /> <br /> === AWS credits and tech resources ===<br /> <br /> * Finally have the interface to AWS working for model hosting<br /> * We have some admins (MostlyK, Ibiam, Om Santosh Suneri) who can configure resources for us and one makes the request through Devin, specifying the detailed requirements and rationale<br /> * We can deploy 24x7 services, such as audio-to-MIDI conversion<br /> * We'll regularlly report -- at these meetings -- the status<br /> <br /> === Policy for other resources ===<br /> <br /> For Sugar Lab's Google Workspace:<br /> <br /> * If you're contributing actively and sustained<br /> * If you have any reason to need it (e.g. a centralized place to store photos and media of test results)<br /> <br /> Then Devin is happy to give you credentials.<br /> <br /> Devin will maintain a public list of who/why.<br /> <br /> +1 from walter, icarito, callaurrea<br /> <br /> === Ombudsman ===<br /> <br /> Just a reminder: [Sugar_Labs/Ombudsman] and [Code of Conduct](https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar-docs/blob/master/src%2FCODE_OF_CONDUCT.md)</div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2025-04-16&diff=104648 2025-06-08T14:48:42Z

<p>Walter: Created page with &quot;= April 16 2025 Meeting = == Attending == * Devin Ulibarri (SL Inc. board) * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board) * Samson Goddy (SL In. board) * Sebastian Silva (SL Inc. board) * Sumit Srivastava (SL Inc. board) * Safwan Sayeed (community member) * MostlyK (community member) * Nikhil Bhatt (community member) * Ubayed Bin Sufian (community member) * Muhammad Haroon (community member) * Ashutosh singh (community member) === Absent === * Claudia Urrea (SL Inc. board) == Agenda...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>= April 16 2025 Meeting =<br /> <br /> == Attending ==<br /> * Devin Ulibarri (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Samson Goddy (SL In. board)<br /> * Sebastian Silva (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Sumit Srivastava (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Safwan Sayeed (community member)<br /> * MostlyK (community member)<br /> * Nikhil Bhatt (community member)<br /> * Ubayed Bin Sufian (community member)<br /> * Muhammad Haroon (community member)<br /> * Ashutosh singh (community member)<br /> <br /> === Absent ===<br /> * Claudia Urrea (SL Inc. board)<br /> <br /> == Agenda ==<br /> <br /> * GSoC+DMP report by Walter and Devin<br /> * Website 2.0 by Devin and Safwan<br /> * Discuss upcoming events<br /> * Final discussion and review of DataKind survey before sending it off.<br /> <br /> === GSoC+DMP ===<br /> * 267 proposals<br /> * Devin has looked through all of them and gave all an initial grade via a rubric.<br /> * We need to recruit more mentors<br /> <br /> === Website 2.0 ===<br /> <br /> * Test site: https://v2.sugarlabs.org/<br /> * Code, issues, etc: https://github.com/sugarlabs/www-v2<br /> * Punchlist and timeline: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-TQgsztPkF_Xk6Vr9QGYngxhtC4PqpDWCYjNuzisZKk/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.94ltskvhlldp<br /> * We plan to switch over on the 23rd of April<br /> * A preview event is schedules for the 17th of April 17:00 UTC (1:00 pm EDT)<br /> <br /> === Events ===<br /> * https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1y7U1Xqbfgokzr2CDyRk9y0O1YKvPKGq5Qd-qb1pGtd8/edit?gid=0#gid=0<br /> * Walter has invited Ken Kahn re Gen-AI and Constructionism. Waiting to hear back<br /> <br /> === DataKind survey ===<br /> <br /> * Context: Over the course of the past year, Devin was asked many times for more information about our stakeholders. In order to start getting in the habit of getting feedback, Devin reached out to a nonprofit that does data science, DataKind.<br /> * We are planning three surveys to start. We decided on surveying the college-age contributor cohort first, partly because Devin thinks that's the easiest for us to do logistically at this time.<br /> * https://forms.gle/Dav8BmPnjh77ZRuBA<br /> * Devin will send the survey by email to sugar-devel and our newsletter list, as well as post on Matrix</div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2025-04-02&diff=104647 2025-06-08T14:48:13Z

