[IAEP] [Announcement] Sugarizer v1.8 - 10th Anniversary edition - is available for your device

[Lionel Laské]

Hi all,

I'm proud to announce version 1.8 of Sugarizer (https://sugarizer.org), the
leading learning platform for children. It's the 10th Anniversary edition:
happy birthday Sugarizer!

New in this version:

   - Chart Activity: Unleash your creativity and data prowess with the new
   Chart Activity. Organize your information in a visually appealing way.
   Choose the best chart for your data and make your presentation stand out.
   Try it now!


   - Word Puzzle in Exerciser:This new template in Exerciser activity
   empowers educators to create engaging word puzzles on the fly during
   lessons, providing a dynamic and interactive learning experience for
   students. With the ability to incorporate text, images, sounds, speech,
   or videos, the Word Puzzle template offers a new word experience for
   learners.


   - CSV file support: CSV format is now fully supported in Sugarizer. Open
   it from the Journal, easily export Measurements and Stopwatch activities
   data in CSV format. Plus, on Android and iOS, you can now copy any file
   from your device. Harness the flexibility and convenience of CSV today!


   - Rewrite of Chat activity:Experience a whole new level of interaction
   with our revamped Chat activity. It's simpler, more intuitive, and faster
   than ever before. Dive into seamless communication and enjoy the
   enhanced performance.


   - Improved stability: more than 30 fix and update on Sugarizer and
   activities.



A short animation of these features is visible here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m48JjH4EcPI

A full description of Sugarizer activities with demo video, category and
recommended age is available on https://sugarizer.org/activities.html



We need your help to improve Sugarizer user experience and make it
accessible to more users! Support Sugarizer on GitHub Sponsor [1] or
Liberapay [2].


Sugarizer 1.8  is available on your browser [3] but also for your Android,
iOS, Linux, MacOS or Windows device. Download it from : Google Play [4],
Amazon Store [5], Apple Store [6], F-droid [7], snapcraft [8] and if you
don't like stores, you could also install it by yourself using instructions
on the Sugarizer website [9].

On Android, Sugarizer could also replace your launcher with Sugarizer OS
[10].

And if you want to deploy Sugarizer Server for your school, follow
instructions here [11].



   Lionel Laské


P.S.: Special thanks for their contribution on this version to Utkarsh
Siddhpura and Vinayak Nayar. Many thanks also to all Google Summer of Code
students and mentors who made this release possible.





[1] https://github.com/sponsors/llaske

[2] https://liberapay.com/llaske

[3] http://try.sugarizer.org

[4] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.olpc_france.sugarizer

[5] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NKK7PZA

[6] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sugarizer/id978495303

[7] https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.olpc_france.sugarizer

[8] https://snapcraft.io/sugarizer

[9] https://sugarizer.org

[10]
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.olpc_france.sugarizeros

[11] https://github.com/llaske/sugarizer-server
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[IAEP] [Announcement] Sugarizer v1.7 is available for your device

[Lionel Laské]

Hi all,

I'm proud to announce version 1.7 of Sugarizer, the leading learning
platform for children.

https://sugarizer.org

New in this version:

   - Assignments: Receive assignments directly from Sugarizer, answer them
   and submit your answer while still in the application. Sugarizer becomes
   your school companion.
   - Evaluation mode in Exerciser:Exerciser becomes a skills assessment
   tool. Turn any exercise into an assessment in one click and give it to the
   class in real time or make it a homework assignment.
   - Better touch screen support: The new Sugarizer version has now been
   tested on different smart board and touch PC. Whatever its size is,
   Sugarizer will work on your touch screen.
   - New Tutorial UI:We've decided to change the tutorial library to
   provide a better user experience. Simpler, more intuitive and faster.
   You'll love it.
   - Improved stability: more than 40 fix and update on Sugarizer and
   activities.



A short animation of these features is visible here:
https://youtu.be/fkuC05ddW_U

A full description of Sugarizer activities with demo video, category and
recommended age is available on https://sugarizer.org/activities.html



We need your help to improve Sugarizer user experience and make it
accessible to more users! Support Sugarizer on GitHub Sponsor [1] or
Liberapay [2].



Sugarizer 1.7  is available on your browser [3] but also for your Android,
iOS, Linux, MacOS or Windows device. Download it from : Google Play [4],
Amazon Store [5], Apple Store [6], F-droid [7], snapcraft [8] and if you
don't like stores, you could also install it by yourself using instructions
on the Sugarizer website [9].

On Android, Sugarizer could also replace your launcher with Sugarizer OS
[10].

And if you want to deploy Sugarizer Server for your school, follow
instructions here [11].



   Lionel Laské


P.S.: Special thanks for their contribution on this version to Rohan Kumar (
Assignment feature), Divyansh Agarwal (Exerciser activity) and Saumya
Kushwaha (new tutorial). Many thanks also to all Google Summer of Code
students and mentors who made this release possible.


[1] https://github.com/sponsors/llaske

[2] https://liberapay.com/llaske

[3] http://try.sugarizer.org

[4] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.olpc_france.sugarizer

[5] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NKK7PZA

[6] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sugarizer/id978495303

[7] https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.olpc_france.sugarizer

[8] https://snapcraft.io/sugarizer

[9] https://sugarizer.org

[10]
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.olpc_france.sugarizeros

[11] https://github.com/llaske/sugarizer-server
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[IAEP] [Announcement] Sugarizer v1.6 is available for your device

[Lionel Laské]

Hi all,

I'm proud to announce version 1.6 of Sugarizer, the leading learning
platform for children.

https://sugarizer.org

New in this version:

   - 2 new activities included:


   - Measure activity: An activity to learn the concepts of sound.
   Literally an activity to see the sound in action.
   - Story activity: Express your creativity with the Story Activity. You
   should try to tell a comprehensive narrative that ties a set of random
   images together.


   - Improved Calligra activity: You want to learn your child to write its
   first name in cursive? It's now possible with the new version of Calligra
   activity. You can even build your own words list. You've asked for it,
   it's done!


   - New videos included: Thanks to Art4Apps [1] more than 100 new videos
   are available to learn how to spell and pronounce words in English and
   French.
   - More privacy control: Your privacy matters for us. You're now able to
   control cookies contentment and you're able to easily delete your
   account on the device or on the server. Sugarizer is RGPD compliant and
   extremely serious about data privacy.
   - Improved stability: more than 20 fix and update on Sugarizer and
   activities.



A short animation of these features is visible here:
https://youtu.be/ZOdfOuCR8t4

A full description of Sugarizer activities with demo video, category and
recommended age is available on https://sugarizer.org/activities.html

We need your help to improve Sugarizer user experience and make it
accessible to more users! Support Sugarizer on GitHub Sponsor [2] or
Liberapay [3].



Sugarizer 1.6  is available on your browser [4] but also for your Android,
iOS, Linux, MacOS or Windows device. Download it from : Google Play [5],
Amazon Store [6], Apple Store [7], F-droid [8], snapcraft [9] and if you
don't like stores, you could also install it by yourself using instructions
on the Sugarizer website [10].

