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== Pre-conference community meetup ==
== Pre-conference community meetup ==
* Bernie gives an overview of the current state of Sugar Labs
* Bernie gives an overview of the current state of Sugar Labs:
* infrastructure (servers, services, etc.) in in place
** infrastructure (servers, services, etc.) in in place
* mode of governance has been established
** mode of governance has been established
* getting away from the ''old mindset'' (thinking like a company, asking for permission before doing something)
** getting away from the ''old mindset'' (thinking like a company, asking for permission before doing something)
* ''show me the code'', we will support you but you should do things yourself
** ''show me the code'', we will support you but you should do things yourself
* SugarLabs is a community '''not''' a company
** Sugar Labs is a community '''not''' a company
* more developers are needed
** more developers are needed
* people should be pointed to join.sugarlabs.org
** people should be pointed to join.sugarlabs.org
* a few thousand dollars have been collected via individual donations
** a few thousand dollars have been collected via individual donations
* no success in getting grants so far
** no success in getting grants so far
* Sugar Labs has no employees, should work like the Gnome foundation, people getting paid by companies who want Sugar to suceed
** Sugar Labs has no employees, should work like the Gnome foundation, people getting paid by companies who want Sugar to suceed
* in the larger context SugarLabs should be responsible for high-levels decisions and setting the framework for activities
* in the larger context Sugar Labs should be responsible for high-levels decisions and setting the framework for activities
* focus on setting up Local Sugar Labs, direct contact to educators and other relevant parties in their respective communities
* focus on setting up Local Sugar Labs, direct contact to educators and other relevant parties in their respective communities
* [http://sugarlabs.org/go/ActivityTeam/Remora_port Remora]
* [http://sugarlabs.org/go/ActivityTeam/Remora_port Remora] as a central hub for activities (downloads, reviews, etc.); should be available in a couple of weeks
* Collaboration:
** (as previously also discussed on the mailing-list) it would be good to have a minimum-level of collaboration in all activities in the form of a view-only mode
** activities should also declare a max. number of collaborators, any additional users who join are automatically connected in a view-only mode
* Sugar 0.86:
** goal is to make Sugar more usable in the classroom and for teachers
** define a process to help deverlopers in finding what's important in the classroom (''participatory design'', ''educator-driven development'')
** announce a call-for-proposals to aid in the collection of ideas, desired features, etc. for the next release
** end of call in mid-March
** don't make promises whether these things will be implemented (because most of them won't be!)
* Sugar 0.84 demo by Tomeu:
** '''To-Do:'''
*** Update FlossManuals and other documentation for the 0.84 release by early March (=>contact FlossManuals folks and others who have previously already contributed to documentation efforts)
*** Maybe make a nice video intro highlighting the new features
** neighborhood view will only show 40 XOs when connected to an ejabberd server due to the use of collabora-gadget
** there's a server running at jabber.sugarlabs.org
** Mesh circle / networks not shown in the neighborhood view anymore, only in the frame
** the ''Start'' menu (currently only accessible via hovering over the center of the homeview) is no accessible from the frame and also the neighborhood view
** coloured icons in the home-view indicate that the last instance / Journal entry of the respective activity will be launched
** devices such as removable storage is now also viewable in the frame
** Journal includes an icon for "favorites-only" search
** view-source (fn + space) now opens source code for activities in a view-only mode and saves them in the Journal
** apart from a regular Testing team that mainly looks for bugs there's also a need for a dedicated UI testing effort to evaluate UI changes
== FOSDEM'09 ==
== FOSDEM'09 ==
* SoaS at the Fedora booth: http://erikos.sweettimez.de/?p=359
* Planning for [http://sugarlabs.org/go/User:Erikos/Events/LinuxTag2009 LinuxTag 2009]
== Other Notes ==
== Other Notes ==