<p>Walter: Created page with &quot;= April 02 2025 Meeting = == Attending == * Devin Ulibarri (SL executive director) * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board) * Sumit Srivastava (SL Inc. board) * Sebastian Silva (SL Inc. board) * Samson Goddy (SL In. board) * Claudia Urrea (SL Inc. board) * MostlyK (community member) * Ajeet (community member) * Ibiam (community member) === Absent === == Agenda == Agenda: * GSoC+DMP report by Walter and Devin * Website 2.0 by Devin * Discussion about an (online) event on Apri...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>= April 02 2025 Meeting =<br /> <br /> == Attending ==<br /> * Devin Ulibarri (SL executive director)<br /> * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Sumit Srivastava (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Sebastian Silva (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Samson Goddy (SL In. board)<br /> * Claudia Urrea (SL Inc. board)<br /> * MostlyK (community member)<br /> * Ajeet (community member)<br /> * Ibiam (community member)<br /> <br /> === Absent ===<br /> <br /> == Agenda ==<br /> <br /> Agenda:<br /> <br /> * GSoC+DMP report by Walter and Devin<br /> * Website 2.0 by Devin<br /> * Discussion about an (online) event on April 25 to launch the website<br /> * Discuss summer events: Schedule: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1y7U1Xqbfgokzr2CDyRk9y0O1YKvPKGq5Qd-qb1pGtd8/edit?gid=0#gid=0<br /> * Planning for an online member meetup<br /> <br /> === GSoC+DMP ===<br /> <br /> * 70 proposals submitted as of 2025-04-02<br /> * MostlyK has written a proposal reviewer: https://gsocreviewer.streamlit.app/<br /> <br /> === Website 2.0 ===<br /> <br /> * Safwan Sayeed and Devin created a punchlist to go through. They'll do a few iterations of this, with the goal of launching the website on April 25<br /> * Launch party! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v76Mw9wqO6E The Sugar Labs community has come together to create a revamped version of our website...<br /> * Devin will send an invite for a group review of the new website for next week.<br /> <br /> === Summer Events ===<br /> <br /> * summer events -- Schedule: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1y7U1Xqbfgokzr2CDyRk9y0O1YKvPKGq5Qd-qb1pGtd8/edit?gid=0#gid=0<br /> * Devin is looking for &quot;special guests&quot; suggestions.<br /> * Walter to invite Ken Kahn to the May 16 Gen-AI in education event.<br /> * Claudia suggested Hal Abelson<br /> * Sumit suggested ALan Kay<br /> <br /> === SL Contributor Meetup ===<br /> <br /> * An online forum... It would be an opportunity to put an ear to the ground and see where everyone is at, asking some basic questions and engaging in dialogue.</div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2025-04-30&diff=104646 2025-06-08T14:47:31Z

<p>Walter: Created page with &quot;= April 30 2025 Meeting = == Attending == * Devin Ulibarri (SL Inc. board) * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board) * Sumit Srivastava (SL Inc. board) * Sebastian Silva (SL Inc. board) * Safwan Sayeed (community member) * Ajeet (community member) * MostlyK (community member) * Nikhil Bhatt (community member) * Om Santosh Suneri (community member) * Pushpit Kamboj (community member) * Khubayb (community member) * Muhammad Haroon (community member) == Absent == * Samson Goddy (S...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>= April 30 2025 Meeting =<br /> <br /> == Attending ==<br /> * Devin Ulibarri (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Sumit Srivastava (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Sebastian Silva (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Safwan Sayeed (community member)<br /> * Ajeet (community member)<br /> * MostlyK (community member)<br /> * Nikhil Bhatt (community member)<br /> * Om Santosh Suneri (community member)<br /> * Pushpit Kamboj (community member)<br /> * Khubayb (community member)<br /> * Muhammad Haroon (community member)<br /> <br /> == Absent ==<br /> <br /> * Samson Goddy (SL In. board)<br /> * Claudia Urrea (SL Inc. board)<br /> <br /> == Agenda ==<br /> <br /> * GSoC+DMP report by Walter and Devin<br /> * Website 2.0 by Devin and Safwan<br /> * Discuss upcoming events<br /> * Any feedback on the DataKind survey, especially the 2nd &quot;post&quot; survey?<br /> * Any grants we should be looking at?<br /> * Anything else?<br /> <br /> === GSoC+DMP ===<br /> * We received 268 applications.<br /> * 75 of those did not have GH accounts and ~25 were completely irrelevant.<br /> * We got a lot of good ones, of course.<br /> * May 8 is when Google announces the projects to the public.<br /> * As we don't know how many slots Google will give us, it's wise for contributors who applied to GSoC to also apply to SL through DMP.<br /> * The best way to send mentors DMP proposals for review is through the [DMP portal](https://apna.co/contests/dmp_2025)<br /> <br /> Re DMP:<br /> 1. Who funds dmp? - A combination of SL and [Code4GovTech](https://codeforgovtech.in/)<br /> 2. Who is our point of contact at DMP?<br /> 3. Is anyone else helping apart? - yes<br /> <br /> SL Certificate: We discussed issuing a SL certificate. We'll need to work out the details.<br /> <br /> === Website 2.0 ===<br /> * We had a kick off where the website was previewed, technical questions discussed.<br /> * We'll have plans for more improvements soon.<br /> * And **big** thank you to those of you who contributed. Special thanks to Safwan Sayeed and Shubham Singh for leading the development and design respectively.<br /> <br /> === Events ===<br /> * May 2 -- Kickoff to the series<br /> * May 9 -- Sugar Labs and AI: What we've already done in AI and what we are doing today.<br /> * May 16 -- Ken Kahn on AI<br /> <br /> === Grants ===<br /> Casting a wide net -- please let Devin know if you have ideas.<br /> * https://www.digitalpublicgoods.net/<br /> * https://www.unicef.org/innovation/<br /> * https://rainmatter.com/<br /> * https://floss.fund/blog/announcing-floss-fund/<br /> * https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/moss/<br /> * https://www.aria.org.uk/</div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2025-05-28&diff=104645 2025-06-08T14:46:50Z

