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2018-04-19T18:17:56Z

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This page (largely complete) is intended to be a one-stop place for reviewing all of the Sugar Labs oversight board (SLOB) actions and decisions.

The date headlines are the date a motion is agreed, disagreed, or - in the case of motions to be voted on via email within 7 days of posting which did not get voted on - failed by timing out.

We welcome non-member proposals at the time of a meeting; but they require both a proposer and seconder from among the members of the board. Several proposals that were not taken as motions are shown here struck out, as in <s>MEMBER MOTION</s>.

==2018-03-09==
;AGREED MOTION 2018-03 Proposed by Walter Bender, seconded by Sameer Verma
Motion: to approve a travel budget of up to US $500 for Samson Goddy to travel to the Open Source Way to Go conference.
 4 in favor; 1 recuse; 2 did not vote (See [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/private/slobs/2018-March/005048.html]).

==2018-01-09==
;AGREED MOTION 2018-02 Proposed by Walter Bender, seconded by Samson Goddy
Motion 2018-02: Provide Devin Ulibarri with travel money for March
workshops and follow-up meetings in Japan of an amount not exceeding US
$1250.
 6 in favor; 1 did not vote (See [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2018-January/020377.html]).

==2018-01-06==
;AGREED MOTION 2018-01 Proposed by Walter Bender, seconded by Adam Holt
Motion: Sugar Labs will apply for Google Summer of Code 2018
 7 in favor (See [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-devel/2018-January/054965.html]).

==2017-12-02==
;AGREED MOTION 2017-20 Proposed by Walter Bender (via email), seconded by Sameer Verma
Motion: To allocate up to US $500 towards local travel expenses in Japan for two (or more) Music Blocks workshops to be run by Devin Ulibarri.
 6 in favor (See [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2017-December/020344.html]) (See
[https://musicblocks.net/2018/01/02/translation-of-yokohama-science-frontier-blog-article-of-devins-visit-on-12-16-2017/] and
[https://musicblocks.net/2018/01/02/devins-travels-in-japan/])

;AGREED MOTION 2017-19 Proposed by Walter Bender (via email), seconded by Sameer Verma
Motion: To appoint Claudia Urrea to the oversight-board seat that opened due to the resignation of Laura Vargas. This temporary appointment would last until the next oversight board election in 2018.
 6 in favor (See [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2017-December/020339.html])

==2017-10-06==
;AGREED MOTION 2017-18 Proposed by Walter Bender, seconded by Samson Goddy
Motion: Approval for contracting Edgar [Quispe] to do $500 worth of translation in support of changes in Sugar and Sugar activities related to the 0.112 Release (approximately 500 words).
 4 in favor, 2 abstain, 1 absent (See [http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings/2017-10-06T19:00:31]);

==2017-09-20==
;AGREED MOTION 2017-17 Proposed by Walter Bender, seconded by Sameer Verma
Motion: Approve a travel advance for US $2550 (US $2000 SFC prepurchase of an airline ticket and $550 towards local transport) for Samson Goddy's travel to the Google Summer of Code mentor's summit.
 5 in favor, 1 recuse, 1 vote yet to be counted [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2017-September/020184.html]

==2017-09-16==
;FAILED MOTION 2017-16 Proposed by Laura Vargas, not seconded
Motion: To appoint Sugar Labs Oversight Board member Laura Vargas as Sugar Labs Financial Manager with a monthly stipend of US$ 200 in accordance with AGREED MOTION 2017-13.

==2017-09-15==
;AGREED MOTION 2017-16 Proposed by Walter Bender, seconded by Samson Goddy
Motion: To answer the questions posed by the SFC regarding the xo-computer icon as follows:
:(Q1) Why is the XO logo included in the sugar-artwork repo now -- and does the SLOBs want to keep it there?
:(A1) The xo-computer icon has been part of Sugar since we first designed and built Sugar (beginning in 2006) and we would like to keep it there until such time as the design team decides there is a reason to change it.
:(Q2) Assuming the SLOBs want to keep the XO logo in sugar-artwork: what outcome would the SLOBs *prefer* to see happen? E.g.,
:- Does Sugar want downstream users to be able to redistribute and modify Sugar's codebase with or without the XO trademark file included in the program?
:- Does the SLOBs want downstream users to be able to modify and redistribute the XO trademark image itself, or is that less important to Sugar?
:(A2) Sugar Artwork, including the xo-computer icon, is currently licensed under the GPL and we would like our downstream users to be able to use all of our artwork under the terms of that license. As far as the use of any trademark image outside of the context of Sugar, we have no opinion. 
(5 in favor, 1 opposed, 1 vote not cast) See [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-devel/2017-September/054709.html]

==2017-09-14==
;AGREED MOTION 2017-15 Proposed by Laura Vargas, seconded by Samson Goddy
Motion: Sugar Labs to participate in GCI 2017.
(6 in favor) [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2017-September/020111.html 1] [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2017-September/020113.html 2] [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2017-September/020114.html 3] [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2017-September/020115.html 4] [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2017-September/020119.html 5] [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2017-September/020121.html 6]

==2017-09-05==
;AGREED MOTION 2017-14 Proposed by Samson Goddy, seconded by Walter Bender.
Motion: To add three contributors into the membership/election committee: Pericherla Seetaramaraju (Google Summer of Code Intern), Hirshi Patel (Contributor and Google Summer of Code Mentor) and Ibiam Chihurumnaya (Member of Sugar Labs).

(5 in favor. 2 opposed) [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2017-September/020033.html]

==2017-08-10==
;AGREED MOTION 2017-13 Proposed by Laura Vargas, seconded by Samson Goddy. Motion: Sugar Labs Financial Manager will have a monthly stipend of US$ TBD in exchange for: 1 complete financial report per quarter and it's publication on the Sugar Labs Finance Wiki page maximum 30 calendar days after the end of the period. The format to be used should be compatible with the International Financial Reporting Standards or it's equivalent in the U.S..
(4 in favor Laura, Samson, Lionel, Adam 3 opposed: Walter, Ignacio and Sameer)
References for in favor votes:
[https://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2017-August/019947.html]
[https://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2017-August/019948.html]
[https://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2017-August/019996.html]
[https://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2017-August/019997.html]

==2017-08-13==
;FAILED MOTION 2017-12 Proposed by Walter Bender, seconded by Samson Goddy: Motion: Samson Goddy has been selected as a Sugar Labs representative to the Google Summer of Code mentor summit. He has requested a travel advance to cover the costs of his visa application. The advance, including wire fees comes to $US 627.05. This motion is to approve the travel advance. (As additional background, Google will be covering up to $2200 in travel expenses for two representatives to attend the summit. Since our other representative is local to the SF area, the bulk of that money would be available to cover Samson's travel, so the net impact on SL funds will be negligible. 
(3 in favor, 2 opposed, 2 abstain).
[http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2017-August/019979.html 1][http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2017-August/019977.html 2]
[http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2017-August/019982.html 3]

==2017-06-20==
;FAILED MOTION 2017-11 Proposed by Laura Vargas, seconded by Samson Goddy [https://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2017-June/019872.html]: Sugar Labs will allocate a budget (To Be Defined) for "professional services" required to create a fitable image for Samson's and Ibiam's young XO partners in Africa. Sugar Labs will make an open call to the mailing list to find one or more professional to do it. 
(2 in favor, 5 abstain).

== 2017-05-24 ==
;FAILED MOTION 2017-10 Walter Bender, seconded by Sameer Verma [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2017-May/019751.html]: Sugar Labs agrees to cover up to US$2800 for expenses related to traveling to the Scratch2017BDX, 17th to 22nd of July, 2017 for Samson Goddy and Ibiam Chihurumnaya. (See [https://docs.google.com/document/d/152VDfUcdcGOHOFBLT3lG15sUFpzBeuBCGiNAGCSOLj4/edit?usp=sharing]) (Motion failed 3 in favor, 2 against, 1 abstain, 1 recused).

== 2017-05-05 ==
;AGREED MOTION 2017-09 Samson Goddy, seconded by Lionel Laske: Revise the mission statement to "Sugar Labs is a volunteer-run project whose mission is to reach global learners and educators with a collection of tools that enable them to explore, discover, create, and reflect in their local language. Sugar Labs distributes these tools freely and encourages its users to appropriate them, taking ownership and responsibility for their learning." (Motion passed 5 in favor, 1 opposed, 1 abstained) http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/2017-05-05

;PROPOSED MOTION 2017-08 Laura Vargas, not seconded: Revise the mission statement to "Sugar Labs is a community-run project whose mission is to support a collection of free/libre software tools that facilitates learners to discover, create, reflect, translate, share and appropriate such tools in sustainable and creative manners."

== 2017-04-21 ==
;FAILED MOTION 2017-07 Walter Bender, seconded by Samson Goddy: Revise the Sugar Labs mission statement to "Sugar Labs is a volunteer-run project whose mission is to reach global learners and educators with a collection of tools that enable them to explore, discover, create, and reflect in their local language. Sugar Labs distributes these tools freely and encourages its users to appropriate them, taking ownership and responsibility for their learning." (Motion failed: 3 votes for, 4 abstained)

== 2017-04-21 ==
;AGREED MOTION 2017-06 Lionel Lake, seconded by Samson Goddy: Urgent maintenance budget of 500$ for fixing spam attacks on Sugar Network. Detail of the tasks to do are described in the Technical Service Request provided by Laura. It's an one shot motion to avoid interruption of service for Sugar Network users. Further investments on Sugar Network will be correlated to discussion about long-term support of the platform. (4 votes for [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2017-September/020257.html Sameer] [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2017-April/019611.html Samson], [https://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2017-April/019610.html Lionel], [https://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2017-April/019620.html Ignacio])

== 2017-04-07 ==

[http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings/2017-04-07T19:03:42.html]

;AGREED MOTION 2017-05 Lionel Laske, seconded by Walter: Sugar Labs agrees to provide an advance for Ignacio to attend to the GCI summit. (6 votes for)

== 2017-02-19 ==

[http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2017-February/019377.htmlemail thread 1]
[http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2017-February/019388.html email thread 2]

;AGREED MOTION 2017-04 Walter, posting by email a motion seconded by Laura Vargas: Sugar Labs agrees to participate in Outreachy 14 in order to promote and support women and minority participation in FOSS projects. The cost would be $5500 for one internship. The funds would come from our general funds. (5 votes for, 2 votes yet to be received)

== 2017-01-06 ==

[http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings/2017-01-06T19:07:40 log]

;AGREED MOTION 2017-03 Walter Bender, posting motion seconded by Jose Miguel Garcia: To appoint volunteers Ignacio Rodriguez, Samson Goddy and Laura Vargas as the new elections and membership committee, with the purpose of debugging current membership list and running the 2016's elections for the 3 seats at the Board available for the 2016-2018 period and to appoint Dave Crossland as an impartial election oversight party. (4 votes for, 1 abstain, 2 members absent)

;AGREED MOTION 2017-02 Walter Bender, posting motion seconded by Tony Anderson: Sugar is a learning platform based on the constructionist educational principles of Jean Piaget, Seymour Papert, Cynthia Solomon, and Alan Kay. Sugar Labs is responsible to develop, distribute, and support Sugar with the help of a global volunteer community of contributors. Sugar Labs provides Sugar in two forms: Sugar for personal computers and XOs and Sugarizer (Sugar Mobile) for mobile devices and the Web. (5 votes for, 2 members absent)

;AGREED MOTION 2017-01 Tony Anderson, posting motion seconded by Walter Bender: that the Board approve the expenses associated with the Paraguay TA day and the exception to the advance purchase policy. (4 votes for, 1 abstain, 2 members absent)

== 2016-10-07 ==

[http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings/2016-10-07 log]

;AGREED MOTION 2016-44 Walter Bender, posting motion seconded by Tony Anderson (SLOB): To dedicate the upcoming Sugar release to Marvin Minsky and Seymour Papert in honor of their numerous contributions to technology and learning. (5 votes for, 2 members absent)

== 2016-09-02 ==

[http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings/2016-09-02T19:03:42 log]

;AGREED MOTION 2016-43 Walter Bender, posting motion seconded by Tony Anderson (SLOB): Approval of funding for Turtle Art Days in Paraguay, Uruguay, and Nigeria in October/November; the PY budget is ~$1K; UY budget ~$2K; NG budget ~$5K; these events would come from the tripadvisor funds. (5 votes for, 2 members absent)

== 2016-07-01 ==

[[Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2016-07-01|Minutes]],
[http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings/2016-07-01T19:00:23 IRC log].

