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Open Badges is the name of a group of specifications and open technical standards originally developed by the Mozilla Foundation with funding from the MacArthur Foundation. The Open Badges standard describes a method for packaging information about accomplishments, embedding it into portable image files as a digital badge, and establishing an infrastructure for badge validation. The standard was originally maintained by the Badge Alliance Standard Working Group, but transitioned officially to the IMS Global Learning Consortium as of January 1, 2017. [1]

Open Badges represent a more detailed picture than a CV or résumé as they can be presented in ever-changing combinations, creating a constantly evolving picture of a person’s lifelong learning.

Why use Open Badges at Sugar Labs

As part of our Funding and Marketing plan, taking care of internal relationships needs to be a priority for Sugar Labs. [2]

We at Sugar Labs have articulated many talented active contributors. Still, historically we have failed to retain many of them. With the implementation of alternative programs like the Open Badges, we could try to revert this trend.

The Open Badges program at Sugar Labs has the intention of reflecting openly individual or collective expertise over a specific project, team or task. Reflection is one of the main principles embedded on Sugar's DNA, so reflecting collective and individual accomplishments is a logical step for Sugar Labs community. For the implementation team, main challenge and opportunity may be the fact that there is several graphical work inherently attached to the creation and maintenance of the Badges. Also possible integrations with Sugar, Sugarizer, Sugar Network, etc.

Open Badges are here formulated to recognize the value of the infrastructure team and key project team leaders. Thanks to infrastructure team there is a level of service that allows us to be constantly in the air to interact with each other, with the code and with our users. Thanks to our key project team leaders, Sugar adapts and evolves to specific cases of use. This interaction and close support can only enrich our upstream main project.

Still, Sugar labs is a dynamic entity and should avoid labor relationships. Instead, the adoption of "retributions by merit" and/or "awards" policies are more suitable.

Stipends for Badge Holders

Open Badges proposal contemplates to open channels for resources to flow to active contributors that have been awarded with an Open Badge. All Badges will have a nominal monthly stipend of US$ 500 attached.

Piloting the model during 2017

Seven (7) Open Badges have been formulated for the 2017 Pilot:

Infrastructure Hero: Samuel Cantero
Marketing Intern: Samson Goddy
Sugar Network Project Leader: Laura Vargas
Sugarizer Project Leader: Lionel Laske
Social Help Project Leader: Sam Parkinson
Translation Community Manager: Chris Leonard
Open Badges Samurai: Ignacio Rodriguez

It's important to declare that for the purpose of simplifying bureaucracy and actually pilot the model, I (laura_vargas) have unanimously formulated the initial Open Badges list [Published on March 3, 2017] and the Open Badges names.

Once the pilot starts returning feedback, the sustainability of the program will depend on our capacity to facilitate new active contributors identification and if and when necessary, friendly and open democratic process for selecting and/or nominating badges and badge holders.

While I did it to the best of my knowledge as an organizational engineer, please forgive the limited list. I reformulated the model taking into consideration all great feedback from members received in IAEP and their feelings towards the flow of resources.

Open Badges Program and Stipends

- Reasonable periods of time should be given for Community members to nominate themselves or another member as a Badge nominee.

- For each round, Badge nominees will have a reasonable period of time to identify them selves as "yes, I am in need of financial resources" or as "no, I am not in need of financial resources", before submitting each years Budget to the Sugar Labs Oversgight Board.

- By default all nominated active contributors are considered as not in need of financial resources (List A).

For piloting the model during 2017, the April 7 SLOBs meeting is proposed as the Pilot

For piloting the model during 2017, we have the following active contributors (List B) of self defined as in need of financial resources:

Sugar Network Project Leader: Laura Vargas
...

For piloting the model during 2017, we have the following active contributors (List A) of self defined as not in need of financial resources:

Infrastructure Hero 1: Samuel Cantero
...Therefore only active edition of the above Wiki text by each wiki user will change the name from List A to List B.

Everyone not listed in either lists after a defined deadline, will be added to List A

The deadline to such edition it could be one day before the following Oversight Board meeting. I (laura_vargas) have added Samuel in List A only as an example, as he has already stated at IAEP.

the after a reasonable period of time everyone who is not

Please add your if you are a nominated active contributor for the your name to the correspondent list and update if necessary the following Budget numbers if you consider your self as an active contributor in need of financial resources for the 2017 Open Badges round.