On Android, Sugarizer could also replace your launcher with Sugarizer OS
[11].

And if you want to deploy Sugarizer Server for your school, follow
instructions here [12].



   Lionel Laské


P.S.: Special thanks for their contribution on this version to Sarthak
Gupta (Measure activity) and Saurabh Gupta (Story activity). Many thanks
also to all Google Summer of Code students and mentors who made this
release possible.





[1] https://art4apps.org

[2] https://github.com/sponsors/llaske

[3] https://liberapay.com/llaske

[4] http://try.sugarizer.org

[5] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.olpc_france.sugarizer

[6] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NKK7PZA

[7] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sugarizer/id978495303

[8] https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.olpc_france.sugarizer

[9] https://snapcraft.io/sugarizer

[10] https://sugarizer.org

[11]
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.olpc_france.sugarizeros

[12] https://github.com/llaske/sugarizer-server
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[IAEP] [Announcement] Sugarizer v1.5 is available for your device

[Lionel Laské]

Hi all,

I'm proud to announce the version *1.5* of Sugarizer, the leading learning
platform for children.

https://sugarizer.org

New in this version:

   - 2 new activities included:
  - *Dollar Street activity*: This activity - based on DollarStreet
  website from Gapminder - lets you discover how people live in different
  countries depending on their monthly income.
  - *XMas Lights activity:* An activity to create nice blinking
  Christmas lights using Sugarizer icons and colors.
   - 3 improved activities:
  - *Clock activity:* New options to show or hide minutes, AM hours, PM
  hours and a full 24h mode. The best activity to learn how to
read the time
  is here.
  - *Color My World activity: *Add countries flags in the Color My
  World activity. Learn countries' flags at the same time as location.
  - *Shared Notes activity*: Choose background color or background
  image in the Shared Notes activity.
   - Take picture from Journal popup: It's now possible to take a picture
   from any activity where there is the Journal popup. No need to use Record
   activity.
   - Full Spanish localization.
   - Improved stability: more than 30 fix and update on Sugarizer and
   activities.

A short animation of these features is visible here:
https://youtu.be/eLaHwlMK3Ps

A full description of Sugarizer activities with demo video, category and
recommended age is available on https://sugarizer.org/activities.html

We need your help to improve Sugarizer user experience and make it
accessible to more users! You could now support Sugarizer on GitHub Sponsor
[1] or Liberapay [2].

Sugarizer 1.5  is available on your browser [3] but also for your Android,
iOS, Linux, MacOS or Windows device. Download it from : Google Play [4],
Amazon Store [5], Apple Store [6], F-droid [7], snapcraft [8] and if you
don't like stores, you could also install it by yourself using instructions
on the Sugarizer website [9].
On Android, Sugarizer could also replace your launcher with Sugarizer OS
[10].
And if you want to deploy Sugarizer Server for your school, follow
instructions here [11].

   Lionel Laské


P.S.: Special thanks for their contribution on this version to Alberto
Gómez Herrera (Spanish localization) and all other contributors who made
this release possible.

[1] https://github.com/sponsors/llaske
[2] https://liberapay.com/llaske
[3] https://try.sugarizer.org
[4] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.olpc_france.sugarizer
[5] https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NKK7PZA
[6] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sugarizer/id978495303
[7] https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.olpc_france.sugarizer
[8] https://snapcraft.io/sugarizer
[9] https://sugarizer.org
[10] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.olpc_france.sugarizeros

[11] https://github.com/llaske/sugarizer-server
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[IAEP] Free hosting for your Sugarizer Server

[Lionel Laské]

Hi all,

We're launching a beta version for our Sugarizer Server Free hosting
service: *Sugarizer Server School Portal*

https://sugarizer.site/

The idea is simple:
- You already know Sugarizer and like it
- You want to use collaboration features of Sugarizer, so you need a
Sugarizer Server
- You want to have your private Sugarizer Server dedicated to your
deployment
- You want to control and manage the work of learners and manage and
analyze all activities on your deployment using Sugarizer Server Dashboard
- You don't have skill or resource to host your own Sugarizer Server

That's fine, the School Portal service is for you!
We offer you for free (yes free!):
- A dedicated Sugarizer Server to host your deployment
- A dedicated DNS address: https://.sugarizer.site to use it
from anywhere (browser, PC, tablets)
- A dedicated admin access to manage stats and activities on your server
- A limited online support (Slack/Mail/IRC) to help you during deployment

It's totally free, the only things we expect from you are:
- *Use it for real!* We don't want to host servers just to play with
Sugarizer Server, it's already easy to play with it on
https://try.sugarizer.org.
- *Give us feedback*: how you use it, what's cool, what's wrong, what's
missing... We need users' feedback to improve Sugarizer.

That's all: you just have to sign up and request a deployment - telling us
how you plan to use it - and we'll create a deployment for you quickly.
Start now, we're not sure to be able to serve everyone.
Find here a step by step tutorial :
https://sugarizer.org/download/ssp_stepbystep.gif

Let me know if you've got any questions.

Regards.

   Lionel
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [Sugar-devel] Reminder: SLOBs Meeting Today 20:00 UTC

[Lionel Laské]

Hi Devin,

I've just reread it.

I don't have any remarks.

Regards.

  Lionel



Le mer. 4 nov. 2020 à 15:49,  a écrit :

> Ibiam,
>
> You are right!
>
> As much as I would rather spend my time doing something else right now,
> I suppose I should read (again) over this draft to make sure there are
> not more mistakes/regressions that have crept in.
>
> If anyone else would like to read it over too, I would appreciate it.
>
> At any rate, good catch!
>
> Devin
>
> On 2020-11-03 18:38, Chihurumnaya Ibiam wrote:
> > Thanks Devin; some comments.
> >
> > "Composition and Meetings. The Corporation shall have an Advisory
> > Board whose members shall be appointed by corporate sponsors who pay
> > annual fee to be determined by the Board of Directors. The Advisory
> > Board may meet at any time and place its members choose."
> >
> > I thought that the advisory board wasn't reserved for any sponsor.
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 3, 2020, 10:19 PM  wrote:
> >
> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >> This is the latest bylaws which impacts all members and board of
> >> directors.
> >>
> >> As everyone has had sufficient time to review the last draft and
> >> this is
> >> only slightly modified, I plan to give the lawyer the green light
> >> tomorrow morning.
> >>
> >> Thank you all!
> >>
> >> Best,
> >> Devin
> >>
> >> On 2020-10-28 14:53, devin@ulibarri.website wrote:
> >>> Attached is current draft. It was drafted from the SugarLabs Wiki
> >> by
> >>> Aaron Williamson, Sugar Labs Inc.'s lawyer.
> >> (https://www.akwlc.com/)
> >>>
> >>> (sending this separately as sometimes mailing lists send
> >> attachments
> >>> later)
> >>>
> >>> On 2020-10-28 14:52, devin@ulibarri.website wrote:
>  Hi All,
> 
>  If you would like to look over a draft of the bylaws for a future
>  Sugarlabs Inc. and can make it at 20:00 UTC today (SLOB's usual
> >> time,
>  every other Weds), please reply.
> 
>  Devin
> 
>  On 2020-10-14 10:45, devin@ulibarri.website wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Just a friendly reminder that today is the next SLOBs Meeting.
> >
> > The proposed agenda is
> >
> >>
> > https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2020-10-14
> >
> > As always, if any community members would like to join and do
> >> not
> > already know the link for the meeting, please reply to
> > sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org and request the link.
> >
> > Best,
> > Devin
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[IAEP] [Announcement] Sugarizer v1.4 is available for your device

