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# If your project is successfully completed, what will its impact be on the Sugar Labs community? Give 3 answers, each 1-3 paragraphs in length. The first one should be yours. The other two should be answers from members of the Sugar Labs community, at least one of whom should be a Sugar Labs GSoC mentor. Provide email contact information for non-GSoC mentors.

# If your project is successfully completed, what will its impact be on the Sugar Labs community? Give 3 answers, each 1-3 paragraphs in length. The first one should be yours. The other two should be answers from members of the Sugar Labs community, at least one of whom should be a Sugar Labs GSoC mentor. Provide email contact information for non-GSoC mentors.

## Sugar on a Stick is a project that "enables children to reclaim computers". It's a project that reaches even further than other approaches seen before, as it significantly lowers the entry barrier for people to get their hands on their own personalized Sugar Learning Experience. By making this experience even better -- which is what this project aims for -- the general improvements arrive at one of Sugar's main ways of distribution. However, Sugar on a Stick is not just a distribution, it's a way of deploying Sugar. Successful pilots are taking off right now in Berlin and Boston and these kids there won't be the only ones to get their hands on the resulting improvements. Instead, the improvements will be included in the next iteration of Sugar on a Stick, enabling them to interact directly with our developers, resulting in a better product.

## Sugar on a Stick is a project that "enables children to reclaim computers". It's a project that reaches even further than other approaches seen before, as it significantly lowers the entry barrier for people to get their hands on their own personalized Sugar Learning Experience. By making this experience even better -- which is what this project aims for -- the general improvements arrive at one of Sugar's main ways of distribution. However, Sugar on a Stick is not just a distribution, it's a way of deploying Sugar. Successful pilots are taking off right now in Berlin and Boston and these kids there won't be the only ones to get their hands on the resulting improvements. Instead, the improvements will be included in the next iteration of Sugar on a Stick, enabling them to interact directly with our developers, resulting in a better product.

## [comment needed] -- Mel?

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## [comment needed] -- Walter?

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# Sugar Labs will be working to set up a small (5-30 unit) Sugar pilot near each student project that is accepted to GSoC so that you can immediately see how your work affects children in a deployment. We will make arrangements to either supply or find all the equipment needed. Do you have any ideas on where you would like your deployment to be, who you would like to be involved, and how we can help you and the community in your area begin it?

# Sugar Labs will be working to set up a small (5-30 unit) Sugar pilot near each student project that is accepted to GSoC so that you can immediately see how your work affects children in a deployment. We will make arrangements to either supply or find all the equipment needed. Do you have any ideas on where you would like your deployment to be, who you would like to be involved, and how we can help you and the community in your area begin it?

#* I've been leading and coordinating technical support for a small XO deployment in a school here. While this might be an option, there are also other Sugar on a Stick related deployments currently going on in Berlin (Simon) and Boston (Mel) -- cooperating with these might be a good way of getting actual results from the field.

#* I've been leading and coordinating technical support for a small XO deployment in a school here. While this might be an option, there are also other Sugar on a Stick related deployments currently going on in Berlin (Simon) and Boston (Mel) -- cooperating with these might be a good way of getting actual results from the field.