Summarizing the Pilot: 2017 Budget for Open Badges round

Total active contributors self identified as in need of financial resources = 1

Total monthly need of financial resources = US$ 500

Total Budget for 2017 Round = US$ 6,000

References

Members and non members of Sugar Labs have recommended the following reading to understand more about the subject of sustainability in Open Source:

"Roads and Bridges: The Unseen Labor Behind Our Digital Infrastructure" by Nadia Eghbal.

Please share your thoughts on the discussion page.

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 Open Badges proposal contemplates to open channels for resources to flow to active contributors that have been awarded with an Open Badge. All Badges will have a nominal monthly stipend of US$ 500 attached.
-For piloting the model during 2017, we have defined 7 Open Badges:
+=== Piloting the model during 2017 ===
-# Infrastructure Hero 1: Samuel Cantero
-# Infrastructure Hero 2: Sebastian Silva
+Seven (7) Open Badges have been formulated for the 2017 Pilot:
-# Open Badges Samurai: Ignacio Rodriguez
+# Infrastructure Hero: Samuel Cantero
+# Marketing Intern: Samson Goddy
 # Sugar Network Project Leader: Laura Vargas
 # Sugarizer Project Leader: Lionel Laske
 # Social Help Project Leader: Sam Parkinson
-# Sugar Labs Badge of Honor: Walter Bender
+# Translation Community Manager: Chris Leonard
+# Open Badges Samurai: Ignacio Rodriguez
+It's important to declare that for the purpose of simplifying bureaucracy and actually pilot the model, I (laura_vargas) have unanimously formulated the initial Open Badges list [Published on March 3, 2017] and the Open Badges names.
+Once the pilot starts returning feedback, the sustainability of the program will depend on our capacity to facilitate new active contributors identification and if and when necessary, friendly and open democratic process for selecting and/or nominating badges and badge holders.
+While I did it to the best of my knowledge as an organizational engineer, please forgive the limited list. I reformulated the model taking into consideration all great feedback from members received in IAEP and their feelings towards the flow of resources.
-Badge nominees may identify them selves as "in need of financial resources" or as "not in need of financial resources", before submitting each years a Budget to the Sugar Labs Oversgight Board for funding approval of each round.
+'''Open Badges Program and Stipends'''
-For piloting the model during 2017, we have the following active contributors self defined as in need of financial resources:
+- Reasonable periods of time should be given for Community members to nominate themselves or another member as a Badge nominee.
+- For each round, Badge nominees will have a reasonable period of time to identify them selves as "yes, I am in need of financial resources" or as "no, I am not in need of financial resources", before submitting each years Budget to the Sugar Labs Oversgight Board.
+- By default all nominated active contributors are considered as '''not''' in need of financial resources (List A).
+For piloting the model during 2017, the April 7 SLOBs meeting is proposed as the Pilot
+For piloting the model during 2017, we have the following active contributors '''(List B)''' of self defined as in need of financial resources:
 # Sugar Network Project Leader: Laura Vargas
 # ...
-For piloting the model during 2017, we have the following active contributors self defined as not in need of financial resources:
+For piloting the model during 2017, we have the following active contributors '''(List A)''' of self defined as '''not''' in need of financial resources:
 # Infrastructure Hero 1: Samuel Cantero
-# ...
+# ...Therefore '''only active edition of the above Wiki text by each wiki user''' will change the name from '''List A''' to '''List B'''.
+Everyone not listed in either lists after a defined deadline, will be added to List A
+The deadline to such edition it could be one day before the following Oversight Board meeting. I (laura_vargas) have added Samuel in List A only as an example, as he has already stated at IAEP.
+the after a reasonable period of time everyone who is not
-Please add your name to the correspondent list and update if necessary the following Budget numbers if you consider your self as an active contributor in need of financial resources for the 2017 Open Badges round.
+Please add your if you are a nominated active contributor for the  your name to the correspondent list and update if necessary the following Budget numbers if you consider your self as an active contributor in need of financial resources for the 2017 Open Badges round.
 ==== Summarizing the Pilot: 2017 Budget for Open Badges round ====