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===Oversight Board Election===

===Oversight Board Election===

The main reason I am presenting my candidacy to the 2009-2010 election is to help, in the very limited ways that I can, to keep Sugar Labs connected and aware of real needs of the teachers.  Having seen the approach to education that OLPC has shown, I am very concerned we might be facing a genuine risk of ending up with Sugar being a most wonderful and perfect system, but not really useful for the real world needs of kids that need it most.

The main reason I am presenting my candidacy to the 2009-2010 election is to help, in the very limited ways that I can, to keep Sugar Labs connected and aware of real needs of the teachers and learners.  Having seen the approach to education that OLPC has shown, I am very concerned we might be also facing a lesser, but still genuine risk of ending up with Sugar being a most wonderful and perfect system, but not really useful for the real world needs of kids that need it most.

In many ways this aims '''beyond Sugar as a purpose in itself''', to something like '''seeing Sugar as a tool for a purpose'''.   

In many ways this aims '''beyond Sugar as a purpose in itself''', to something like '''seeing Sugar as a tool for a purpose'''.   

I am not much of a programmer, I sincerely am in awe at those who can manage the nitty gritty of coding and putting things together.  I barely have found some success in working communication with the Sur list and OLPC News.  I've been a classroom teacher over 15 years, in Uruguay, the US. This to say that I just want to help things along, with feet on the ground - I do not have all the solutions, alas.

I am not much of a programmer, I sincerely am in awe at those who can manage the nitty gritty of coding and putting things together.  I barely have found some success in working communication with the Sur list, OLPC News, and such fori.  I've been a classroom teacher over 15 years, in Uruguay, the US. This to say that I just want to help things along, with feet on the ground - I do not have all the solutions, alas.  This is a team effort thing, and the team needs to be wider.

'''My proposal''' is that we will listen to the needs of the teachers, of kids and families, and focus our assembled geek abilities to help them achieve quality education, definitely not just what we think this means, but rather what they actually face as real priorities and needs that we can help with, with Sugar

'''My proposal''' is that we will listen to the needs of the teachers, of kids and families, and focus our assembled geek abilities to help them achieve quality education, definitely not just what we think this means, but rather what they actually face as real priorities and needs that we can help with, with Sugar