On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 22:42, Anurag Goel <agoe...@gmail.com> wrote: > In light of the olpc realness summit running until June 2nd, June 3rd seems > appropriate and the best date for me. I'll be attending my sister's > graduation on the 4th then flying to India on the 5th. Does June 3rd work > for those interested in attending?
June 3rd sounds great to me. Regards, Tomeu > Thanks, > Anurag > > On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Anurag Goel <agoe...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Shall we start throwing out dates for the first meeting? How about June >> 1st or 2nd? >> >> On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 4:49 AM, Tabitha Roder <tabi...@tabitha.net.nz> >> wrote: >>> >>> I am watching this conversation with deep interest. In my attempts to >>> develop a community of olpc and sugar volunteers in New Zealand I have >>> experienced all sorts of extremes in emotion, energy drain, feelings of >>> success and failure, and I still wouldn't give it up because I believe in >>> what olpc and sugar have been striving for. >>> >>> Mostly I wish for more hours in the day; more hours for me and for the >>> volunteers who have been trying to help along this journey with me. It takes >>> a whole community and each of the players contributes in a different way. I >>> have been frustrated when I have not been able to fill a role that requires >>> a certain skill (e.g. translation, programmer, educator, funding guru, >>> importing guru, etc) and disappointed with myself for not learning all these >>> skills (obviously you can't learn everything). >>> >>> As a community of practice subgroup here in New Zealand we have tried to >>> nurture each other and help each other learn so we all have more knowledge, >>> we have shared challenges, learned the importance of regular interaction (we >>> would have failed if it were not for the regularity of same place, same >>> time, every week). We have had to define what we do and how will we do it, >>> as well as build confidence in talking to others about what we do and why. >>> This identity helps us. We have all had to work hard in our roles as >>> volunteers, whether that be in recruiting others or in sacrificing time to >>> investigate bugs or in other ways, or in financially supporting events to >>> get olpc and sugar news out to others in New Zealand. >>> >>> As community lead for NZ I have had to learn how to set boundaries and >>> minimums (this has been hard for me, but I have had to learn it for the good >>> of the community). I have had to provide direction at times and step back >>> and see what happens at other times. I have been surprised by some of those >>> things. I have encouraged a culture of support and nurturing with the >>> community. I have made mistakes and wished I had done better. >>> >>> My two cents: a community leader MUST have time, understanding of the >>> nature of volunteers contributions in all their forms, and clarity in >>> communication. >>> >>> Tabitha >>> >>> >>> On 22 May 2010 20:15, Tomeu Vizoso <to...@tomeuvizoso.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 03:59, Bernie Innocenti <ber...@codewiz.org> >>>> wrote: >>>> > El Tue, 18-05-2010 a las 11:41 +0200, Tomeu Vizoso escribió: >>>> > >>>> >> We also need to ask the Wiki team to create a new instance of the >>>> >> team >>>> >> template, such as this: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Wiki_Team >>>> > >>>> > Perhaps we don't need a new template. The Community Team page could >>>> > simply be this: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs >>>> > >>>> > The header already reads "Community Home", and the content of the >>>> > other >>>> > subpages is already more or less appropriate. >>>> >>>> Sounds like a great topic for the kick-off meeting! >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Tomeu >>>> >>>> > -- >>>> > // Bernie Innocenti - http://codewiz.org/ >>>> > \X/ Sugar Labs - http://sugarlabs.org/ >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >>>> IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org >>>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Anurag Goel > > > > -- > Anurag Goel > _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep