Oversight Board/Meeting Minutes-2024-04-10
Attending
- Devin Ulibarri (SL executive director)
- Claudia Urrea (SL Inc. board)
- Lionel Laske (SL Inc. board)
- Ibiam Chihurumnaya (participant, SLOB)
- Peace Ojemeh (participant, SLOB)
- Walter Bender (SL Inc. board)
- Martín Abente Lahaye (participant)
- Samson Goody (SL Inc. board)
Absent
- Alex Perez (SL Inc. board)
Agenda
- Code4Tech
- Fundraiser progress report
- Malden interns
- GSoC report
- Election planning
Discussion
Code4Tech
- Walter set up projects in the [DMP repo](https://github.com/sugarlabs/DMP) on GH.
- Waiting for the projects to go live on their site; then mentors need to fill out a form.
Marketing
- Devin wrote a [Marketing Team/Marketing Philosophy] page.
- We agreed to build a library of academic articles.
- We agreed to refresh the "press" room.
- Devin will explore some mechanisms for gathering/publishing updates (stuff that should be published to social media or our website's news feed).
- Devin will be running a seminar/workshop series.
Interns
- Devin is engaging them with basics around git and emacs.
- Ibiam will source some open issues in Sugar.
GSoC
- 115 proposals
- 25 marked as "ignore" as they were not up to the standards of the others.
- Mentors need to review/short list proposals they are interested in mentoring.
- Perrie will be design mentor as needed.
Board/Election
Motion: To disband the Sugar Labs Oversight Board in favor of the Sugar Labs, Inc. board
Motion made by Walter; seconded by Samson; +1 by Claudia, Ibiam, Walter, Lionel, and Perrie.
We discussed holding an election for the "even" seats of the Sugar Labs, Inc. board.
Walter, Lionel, and a vacant seat will be up for election in August.