<p>Walter: Created page with &quot;= May 28 2025 Meeting = == Attending == * Devin Ulibarri (SL Inc. board) * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board) * Sumit Srivastava (SL Inc. board) * Claudia Urrea (SL Inc. board) * Safwan Sayeed (community member) * Om Santosh Suneri (community member) * Aman Naik (community member) == Absent == * Sebastian Silva (SL Inc. board) * Samson Goddy (SL In. board) == Agenda == * GSoC+DMP report * Discuss a single-mentee pilot of &quot;Sugar Summer of Code&quot; * Final discussion for Ibiam&#039;...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>= May 28 2025 Meeting =<br /> <br /> == Attending ==<br /> * Devin Ulibarri (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Sumit Srivastava (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Claudia Urrea (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Safwan Sayeed (community member)<br /> * Om Santosh Suneri (community member)<br /> * Aman Naik (community member)<br /> <br /> == Absent ==<br /> * Sebastian Silva (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Samson Goddy (SL In. board)<br /> <br /> == Agenda ==<br /> * GSoC+DMP report<br /> * Discuss a single-mentee pilot of &quot;Sugar Summer of Code&quot;<br /> * Final discussion for Ibiam's contract<br /> * Discuss different tasks that need help<br /> <br /> === GSoC+DMP ===<br /> * We have taken on five mentees for DMP.<br /> ** Aman Chadha<br /> ** Aman Naik<br /> ** Anvita Prasad<br /> ** Justin Charles<br /> ** Harshit Verma<br /> <br /> Reminder that mentors and mentees for GSoC and DMP should be putting<br /> together schedules for the summer. The GSoC coding period begins next<br /> week.<br /> <br /> [Meeting Schedule](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RzeFZVQjF1Pk_igRfiUSb_UKPzS7MYAT8FQhap-QTaE/edit?usp=sharing)<br /> <br /> Safwan Sayeed created a [template for dev-blogs](https://www.sugarlabs.org/news/template/gsoc-25-sa-fw-an-weekX) for the summer.<br /> <br /> Each week of a student's coding period, the student is required to provide a report of their work in the form of a blog. Students should:<br /> <br /> * Clone the www-v2 repo.<br /> * Create a new branch.<br /> * Copy the template to a new file.<br /> * Use the template to write the blog.<br /> * Commit the new file.<br /> * Push the branch.<br /> * Make a PR with the blog.<br /> * Once merged, it will appear on the website.<br /> <br /> Many people have asked if it's ok to blog elsewhere. While it's fine<br /> to publish a blog elsewhere (e.g. Medium, personal blog, etc.), you're<br /> required to maintain reports on the main site (www-v2). For any other<br /> sites, you can write &quot;Originally published at [SL URL]&quot;.<br /> <br /> === Discuss a single-mentee pilot of &quot;Sugar Summer of Code&quot; ===<br /> <br /> We have one candidate for this year. <br /> <br /> The broad strokes are:<br /> * same timeline as GSoC<br /> * same goals<br /> * small stipend<br /> * certificate<br /> <br /> === Final discussion for Ibiam's contract ===<br /> <br /> Approved. 👍️<br /> <br /> === Discuss different tasks that need help ===<br /> <br /> * Grant writing and submissions<br /> ** Claudia and Walter<br /> * Marketing<br /> * Sysadmin and other tech help<br /> * Fundraising (finding individual donors and engaging with them)<br /> <br /> Devin has meet-up space we can use.</div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Next_meeting&diff=104635 2025-06-01T23:16:46Z