[Lionel Laské]

Hi all,

I'm proud to announce the version 1.4 of Sugarizer, the leading learning
platform for children.

https://sugarizer.org

New in this version:

   - 8 new activities included:
  - *Fraction activity*: Fraction activity is a game coming from Sugar
  to learn fractions. The player should nudge a bouncing ball to land at a
  point of a given fraction.
  - *Planets activity*: An amazing 3D model of planets to let you
  explore the Solar System.
  - *Chess activity:* The famous game of Chess to play against the
  computer or to challenge your friends.
  - *Curriculum activity*: An activity to self-evaluate your skills.
  Acquire different skills from multiple categories and upload
media elements
  to demonstrate it.
  - *Implode activity:* A logic game based on blocks: remove all the
  blocks by removing blocks in groups of three or more. A very
addictive game
  that was a success on the XO laptop.
  - *MindMath activity*: A mental calculation game similar to countdown
  numbers rounds. Achieve a target number by performing mathematical
  operations. Optimize your score against the computer and be better than
  your friends.
  - *Vote activity:* Create a poll and share it with your friends in
  one click. Result in real time and report at the end.
  - *Tangram activity:* The famous classical Chinese game in which the
  goal is to rearrange the seven separate pieces into a complete image of
  various shapes.
   - *Simon Mode in Tam Tam activity:* Choose your instrument then play
   this famous version of Simon Says against your computer.
   - *Improved User Experience*: Join activity in Neighborhood view in one
   click, Improved home view spiral, Duplicate journal entries, Better
   keyboard handling in Android, Auto logoff mode.
   - *Improved stability:* more than 30 fix and update on Sugarizer and
   activities


A short animation of these features is visible here:
https://youtu.be/BAbHkQzBpP0
A full description of Sugarizer activities with demo video, category and
recommended age is available on https://sugarizer.org/activities.html

New features of Sugarizer are decided by users, suggest yours for the next
version.

Sugarizer 1.4  is available on your browser [1] but also for your Android,
iOS, Linux, MacOS or Windows device. Download it from : Google Play [2],
Amazon Store [3], Apple Store [4], F-droid [5], snapcraft [6] and if you
don't like stores, you could also install it by yourself using instructions
on the Sugarizer website [7].
On Android, Sugarizer could also replace your launcher with Sugarizer OS
[8].
And if you want to deploy Sugarizer Server for your school, follow
instructions here [9].

       Lionel Laské


P.S.: Special thanks for their contribution on this version to Dhruv Misra
(Fraction activity, Curriculum activity, Vote activity), Prakash Ujjwal
(Chess activity, MindMath activity, Tangram activity), Andrea Gonzales
(Planets activity), Sarthak Gupta (Implode activity), Kumar Saurabh Raj
(Simon mode), Paulo Francisco Slomp (Portuguese localization) and Christoph
Derndorfer (German localization). Many thanks also to all Google Summer of
Code students and mentors who made this release possible.


[1] https://try.sugarizer.org
[2] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.olpc_france.sugarizer
[3] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NKK7PZA
[4] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sugarizer/id978495303
[5] https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.olpc_france.sugarizer
[6] https://snapcraft.io/sugarizer
[7] https://sugarizer.org
[8] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.olpc_france.sugarizeros

[9] https://github.com/llaske/sugarizer-server
[10] https://sugarizer.org#desktop
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[IAEP] [Announcement] Sugarizer v1.3 is available for your device

[Lionel Laské]

Hi all,

I'm proud to announce the version 1.3 of Sugarizer, the leading learning
platform for children.

http://sugarizer.org

New in this version:

   - Calligra activity: Primary school teachers asked us, it's done!
   Calligra is a fun activity to help kids learn cursive writing: letters,
   numbers or figures. You could even create your own figures!


   - Falabracman activity: It was one of children favorite Sugar activities
   all over the world  since its creation in 2008 in Brazil. The addictive
   Falabracman game is back. Learn words by collecting all the letters in
   the right order.
   - Piano mode in TamTam activity: Choose your instrument then display a
   small piano keyboard to play your favorites melodies using this instrument.
   Never been so easy to play music.
   - Set time mode in Clock activity: Set clock hands by yourself or play
   to find the hand position matching a specific time.
   - Smartphone support: Of course a smartphone is not the ideal device for
   Sugarizer but we can't ignore an opportunity to learn. So most
   activities propose now a full screen mode to be easily usable on small
   screens.
   - Tutorial everywhere: You've got a doubt about features of an activity?
   Now every activities include a full tutorial to explain how it works step
   by step.
   - Improved stability: more than 100 fix and update on Sugarizer and
   activities.

A short animation of these features is visible here:
https://youtu.be/kwhvWROHb2Q

Teachers use Sugarizer in 30 schools today. If it's good for them, why not
for your children?

Sugarizer 1.3  is available on your browser [1] but also for your Android,
iOS, Linux, MacOS or Windows device. Download it from : Google Play [2],
Amazon Store [3], Apple Store [4], F-droid [5], snapcraft [6] and if you
don't like stores, you could also install it by yourself using instructions
on the Sugarizer website [7].

On Android, Sugarizer could also replace your launcher with Sugarizer OS
[8].

And if you want to deploy Sugarizer Server for your school, follow
instructions here [9].

   Lionel Laské


P.S.: Special thanks for their contribution on this version to Prakash
Ujjwal (Falabracman activity, Set time mode in Clock activity), Marcus
Chong (Piano mode in TamTam activity) and to all GCI students specifically
Andrea Gonzales, Nathan Dimmer, sdziuda and Sashreek Magan.



[1] http://try.sugarizer.org

[2] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.olpc_france.sugarizer

[3] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NKK7PZA

[4] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sugarizer/id978495303

[5] https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.olpc_france.sugarizer

[6] https://snapcraft.io/sugarizer

[7] https://sugarizer.org

[8]
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.olpc_france.sugarizeros

[9] https://github.com/llaske/sugarizer-server

[10] https://sugarizer.org#desktop
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Call for Candidacies Sugar Labs Oversights Board Elections 2020-2022

[Lionel Laské]

Hi Chihurumnaya,

The current SLOB have 7 seats.
Could you detail which 3 seats will be available?

Regards.

  Lionel.


