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== Pre-conference community meetup ==
== Pre-conference community meetup ==
* 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
** infrastructure (servers, services, etc.) in in place
* mode of governance has been established
** mode of governance has been established
* getting away from the ''old mindset'' (thinking like a company, asking for permission before doing something)
** 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
** ''show me the code'', we will support you but you should do things yourself
* SugarLabs is a community '''not''' a company
** SugarLabs is a community '''not''' a company
* more developers are needed
** more developers are needed
* people should be pointed to join.sugarlabs.org
** people should be pointed to join.sugarlabs.org
* a few thousand dollars have been collected via individual donations
** a few thousand dollars have been collected via individual donations
* no success in getting grants so far
** 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
** 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
* 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
* focus on setting up Local Sugar Labs, direct contact to educators and other relevant parties in their respective communities
* [http://sugarlabs.org/go/ActivityTeam/Remora_port Remora]
* [http://sugarlabs.org/go/ActivityTeam/Remora_port Remora] as a central hub for activities (downloads, reviews, etc.); should be available in a couple of weeks
* Collaboration:
** (as previously also discussed on the mailing-list) it would be good to have a minimum-level of collaboration in all activities in the form of a view-only mode
** activities should also declare a max. number of collaborators, any additional users who join are automatically connected in a view-only mode
== FOSDEM'09 ==
== FOSDEM'09 ==
== Other Notes ==
== Other Notes ==