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{{TOCright}} My name is [http://blog.melchua.com/about/ Mel Chua], and this page describes the Sugar-related projects I'm working on. Feel free to [http://blog.melchua.com/contact/ contact me] with any comments, questions, or ideas you might have, or check and see if I'll be [http://www.dopplr.com/traveller/mchua/ traveling near you] sometime soon.

{{TOCright}} My name is [http://blog.melchua.com/about/ Mel Chua]. I'm not active in Sugar Labs these days since returning to graduate school; this page is more an archive than anything else. Feel free to [http://blog.melchua.com/contact/ contact me] with any comments, questions, or ideas you might have.

English is my native language. I have a basic understanding of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_sign_language ASL]. 这个用户是能够有助于满足于基本 水平的 中国人。 この利用者は少しだけ日本語を話すことができます。 Estoy aprendiendo español. Sto imparando l’italiano. Ako ay pag-aaral ng Tagalog.

English is my native language. I have a basic understanding of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_sign_language ASL] und mittelstufe (B1-B2) Deutsch.

== Quick reference ==

== Quick reference ==

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== SLOBs position statement ==

== SLOBs position statement ==

''I don't particularly have a position statement, but here are some materials you may find helpful in figuring out what I'm likely to bring to the table.''

''I don't particularly have a position statement, but here are some materials you may find helpful in figuring out what I'm likely to bring to the table.'' The shorter summary version that recaps most of the rest of this page can be found [http://blog.melchua.com/2009/10/04/why-mel-is-running-for-slobs/ on my blog].

=== Goal ===

=== Goal ===

My background is in engineering, so I'll often tackle things through technical tools and the people who want to work on them, and use software-based analogies and processes to get things done. I'm a student of education (and learning) as well as business operations - I'm by no means fluent in those two domains yet, but I'm trying hard to become equally comfortable working within and with them. Help and feedback is always incredibly appreciated.

My background is in engineering, so I'll often tackle things through technical tools and the people who want to work on them, and use software-based analogies and processes to get things done. I'm a student of education (and learning) as well as business operations - I'm by no means fluent in those two domains yet, but I'm trying hard to become equally comfortable working within and with them. Help and feedback is always incredibly appreciated.

== Current goals and projects ==

== Projects ==

I tend to set my goals in 6-month cycles mirroring the Sugar release schedule, so these are my goals for the the '''0.86 release cycle (March 1, 2009 - September 1, 2009).''' This list is super-flexible; stuff changes all the time, random cool ideas come up, and so this has deliberately been planned with lots of wiggle room. As things change, I (usually remember to) edit this page to reflect that.

I tend to set my goals in 6-month cycles mirroring the Sugar release schedule. This list is super-flexible; stuff changes all the time, random cool ideas come up, and so this has deliberately been planned with lots of wiggle room. As things change, I (usually remember to) edit this page to reflect that.

I was sidelined with RSI for much of this release cycle (and am still recovering), so priorities have been adjusted accordingly. For this release cycle, I have only one main project, but I'm interested in seeing many others completed (see below, and if you're interested, let me know how I can help you!)

I was sidelined with RSI for much of the previous release cycle (and am still recovering), so priorities have been adjusted accordingly. For this release cycle, I've put all my projects aside under the "future" category until after the SLOBs election when I'll know how much time I have to work on them (or if I get elected to SLOBs, how I can work on them as part of that role).

* Google Summer of Code 2009 co-coordination with Jameson Quinn, focused on linking each student project with a Sugar deployment for testing and feedback (including starting a SoaS pilot near them, if needed - this is how I'd prefer to do it). By the end of summer, we should have a deployment success story for each of our successfully completed student projects.

'''Please feel free to steal a project if you like it, and let me know how I can help - I don't care who does this stuff so long as it gets done.'''

== Future goals and projects ==

== Future goals and projects ==

== History ==

== History ==

I do stuff. This page needs a facelift.

I left this section blank for the longest time - and the best way to find out my history is still to pop on the #sugar IRC channel and ask around about who mchua is and what I'm like and what I do. But here are a few points to ask about, and folks who you could ask, to get you started.

 

* My brief tenure as ad-hoc Marketing team lead, in the gap between when Greg DeKoenigsberg stepped down and Sean Daly came in.