;AGREED MOTION 2016-42B (formerly 2016-42) Walter Bender, posting motion initially drafted by Caryl Bigenho (member) and Tony Anderson (SLOB) and Adam Holt (SLOB): The Sugar Labs Oversight Board shall appoint a Finance Manager by majority vote from among the members of Sugar Labs Oversight Board. The Finance Manager serves at the will of the board. The Finance Manager may be paid a stipend at the discretion of the board. Duties of the Finance Manager will be to: 1. Serve as Sugar Lab's central coordinator on all financial matters. 2. Report quarterly at a scheduled Oversight Board meeting the following: Confirmation of the accuracy of the previous quarter's report according to the Software Freedom Conservancy; Balance at the beginning of the quarter preceding the meeting; Expenses during the quarter; Income received during the quarter; Balance at the end of the quarter. 3. The Finance Manager has discretion to approve petty cash amounts up to $200 to pay for miscellaneous expenditures critical for the functioning of Sugar Labs. If approved and everything is in order, these will often be paid within (about) 30 days of when they are submitted to the Software Freedom Conservancy, who control Sugar Labs' banking. If not approved, the applicant is free to ask for a vote at a future Oversight Board meeting. 4. All motions for funding of larger projects will be presented first to the Finance Manager who will review them to be sure the funds are being used in a way that appears fiscally sound. If everything is in order, the Finance Manager will place the motion on the agenda for consideration at the next possible Oversight Board meeting, and circulate on the IAEP mailing list for public discussion. 5. At the meeting, after a finance motion has been moved and seconded, discussion should be confined to the motion. (5 votes for, 2 against) (Full motion with sample financial report available at http://www.mail-archive.com/iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg17107.html)

;AGREED MOTION 2016-42 Walter Bender, posting motion initially drafted by Sameer and Tony: While suggestions for motions can come from anyone in the community, motions should be made by Sugar Labs oversight board members. (7 votes for).

;AGREED MOTION 2016-41 Walter Bender, posting motion initially drafted by Dave Crossland: To request a membership donation from each currently active Sugar Labs Member to be allocated to the General Fund for the calendar year of 2016, and a public statement about how they use Sugar and why they are involved in Sugar Labs to post on the website; there is no penalty for not paying a membership or not providing a statement; by default members who donate will be kept private, and requested to opt-in to be recognised. The donation requested will be $12 USD from members who self-identify as low-income (such as students); $36 USD from general members; $120 from members who can opt-in to be placed prominently on the website; and $600 from members who can (privately if they wish) submit a release codename, subject to SLOB approval. (4 votes for, 1 against, 2 abstain) (note that the "low income" solicitation did not reach consensus during the meeting and Dave Crossland offered to work with the board to ensure the solicitation will meet their approval before it is sent to members.)

== 2016-06-30 ==
;<s>MEMBER MOTION 2016-40</s> Dave Crossland: To append to existing bylaw for Finance Manager new procedures.
;<s>MEMBER MOTION 2016-39</s> Dave Crossland: To replace existing bylaw for Finance Manager.

== 2016-06-14 ==
;<s>MEMBER MOTION 2016-38</s> Dave Crossland: to consider email votes on motions only valid if they are sent to both the SLOBs and IAEP mailing lists. (not seconded)

== 2016-06-11 ==
;<s>MEMBER MOTION 2016-37</s> Dave Crossland, posting motion initially drafted by Tony Anderson: to undertake a fund raising drive. Arrangements will be made to enable on-line contributions by PayPal, debit or credit card or other means. Once the means to make contributions is in place, the Financial Manager will initiate and lead the drive. The Sugar Labs web site will show progress in donations toward the goal. (not seconded)

== 2016-06-10 ==
;<s>MEMBER MOTION 2016-36</s> Dave Crossland: to vote on each motion proposed by a member, dropping the current practice of requiring a seconding before voting. (not seconded)</s>
;<s>MEMBER MOTION 2016-35</s> Dave Crossland: to agree the following procedure for all future monthly SLOB meetings: the chair will confirm the meeting meets quorum; the chair will make any announcements submitted to them before the meeting; the chair will announce the first motion pending a vote on that day; each present SLOB member will announce their vote; the chair will announce the outcome of the motion; the chair will announce the next motion, until all motions are voted on; the chair will invite everyone attending to an open discussion of any topic until the meeting ends at the time scheduled. (not seconded)
;AGREED MOTION 2016-34 Walter Bender, posting motion initially drafted by Dave Crossland: Whereas it is the general policy of Sugar Labs to retain all GSoC mentoring stipends in the General Fund, if a mentor asks a GSoC Admin (for example in 2016, Walter or Lionel) to pay a stipend to a mentor, their share of the stipend amount will be disbursed without further motions to approve the spending. The share is calculated from the total awarded for the GSoC slot by Google, minus 10% (as all Sugar Labs income is donated to Software Freedom Conservancy for organisational services), minus 5% (retained for Sugar Labs General Funds), divided by the number of mentors for the project. For example, in a year with 6 slots and 10 mentors at $500, the total revenue is $3,000; 10% for Conservancy is $300 and 5% for Sugar Labs is $150, leaving a total of $2,550 or $255 per mentor. (5 votes for, 1 against, 1 abstain, see http://www.mail-archive.com/iaep%40lists.sugarlabs.org/msg16711.html)
;<s>MEMBER MOTION 2016-33</s> Laura Vargas: to update current SL vision statement ("About Sugar Labs(R): Sugar Labs(R) is a volunteer-driven member project of Software Freedom Conservancy, a nonprofit corporation. Originally part of the One Laptop Per Child project, Sugar Labs coordinates volunteers around the world who are passionate about providing educational opportunities to children through the Sugar Learning Platform. Sugar Labs(R) is supported by donations and is seeking funding to accelerate development.") to the new proposed text: "Sugar Labs is a global community where you can learn how to design, develop and deploy high-quality Free/Libre Software that facilitates self-discovery learning experiences and collaboration among young children of all continents." (not seconded)

== 2016-06-09 ==
;<s>MEMBER MOTION 2016-32</s> Dave Crossland: The value of $Y in the Finance Manager Guidelines should be $200 (not seconded)

== 2016-06-03 ==

[http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings/2016-06-03T19:01:08 IRC log]
;FAILED MOTION 2016-31 Walter Bender, posting motion initially drafted by Dave Crossland: To adopt the [https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/index.php?title=Vision_proposal_2016&oldid=98911 Vision proposal 2016]. (not seconded)
;<s>MEMBER MOTION 2016-30</s> Dave Crossland: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ssTPbBC23prkOLHUNpaPO56zpQQkD0IL4FA3FFmAUvw/edit#heading=h.meqor5elzkoa To add to the bylaws a new section, “Sugar Labs Oversight Board Spending Guidelines”</s>] (dependent upon MOTION 2016-27)
;<s>MEMBER MOTION 2016-29</s> Dave Crossland: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ssTPbBC23prkOLHUNpaPO56zpQQkD0IL4FA3FFmAUvw/edit#heading=h.meqor5elzkoa To append the following text to the existing bylaw for the Finance Manager office</s>] (dependent upon MOTION 2016-27)
;FAILED MOTION 2016-28 Walter Bender, posting motion initially drafted by Caryl Bigenho: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/16jIFuZ9bX-Bv675BpA1KmcEcRcX4PRCOUEX0ICRUkOc/edit To define procedures for requesting, obtaining, and reporting use of SugarLabs funds] (dependent upon MOTION 2016-27)
;FAILED MOTION 2016-27 Walter Bender, posting motion initially drafted by Caryl Bigenho: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/16jIFuZ9bX-Bv675BpA1KmcEcRcX4PRCOUEX0ICRUkOc/edit To replace existing bylaw for Finance Manager] (not seconded)

== 2016-05-29 ==

;<s>MEMBER MOTION 2016-26</s> Dave Crossland: To request donations from Sugar Labs Members, to be allocated to the General Fund through the SFC. The annual donation requested will be $12 USD from members who self-identify as low-income (such as students); $36, $120, or $600 USD from general members. (not seconded)

;<s>MEMBER MOTION 2016-25</s> Dave Crossland: To request a membership donation from each currently active Sugar Labs Member to be allocated to the General Fund for the calendar year of 2016, and a public statement about how they use Sugar and why they are involved in Sugar Labs to post on the website; there is no penalty for not paying a membership or not providing a statement; by default members who donate will be kept private, and requested to opt-in to be recognised. The donation requested will be $12 USD from members who self-identify as low-income (such as students); $36 USD from general members; $120 from members who can opt-in to be placed prominently on the website; and $600 from members who can (privately if they wish) submit a release codename, subject to SLOB approval. (seconded at http://www.mail-archive.com/iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg16767.html but all SLOBs abstained)

;<s>MEMBER MOTION 2016-24</s> Dave Crossland: Whereas it is the general policy of Sugar Labs to retain all GSoC mentoring stipends in the General Fund, if a mentor asks a GSoC Admin (for example in 2016, Walter or Lionel) to pay a stipend to a mentor, their share of the stipend amount will be disbursed without further motions to approve the spending. The share is calculated from the total awarded for the GSoC slot by Google, minus 10% (as all Sugar Labs income is donated to Software Freedom Conservancy for organisational services), minus 5% (retained for Sugar Labs General Funds), divided by the number of mentors for the project. For example, in a year with 6 slots and 10 mentors at $500, the total revenue is $3,000; 10% for Conservancy is $300 and 5% for Sugar Labs is $150, leaving a total of $2,550 or $255 per mentor. (not seconded)