Le sam. 21 déc. 2019 à 17:22, Chihurumnaya Ibiam  a
écrit :

> Hi Everyone,
>
> This is a call for Candidacies from the Sugar Labs Membership and
> Elections Committee for three (3) members of the Sugar Labs Oversights
> Board for the period of 2020-2022.
>
> This is a first call for candidates!
>
> *All members of Sugar Labs can be part of the **Sugar Labs **Over**sight*
> * Board* * and therefore
> are invited to submit their candida**cy** for **the** 2020-2022 **period 
> **elections
> until January 4th, 2020, as follows:*
>
> *Each candidate shall create one (1) Entry in the Sugar Labs wiki sharing
> their vision and motivation.*
> >>To add your candidacy visit:
> *https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2020-2022-candidates*
> 
>
> To request a Sugar Labs Wiki account, please send a user name and email
> address to the Systems team: *systems @ lists dot sugarlabs dot org*
>
> Here is the complete Wiki Guide:
> https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Wiki_Team/Guide
>
> Here is the link for the specific case of adding and Entry:
> https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Wiki_Team/Guide/Editing_Pages
>
>
> If you are not a member yet or need help in any step of the process,
> please send your request to *members @ sugarlabs dot org*
>
>
> *Remember**!!!*
> *Deadline for **publi**shing** candida**cies*
> 
>  *i**n **the* *Sugar Labs **Wiki **is: 04/Jan/2020*
>
> Welcome candidates!
>
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[IAEP] Updated information on Sugarizer Saint-Ouen deployment

[Lionel Laské]

Hi all,

We've presented yesterday the Sugarizer deployment in Saint-Ouen during the
Paris Open Source Summit.

I take this opportunity to update the Wiki page dedicated to the project:
https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugarizer_Saint-Ouen_deployment

Note that we're frequently posting news and update on Sugarizer and on this
deployment on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/SugarizerApp
Do not hesitate to follow us.

Best regards.

   Lionel
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[IAEP] [Announcement] Sugarizer Server v1.2 is available

[Lionel Laské]

Hi all,


I'm proud to announce the version 1.2 of Sugarizer Server [1] the server
side of Sugarizer application [2].

Thanks to our recent participation to Google Summer of Code and to
feedbacks from our users and from our Sugarizer Deployment in Saint-Ouen
[3], this new Sugarizer Server version integrate major features and
improvements.

 Specifically, new features in this version are:

   - Teacher profile: teachers are now able to connect with a specific
   account and handle their classrooms and students without a global view of
   the deployment.
   - Customizable Stats: Statistics view in dashboard is now fully
   customizable with more than 15 charts to understand all aspects of
   Sugarizer usage in your school.
   - Tutorial: The dashboard contains now a full tutorial to explain all
   features for all screens to admins and teachers.
   - Import/Export: The dashboard integrate import/export features to
   populate easily your database with new teachers and students accounts.
   - Improved UI: Columns sorting, more user friendly error messages,
   improved classroom view, more responsive IO, … the dashboard UI has been
   reviewed to be more usable by teachers/admins.
   - QRCode connection: Connect your Sugarizer application to your server
   in in few seconds by using the QR Code integrated within the dahsboard,
   - Unlimited storage: Database now support unlimited Journal size and
   Journal item up to 256mb,
   - Improved command line options: activate/desactivate logs, detect and
   show node.js version, … new options and features allow you to have more
   control on your server.
   - Optimization: ESLint and Grunt minimizer are now integrated to improve
   code quality and performance. A new aggregate API has also been created to
   optimize stats generation.



Find a detailed change log on [4].

Sugarizer Server 1.2  is available for any computer using Docker or could
be directly installed on Linux, MacOS or Windows. A specific documentation
explain how to deploy on a RaspberryPI, Google Cloud Platform or Amazon Web
Service. See here for more [5].

Note that since Sugarizer v1.0, Sugarizer Application and Sugarizer Server
are split and are updated separately. So Sugarizer Server v1.2 could be use
by Sugarizer Application v1.0, v1.1 or v1.2.



   Lionel.


P.S.: Special thanks for their contribution on this version to  Nikhil Mehra,
Tarun K. Singhal, Ashish Aggarwal and to all GSoC contributors.


[1] https://github.com/llaske/sugarizer-server

[2] https://sugarizer.org

[3] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugarizer_Saint-Ouen_deployment

[4] https://github.com/llaske/sugarizer-server/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

[5]
https://github.com/llaske/sugarizer-server/tree/master#running-sugarizer-server
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[IAEP] [Announcement] Sugarizer v1.2 is available for your device

[Lionel Laské]

Hi all,

I'm proud to announce the version 1.2 of Sugarizer, the leading learning
platform for children.

http://sugarizer.org

New in this version:

   - Write activity: The famous Sugar word processor with a simple
   interface for children to let them write story, poem or essay. Also
   supports inserting images, performing basic layout operations and
   generating PDF, ODT or DOC files.
   - Constellation activity: Constellation is a great offline planetarium
   that lets you see what is visible in the sky from any location on Earth.
   - Pomodoro activity: A nice countdown activity used to break down work
   into intervals separated by short breaks.
   - Improved Scratch activity: Scratch activity is now up to date with
   official Scratch v3.3. It support localization and could work fully in
   offline mode.
   - Improved Exerciser activity: The Exerciser activity now support multimedia
   (image, sound, video and speech to text) for questions/answers. Three new
   templates are included and a new detailed view of result is proposed.
   - Unlimited Journal storage: Do not ask if you've got enough room in the
   Journal, its size is now only limited by your disk space.
   - Abecedarium database everywhere: Lack of inspiration when you want to
   create content into activities? The insert from Journal popup now allow to
   browse and insert more than 1000 images/sounds coming from the Abecedarium
   database.
   - Extended file format support: More than 6 new file formats are now
   supported in Journal: PDF,TXT,DOC,ODT,MP3 and MP4.
   - Flash your QRCode to login: Don't remember the URL of your server?
   Just scan its QRCode and you could more easily login to your account.
   - Improved stability: more than 40 fix and update on Sugarizer and
   activities.

A short animation of these features is visible here:
https://youtu.be/SK5ljkX3SCI

More than 1000 children use Sugarizer in schools today. Why not your
children?

Sugarizer 1.2  is available on your browser [1] but also for your Android,
iOS, Linux, MacOS or Windows device. Download it from : Google Play [2],
Amazon Store [3], Apple Store [4], F-droid [5], snapcraft [6] and if you
don't like stores, you could also install it by yourself using instructions
on the Sugarizer website [7].

On Android, Sugarizer could also replace your launcher with Sugarizer OS
[8].

And if you want to deploy Sugarizer Server for your school, follow
instructions here [9].

   Lionel Laské


P.S.: Special thanks for their contribution on this version to Ashish
Aggarval and Michaël Ohayon (Write activity), Avinash Agarwal (Exerciser
activity), Andrea Gonzales (Constellation activity), Sanatan (Pomodoro
activity) and to all GSoC students.

