Welcome to the Local Sugar Labs project.
Local Sugar Labs are regional groups chartered to help accomplish to Sugar Labs mission on a local level. There are many ways in which a local lab can affect greater change than a global lab. Local lab can adapt the technology and pedagogy to an area's culture and resources. Local labs can help translate Sugar to the local language. Local labs can support sugar deployments in area schools.
Creating a local lab
Creating a Local Lab is an exciting, challenging and rewarding experience. A successful local lab can have a great impact, both locally and globally.
Forming a local lab is not about forming a group and telling people what to do. It is about identifying local needs and inspiring smart and passionate people to meet those needs. Running a local lab will push you to your limits. You will need to keep the group organized and resolve conflict where required.
Getting Started
First, you will need to chose your region. A local local lab can support a city, a state, or even a country. We encourage you to start with country sized regions until you grow large enough that seperate, smaller teams would be more effective.
Next, you will need to identify a contact person. Your contact person will be the ambassador between Sugar Labs and your local lab.
Choosing a name
Setting up your resources
Home page Mailing list IRC Channel Moodle room? Translations
Running a local lab
Leading the team
Holding meetings
Find things to do
Support local deployments Translate software and documentation
Resolving conflicts
We would like to help local and regional groups establish Sugar Labs, whose mission would be to advance learning and the technical and pedagogical support around learning in specific locales. We are looking for input on how best to do this. Your input would be of great value to our efforts. Please join the discussion.
What would be the mission of a regional Sugar Lab? How would it differ from the global mission?
- The overall mission of sugar labs has to remain the same in a regional sugar labs, the changes are more related to the way that local organizations and people interact with a regional sugar labs, the regional sugar labs must be a way to foster, and hardening the sugar labs overall mission.
What would regional Sugar Labs like/need from the global Sugar Labs community?
- We can set up <your-region>.sugarlabs.org as a regional support organization under Sugar Labs.
- We can help provide you with infrastructure support such as a mailing list and a wiki.(personal mail addresses @region- sugarlabs.org?)
- What sort of financial help are you looking at? Sugar Labs should be able to help with grant writing, etc.
What are the next steps?
- Setting up
- Clarifying legal and financial concerns (locally)
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Good source of self sustaining revenue.
Cons
- Would SL directly engaging in work-for-hire cause a conflict of interest with our members and partners