== 2016-05-25 ==
;<s>MEMBER MOTION 2016-23</s> Caryl Bigenho: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/16jIFuZ9bX-Bv675BpA1KmcEcRcX4PRCOUEX0ICRUkOc/edit To define procedures for requesting, obtaining, and reporting use of SugarLabs funds] (dependent upon MOTION 2016-22)
;<s>MEMBER MOTION 2016-22</s> Caryl Bigenho: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/16jIFuZ9bX-Bv675BpA1KmcEcRcX4PRCOUEX0ICRUkOc/edit To replace existing bylaw for Finance Manager] (not seconded)

== 2016-05-12 ==
;AGREED MOTION 2016-21 Walter Bender: to reimburse Edgar Quispe for expenses incurred representing Sugar Labs at the Traducción e interpretación en las lenguas originarias del Perú meeting in Lima. The cost is $168.88. : (See http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2016-May/018196.html)

== 2016-05-11 ==
;FAILED MOTION 2016-20 Walter Bender: to allow the mentors participating in Google Summer of Code to disperse the mentor stipend among themselves as they see fit. : (3 votes for, 1 vote against, and 3 abstains): Motion 2016-34 was agreed on the same subject

== 2016-05-06 ==
;AGREED MOTION 2016-19 Walter Bender, posting motion initially drafted by Dave Crossland: To pay for laboratoriosazucar.org domain registration renewal
;FAILED MOTION 2016-27 Walter Bender, posting motion initially drafted by Caryl Bigenho: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/16jIFuZ9bX-Bv675BpA1KmcEcRcX4PRCOUEX0ICRUkOc/edit To replace existing bylaw for Finance Manager] (not seconded, further drafting requested)
;AGREED MOTION 2016-14 Walter Bender, posting motion initially drafted by : To fund a program to initiate the translation of Sugar into Yoruba. The work would be led by Samson Goddy and reviewed by Chris Leonard, in his role as Translation Community Manager (See [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-devel/2016-May/052462.html]).
;AGREED MOTION 2016-13 Walter Bender, posting motion initially drafted by Dave Crossland: To update the Sugar License from GPLv2 to GPLv3 [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-devel/2016-May/052552.html]
;FAILED MOTION 2016-12 Walter Bender: To allow the mentors participating in Google Summer of Code to disperse the mentor stipend among themselves as they see fit (See [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-devel/2016-May/052463.html]).
;FAILED MOTION 2016-11 Lionel Laske: To adopt the wiki Vision proposal for 2016 (not seconded)

== 2016-04-09 ==
;AGREED MOTION 2016-10 Walter Bender: To offer Devin U. an honorarium ($500) to compensate him since he needed to take a week off from work to run two Turtle/Music Blocks workshops at the Constructionism Conference. The funds would be allocated from the Trip Advisor grant which are in support of promoting and advancing Turtle Blocks around the world. (Vote taken by email.)
;AGREED MOTION 2016-09 Walter Bender: Walter, as PI of the Trip Advisor grant, will inform the SL oversight board of his plans for workshops that fall under the guise promotion of Turtle Blocks but otherwise has discretion in organizing and funding these events, within the budget constraints of grant and the travel guidelines of the SFC. (Vote taken by email.)

== 2016-04-07 ==
;<s>MEMBER MOTION 2016-08a</s> Laura Vargas ([http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2016-April/017801.html reference]): All funds raised by any Sugar Labs community member in the name of Sugar Project's translations must be directed to the “Sugar Projects Translation's Fund”. (not seconded)
;<s>MEMBER MOTION 2016-08a</s> Laura Vargas ([http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2016-April/017801.html reference]): >The present SugarLabs Oversight board appoints the current Translation's Committee, with the full responsability of reviewing, upgrading, approving and overseeing Sugar Translation Projects and Proposals made by any interested party, with special attention to Native Languages communities. (not seconded)
;<s>MEMBER MOTION 2016-08a</s> Laura Vargas ([http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2016-April/017801.html reference]): Requests for funds will be presented to the Translation's Committee, in writing, with copy to the IAEP mailing list and the Localization mailing list, at least 72 hours in advance of the monthly scheduled "Translation Committee Meeting". Committe members shall vote during the meeting for approval by simple majority. All interested parties, must also send the proposal to the IAEP mailing list and the Localization mailing list, in advance. (not seconded)

== 2016-04-06 ==
;AGREED MOTION 2016-08: To approve the position of Translation-Community Manager as described at [[Translation-Community Manager]].
;AGREED MOTION 2016-07: That Chris Leonard be named to this position effective immediately.
;AGREED MOTION 2016-06: That the Translation-Community Manager be paid a stipend of $1000/month.

== 2016-04-01 ==
;AGREED MOTION 2016-05: In keeping with the board 2010's decision on this matter from a different era, it was suggest that if a Board Member (1) fails to vote and attend pre-scheduled Board meetings for more than 12 weeks, (2) resigns or (3) dies, then the Board is empowered and encouraged to appoint a replacement for this seat. Finally, just a clarification that the Replacement Board Member would be required to defend their seat during the very next election.

== 2016-03-04 ==
;AGREED MOTION 2016-04: Based on [[Translation Proposal]], Tony (and other SLOB members) should write up a job description with goals and reporting structure for a coordinator position to be submitted to the SFC.
;AGREED MOTION 2016-03: Restrict email voting to 1 week going forward, to remove confusion from the current voting process, keeping focus. Board members' email votes would be required to arrive within One Week Maximum (168.0 hours) of the original motion. (Any motion that fails to pass within this 1-week sunset period, can of course be attempted again in future, e.g. if long-term overseas/off-grid/medical absences require another later vote on the same topic).

== 2016-02-12 ==
;AGREED MOTION 2016-02: Moving regular SLOB meeting dates to the first Friday of the month at 16UTC
;AGREED MOTION 2016-01: Apply for GSoC 2016 (Lionel and Walter as co-admins)

== 2015-12-17 ==
;FAILED MOTION 2015-07(3 In Favor, 4 Abstentions): to pay Devin Ulibarri $500 for help organize and run the Turtle workshop in Bangkok
(See renewed motion passed on 2016-04-09.)

== 2015-10-12 ==
;AGREED MOTION 2015-06: Apply to GCI

== 2015-09-14 ==
;AGREED MOTION 2015-05: funding to file an affidavits required to maintain the registration of Sugar Labs' trademarks with the USPTO.
;ACTION: Walter to recruit mentors for GCI

== 2015-07-06 ==
;ACTION: acknowledged the numerous contributions to Sugar from the late Marco Presenti Gritti.

== 2015-05-06 ==
;AGREED MOTION 2015-04: via email to add Samson Goody to the Membership Committee (DONE)

== 2015-05-04 ==
;AGREED MOTION 2015-03: to share survey results with community (DONE)
;ACTION: Gonzalo to post results (DONE)
;ACTION: Gonzalo to write to each of the respondents
;AGREED MOTION 2015-02: that Claudia and Walter go to NI to discuss Sugar/OLPC future with the Zamoras
;ACTION: Walter to make a first pass at culling the decisions from past meetings into one page (this page)

== 2015-04-06 ==
;AGREED MOTION 2015-01: appoint Icarito and Caryl to the election committee and to try to recruit a youth member to the committee.

== 2015-01-14 ==
;ACTION: organize a summit to discuss the future of Sugar
;ACTION: do a survey to solicit feedback from deployments
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== 2014-10-07 ==
;ACTION: Recruit mentors for GCI
;ACTION: Recruit candidates for oversight board

== 2014-07-08 ==
;AGREED MOTION 2014-02: on a .UY venue for a summit in September 2014. Jose Miguel and Daniel will get back to us about specifics.

== 2014-03-03 ==
;ACTION: everyone solicit students for GSoC

== 2014-02-05 ==
;AGREED MOTION 2014-01: to Gonzalo and Manuq's proposal for Background Image Contest

== 2013-11-04 ==
;AGREED MOTION 2013-06: Luke to run election for oversight board again
;AGREED MOTION 2013-05: to give cjl discretion over the i18n funds in the Trip Advisor grant

== 2013-10-18 ==
;AGREED MOTION 2013-04: we would apply again to Google Code In

== 2013-03-21 ==
;AGREED MOTION 2013-03: the next release will be Sugar 1.0

== 2013-02-25 ==
;AGREED MOTION 2013-02: to establish a category for Sugar Labs advisors/educators/friends
;ACTION: Claudia and Walter will meet to start planning Turtle Art Day
;AGREED MOTION 2013-01: to apply for Google Summer of Code 2013

== 2013-01-07 ==
;ACTION: ClaudiaU agreed to share ''Making Learning Visible'' with SLOB members (and Tonyf and JT4Sugar)

== 2012-05-30 ==
;AGREED MOTION 2012-05: to modify the Trademark and Local Labs pages in the wiki (See [[/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2012-05-30#1._Updates_to_the_TM_policy_.28Trademark.29|TM Policy]] and [[Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2012-05-30#2._Updates_to_the_Local_Lab_wiki_.28Local_Labs.29|Local Labs Policy]])

== 2012-05-03 ==
;AGREED MOTION 2012-04: We approved a budget of up to US $5000 for two servers.
;AGREED MOTION 2012-03: Sugar Labs joins the SFC GPL enforcement program
;ACTION MOTION 2012-02: Walter to bring code-of-conduct discussion to the community.
;ACTION MOTION 2012-01: SLOB members to get signed agreements to the SFC regarding new SFC by-laws.

== 2011-12-02 ==
;AGREED MOTION 2011-09: The Sugar Labs Oversight Board thanked Bernie Innocenti and Mel Chua for their dedicated service to the community in their role as members of the oversight board.

== 2011-09-16 ==
;AGREED MOTION 2011-08: to keep the GSoC 2010 mentor funds as our general funds.

== 2011-08-05 ==
;AGREED MOTION 2011-07: to award Sugar participation certificates (See [[Oversight_Board/2011/Meeting_Minutes-2011-08-05#Certificate_program|Certificate Program]]).
;AGREED MOTION 2011-06: to give North Dakota State University authority to establish a local Sugar Lab.

== 2011-06-09 ==
;AGREED MOTION 2011-05: to endorse Free Software as defined here: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html

== 2011-05-08 ==
;AGREED MOTION 2011-04: Bernie (head of infrastructure team) is authorized to approve spending tickets filed on the bug tracker up to $200.
;AGREED MOTION 2011-03: to update the governance page.

== 2011-02-10 ==
;AGREED MOTION 2011-02: SL endorses the idea that community members have kids: means more Sugar hackers in the future !!
;AGREED MOTION 2011-01: Local labs can issue Sugar certificates (and charge for this service whatever they want) but only if: (1) they maintain a page on our wiki explaining what content they use for training, where to download it, and what pricing they use; and (2) all the content they use for training is licensed under one of the licenses recommend by http://opensource.org/docs/osd and/or http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/[…]ing#Good_Licenses.