[1] http://try.sugarizer.org

[2] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.olpc_france.sugarizer

[3] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NKK7PZA

[4] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sugarizer/id978495303

[5] https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.olpc_france.sugarizer

[6] https://snapcraft.io/sugarizer

[7] https://sugarizer.org

[8]
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.olpc_france.sugarizeros

[9] https://github.com/llaske/sugarizer-server

[10] https://sugarizer.org#desktop
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[IAEP] Sugarizer no server mode

[Lionel Laské]

Hi all,

Since Sugarizer v1.0, Sugarizer Client [1] and Sugarizer Server [2] are
split and Sugarizer Server need a node.js and a MongoDB server.
Thought this configuration is a prerequisite to implement rich features
like Journal synchronization, collaboration and presence, I know it could
be complex for very small deployments (like testing on a tiny server like a
Raspberry PI Zero).

To solve this issue, I've decided to implement a "No Server mode" that
allow to expose Sugarizer on a web server without Sugarizer Server, so with
just a Apache, NGinx or Lighttpd server.

Of course, the drawback is a limited experience for the user: he/she will
lose all its work when the browser cache will be clear, It's not possible
to use collaboration feature and presence.

This feature is still in alpha and will be release with Sugarizer Client
v1.2.
In the meantime, I will be please to hear feedbacks from you.
More information here [3]

Best regards.

   Lionel.


[1] https://github.com/llaske/sugarizer/
[2] https://github.com/llaske/sugarizer-server
[3] https://github.com/llaske/sugarizer/issues/356
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [Sugar-devel] GCI summit travel

[Lionel Laské]

+1

 Lionel

Le mer. 29 mai 2019 à 07:42, Samson Goddy  a écrit :

> +1 from me.
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 29, 2019, 3:44 AM James Cameron  wrote:
>
>> I approve.
>>
>> On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 10:07:04PM -0400, Walter Bender wrote:
>> > I've been selected by the GCI winners to represent SL at the summit
>> next month.
>> > Google has provided US $1500 for travel (all other expenses are directly
>> > covered by Google.) I anticipate that the total cost of my trip will be
>> < US
>> > $1000. I'd like approval from SLOB before booking my flight.
>> >
>> > regards.
>> >
>> > -walter
>> >
>> > --
>> > Walter Bender
>> > Sugar Labs
>> > [1]http://www.sugarlabs.org
>> > [2]
>> >
>> > References:
>> >
>> > [1] http://www.sugarlabs.org/
>> > [2] http://www.sugarlabs.org/
>>
>>
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[IAEP] [Announcement] Sugarizer Server v1.1 is available

[Lionel Laské]

Hi all,



I'm proud to announce the version 1.1 of Sugarizer Server [1] the server
side of Sugarizer application [2].



Because Sugarizer Server v1.1 is the foundation for the Sugarizer
Deployment in Saint-Ouen [3], lot of works has be done in this version on
stability and usability.

Specifically, new features in this version are:

   - Classroom handling in dashboard to organize children,
   - Responsive UI for Dashboard to be usable on smartphone,
   - Seed script to create users/classrooms from a CSV file,
   - Improved welcome message on command line: banner, version, settings
   - Improved resilience, detect: missing settings file, port already in
   use, fatal error, …
   - Support for node.js up to 10+, node.js 4 is no longer supported,
   version 6 is the new minimum,
   - Support for MongoDB 2.6+, MongoDB 2.4 is no longer supported, version
   2.6 is the new minimum
   - Go to User journal/Launch activity when clicked on Dashboard chart,
   - Better handling localization on Dashboard,
   - General improvement on Dashboard UI.



Find a detailed change log on [4].



Sugarizer Server 1.1  is available for any computer using Docker or could
be directly installed on Linux, MacOS or Windows. Specific documentation
explain how to deploy on a RaspberryPI, Google Cloud Platform or Amazon Web
Service. See here for more [5].



Note that since Sugarizer v1.0, Sugarizer Application and Sugarizer Server
are split and are updated separately. So like Sugarizer Server v1.0,
Sugarizer Server v1.1 could be use by Sugarizer Application v1.0, v1.1 or
more.



   Lionel.



P.S.: Special thanks for their contribution on this version to Tarun K.
Singhal, Nikhil Mehra, Ashish Aggarwal, Somtochi Onyekwere, Anshuman
Bhardwaj and Ahmed Karaman. And a big thanks too to Saint-Ouen IT staff,
specifically to Armand Delcros.


[1] https://github.com/llaske/sugarizer-server

[2] https://sugarizer.org

[3] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugarizer_Saint-Ouen_deployment

[4] https://github.com/llaske/sugarizer-server/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

[5]
https://github.com/llaske/sugarizer-server/tree/master#running-sugarizer-server
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Re: [IAEP] [UKids] [Announcement] Sugarizer v1.1 is available for your device

[Lionel Laské]

Hi Simon,

Thanks for your interest on Sugarizer.
If you're running Sugarizer Server into Docker, the file to update is
env/docker.ini (not env/sugarizer.ini).
You could see (and eventually change) this settings here:
https://github.com/llaske/sugarizer-server/blob/master/docker/Dockerfile-server.tpl#L3

Best regards.

  Lionel.


Le mer. 23 janv. 2019 à 15:02, Simon Mwangangi  a
écrit :

