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See http://www.mail-archive.com/iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg04163.html for background and reference.
See http://www.mail-archive.com/iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg04163.html for background and reference.
==Vision==
==Sugar Institute Vision==
* A Sugar Institute providing a place fill a house with design students, education students, and computer science students all coming together to work on Sugar.
* Fill a house with design students, education students, and computer science students all coming together to work on Sugar.
* Something with work and living space for about 20 people to come together to work together for brief periods (a couple of weeks to a couple of months).
* Something with work and living space for about 20 people to come together to work together for brief periods (a couple of weeks to a couple of months).
* It could be used for training deployment teams, some weeks for hackers to work together, some weeks....
* It could be used for training deployment teams, some weeks for hackers to work together, some weeks....
* It could become a place for deployments and deployers to hire Sugar developers and designers for specific tasks.
* It could become a place for deployments and deployers to hire Sugar developers and designers for specific tasks.
* Flophouse, or SugarShack, would be a precursor to Institute to see if this is something that is useful, cost effective, and
manageable.
==Needs==
==RIT FOSS Co-op Vision==
* RIT Co-op program Supervisor
* Modeled after http://www.hfoss.org/index.php?page=hfoss-summer-institute
* Support students such as those in [[olpc:RIT_honors_seminar%2C_developing_for_the_OLPC_XO]] working on [[Math4Team/RIT]] and want to continue or earn required Co-op credit.
* 350-hour work commitment by students per term.
* External to RIT Co-op program Supervisor(s)
* Prefer that students locate in Rochester, NY rather than disperse. (distance co-ops an option)
* Paid positions when funding is available, unpaid otherwise (Student's must commit to documenting their work before leaving for a paid position).
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