== 2010-12-13 ==
;AGREED MOTION 2010-10: [[Oversight_Board/Project_Motion]]
;AGREED MOTION 2010-09: SL would like to acknowledge and celebrate the marriage of acaire11 and icarito : the first Sugar marriage!!!

== 2010-12-01 ==
;AGREED MOTION 2010-08: Each active team and local lab should propose a few delegates from that team to SLOBs. We will invite the delegates to SLOBs meetings, and rotate scheduled times during SLOBs meetings to hear reports from their team or lab.
;AGREED MOTION 2010-07: The default time/day of the week for SLOBs meetings will be Thursdays at 15:00 EST (20:00 UTC)
;AGREED MOTION 2010-06: If a SLOB member misses one month of regular weekly meetings in a row, twice during one calendar year, SLOBs may find a replacement for their seat.

== 2010-09-28 ==
;AGREED MOTION 2010-05: We, the SLOB, acknowledge and praise the efforts of the release team for bringing us 0.90!!

== 2010-05-07 ==
;AGREED MOTION 2010-04: to a [[Trademark]] policy.

== 2010-03-05 ==
;AGREED MOTION 2010-03: (1) Bundles with non-Sugar dependencies be clearly marked in ASLO; (2) We work towards a mechanism for supporting access to non-Sugar dependencies--a specific endorsement of being open; and (3) We do not restrict ASLO while we progress towards #2.

== 2010-02-26 ==
;AGREED MOTION 2010-02: to authorize Bernie to spec out a machine around $2000, send details to systems@ for review, decide exactly where it will be hosted, then buy it.

== 2010-01-22 ==
;AGREED MOTION 2010-01: to authorize Luke Faraone to ship some used hardware from the Wikipedia Foundation (12 servers) to various hosting sites. The cost should not exceed US$300.

== 2009-12-18 ==
;AGREED MOTION 2009-18: Sugar Labs encourages all GNU/Linux distributions to package and distribute Sugar, and if possible will assist with hosting and infrastructure. SL Marketing may strategically decide to focus resources towards specific distributions in the interest of promoting Sugar more effectively.
;AGREED MOTION 2009-17: Yes, "Sugar on a Stick" should be reserved by Sugar Labs for use by the SoaS-Fedora distribution so that Sugar can be marketed effectively, until such time when a trademark policy, agreement, and process is put in place: SoaS will be the first project to go through that process.

== 2009-12-11 ==
;AGREED MOTION 2009-16: to adopt http://opensource.org/docs/osd as a set of guidelines for what is permitted on ASLO, for both software and content, and http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing#Good_Licenses's opinions on specific licenses where applicable, and always asking the SFC for advice when a particular license is under question.
;AGREED MOTION 2009-15: SL is and should be a GNU/Linux distributor.
;AGREED MOTION 2009-14: SL wishes to spread the use of Sugar and consequently works with GNU/Linux distros to produce and offer downloadable versions. This work can include helping to promote distros, and hosting them.
;AGREED MOTION 2009-13: SL should not be completely neutral about promoting distros, but it should only choose to more strongly promote a distro based on technical merit and maintainer activity, and should publish the criteria it uses for making that decision. Furthermore, SL should be neutral about providing infrastructure resources (hosting, etc) to distros."

== 2009-12-04 ==
;AGREED MOTION 2009-12: when a DP fails to meet a deadline, the decision passes to SLOBs.

== 2009-11-20 ==
;AGREED MOTION 2009-11: Close the slobs@ list to just SLOBs, move current slobs@ traffic to iaep@ with a [SLOBS] subject line tag where at all possible.
;AGREED MOTION 2009-10: Give a two-week deadline to the Soas DP

== 2009-09-25 ==
;AGREED MOTION 2009-09: We appointed a decision panel (by a vote of 3 for, 0 against, 1 abstain, 3 absent) with the following mandate:
:"Investigate the situation of how SoaS should be treated by Sugar Labs, and related questions, including answers to the following:
:"Should Sugar Labs be a GNU/Linux distributor, rather than just an upstream producing Sugar releases?"
:"Should SL be neutral about distributions containing Sugar, and refuse to endorse one over another?"
:"Should 'Sugar on a Stick' be a phrase that SL asks its community to avoid using unless they refer to the SoaS-Fedora distribution?"
:Any other question the Decision Panel deems required to provide an answer to the original question:"Is the current SoaS going to be the primary way Sugar Labs distributes a Sugar-centric GNU/Linux distribution?"

== 2008-09-05 ==
;AGREED MOTION 2009-08: The Oversight Board acknowledged and celebrated the great job Simon has been doing on managing the 0.82 release.

== 2009-07-18 ==
;AGREED MOTION 2009-07: There was consensus that we have made sufficient outreach to the community that the initial list is a fair representation of Sugar Labs; we look forward to having the Membership Committee take it from http://selectricity.org/
;AGREED MOTION 2009-06: There was consensus that Walter would put together a strawman election process based upon the Selectricity tool. We are targeting an August election.
;AGREED MOTION 2009-05: There was consensus that we begin with just Oversight and Members committees.
;AGREED MOTION 2009-04: We agreed for the need to solicit more feedback in the wiki for the design direction being proposed by Luca.
;AGREED MOTION 2009-03: We agreed that further discussions with the SFLA about the merits of trademark protection is needed.
;AGREED MOTION 2009-02: We agreed on the desirability of Sugar Labs participation at conferences around the world, but hope to meet the need by utilizing locals to whatever extent possible. We also discussed the desirability to have a meeting of Sugar Labs developers a couple of times per year. We discussed the possibility of an on-line meeting that leverages resources above and beyond IRC.
;AGREED MOTION 2009-01: on the necessity of Sugar Labs participation in the learning community, but don't yet have a good handle on the best and most efficient means of accomplishing this.

Finance

2017-10-07T17:38:03Z

Holt:

This page should answer two questions:

* How much money does Sugar Labs currently have, where did it come from, and what is it being used for?
* How can I ask for some of it?

(We hope you'll also help us figure out how to get more resources as well!)

The [http://sfconservancy.org/about/filings/ Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC)] manages finances for Sugar Labs, and provides snapshots to Sugar Labs' [[Oversight Board]] on request.

== 2017-01-01 to 2017-10-06 ==



<pre>
$ ledger -V -s -S T -d "T&l<=2" -f sugar.ledger bal '/^(Income|Expenses).*Sugar/'
$ -305,599.52 Income:Sugar
$ 230,231.80 Expenses:Sugar
--------------------
$ -75,367.72 SUGAR LABS ASSETS AS OF 2017-10-06 (ignore the minus sign)
</pre>

<pre>
2017 complete financials (until 2017-10-06) from SFConservancy's Sugar/Ledger/sugar.ledger and associated files:

2017-01-26 from 2016-10-09 Expedia.ca - Artemis Papert - Flight - Budget From Search: $1,039 - Turtle Art Day PY 2016 - 1387.78
2017-02-13 from 2017-01-17 from 2016-12-23 from 2016-11-03? REV WIRE OUT - EDGAR QUISPE CHAMBI - Undefined Transaction (for Aymara translation) - 600.00
2017-04-10 from 2017-03-28 MARTIN DANIEL OESTERREICH WEIBERLEN - Domestic Wire Funds - Debit (for Guarani translation) - 900.00
2017-05-05 from 2017-04-13 PAYONEER INC - PAYMENT - ACH Credit - Google, Inc. - GCI 2017 Funds - 7000.00 (6300.00 after SFC's 10% deducted)
2017-06-21 Outreachy - 2017-05 Sponsorship - 6500.00
Ignacio Rodríguez - GCI 2016, 2017-06-05 to 2017-06-08 - 2017-08-16 transaction (1942) to Walter Bender - 1550.96 (covers 2 below)
2017-07-02 Ignacio Rodríguez - American Airlines (MVD-SFO) - Budget from search: $1,451 - GCI 2016 - 1350.96
2017-07-02 Ignacio Rodríguez - M&IE Per Diem - Max $230 - GCI 2016 - 200.00
Samson Goddy - GSoC Mentor Summit 2017-10-13 to 2017-10-15 - 3166.99 (covers 8 below)
2017-09-29 Samson Goddy - JetBlue (LAX-BOS) - Paid by (SFC's) Brett Smith - Sub-budget from search: $242 - Budget from search: $2,748 - Budget from Project: $2,000 - GSoC Mentor Summit 2017 161.20
2017-10-04 from 2017-09-26 Samson Goddy - Emirates (LOS-SFO, BOS-LOS, official books contain typo "Ethiad") - Paid by (SFC's) Brett Smith - Sub-budget from search: $1,400 - Budget from search: $2,748 - Budget from Project: $2,000 - GSoC Mentor Summit 2017 - 1279.14
2017-10-04 from 2017-10-03 SAMSON SAMUEL GODDY - Domestic Wire Funds - Debit (550 + 347.73 via Walter Bender = 202.27 + 695.46) - 897.73
2017-10-04 from 2017-08-14 hnaylor@igc.org - Hilary Naylor - PayPal payment (for Samson Goddy) - 708.00 ($8 fee + covers 4 below)
2017-08-16 Visa - Samson Goddy - GSoC Mentor Summit 2017 - 176.56
2017-08-16 Visa Agent - Samson Goddy - GSoC Mentor Summit 2017 - 138.08
2017-09-10 Grand Ibro Hotel - Samson Goddy - GSoC Mentor Summit 2017 - 55.33
2017-09-11 Samson Goddy - M&IE Per Diem - Max: $367.50 - GSoC Mentor Summit 2017 Visa - 330.03
2017-10-05 from 2017-09-29 Samson Goddy - Arik (PHC-LOS) - Paid by Walter Bender - Sub-budget from search: $257 - Budget from search: $2,748 - Budget from Project: $2,000 - GSoC Mentor Summit 2017 - 120.92

2017 INCOME TO DATE (2017-10-06) *ESTIMATED* FROM ABOVE: $6300.00
2017 EXPENSES TO DATE (2017-10-06) *ESTIMATED* FROM ABOVE: $14105.73

Which do not match the more official numbers below due to various issues like transactions posting in a different financial year, conflicting exchange rates, etc:

$ ledger -V -s -S T -d "T&l<=2" -f sugar.ledger bal '/^(Income|Expenses).*Sugar/' -b 2017
$ -6,300.00 Income:Sugar
$ 11,953.67 Expenses:Sugar
--------------------
$ 5,653.67
</pre>



== 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31 ==



<pre>
2016 complete financials from SFConservancy's Sugar/Ledger/sugar.ledger and associated files:

Walter Bender - Thailand Conference 2016-02-01 to 2016-02-05 - 2016-04-13 transaction (1808) 1389.29 (covers 6 below)
2015-12-23 Turkish Airlines - Walter Bender - Constructionism 2016 - Flight (BOX-BKK) - 807.22
2015-12-24 King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi - Walter Bender - Constructionism 2016 - Conference Registration - 250.00
2016-02-01 Uber - Walter Bender - Constructionism 2016 - Ground Transportation - 30.21
2016-02-01 Hellconia House - Walter Bender - Constructionism 2016 - Hotel - 168.60
2016-02-06 Boston Logan International Airport - Walter Bender - Constructionism 2016 - Parking - 3.00
2016-02-07 ME&I Per Diem - Walter Bender - Constructionism 2016 - 130.26
Devin Ulibarri - Thailand Conference 2016-02-01 to 2016-02-05 - 3656.67 (covers 5 below)
2016-02-01 Hellconia House - Devin Ulibarri - Constructionism 2016 - Hotel - 168.60
2016-02-02 King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi - Devin Ulibarri - Constructionism 2016 - Conference Registration - 380.00
2016-02-07 ME&I Per Diem - Devin Ulibarri - Constructionism 2016 - 354.48
2016-04-22 from 2015-12-23 Turkish Airlines (BOS-BKK) - Devin Ulibarri - purchased by Walter Bender - Constructionism 2016 - Flight - 787.31
2016-05-26 for 2016-05-13 Devin Ulibarri - Constructionism 2016 - Consulting Work - 500.00
2016-02-05 from 2015-12-14 GOOGLE INC - BP SETTLE - ACH - CREDIT - 1914.55 (apparently this does not count as 2016 income?)
2016-04-22 from 2016-03-20 EDGAR QUISPE CHAMBI - DOMESTIC WIRE FUNDS - DEBIT (for Aymara translation) - 200.00
2016-05-06 from 2016-02-13 GOOGLE INC - BP SETTLE - ACH CREDIT - 7000.00 (6300.00 after SFC's 10% deducted)
Edgar Quispe Chambi - 2016-05-12 DOMESTIC WIRE FUNDS - DEBIT (Conferences:Simposio Internacial) - 161.88 (covers 6 below)
2016-03-20 Cruz Del Sur - Edgar Quispe Chambi - Bus Transport - 26.66
2016-03-20 Cruz Del Sur - Edgar Quispe Chambi - Bus Transport - 17.48
2016-03-21 Jian Hotel - Edgar Quispe Chambi - Hotel - Partial Reimbursement Per Request - 20.66
2016-03-22 Expresso - Edgar Quispe Chambi - Bus Transport - 5.86
2016-03-22 Cruz Del Sur - Edgar Quispe Chambi - Bus Transport - 32.25
2016-03-22 ME&I Per Diem - Edgar Quispe Chambi - 58.97
Mariah Noelle Villarreal - GCI 2016-06-11 to 2016-06-15 - Flight - transaction 2016-06-13 from 2016-05-09 Jet Blue (BOS-SFO) - 563.20
Samson Goddy - for Yoruba translation - 4000.00 (covers 2 below)
2016-07-01 OGONDA SOLOMON - DOMESTIC WIRE FUNDS - DEBIT - 350.00
2016-10-07 OGONDA SOLOMON - for Samson Goddy - DOMESTIC WIRE FUNDS - DEBIT - 3650.00
2016-08-31 Transfer from Sugar Vanguard to new Treasury Money Market (neither income nor expenditure) - 59972.88
2016-09-12 Google - GSoC 2016 - Sugar Mentor Funds (credit) - 6300.00 (5670.00 after SFC's 10% deducted)
Lionel Laske - GSoc Mentor Summit 2016-10-28 to 2016-10-30 - transaction 2016-11-28 - 824.83 (covers 3 below)
2016-10-24 Aéroports de Paris - Lionel Laské - Parking - GSoC Mentor Summit 2016 - 75.12
2016-10-28 South and East Bay Airport Suttle - Lionel Laské - Ground Transportation - GSoC Mentor Summit 2016 - 40.00
2016-11-28 from 2016-09-09 Expedia.fr (CDG-SFO) - Lionel Laské - Flight - Budget From Search: UNKNOWN - GSoC Mentor Summit 2016 (incl 21.90 currency conversion) - 709.71
Michaël Ohayon - GSoc Mentor Summit 2016-10-28 to 2016-10-30 - 706.26 (covers 2 below)
2016-11-25 from 2016-08-24 United Airlines (CDG-SFO) - Michaël Ohayon - Flight - Budget From Search: $671 - GSoC Mentor Summit 2016 - 670.73
2016-11-25 from 2016-11-01 ME&I Per Diem - Michaël Ohayon - 4 days - Max: $224 - GSoC Mentor Summit 2016 - 35.53
Andrea Vasquez Guerra - 2016-11-28 - Domestic Wire Funds - Debit - 559.00 (covers 3 below)
2016-10-16 Sky Airline (SCL-MVD) - Andrea Vasquez Guerra - Flight - Budget From Search: $412 - Turtle Art Day UY 2016 - 340.00
2016-10-26 despagar.com - Andrea Vasquez Guerra - Hotel, 2 nights - Avg: $94/night, Max: $160/night - Turtle Art Day UY 2016 - 187.40
2016-11-03 ME&I Per Diem - Andrea Vasquez Guerra - 3 days - Max: $230 - Turtle Art Day UY 2016 - 31.60
2016-11-30 from 2016-01-29 onwards - Dividend (credit) - 208.75 (187.88 after SFC 10% deducted; dividend payments do not appear after 2016-11-30, as of 2017-10-06)

2016 INCOME *ESTIMATED* FROM ABOVE: $12178.75
2016 EXPENSES *ESTIMATED* FROM ABOVE: $12061.13

Which do not match the more official numbers below due to various issues like transactions posting in a different financial year, conflicting exchange rates, etc:

$ ledger -V -s -S T -d "T&l<=2" -f sugar.ledger bal '/^(Income|Expenses).*Sugar/' -b 2016 -e 2017
$ -12,200.34 Income:Sugar
$ 10,738.09 Expenses:Sugar
--------------------
$ -1,462.25
</pre>



== Fiscal Year 2015 (1 March 2015 - 29 February 2016) ==

Four fiscal years (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) are summarized below by Adam Holt, after the Oversight Board received extensive accounting files from SFC late evening of 11 February 2016.

<pre>
PROJECTED ESTIMATE AS OF 11 FEB 2016:
FINAL/ACTUAL YEAR-END NUMBERS FOR 29 FEB 2016 MAY BE VERY DIFFERENT

Income:Conservancy:Donations 900.00
Income:Sugar:Donations 8,100.00
Total Donations 9,000.00
Total Interest Income 28.56
TOTAL INCOME 9,028.56

Expenses:Sugar:Development 550.00
Expenses:Sugar:Conferences:Travel 4,610.46
Expenses:Sugar:Conferences:Travel:Per Diem 30.65
Expenses:Sugar:Trademark:Registration 700.00
TOTAL EXPENSES 5,891.11

Cash 101,375.99
Accounts Receivable 1,914.55
TOTAL ASSETS 103,290.54

Accounts Payable 0.40
Liabilities, Credit Cards 8,639.86
Donated To [Software Freedom] Conservancy 12,683.40
TOTAL LIABILITIES 21,323.66

NET ASSETS: $81,966.88
</pre>

== Fiscal Year 2014 (1 March 2014 - 28 February 2015) ==

<pre>
Income:Conservancy:Donations 4,962.00
Income:Sugar:Donations 44,658.01
Total Donations 49,620.01
Total Interest Income 2.17
TOTAL INCOME 49,622.18

Expenses:Sugar:Conferences:Food 2,176.27
Expenses:Sugar:Conferences:Materials 49.00
Expenses:Sugar:Conferences:Travel 1,991.90
Expenses:Sugar:Conferences:Travel:Per Diem 31.65
Expenses:Sugar:Conferences:Venue 124.00
Expenses:Sugar:Banking Fees 0.01
TOTAL EXPENSES 4,372.83

Cash 99,453.09
Accounts Receivable (0.00)
TOTAL ASSETS 99,453.09

Accounts Payable 0.40
Liabilities, Credit Cards 7,939.86
Donated To [Software Freedom] Conservancy 11,780.54
TOTAL LIABILITIES 19,720.80

NET ASSETS: $79,732.29
</pre>

== Fiscal Year 2013 (1 March 2013 - 28 February 2014) ==

<pre>
Income:Conservancy:Donations 4,911.00
Income:Sugar:Donations 44,199.00
Total Donations 49,110.00
Total Interest Income 4.09
Income:Sugar:Currency Conversion 115.10
TOTAL INCOME 49,229.19

Expenses:Sugar:Development 825.00
Expenses:Sugar:Conferences:Food 1,400.00
Expenses:Sugar:Conferences:Travel 11,160.72
Expenses:Sugar:Conferences:Travel:Per Diem 121.43
Expenses:Sugar:Currency Conversion 38.39
TOTAL EXPENSES 13,545.54

Cash 52,060.38
Accounts Receivable 5,000.00
TOTAL ASSETS 57,060.38

Accounts Payable 2,857.05
Liabilities, Credit Cards 7,939.86
Donated To [Software Freedom] Conservancy 6,818.34
TOTAL LIABILITIES 17,615.25

NET ASSETS: $39,445.13
</pre>

== Fiscal Year 2012 (1 March 2012 - 28 February 2013) ==

<pre>
Income:Conservancy:Donations 1,907.02 (same number appears below as OUTGOING donation, weird)
Income:Sugar:Donations -1706.02 (what is a negative donation? SFC will know?)
Total Donations 201.00
Total Interest Income 7.26
TOTAL INCOME 208.26

Expenses:Sugar:Conferences:Travel 2,317.64
Expenses:Sugar:Banking Fees 5.22
Expenses:Sugar:Currency Conversion 13.41
Expenses:Sugar:Promotional 2,390.00
Expenses:Sugar:Computer Equipment 4,699.29
Expenses:Sugar:Hosting 25.00
TOTAL EXPENSES 9,450.56

Cash 17,359.35
Accounts Receivable 50.00
TOTAL ASSETS 17,409.35

Accounts Payable (0.00)
Liabilities, Credit Cards 6,829.53
Donated To [Software Freedom] Conservancy 1,907.02
TOTAL LIABILITIES 8,736.55

NET ASSETS: $8,672.80
</pre>

== Early 2012 financial snapshot ==

All figures are in USD. All figures for a month refer to transactions that occurred within that month (i.e. a month is only calculated at the end).

* The Current Assets balance is accurate as of January 31, 2012 and is $19,830.84, held as follows:
** $19,830.84 USD in a Vanguard Money Market account held by the Software Freedom Conservancy on behalf of Sugar Labs

* The $19,830.84 USD is earmarked as follows ([http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2011-November/014354.html source]):
** $9,615.92 USD for Gould Grant
** $1,600.00 USD has been ear-marked to purchase a server
** $8,614.92 USD unrestricted (available for future grants)

''[[User:Robert|Robert Fadel]] (was) providing monthly income and expense details.''

''Balance information is based on a ledger account reconciliation completed on February 24, 2012.''

== Where we get money from ==

Sugar Labs doesn't have much in the way of regular income, so we can't predict when new funding will come in. We've gotten funding from a few sources in the past:

* Donations from private individuals (thank you!)
* Grant money to develop certain aspects of Sugar Labs - this is typically earmarked for a specific project
* Google Summer of Code - Sugar Labs gets $500 of unrestricted funds for each student mentored.