> Dear Team,
> I am excited to learn that i can access my favorite learning platform
> Sugar from any device via a browser. I today installed the sugarizer-server
> in one of our ubuntu 14.04 LTS. I am running the server using a Docker. I
> was trying to edit the sugarizer.ini file to change the port for the
> sugarizer service, but even after editing the [web session] Nothing
> changed. even after restarting the machine. Can someone help me to change
> the port to something else as i have another service using port 8080. What
> is the command for stopping the sugarizer service running using a Docker?
> Thank you!
>
> Simon
>
> On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 11:52 AM Lionel Laské 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm proud to announce the version 1.1 of Sugarizer, a taste of Sugar for
>> any device.
>>
>>
>>
>> http://sugarizer.org
>>
>>
>>
>> New in this winter Sugarizer version:
>>
>>- MacOS: Sugarizer is now available as a native MacOS application.
>>You could download the DMG package here [10].
>>- Linux: Sugarizer is now available as a Linux application. It could
>>be installed on any distribution using a deb or AppImage package
>>downloadable here [10] or installed from the snapcraft app store here [6].
>>- Journal improvements:
>>   - Add a sort palette: sort by creation date, modified date or item
>>   size
>>   - Device to Journal integration: copy directly image/content from
>>   your device to the journal or download journal content on your device
>>   - Action to multiple items: remove or copy multiple items at the
>>   same time
>>- Full help tutorial: step by step tutorial from the initial screen,
>>description of each activity in list view.
>>- Ebook Reader activity: An epub reader into Sugarizer, access to a
>>full library of classical books for children directly from your device.
>>- Exerciser activity: Never been so easy to create your set of
>>questions (MCQ, Cloze Text, ...) and share it with your friends.
>>- Sprint Math activity: Challenge yourself on mental arithmetic or
>>play with other users through the network.
>>- Full offline version of Scratch: handle backgrounds, sounds and
>>costumes from into Scratch source code without an Internet connection.
>>- Better custom color integration: more activities (Speak, TamTam,
>>Video Viewer, …) now take into account the buddy color. Your colors are
>>your flag!
>>- Better presence integration: more activities (Last One Loses, Maze,
>>…) now could be shared on the network.
>>- Better Journal integration: more activities (Blockrain, Stopwatch,
>>Speak, QRCode, …) now save their state into Journal.
>>- Improved stability: more than 20 fix on Sugarizer and activities.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> A short animation of these features is visible here:
>> https://sugarizer.org/download/Sugarizer_v1.1.gif.
>>
>>
>>
>> Three new schools will deploy Sugarizer in the begining of this year, why
>> not your school?
>>
>>
>>
>> Sugarizer 1.1  is available on your browser [1] but also for your
>> Android, iOS, Linux, MacOS or Windows device. Download it from : Google
>> Play [2], Amazon Store [3], Apple Store [4], F-droid [5], snapcraft [6] and
>> if you don't like stores, you could also install it by yourself using
>> instructions on the Sugarizer website [7].
>>
>> On Android, Sugarizer could also replace your launcher with Sugarizer OS
>> [8].
>>
>> And if you want to deploy Sugarizer Server for your school, follow
>> instructions here [9].
>>
>>
>>
>>Lionel.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> P.S.: Special thanks for their contribution on this version to Mankirat
>> Singh (Exerciser and SprintMath activity), Paulo Francisco Slomp
>> (Portuguese localization) and to all GCI students for their
>> contributions, specifically FreddieN, AndreaGon and EmilyOng.
>>
>>
>>
>> [1] http://try.sugarizer.org
>>
>> [2]
>> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.olpc_f

[IAEP] [Announcement] Sugarizer v1.1 is available for your device

[Lionel Laské]

Hi all,



I'm proud to announce the version 1.1 of Sugarizer, a taste of Sugar for
any device.



http://sugarizer.org



New in this winter Sugarizer version:

   - MacOS: Sugarizer is now available as a native MacOS application. You
   could download the DMG package here [10].
   - Linux: Sugarizer is now available as a Linux application. It could be
   installed on any distribution using a deb or AppImage package downloadable
   here [10] or installed from the snapcraft app store here [6].
   - Journal improvements:
  - Add a sort palette: sort by creation date, modified date or item
  size
  - Device to Journal integration: copy directly image/content from
  your device to the journal or download journal content on your device
  - Action to multiple items: remove or copy multiple items at the same
  time
   - Full help tutorial: step by step tutorial from the initial screen,
   description of each activity in list view.
   - Ebook Reader activity: An epub reader into Sugarizer, access to a full
   library of classical books for children directly from your device.
   - Exerciser activity: Never been so easy to create your set of questions
   (MCQ, Cloze Text, ...) and share it with your friends.
   - Sprint Math activity: Challenge yourself on mental arithmetic or play
   with other users through the network.
   - Full offline version of Scratch: handle backgrounds, sounds and
   costumes from into Scratch source code without an Internet connection.
   - Better custom color integration: more activities (Speak, TamTam, Video
   Viewer, …) now take into account the buddy color. Your colors are your flag!
   - Better presence integration: more activities (Last One Loses, Maze, …)
   now could be shared on the network.
   - Better Journal integration: more activities (Blockrain, Stopwatch,
   Speak, QRCode, …) now save their state into Journal.
   - Improved stability: more than 20 fix on Sugarizer and activities.





A short animation of these features is visible here:
https://sugarizer.org/download/Sugarizer_v1.1.gif.



Three new schools will deploy Sugarizer in the begining of this year, why
not your school?



Sugarizer 1.1  is available on your browser [1] but also for your Android,
iOS, Linux, MacOS or Windows device. Download it from : Google Play [2],
Amazon Store [3], Apple Store [4], F-droid [5], snapcraft [6] and if you
don't like stores, you could also install it by yourself using instructions
on the Sugarizer website [7].

On Android, Sugarizer could also replace your launcher with Sugarizer OS
[8].

And if you want to deploy Sugarizer Server for your school, follow
instructions here [9].



   Lionel.





P.S.: Special thanks for their contribution on this version to Mankirat
Singh (Exerciser and SprintMath activity), Paulo Francisco Slomp
(Portuguese localization) and to all GCI students for their contributions,
specifically FreddieN, AndreaGon and EmilyOng.



[1] http://try.sugarizer.org

[2] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.olpc_france.sugarizer

[3] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NKK7PZA

[4] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sugarizer/id978495303

[5] https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.olpc_france.sugarizer

[6] https://snapcraft.io/sugarizer

[7] https://sugarizer.org

[8]
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.olpc_france.sugarizeros

[9] https://github.com/llaske/sugarizer-server

[10] https://sugarizer.org#desktop
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Re: [IAEP] Announcement of the candicacy of Lionel Laské for SLOB

[Lionel Laské]

Hi Alex,

Le mar. 27 nov. 2018 à 18:27, Alex Perez  a écrit :

> Lionel,
>
> Thank you for stepping forward. I encourage others to ask questions of you
> as well. I have a few:
>
> Sure, you're welcome.


> Are you willing to state that you will make your best effort to attend all
> SLOB meetings? There is no statement to this effect on your candidacy page,
> and as you are no doubt aware, I have called out a number of current SLOB
> members out regarding their extremely poor attendance.
>
> Few things about that.
Thanks for the count you've done about attendance for each SLOB member. I
respect your work however I must say you're wrong on me at least for the
last meeting. I was there as you could see on the log.  BTW the question is
not about meeting attendance but more about meeting content. I must say
that we spent in 2 previous years lot of time and energy to talk and debate
about travel reimbursement for some members. These debates discouraged lot
of SLOB members and it's probably the reason some of them decided to not
candidate again. I must confess I was questioning myself too: your own
candidacy was one reason to motivate me that something could be changed
(please James, join us too ;-).
Finally, I'm not sure anyone could have doubt about my personal engagement
in SugarLabs during past years.


> Also, on your candidacy page, you state "We are an open source community.
> It should be asserted on our webpage and we must choose tools compatible
> with that philosophy. It's not acceptable for example that today the
> SugarLabs webpage include multiple tracking tools."
>
> Can you be more specific about what sort of tracking tools you believe are
> problematic? I personally agree that the Sugar Labs website needs to do a
> better job explaining what the project is, and that it is an open source
> project (these words to not appear anywhere on the Sugar Labs landing page).
>
> I think specifically to Google Analytics. But as you said the main point
is that words Open Source should appears clearly.

Regards,
> Alex Perez
>
>
Lionel Laské 
> November 27, 2018 at 9:02 AM
> Hi all,
>
> I'm proud to be candidate for the SugarLabs Oversight Board election.
>
> Find more about my candidacy here:
> https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2018-2020-candidates/Lionel_Lask%C3%A9
>
> Best regards from France.
>
> Lionel.
>
>
>
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[IAEP] Announcement of the candicacy of Lionel Laské for SLOB

[Lionel Laské]

Hi all,

I'm proud to be candidate for the SugarLabs Oversight Board election.

