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I was a GSoC' 18 student with Sugar Labs, and I worked on [https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/archive/2018/projects/5320748025511936/ porting Sugar to Python 3]. I continue contributing in terms of code, code reviews and as a mentor in GCI' 18.
I was a GSoC' 18 student with Sugar Labs, and I worked on [https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/archive/2018/projects/5320748025511936/ porting Sugar to Python 3]. I continue contributing in terms of code, code reviews and as a mentor in GCI' 18.
I am excited our goals and our potential. But I am concerned that the way we are working is wrong. Currently in the SLOB meetings,
I am excited by our goals and our potential. But I am concerned that the way we are working is wrong. '''Currently in the SLOB meetings,'''
* A lot of the members are inactive. They don't attend the SLOB meetings or reply to motions, crippling our progress.
* A lot of the members are inactive. They don't attend the SLOB meetings or reply to motions, crippling our progress.
* There is a lot of talk, but there is not an equivalent amount of work done. We fail to properly materialise discussions
* There is a lot of talk, but there is not an equivalent amount of work done. We fail to properly materialise discussions
* We don't have a concrete plan of our goals. We try to cover a lot of breath in our efforts, and end up working on things which are not related to our goals (eg: Sugar Social)
* We don't have a concrete plan of our goals. We try to cover a lot of breath in our efforts, and end up working on things which are not related to our goals (eg: Sugar Social)
* We drag work for a lot of time, (eg: ASLO v3) a direct result of inactive mentoring and checks during GSoC
* We drag work for a lot of time, (eg: ASLO v3) a direct result of inactive mentoring and checks during GSoC
* Lack of concern about the number of developers working on Sugar and its activities. We are failing in attracting new consistent developers for it, despite being a popular GSoC and GCI organisation.
'''What I will undertake once elected:'''
What I will undertake once elected:
* Attend every SLOB meeting regularly
* Attend every SLOB meeting regularly
* Revamping how we conduct GCI and GSoC to attract more contributions as well as improve the quality of mentoring; making sure we prioritise tasks which are more important to us, adding more checks before adding developers, grooming of every task / project before it is added / selected.
* Revamping how we conduct GCI and GSoC to attract more contributions as well as improve the quality of mentoring; making sure we prioritise tasks which are more important to us, adding more checks before adding developers, grooming of every task / project before it is added / selected.