In particular, if you're interested in applying for an external grant to work on some aspect of Sugar Labs, let us know; we'd be happy to help.

== Requesting budget ==

You may request budget for Sugar Labs related travel or project expenses. We can't fully fund every request, because we do operate on a limited budget. But we can't fund yours if we don't know you have a need -- so if you do, fill out a request and we'll get in touch with you about it.

You can see the list of [http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=new&status=reopened&component=fundingrequest&order=priority&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=type&col=priority&col=milestone&col=component all open requests] and also the list of [http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=closed&status=new&status=reopened&component=fundingrequest&order=priority&col=id&col=summary&col=component&col=status&col=type&col=priority&col=milestone every request that's ever been made].

=== How to fill out a request ===

A request can be filled out in 10 minutes or less. We're trying to make this process as easy as possible!

# Open a [http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/newticket new ticket] in the Sugar Labs tracker. (You'll have to log into the tracker to do this.)
# Set the component to "fundingrequest." '''This is important. If the component is not set correctly, we will not see your ticket when we search for it!'''
# Answer the [[#What we need to know]] questions in the description field of your ticket.
# Once the ticket has been filed, Send an email to [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep iaep] (for transparency) and [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/slobs slobs] (as the decision-making body) with the subject line "New Finance Request: <short summary of the item requested>," where <short summary of the item requested> is replaced by... well, a short summary of what you're asking for money for, and a link to the ticket in the body of your email. '''This is important. If you do not email both lists, nobody will know you've submitted a budget request!'''

At this point, you should wait to hear back from SLOBs. If nobody's responded to your request within a week, feel free to ping both mailing lists again.

'''Important Note:''' [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Bernie Bernie Innocenti] has immediate permission to approve anybody's requests of $200 of less!

=== What we need to know ===

Each request ticket must contain answers to one of the following sets of questions, depending on the type of funding you're asking for.

==== For funding travel ====

Sugar Labs is a member project of the Software Freedom Conservancy, and so travel funding is subject to the '''[https://gitorious.org/conservancy/policies?p=conservancy:policies.git;a=blob_plain;f=Travel/conservancy-travel-policy.txt;hb=HEAD Software Freedom Conservancy Travel and Reimbursable Expense Policy.]'''

Please read the policy to understand if you are eligible to ask for funds to cover a trip. Here's a handy shortlist of summary questions:

# '''Where are you going''' (location and event)?
# '''What do you need covered?''' (Please estimate the costs in USD: hotel $X, travel $Y)
# '''If we cannot provide a full subsidy, will a partial subsidy be helpful?''' (Yes/No)
## If Yes can you specify the minimum amount you would need covered to facilitate your attendance
# If you are requesting airfare, include complete flight information such as flight numbers, desired departure and arrival airports, and times. Also let us know if you have specific time restrictions.
# '''Do you need a visa or other official processing before you can travel?''' If so, approximately how long does that processing take?
# '''What will you accomplish by going on this trip?''' Please be as specific as possible, since this is the most important factor in granting requests.

The last question really is the most important, and will likely be the longest part of your answer. Tell us what you're going to accomplish by taking this trip. Preference is given to people who are attending an event with a goal to make Sugar Labs better, and a plan for doing it.

Simply "meeting with people" or "talking about ways to do something" are not specific to Sugar Labs. Ideas can be discussed on mailing lists, after all. And although meeting face to face is a wonderful thing, that doesn't necessarily result in getting anything done.

* Not specific: Meet with other people from JKL Group.
* Not specific: Improve communication between Team X and Team Y.
* Specific: Write a working module for Web App Q that creates a service queue for Team X to do Task Z more efficiently.
* Specific: Agree on and publish a complete plan, schedule, and milestones for Project W.

Software Freedom Conservancy can book flights direct, but will need the following info to do so ([https://gitorious.org/conservancy/policies?p=conservancy:policies.git;a=blob_plain;f=Travel/info-needed-to-book-a-flight-for-someone.txt;hb=HEAD original source.]) It can be sent with an GPG-encrypted email, or as plain text if you don't care.

* Exact itinerary, including specific flights, airports and time, and be sure the total is within the travel policy requirements.
* Passport Information
** Full Name, as it appears on the Passport
** Issue Date
** Expiration date
** Country of Issue
** Gender
** Date of Birth
* Mobile number (For flight change alters, if you want them)
* Frequent flyer numbers for major airlines (if you want the miles credited)
* Seat Preference (either specific seats, or "Aisle vs. Window" preference)
* Meal Preference (if a meal is included in the coach flight)

==== For purchasing things ====

Use this template if you're requesting the purchase of equipment, a subscription, etc.

# '''What is being purchased?''' If it's a product, link to the product, etc.
# '''Why does this purchase benefit the operations of Sugar Labs?''' What is the blocker it resolves?
# '''Who will be responsible for the item?''' Who will own it? How will it be tracked/maintained?
# '''How much will it cost?''' Are there any maintenance costs associated with the purchase? How often will it have to be renewed (if at all)?
# '''What other options were evaluated for purchase?''' Why did the chosen product/service/option get selected as the best one? What were the criteria or features you needed?
# '''What deadlines are associated with this request?''' Do you need an answer by a certain date? Would the funding need to come by a particular point in time? Note that approving future spending is a separate action from actually spending the money - for instance, we may agree to fund something but pay for it 3 months down the line - so it's good to know both dates, if they exist.
# '''Other notes?'''

=== How decisions are made ===

This section explains the criteria typically used to decide whether to subsidize the travel of a specific applicant. It's provided for context only - if you're requesting funding, you don't actually have to read this stuff!

==== Relevance ====

* ''Does this purchase/event deliver information that is pertinent to an ongoing project of concern at the event?'' For example, an event that includes a critical brainstorming session on deployment outreac could be more effective with the attendance of a teacher or engineer from a deployment.
* ''Does the purchase/event provide an opportunity for this particular person to attract contribution to one or more areas in Sugar Labs?'' An event that attracts computer-based designers, for instance, might present an opportunity for a member of the Design team to attract new, skilled contributors.
* ''Is the requesting person a current contributor?'' Current contributors with a proven history of involvement in some sense are a known quantity. This does not mean that sponsorship shouldn't go to new or potential contributors, but it is a factor for consideration.

==== Criticality ====

* (For travel only) ''Does this person have demonstrated skills in an area that will promote reaching the goals of the event?'' For example, if Sugar's speaking schedule at an event requires someone with expertise on packaging Activities for various Linux distributions, it would make sense to sponsor the travel of someone who could give those talks.
* ''Are there clear deliverables attached to this purchase/event that otherwise cannot be achieved?'' Deliverables come in many forms, such as working code; completed documentation; or key decisions. For purchases, will the absence of the purchase block or negatively impact work that is already being done on the project? For events, if other contributors involved in the same area are expected to attend already, will this person's absence negatively impact their work at the event?
* ''How important is this subsidy to the purchase/event?'' Without the full subsidy, will the item not be able to be purchased, or will the applicant not be able to attend the event at all? Will a partial subsidy suffice? Would a change in plans, such as attending part of the event, or getting a less full-featured item, still allow this person's goals to be achieved? Is Sugar Labs funding the ''only'' option available for this purchase?

==== Specificity ====

* ''Has this person provided substantial information about the specific objectives to achieve?'' We look at the proposal critically, because there are usually more requests than we can fill. The best requests tend to reflect clear vision from the applicants of exactly what they will achieve through this funding, and a link between that vision and the larger objectives of Sugar Labs or a specific team.
* ''Are the objectives achievable within the time frame of the event/project?'' Sometimes it may not be possible to meet every objective despite best intentions and hard work. Nevertheless, sponsors should also carefully consider whether the deliverables can reasonably be finished by the end of the relevant time period. Setting and meeting reasonable expectations is a good habit for any project.

==== Proximity ====

* (For event travel only) ''Is this person located in the same region as the event?'' Regionally co-located people generally require less funding. It is not cost effective, for instance, to fund the travel of multiple people from North America to a European event. In specific cases there may be call for such subsidies, but in general regional events should reflect regional attendance and participation.

==== Expense ====

* ''How expensive is the request?'' A higher subsidy amount should carry with it higher expectations, more criticality, or other benefits that justify the expense. Keep in mind that the transparent approval process creates better accountability for sponsors in making decisions.

''This system is based on the [https://fedorahosted.org/fudcon-planning/wiki/FundingRequest Fedora community funding request system].''

== Archive of transactions ==

=== December 2011 ===

'''End-of-month balance:''' $19,855.84

'''Net change since last month:''' -$452.48

'''Transactions:'''

{|border="1" cellspacing="0" width="100%" align="right"
! width="225" | Item
! width="225" |From/To
! width="100" |Income
! width="100" |Expenses
! Notes
|-
| Bank Service Charges
| align="center"| -
|
! align="right" |$25.00
|
|-
|Sugar Camp Lima Travel
|
|
! align="right"| $1,706.15
|
|-
| Individual Donations
| Misc
! align="right"| $1,278.23
|
|
|-
|Interest
|Vanguard
! align="right"| $0.44
|
|
|-
!
! align="right"| Total
! align="right"| $1,278.67
! align="right"| $1,731.15
!
|}

=== November 2011 ===

'''End-of-month balance:''' $20,308.32

'''Net change since last month:''' +$173.59

'''Transactions:'''

{|border="1" cellspacing="0" width="100%" align="right"
! width="225" | Item
! width="225" |From/To
! width="100" |Income
! width="100" |Expenses
! Notes
|-
| Bank Service Charges
| align="center"| -
|
! align="right" |$36.90
|
|-
|Gould Grant Expense
|
|
! align="right"| $89.99
|
|-
| Individual Donations
| Misc
! align="right"| $300.00
|
|
|-
|Interest
|Vanguard
! align="right"| $0.48
|
|
|-
!
! align="right"| Total
! align="right"| $300.48
! align="right"| $126.89
!
|}

=== October 2011 ===

'''End-of-month balance:''' $20,134.73

'''Net change since last month:''' +0.45

'''Transactions:'''

{|border="1" cellspacing="0" width="100%" align="right"
! width="225" | Item
! width="225" |From/To
! width="100" |Income
! width="100" |Expenses
! Notes
|-
| No expenses
|
|
! align="center" |-
|
|-
| Interest
| Vanguard
! align="right"| $0.36
|
|
|-
!
! align="right"| Total
! align="right"| $0.45
! align="center"| -
!
|}

=== September 2011 ===

'''End-of-month balance:''' $20,134.28

'''Net change since last month:''' +0.36

'''Transactions:'''

{|border="1" cellspacing="0" width="100%" align="right"
! width="225" | Item
! width="225" |From/To
! width="100" |Income
! width="100" |Expenses
! Notes
|-
| No expenses
|
|
! align="center" |-
|
|-
| Interest
| Vanguard
! align="right"| $0.36
|
|
|-
!
! align="right"| Total
! align="right"| $0.36
! align="center"| -
!
|}

=== August 2011 ===

'''End-of-month balance:''' $20,133.92

'''Net change since last month:''' -$1,277.86

'''Transactions:'''

{|border="1" cellspacing="0" width="100%" align="right"
! width="225" | Item
! width="225" |From/To
! width="100" |Income
! width="100" |Expenses
! Notes
|-
| Fundraising
|
|
! align="right" |-$1,278.23
|
|-
| Interest
| Vanguard
! align="right"| $0.37
|
|
|-
!
! align="right"| Total
! align="right"| $0.37
! align="right"| -$1,278.23
!
|}

=== July 2011 ===

'''End-of-month balance:''' $21,411.78

'''Net change since last month:''' +$2,505.49

'''Transactions:'''

{|border="1" cellspacing="0" width="100%" align="right"
! width="225" | Item
! width="225" |From/To
! width="100" |Income
! width="100" |Expenses
! Notes
|-
| No Expenses
| align="center"| -
|
! align="center" |-
|
|-
| Google SoC Support
| Checking
! align="right"| $2,500.00
|
|
|-
| Individual Donations
| Misc
! align="right"| $5.00
|
|
|-
|Interest
|Vanguard
! align="right"| $0.49
|
|
|-
!
! align="right"| Total
! align="right"| $2,505.49
! align="center"| -
!
|}

=== June 2011 ===

'''End-of-month balance:''' $18,906.29

'''Net change since last month:''' +0.75

'''Transactions:'''

{|border="1" cellspacing="0" width="100%" align="right"
! width="225" | Item
! width="225" |From/To
! width="100" |Income
! width="100" |Expenses
! Notes
|-
| No Expenses
|
|
! align="right" |-
|
|-
| Interest
| Vanguard
! align="right"| $0.75
|
|
|-
!
! align="right"| Total
! align="right"| $0.75
! align="right"| -
!
|}

=== May 2011 ===

'''End-of-month balance:''' $18,905.54

'''Net change since last month:''' -$1,273.99

'''Transactions:'''

{|border="1" cellspacing="0" width="100%" align="right"
! width="225" | Item
! width="225" |From/To
! width="100" |Income
! width="100" |Expenses
! Notes
|-
| EduJam
| align="center"| -
|
! align="right" |$1,100.00
|
|-
| Meetings: NYC 2011
|
|
! align="right"| $200.18
|
|-
| Individual Donations
| Misc
! align="right"| $25.00
|
|
|-
|Interest
|Vanguard
! align="right"| $1.19
|
|
|-
!
! align="right"| Total
! align="right"| $26.19
! align="right"| $1,300.18
!
|}

=== April 2011 ===

'''End-of-month balance:''' $20,179.53

'''Net change since last month:''' -$19,778.90

'''Transactions:'''

{|border="1" cellspacing="0" width="100%" align="right"
! width="225" | Item
! width="225" |From/To
! width="100" |Income
! width="100" |Expenses
! Notes
|-
| Cycling
| align="center"| -
|
! align="right" |$145,000.00
|
|-
| Durham Cycling Donation
| Checking
! align="right"| $125,000.00
|
|
|-
| Individual Donations
| Misc
! align="right"| $220.00
|
|
|-
|Interest
|Vanguard
! align="right"| $1.10
|
|
|-
!
! align="right"| Total
! align="right"| $125,221.10
! align="right"| $145,000.00
!
|}

=== March 2011 ===

'''End-of-month balance:''' $39,958.43

'''Net change since last month:''' +$20,131.30

'''Transactions:'''

{|border="1" cellspacing="0" width="100%" align="right"
! width="225" | Item
! width="225" |From/To
! width="100" |Income
! width="100" |Expenses
! Notes
|-
| No Expenses
| align="center"| -
|
! align="center" |-
|
|-
| Carhart Cycling Donation
| Checking
! align="right"| $20,000.00
|
|
|-
| Individual Donations
| Misc
! align="right"| $130.00
|
|
|-
|Interest
|Vanguard
! align="right"| $1.30
|
|
|-
!
! align="right"| Total
! align="right"| $20,131.30
! align="center"| -
!
|}

=== February 2011 ===

'''End-of-month balance:''' $19,827.13

'''Net change since last month:''' +1.04

'''Transactions:'''

{|border="1" cellspacing="0" width="100%" align="right"
! width="225" | Item
! width="225" |From/To
! width="100" |Income
! width="100" |Expenses
! Notes
|-
| No Expenses
| align="center"| -
|
! align="center" |-
|
|-
| Interest
| Vanguard
! align="right"| $1.04
|
|
|-
!
! align="right"| Total
! align="right"| $1.04
! align="center"| -
!
|}

=== January 2011 ===

'''End-of-month balance:''' $19,826.09

'''Net change since last month:''' -$1,679.08

'''Transactions:'''

{|border="1" cellspacing="0" width="100%" align="right"
! width="225" | Item
! width="225" |From/To
! width="100" |Income
! width="100" |Expenses
! Notes
|-
| Gould Grant student developer salary
| Gould Grant student employee
|
! align="right" |-$1,680.00
| Not sure if we want to put names here, so I left that information out. [[User:Mchua|Mchua]]
|-
| Interest
| Vanguard
! align="right"| $0.92
|
|
|-
!
! align="right"| Total
! align="right"| $0.92
! align="right"| -$1,680.00
!
|}

Oversight Board/2017-2019-candidates

2017-09-15T20:03:50Z

Holt:

==Election==

There are to be four (4) [[Oversight Board]] slots to be elected for the 2017-2019 period, currently held by Walter, Adam, Lionel and Sameer.

==Calendar==

{| class="wikitable"
|Stage I
|August 15
|Announcement of election date and first call for candidates.
|-
|Stage II
|August 30
|Reminder of election date and second call for candidates.
|-
|Stage III
|September 15
|[[#Candidates|Candidates' Wiki submissions]] deadline.
|-
|Stage IV
|October 1-15
|Election.
|}

==Candidates==

Candidates should create a Wiki entry at [[#Candidates|Candidates' Wiki submissions]], one entry per candidate, 1500 characters maximum length, sharing their vision and motivation.

Candidates should read and understand the terms of the [[Sugar_Labs/SFC_Fiscal_Agreement|Software Freedom Conservancy Fiscal Agreement]], because such terms bind our behavior as Sugar Labs Oversight Board and all our internal policies and procedures as a Project and as an organization.

Among other terms, please note the Project Management, Communications and Activities terms in the agreement provide that:

2.1. The Oversight Board Will Manage the Project.

2.2. The Project Will Be Free Software.

6. Representation of the Project in Conservancy: The Representative will have the authority to instruct Conservancy on the Project’s behalf on all matters.

The terms contemplate that the Oversight Board elects a single individual to communicate with Conservancy (the “Representative”) and shall notify Conservancy promptly following the election of a new Representative.

By publishing your candidacy below, you imply that in case you are elected a Sugar Labs Oversight board member you will honor the agreement terms.

=Devin Ulibarri=
Devin Ulibarri is a musician and an educator who became interested in free/libre software in 2014 during research for the Center for Music-in-Education (Boston). Devin pursued research into the implications for "software libre in education" which led him to believe that free/libre software is best for teaching and learning. He was soon introduced to SugarLabs, which both empowers teachers/learners with software freedom as well as offers tools to exercise those freedoms in a community setting.

Since his introduction to the SugarLabs community, Devin has participated heavily in the development of Music Blocks, a programming language for music. Within the SugarLabs community, Devin offers conceptual recommendations, design ideas, mockups, testing, minor patches, and community involvement on GitHub and Sugar's IRC. In his local community, Devin has represented Music Blocks software as a workshop lecturer (Constructionism Conference in Thailand, Canopy of Somerville) as well as a class instructor (YMCA Malden).

As an oversight board member, Devin would bring his insight as an experienced classroom teacher, an artist, and a free/libre software advocate. Devin has been described as "a very patient person", which he hopes would be a contribution to the oversight board if elected.

=Walter Bender=
After a decade of working on Sugar, I am reflecting on how we engage learners. We provide programming environments (e.g., Turtle and Music Blocks) and mechanism for debugging, collaboration, expression, and reflection. Our adherence to the principles of Free/Libre Software provides scaffolding for personal expression through programming and for surfacing personal responsibility, a sense of community, and unbounded expectations of Sugar users turned Sugar developers.

Where have we fallen short? Edtech is become big business: selling Apps and content is more lucrative and facile than the hard work of engaging teacher and learners in authentic problem-solving. There is a strong temptation to make things as simple as possible so as to reach the broadest possible audience. But some things are inherently complex. Apps might be fun, but the hard part of “hard fun” is in reaching towards complexity.

We are going where the learners are: Sugar as a Web app, on Android, or on iOS, (Sugarizer) and, tracking the growth of the Maker Movement, we now support Sugar on Raspbian.
“It is said that the best way to learn something is to teach it—and perhaps writing a teaching program is better still in its insistence on forcing one to consider all possible misunderstandings and mistakes.” — Seymour Papert

I have made mistakes, but as part of a learning community we will do better.

“Homework is boring. Looking for bugs is fun.” —Ezequiel Pereira

Let's continue to provide the basis for some fun.

=Sebastian Silva=

The mission of the Sugar Labs Oversight Board is to ensure the community has clarity of purpose and the means to attain its goals.

Sugar Labs needs to recognize that our community is '''diverse'''. Therefore, there are diverse purposes that may be clear and at the same time opposed.

We should provide a '''safe and neutral space''' for dialogue on the technology and education that underlies our projects. We need to approve and enforce a ''code of conduct''.

Finally, the reason for Sugar Labs to exist under the SFC is to '''facilitate the flow of resources''' to volunteers with valuable projects. We should strive to open and fund open calls with funds for development, infrastructure and end user products.

=== About Sebastian ===
Sebastian is father to two precious children that are being homeschooled in collaboration with his dear wife and co-creator Laura Vargas.

As a child, Sebastian learned to program with Logo and soon outgrew it to be charmed with Python and raise the flag of Free/Libre Software. He loves writing Sugar Activities; His latest is a collaborative [http://educa.juegos/#sugarlabs_platform_2017 Python IDE] that he hopes you'll love too.

Currently he lives with his family in a cabin in the Amazon rainforest and teaches Karate and videogame programming to the kids in the vicinity, sustaining a lifestyle seeking harmony with nature and providing services of software artisanship and systems gardening remotely.

=Lionel Laské=
Learn more about my background [[User:Llaske|here]].

Like lot of you I've joined SugarLabs at the beginning of the OLPC project. As cofounder of [http://olpc-france.org OLPC France grassroot], I've worked hard to deploy it on the field and contribute to expand it both in term of activities and in term of French content.
Because the OLPC project and the XO laptop was declining year after year, I've decided 5 years ago to launch the [http://sugarizer.org Sugarizer] initiative. My objective was to write a new page of Sugar history by expanding its compatibility to any device, specifically the favorite education device of today: tablets. I'm very proud that today, two deployments already start to use Sugarizer on Android tablets.