Find more about my candidacy here:
https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2018-2020-candidates/Lionel_Lask%C3%A9

Best regards from France.

Lionel.
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[IAEP] Sugarizer marketing resources

[Lionel Laské]

Hi all,

I've decided to create a dedicated Facebook page and Twitter account for
Sugarizer.
You could follow it on:

https://www.facebook.com/Sugarizer/
https://twitter.com/SugarizerApp

We'll find on it:
- news about future features
- demonstration of current activity/feature
- inspiring links
- deployment news

Do not hesitate to follow it and spread the world with it.

Best regards from France.

Lionel.
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [SLOB] GCI 2018

[Lionel Laské]

+1

Le ven. 7 sept. 2018 à 22:46, Samson Goddy  a écrit :

> I am interested in becoming a mentor this year.
>
> so +1 from me.
>
> On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 9:43 PM Ignacio Rodríguez 
> wrote:
>
>> I'll second.
>> I'll have more time this year to mentor and be admin if required.
>>
>> Greetings,
>> Ignacio.-
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 7, 2018, 5:42 PM Walter Bender 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> We seem to have sufficient interest from the community to apply to
>>> Google Code-in again this year. Lots of returning mentors and some students
>>> who have morphed into mentors as well. But I will not apply w/o SLOB
>>> approval.
>>>
>>> Motion: Sugar Labs will apply to participate in Google Code-in 2018.
>>> Walter will be the primary administrator.
>>>
>>> Time in of the essence as the schedule this year has applications
>>> starting this week, so please respond ASAP.
>>>
>>> regards.
>>>
>>> -walter
>>>
>>> --
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>>> Sugar Labs
>>> http://www.sugarlabs.org
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Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [sfconservancy.org #1322] For Approval: Jaskirat Singh funding and advance for travel to GSoC mentor summit

[Lionel Laské]

+1

BTW there is something contradictory between words from Brett ("not covered
by the money coming from Google for GSoC") and from Walter ("We will get
$3300 from Google to cover all of the expenses"). Could you clarify this
point ? Specifically, the possibility to use not expended money from others
GSoC attendees to cover Jaskirat costs.

  Lionel.


2018-08-20 16:36 GMT+00:00 Carlos mauro :

> +1
>
> El dom., 19 ago. 2018 9:59 a. m., Samson Goddy 
> escribió:
>
>> +1
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 19, 2018 at 5:54 PM Rishabh Thaney 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> +1
>>>
>>> On Sun, Aug 19, 2018 at 7:30 PM Claudia Urrea 
>>> wrote:
>>>
 +1

 On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 6:38 PM, Ignacio Rodríguez <
 igna...@sugarlabs.org> wrote:

> +1
>
> On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 7:37 PM, Samson Goddy 
> wrote:
>
>> Seconded
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 18, 2018, 1:32 AM Walter Bender 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> A bit of context:
>>>
>>> We are assigned 3 slots for GSoC mentors to attend the mentor
>>> summit. I am hoping that Devin and Jaskirat will be able to attend, 
>>> along
>>> with one TBD. We will get $3300 from Google to cover all of the 
>>> expenses,
>>> which should easily cover Devin (domestic travel)  and Jaskirat
>>> (international) and one more domestic traveler. (Google will also be
>>> covering the local hotel and meal expenses.)
>>>
>>> Motion: To approve a travel advance for Jaskirat to attend the
>>> Google Summer of Code mentor summit in October 2018.
>>>
>>> Regards.
>>>
>>> -walter
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 5:15 PM Brett Smith via RT <
>>> approv...@tix.sfconservancy.org> wrote:
>>>
 Hi SLOBs,

 Jaskirat Singh is traveling to the GSoC mentor summit.  Because
 he's coming from India, he's asked us to prepay a number of expenses, 
 which
 we're happy to do as long as you approve.

 First, he has requested an advance of 43,700.00 INR (about $625) to
 cover expenses related to getting his visa and ground transportation in
 India.  He provided this budget:

 VISA Fees - 11200 INR
 Travelling agent and Consultant charges - 7000 INR
 As i have to travel for the VISA Documentation and Interview to
 other states so for that i have 2 dates consecutively ( VISA 
 appointment
 letter attached), So for that Hotel Charge for 1 night and 2 days - 
 7000 INR
 Meals for this purpose ( 2 days ) - 2000 INR (approx.)
 Taxi fare from my location to the US Embassy - 4000 INR + toll and
 taxes ( approx ).
 As per the rules VISA Documentation and Interview takes place at
 different place and VISA Collection gets issued from the different 
 location
 which is the part of another state, so for that Taxi Fare - 2500 INR
 Taxi fare from Home to Airport - 5000 INR + toll and taxes ( approx
 )
 Taxi fare from airport to back Home - 5000 INR + toll and taxes (
 approx )

 Please let us know whether or not you approve sending him money for
 these expenses ahead of time.  We'll still ask him to provide receipts
 after the fact as required for all travel under our policies.

 Note that, between this advance and the flight he's asking us to
 book, Jaskirat's travel is likely to exceed $1,000, meaning some of it 
 will
 be paid out of Sugar's general fund and not covered by the money coming
 from Google for GSoC.  Please let us know what total travel budget 
 you're
 willing to set for Jaskirat.

 Thank you,

 --
 Brett Smith

>>>
>>>
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [Motion]Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOB] approval needed for Bender's GCI travel expenses

[Lionel Laské]

+1

Lionel

2018-07-07 14:56 GMT+02:00 Ignacio Rodríguez :

