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Sugar Labs appreciates the efforts of Local Labs in making the Sugar platform relevant to their local communities. Local Labs around the globe do the following, and more:

'''Welcome to the Local Sugar Labs Project.'''

 

A local Sugar Lab would:

* Adapt the technology and pedagogy to an area's culture and resources (e.g, developing activities and content specific to a region)

* Adapt the technology and pedagogy to an area's culture and resources (e.g, developing activities and content specific to a region)

* Provide for communication,between the local communities and the global Sugar Labs community

* Provide for communication,between the local communities and the global Sugar Labs community

* Develop Local content and software that can be used not only for local purposes but also for the overall community

* Develop Local content and software that can be used not only for local purposes but also for the overall community

* Host, co-host or partner in the organization of conferences, workshops, talks and meetings related to the use or development of Sugar,

* Host, co-host or partner in the organization of conferences, workshops, talks and meetings related to the use or development of Sugar

A distributed project—we chose to name Sugar Labs, plural deliberately—where there is a local sense of ownership and associated entrepreneurship feels like the right course for us as an organization. Sugar Labs "central" is the community itself, which would be responsible for setting clear goals and maintaining any necessary infrastructure needed by the project as a whole, while the regional labs would use their own means to make Sugar relevant to their local communities. But what is the "business model" for a successful Sugar Lab? It seems that some necessary conditions for success would be:

Sugar Labs seeks to foster a sense of ownership and associated entrepreneurship with the user communities who support Sugar. Sugar Labs, as the official representative of the project itself, maintains responsibility for setting clear goals and maintaining any necessary infrastructure needed by the project as a whole. In turn, Local Labs dedicate themselves to using Sugar to serve their local communities. But, what is the "business model" for a successful Local Lab? It seems that some necessary conditions for success would be:

* A university connection as a local human resource

* A university connection as a local human resource

* A local pilot user group from which to learn

* A local pilot user group from which to learn

* A local passion or sub-goal that provides a rational for the work

* A local passion or sub-goal that provides a rational for the work

* Bi-directional communication with the global Sugar community and other Sugar Labs

* Bi-directional communication with Sugar Labs and other Local Labs

* A sustainable and well-defined entrepreneurship model

* A sustainable and well-defined entrepreneurship model

* A program to reach out to local free-software community and local industry

* A program to reach out to local free-software communities and local industry

* A marketing program or roadmap

* A marketing program or roadmap

 

What are other considerations? And are these initial "conditions" correct? Your input would be of great value to the efforts of Local Labs everywhere. Please join the discussion.

What are other considerations? And are these initial "conditions" correct? Your input would be of great value to our efforts. Please join the discussion.

==Proposals==

==Proposals==

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== draft MOU ==

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