Deployed on more than 2 millions of devices and supported by millions of users, Sugar is the #1 learning platform in the world. But we need to convince this large community that a future exist out of the XO laptop. It's my ambition as candidate to the SugarLabs Oversight Board. As I've done in past month as SLOB member, I will support projects where the goal is to expand the community and give a vision to SugarLabs. Even if it could hurt sometime, I will also refuse to spend our limited resources on ways that not fit into its vision. We're all volunteers and our time is precious, let's continue to invest it where it will be the most useful: give to learners the better free libre education platform.

=Sameer Verma=
My background [[User:Sverma|here]].

== Introduction ==

I am a professor in the Information Systems department at San Francisco State University, in San Francisco, California USA. I also serve on the Board of Directors of the Drupal Association, which gives me significant insights into how large FOSS projects work both in the community and the enterprise. I am the founder of the OLPC San Francisco volunteer community, that continues to be active around OLPC's original mission and projects that have grown from that ecosystem, including Sugar, XS, XOVis and others.

== Experience ==

My experience with Sugar projects are based on a three-pronged approach:

:''Education''

:Understanding constructivist, constructionist, instructional and ad-hoc learning models. I look for accommodating for the gap between what may be prescribed, and what can actually be implemented in the field.

:''Technology''

:Hardware, software, and network combinations that make these projects work in the “middle of nowhere” communities. My professional training comes in handy when working on these technology bits.

:''Social Context''

:Understanding social context is the most important of the three approaches. Providing powerful life-changing educational tools to communities is not enough unless we also understand their cultural and social underpinnings.

== Expected Contribution ==

To maintain Sugar's technology focus as a medium of delivery, while maintaining the education message. I hope to bring my skills and expertise to contribute to the strategic direction of Sugar the project, and its implementations on any device, anywhere.

=Sean Daly=

I am an independent journalist, formerly working for a large company in IT, communications, advertising and marketing. As my children are (mostly) grown, and I set my own work schedule, I will have time to commit to Sugar again. I have been part of Sugar Labs since 2009, including a term as a SLOB, and was Marketing Coordinator for 5 years.

The major changes in "educational technology" - from computer lab, to netbook, to tablet - mean that beyond the XO platform, Sugar must adapt and indeed is doing so, through Sugarizer and other initiatives. At the same time, the rapid growth of social media has created new opportunities to communicate about Sugar, opportunities which are not being seized today.

As a SLOB, I will work to grow our community and to raise awareness of Sugar.

=Adam Holt=

As its 10-year anniversary quickly approaches, Sugar Labs needs to do more than survive as a fragile vessel for One Laptop per Child's many still unmet dreams.

Sugar Labs can now begin standing up conscientiously in new areas, building on real-world deliverables like Sugarizer 0.9 on Internet-in-a-Box (a.k.a. the OLPC School Server Community Edition, http://schoolserver.org) now in use in a very rapidly growing number of countries where the XO laptop never quite took root:

https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/15x/speakers/adam-holt 
https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/15x/presentations/internet-box

Google Summer of Code (GSoC) and Google Code-in (GCI) are an amazingly powerful start to bring us together constructing collaboratively + openly + coherently -- but these are not the only revenue/volunteer streams Sugar Labs and the Sugar Movement can bank on during its second decade!

All such strategic progress is beginning to take shape for an entirely new generation of DIY Sugar culture. But it is thanks to an underlying non-chaotic legal and accounting strategy with the Software Freedom Conservancy that all this is possible.

I have worked for 10 years with Sugar Labs (originally as OLPC's Community Support Manager) and then as Sugar Labs' liaison/representative to the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) for 2 years now to solidify a foundation here. When emotions inevitably take hold on legal and financial issues, it is imperative that we also have a steady hand, to work with SFC Executive Director Karen Sandler and her team moving us all forward methodically. I will continue this difficult but very necessary work if re-elected -- strengthening our participatory community architecture, operationalizing an evermore legit and balanced footing -- inclusive of Sugar Labs' contributors, educators and hackers all.

Let's now step forward together, Sugar's diverse but sincere community, to build upon this base for an entirely new decade of Rapidly Internationalizing Opportunities Now.

==References==

This election is being run by the [[Sugar_Labs/Governance/Committees#Membership_and_Elections_Committee|Membership and Elections Committee]] which was [[Oversight_Board/Decisions#2017-01-06|appointed in January]], along with Dave Crossland
as an impartial election oversight party.

An update from the Membership and Elections Committee was [http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings/2017-08-04T19:01:24#i_2900181 received] during the Oversight Board meeting of August 4. Also listed were the [http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings/2017-08-04T19:01:24#i_2900205 expiring slots].

During [http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings/2017-09-01T19:10:08 September's meeting] the Board '''confirmed September 27, 2017 as the deadline for new memberships request to participate on 2017-2019 elections'''.

2016-04-06T13:48:43Z

Holt: /* Meetings */

2015-12-03T22:17:15Z

Holt: /* rachel */

=XSCE 6.0 Release Candidate 1 for CentOS “7.1”=
updated 11/26/2015
*Important addendum:

*'''UNDER CONSTRUCTION'''
==Download 1.8GB XSCE 6.0 Release Candidate 1 for CentOS “7.1” (November 2015)==
*Download centos7_xsce.6.rc1.img
: http://download.unleashkids.org/xsce/downloads/installer/centos/centos7_xsce.6.rc1.img
http://download.unleashkids.org/xsce/downloads/installer/centos/centos7_xsce.6.rc1.img
:use dd or gnome disks restore to write onto a USB memory stick, verifying its MD5 checksum equals
http://download.unleashkids.org/xsce/downloads/installer/centos/centos7_xsce.6.rc1.img.md5.txt

===Follow instructions here: (Option 1.5)===
: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ez1H2LYrkqeXR_r5T93CMdmx9CeTJp_vC-IDBGam1Bc/edit#\

==Also See==
* Google Docs with relevant info
: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Community_Edition/FAQ#Is_a_quick_installation_possible.3F
: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ez1H2LYrkqeXR_r5T93CMdmx9CeTJp_vC-IDBGam1Bc/edit#heading=h.hr9kca62zrfq

===Configuration===
*Connect a USBtoEthernet dongle (adapter) from the NUC to a live Ethernet cable (with
live Internet) so that during installation, software can download and update itself.
*Ideally, this live Ethernet wire leads from the dongle to a LAN port in the Netgear 3G
Modem/Router, whose WAN port (during this installation only!) leads to the Internet.
Later you’ll verify “ping 8.8.8.8” and “ping mit.edu” works thru this wire, as will be
discussed below.
*Connect an Ethernet cable and a powered TPLINK AP
:(LAN port, and tape over WAN port to make sure it’s never used)
to the NUC’s Ethernet port (its green link lights should light).

== Install onto Intel NUC==
* Write to a USB stick with dd or gnome-disks restore
* Windows users can use
http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager

==Boot NUC with USB stick inserted, using F10 is necessary.==
*Type “erase” when requested
*Watch for “done!” or #prompt; ignore “I/O error”.
*Run “reboot”
: Optionally Disable all USB booting in BIOS: F2 on Boot > Boot Configuration >
Boot Devices > USB
: Likewise this should already be disabled: Boot > Boot Configuration > UEFI Boot > Boot USB Devices First
Login to your new server as: root / centos, then change both passwords:
passwd (changes root password)
passwd xsce-admin (has sudo powers, careful!)
*Verify that you have internet connection with “ping yahoo.com”
:Ensure both your networking connections are live and connected in their final position.
Get the most recent version of the XSCE playbook
cd /opt/schoolserver/xsce
git pull origin master

==Install the software that lets you access XSCE from a client browser ==
./install-console (fixes LAN; no need to “./runtags network”)
*Reboot
*Test client machines can reach
http://schoolserver.lan
or
http://172.18.96.1
*Finally, if you have no downstream WiFi AP, try
http://localhost
from a browser on the server itself, and also try
http://localhost/admin
with username “xsce-admin” and the password you set above.
*Alternate:
Log into the command console (click on “Admin Console” link, user: xsce-admin and the password you set above)
*Select the services you want to install within "Configures services".
:Save configuration (green button)
:Install Configured options (red button)
:The teamviewer service will automatically install a graphical environment
===Screenshots===
[[File:Iiab_on_XO-1.5.JPG|400px]]

[[File:Rachel_on_XO-1.5.JPG|400px]]

[[File:Admin_services_on_centos7.1.JPG|400px]]

===Launch TeamViewer from topleft "Applications Menu" > Internet > TeamViewer 10 ===
*Caution xsce may not work if installed
:Configure “Setup unattended access...” under TeamViewer’s Connection menu If You Dare.
:The openvpn will allow remote diagnosis and support
Install your favorite text editor. For example, run:
yum install emacs

==Install xfce==

:If you want a graphical environment on your server, run:

yum groupinstall xfce

===Install browser, at your own risk===

:Install your favorite browser IF YOU UNDERSTAND ITS INHERENT RISKS TO DESTROYING YOUR SERVER. For example:

yum install firefox
===Start the xfce desktop===
startxfce4

==To make xfce start at default boot==
cd /etc/systemd/system
ln -sf /lib/systemd/system/graphical.target default.target
:If above line fails, run
unlink default.target
:*then try it again.
:Reboot to test graphical login, presumably with username: xsce-admin

=F22-XSCE-LIVE=
'''NOTE''' use '''su''' to get to root of booted live; use installer to set your root password but please do not use "xsce-admin" as a new user, that one is already taken.
===Text mode Installation===
:http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Community_Edition/Features/Liveiso
*Download:
:http://download.unleashkids.org/xsce/downloads/installer/experimental/ (27-Nov-2015 14:27 1.7G )

Login as root, then run "xsceinst"

[[File:Xsceinst2.png|700px]]

Proceed through the guided prompts.

Reboot and login as "xsce-admin" with password "g0adm1n"

*Should you want to create another user please do not use "xsce-admin" as a new user, that one is already taken.

*Notes: '''Please refrain from using liveinst during testing''', trying to implement that functionality in the future.

==Install xfce==

:If you want a graphical environment on your server, run:

yum groupinstall xfce

===start the xfce desktop===
:(xfce will not start on next login, unless you arrange for that below)
startxfce4
[[File:Startxfce.png|400px]]

* Disable screensaver
* Presuming you've installed Firefox above, go to:
http://localhost
[[File:Xs-portal.png|400px]]

http://localhost/admin
[[File:Admin-logged_in.png|400px]]

===Logging into XSCE-admin from XO-1.5===
[[File:Login_to_xsce_from_XO-1.5.JPG|400px]]

===To make xfce start at default boot===
cd /etc/systemd/system
ln -sf /lib/systemd/system/graphical.target default.target
:If above line fails, run
unlink default.target
:*then try it again.
*Reboot to test graphical login, presumably with username: xsce-admin

==RACHEL==
*Link to rachel.zip
:http://46.235.224.50/rachelusb_32EN/

==NOTES==
:http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.laptop.olpc.server.devel/6534