Dave - I developed the Sugar on a Stick strategy in 2009 on the basis of great work by the developers at that time. The rise & fall of that effort can be painstakingly documented from the lists, but the most efficient way to do it is in a discussion.
There were some important learnings: * Some of the tasks that need to be done are drudgery or quite difficult, and in an all-volunteer project, they don't get done. * It doesn't work to "assign" tasks to other volunteers, unless they are on board with why they should do something because somebody else said so. * Unfortunately, success can bring negatives as well as positives out of people, and emotions can run high. * The relationship with OLPC, principal vector of Sugar distribution, can occasionally drive one nuts. * Many engineers (bless 'em, this is not an insult) are utterly clueless about marketing, which has undesirable side effects: underestimation of its importance, lemonade-stand level of professionalism, even dismissal of its relevance. Since 2009, there have been some major changes in the world: the decrease of laptops and the dominance of tablets in the education market, the incredible penetration of social media... I was unable to attend the latest SLOBs meeting, but I read the log with interest. I agree with Sameer when he says that e-mail and IRC has limitations which slow down the exchange we need to have on the Vision topic. We need to do a phone call or face-to-face of some type. Sean
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