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See http://www.mail-archive.com/iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg04163.html for background and reference;<br> | See http://www.mail-archive.com/iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg04163.html for background and reference;<br> | ||
also, http://www.mail-archive.com/iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg04201.html. | also, http://www.mail-archive.com/iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg04201.html. | ||
This venture will depend on creative, community support and the cooperative spirit of participants. Please join | This venture will depend on creative, community support and the cooperative spirit of participants. Please join and '''[[/Ideas|contribute ideas here]]''', on this page, and on the [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep It's an Education Project] mailing list. | ||
==Sugar Institute Vision== | ==Sugar Institute Vision== | ||
* Fill a house with design students, education students, and computer science students all coming together to work on Sugar. | * Fill a house with design students, education students, and computer science students all coming together to work on Sugar. Small Scale version of this is [http://docbox.flint.com:8081/maple Maple 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. | ||
* Flophouse, or | * Flophouse, or Sugar Shack, would be a precursor to an Institute to see if this is something that is useful, cost effective, and manageable. | ||
* Sugar Labs would be technical sponsor | * Sugar Labs would be a technical sponsor. | ||
* Give smart, passionate students, who might not be familiar with open source and community development, a chance to immerse themselves in the culture. | |||
* Provide a catalyst for small groups, loosely affiliated with Sugar Labs, to form, and work on interesting projects that might feed back upstream. | |||
==Regional Institutes== | |||
* Rochester, New York, USA (see below) | |||
* [http://www.bosivt.org Barre Open Systems Institute] in Barre, Vermont, USA with Paul Flint, http://www.mail-archive.com/iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org/msg04175.html | |||
* [[Sugar Labs DC]], Washington, DC, USA with Jeff Elkner, http://n2.nabble.com/-Marketing--Fwd:-Sugar-Labs-DC-Summer-Workshop-tt3004044.html | |||
==[http://www.rit.edu/ RIT] FOSS Co-op Vision== | ==[http://www.rit.edu/ RIT] FOSS Co-op Vision== | ||
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* Prefer that students locate in Rochester, NY rather than disperse. (distance co-ops an option) | * Prefer that students locate in Rochester, NY rather than disperse. (distance co-ops an option) | ||
* Paid positions when funding is available, unpaid otherwise (Student's must commit to documenting their work before leaving for a paid position). | * Paid positions when funding is available, unpaid otherwise (Student's must commit to documenting their work before leaving for a paid position). | ||
* Collaborating with students that will be working on independent studies, see [[User:Bbl5660|Brian Long]] , [[User:Classclownfish|Abbi Honeycutt]] and etc. | |||
==Opportunity== | ==Opportunity== | ||
* Serve both visions in a co-sponsored, 2009 Sugar Summer Co-op | * Serve both visions in a co-sponsored, 2009 Sugar Summer Co-op program. | ||
* A hybrid operation with RIT students and other interested parties would be possible. | * A hybrid operation with RIT students and other interested parties would be possible. | ||
* Find financial sponsors. | * Find financial sponsors. | ||
*:Sugar Labs not currently able to provide financial support except through [[Sugar Labs/Donate|community donations]]. | *:Sugar Labs is not currently able to provide financial support except through [[Sugar Labs/Donate|community donations]]. | ||
** optionally, associate with [http://www.hfoss.org/ H-FOSS]. | ** optionally, associate with [http://www.hfoss.org/ H-FOSS]. | ||
** self | ** self sponsor, when possible. | ||
* Use RIT Resources | * Use RIT Resources | ||
** Laboratory, office, and meeting spaces | ** Laboratory, office, and meeting spaces | ||
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*** perhaps sponsors could invite appropriately-sized groups to summer cottages or vacation homes for reflective weekends or short, get-away periods. | *** perhaps sponsors could invite appropriately-sized groups to summer cottages or vacation homes for reflective weekends or short, get-away periods. | ||
** Rochester local housing: $900-1,000/month for a 3 bedroom house $1400-1600/month for a four, etc. | ** Rochester local housing: $900-1,000/month for a 3 bedroom house $1400-1600/month for a four, etc. | ||