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** 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

** ~~SugarLabs~~ is a community '''not''' a company

** Sugar Labs is a community '''not''' a company

** more developers are needed

** people should be pointed to join.sugarlabs.org

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** 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

* 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

* [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

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** (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 ==

* 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 ==

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 ** 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
-** SugarLabs is a community '''not''' a company
+** Sugar Labs is a community '''not''' a company
 ** more developers are needed
 ** people should be pointed to join.sugarlabs.org
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 ** 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
-* 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
 * [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
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 ** (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 ==
+* 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 ==