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See http://www.mail-archive.com/iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg04163.html for background and reference.
  
==Vision==
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==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.
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* 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.
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* Flophouse, or SugarShack, would be a precursor to Institute to see if this is something that is useful, cost effective, and
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manageable.
  
==Needs==
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==RIT FOSS Co-op Vision==
* RIT Co-op program Supervisor
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* Modeled after http://www.hfoss.org/index.php?page=hfoss-summer-institute
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* 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.
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* 350-hour work commitment by students per term.
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* External to RIT Co-op program Supervisor(s)
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* Prefer that students locate in Rochester, NY rather than disperse. (distance co-ops an option)
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* 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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Revision as of 12:22, 11 May 2009

See http://www.mail-archive.com/iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg04163.html for background and reference.

Sugar Institute Vision

  • 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).
  • 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.
  • Flophouse, or SugarShack, would be a precursor to Institute to see if this is something that is useful, cost effective, and

manageable.

RIT FOSS Co-op Vision