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* 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
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* infrastructure (servers, services, etc.) in in place
** mode of governance has been established
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* mode of governance has been established
** getting away from the ''old mindset'' (thinking like a company, asking for permission before doing something)
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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
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* ''show me the code'', we will support you but you should do things yourself
** SugarLabs is a community '''not''' a company
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* SugarLabs is a community '''not''' a company
** more developers are needed
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* more developers are needed
** people should be pointed to join.sugarlabs.org
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* people should be pointed to join.sugarlabs.org
** a few thousand dollars have been collected via individual donations
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* a few thousand dollars have been collected via individual donations
** no success in getting grants so far
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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
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* 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
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* in the larger context SugarLabs should be responsible for high-levels decisions and setting the framework for activities
** focus on setting up Local Sugar Labs, have direct
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* focus on setting up Local Sugar Labs, direct contact to educators and other relevant parties in their respective communities
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* [http://sugarlabs.org/go/ActivityTeam/Remora_port Remora]
  
 
== FOSDEM'09 ==
 
== FOSDEM'09 ==
  
 
== Other Notes ==
 
== Other Notes ==

Revision as of 06:43, 8 February 2009

Pre-conference community meetup

  • Bernie gives an overview of the current state of Sugar Labs
  • infrastructure (servers, services, etc.) in in place
  • mode of governance has been established
  • 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
  • more developers are needed
  • people should be pointed to join.sugarlabs.org
  • a few thousand dollars have been collected via individual donations
  • 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
  • focus on setting up Local Sugar Labs, direct contact to educators and other relevant parties in their respective communities
  • Remora

FOSDEM'09

Other Notes