<p>Walter: /* Next meeting */</p> <hr /> <div>=== Next meeting===<br /> <br /> * Wednesday, 2025-06-11 at 19:30 UTC, (per agreed motion 2020-06, &quot;meet every two weeks&quot;),<br /> * on Matrix ([https://matrix.to/#/#sugar:matrix.org matrix.org room: Sugar])<br /> <br /> ==== Agenda items ====<br /> <br /> Standing agenda items;<br /> <br /> * pending motions from e-mail,<br /> * reports from Ombudsman,<br /> * reports from project teams, e.g. administrators of Google Code-in or Google Summer of Code,<br /> * discussion of goals,</div>

Walter https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2025-03-19&diff=104625 2025-03-19T20:03:56Z

<p>Walter: /* 03-2025-03-19 Meeting */</p> <hr /> <div>= 2025-03-19 Meeting =<br /> <br /> == Attending ==<br /> * Devin Ulibarri (SL executive director)<br /> * Walter Bender (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Sumit Srivastava (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Sebastian Silva (SL Inc. board)<br /> * Samson Goddy (SL In. board)<br /> * MostlyK (community member)<br /> * Ubayed Bin Sufian (community member)<br /> * Safwan Sayeed (community member)<br /> * Om Santosh Suneri (community member)<br /> * t-aswath (community member)<br /> * Nikhil Bhatt (community member)<br /> * Harshit Verma (community member)<br /> * Ajeet (community member)<br /> * Chihurumnaya Ibiam (community member, GSoC admin/mentor)<br /> <br /> === Absent ===<br /> <br /> * Claudia Urrea (SL Inc. board)<br /> <br /> == Agenda ==<br /> <br /> Agenda:<br /> <br /> * Review and feedback for 2024 Annual Report: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Qi1aRLmw_JlFIQgqNxaoHzZhuFvP3t78WQr68m9k278/edit?tab=t.0<br /> * GSoC+DMP report by Walter and Devin<br /> * Website 2.0 by Devin<br /> * Discuss laying Devin off on April 14, 2025 in order to reserve the remainder of our liquid assets.<br /> <br /> === Annual Report ===<br /> <br /> Devin has asked for feedback on [Annual Report](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Qi1aRLmw_JlFIQgqNxaoHzZhuFvP3t78WQr68m9k278/edit?usp=sharing)<br /> <br /> === GSoC+ DMP ===<br /> <br /> For DMP, here's the current list of projects:<br /> <br /> * https://github.com/sugarlabs/musicblocks-v4/issues/431<br /> * https://github.com/sugarlabs/musicblocks-v4/issues/430<br /> * https://github.com/sugarlabs/speak/issues/34<br /> * https://github.com/sugarlabs/write-activity/issues/52<br /> * https://github.com/sugarlabs/musicblocks/issues/4542<br /> * https://github.com/sugarlabs/musicblocks/issues/4541<br /> * https://github.com/sugarlabs/musicblocks/issues/4540<br /> * https://github.com/sugarlabs/musicblocks/issues/4539<br /> * https://github.com/sugarlabs/musicblocks/issues/4538<br /> * https://github.com/sugarlabs/musicblocks/issues/4537<br /> * https://github.com/sugarlabs/musicblocks/issues/4534<br /> * https://github.com/sugarlabs/Pippy/issues/95<br /> <br /> === Website Updates ===<br /> <br /> [Sugar Labs v2](https://sugarlabs.github.io/www-v2/)<br /> <br /> Safwan is putting together a punch list for the outstanding issues. The desing phase is complete. Entering the data-transfer phase.<br /> <br /> === ED status ===<br /> <br /> walterbender: Motion: Due to lack of funds, we will lay off our executive director, Devin Ulibarri, as of 14 April 2025.<br /> <br /> icarito: Seconded<br /> <br /> +1 by Samson Goddy, Callaurrea, Sumit Srivastava, walterbender<br /> <br /> Devin Ulibarri recused himself.<br /> <br /> Motion passes.<br /> <br /> Note: The board and the community are extremely grateful for the work that Devin has done on behalf of Sugar Labs.</div>

Walter