> I'll second it
>
> El sáb., 7 de jul. de 2018 08:47, Samson Goddy 
> escribió:
>
>> Dear SLOBs,
>>
>> Motion: To approve Walter's $614.03 reimbursement request. I would like
>> if this motion will be seconded. So we can process to voting.
>>
>>
>> Regards
>> Samson
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 7, 2018, 3:55 AM Walter Bender 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Fellow oversight board members,
>>>
>>> I would appreciate if someone would propose a motion as per Bradley's
>>> email below so that I can get reimbursed for my travel to the Google Mentor
>>> Summit.
>>>
>>> thx.
>>>
>>> -walter
>>>
>>> -- Forwarded message -
>>> From: Bradley M. Kuhn via RT 
>>> Date: Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 8:04 PM
>>> Subject: [sfconservancy.org #898] SLOBS approval needed for Bender's
>>> GCI travel expenses.
>>> To: 
>>>
>>>
>>> Walter Bender via RT wrote on Sunday,  1 July:
>>> > As you know, Google sponsors one mentor from each participating org to
>>> > attend the summit and the costs of the trip are passed through to Google.
>>> ...
>>> > Please contact me if you have any further questions.
>>>
>>> This assessment is actually no longer accurate, and as such, we need
>>> approval from SLOBs to proceed with the travel reimbursement, just like we
>>> do with any other.  Adam, could you as Representative communicate that SLOBs
>>> approved $614.03 for Walter's travel.
>>>
>>> Reasons we need such approval are below:
>>>
>>> The information that Walter relied on to write the above is out of date.  A
>>> few years ago, Google changed the nature of the way payments are made for
>>> GCI and GSoC.  While, informally, Google requests that a certain part of the
>>> payments be used for travel expenses for the GCI and GSoC Mentor Summits
>>> (respectively) there is no longer a formal requirement, agreement, nor
>>> arrangement that requires Conservancy (and its Sugar Labs project) to use
>>> these funds for that purpose.  Sugar Labs could use the funds for any
>>> purpose that fits within the project and Conservancy's charitable mission.
>>> Thus, under the FSA with Conservancy, it's up to Sugar Labs to recommend
>>> that how we spend the funds.
>>>
>>> As you decide on whether you'd like to pay the funds for this purpose, note
>>> that Bender's expenses are substantially less than the amount given as a
>>> donation for GCI.  Sugar received $7,380.00 total for its participation in
>>> GCI 2017
>>>
>>> Finally, please avoid the phrase "pass through" with regard to funds at
>>> Conservancy.  Regardless of any specific donation situation, Conservancy
>>> *does not* do any activity as a "pass through" fiscal sponsor.  That phrase
>>> has specific meaning in USA-non-profit circles and that's never what we're
>>> doing here, no matter what.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Meanwhile, Walter, there's a receipt missing:
>>>
>>> > $25 Baggage fee*
>>>
>>> > * My restricted fare on United did not allow me any luggage beyond a
>>> > personal bag for my laptop. I managed on the way out, but could not
>>> > manage on the way back, hence I had to check a bag.
>>>
>>> This is within policy, but it does require a receipt when proposed as a
>>> stand-alone expense.  It looks like you didn't attach the receipt.  (I
>>> noticed you attached the same file twice, so I suspect that there is another
>>> file of receipts we haven't gotten yet).
>>>
>>> AFIAK, all major airline give a receipt for checked luggage at the time they
>>> collect payment.  If you lost that, in my experience, you can get the
>>> receipt from the airline's website from your account after the fact.
>>>
>>> Please send along the $25 receipt.  Everything else seems well documented.
>>>
>>> Note in future you don't need to include receipts for M&IE; please take a
>>> look at the travel policy section regarding that:
>>>   https://sfconservancy.org/projects/policies/conservancy-travel-policy.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [SLOB] meeting reminder and time change

[Lionel Laské]

Hi Walter,

Not sure to be around.
Is there something specific on the agenda ?

 Lionel.


2018-07-05 19:06 GMT+02:00 Samson Goddy :

> Good for me
>
> On Thu, Jul 5, 2018, 5:50 PM Walter Bender 
> wrote:
>
>> We have our regular Sugar Labs Oversight Board meeting scheduled for
>> Friday, 6 July. Unfortunately I have a conflict at 20:00 UTC. Can we meet
>> at 21:00 UTC?
>>
>> regards.
>>
>> -walter
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[IAEP] [Announcement] Sugarizer v1.0 is available for your device

[Lionel Laské]

Hi all,



I'm proud to announce the version 1.0 of Sugarizer, a taste of Sugar for
any device.



http://sugarizer.org



Finally, five years after the start of the development and after 9 beta
versions, Sugarizer is now officially released.

Added to activities and features that you enjoyed in beta versions, in this
version you will find:

   - Login Screen: Secure your connection to the server with a login and an
   unique password image.
   - Journal synchronization: You will never lost your work again. Let's
   connect to a Sugarizer Server and your journal will be automatically
   synchronized on the server. So you will retrieve your work on your tablet,
   browser or laptop in the same state you left it.
   - Stability: Hours of testing has been done and tens of issues has been
   fixed in this version both in Sugarizer core and activities. You will have
   in your hand the more stable Sugarizer version ever.
   - Standalone Server: No need to change settings of your web server to
   deploy Sugarizer Server. Thanks to nodejs, Sugarizer Server works now as a
   stand alone server. It's also separated from the Client to simplify
   deployment and maintenance.
   - Dashboard: The ultimate tool to handle a Sugarizer Server deployment
   is now here. Inspect users, activities, journals and follow more than 10
   graphs and indicators (top users, top activities, % active users, average
   journal size, …) to have a total understanding of what happens on your
   Sugarizer deployment.
   - Security and privacy: With a password image to access to your content,
   a full HTTPS support and privacy options in settings, your privacy is a top
   priority in Sugarizer.
   - Scratch activity: It's not a dream, the little cat is now directly
   integrated in Sugarizer like Turtle, Jappy and Etoys. Learning how to
   program has never been so simple with Sugarizer.
   - Fototoon activity: The famous Sugar activity is now into Sugarizer.
   Use your pictures, your drawing or images from Abecedarium database to
   create in few minutes an amazing comic strip to share with your friends.
   - Game of Life activity: A game to observe and explore how cells
   interacts and evolves generation after generation.
   - Flip activity: A simple strategy game where you flip "coins" in order
   to get all of them with the same side up.
   - Activity Development Tutorial: What if you decide to create yourself
   an activity? In a 4 hours tutorial you will learn all you need to know to
   explore Sugar UI, Journal, Localization and Presence.



A short animation of these features is visible here:
https://sugarizer.org/download/Sugarizer_v1.0.gif



With the version 1.0, Sugarizer is now ready for your next deployment.



Sugarizer 1.0  is available on your browser [1] but also for your Android,
iOS and Windows device. Download it from : Google Play [2], Amazon Store
[3], Apple Store [4], Chrome Web Store [5], F-droid [6], Windows Store [7]
and if you don't like stores, you could also install it by yourself using
instructions on the Sugarizer website [8].

On Android, Sugarizer could also replace your launcher with Sugarizer OS
[9].

And if you want to deploy Sugarizer Server for your school, follow
instructions here [10].



   Lionel.





P.S.: Special thanks for their contribution on this version to Tarun Kumar
Singhal (Dashboard), Emily Ong (Scratch activity), Gonzalo Odiard (Fototoon
activity), Sanatan Kumar (Game of Life activity), Euan Ong (Flip activity),
Christoph Derndorfer (German localization), Paulo Francisco Slomp/Victor
Takaki (FoodChain Portuguese) and to all GCI students for testing.



[1] http://try.sugarizer.org

[2] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.olpc_france.sugarizer

[3] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NKK7PZA

[4] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sugarizer/id978495303

[5]
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sugarizer/omfgclgehghdlloggibhgicnlldjiboo

[6] https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.olpc_france.sugarizer

[7] https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9nblggh4r782

[8] http://sugarizer.org

[9]
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.olpc_france.sugarizeros

[10] https://github.com/llaske/sugarizer-server
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [Sugar-devel] [SLOB] Action required: Devin Ulibarri travel/stipend

[Lionel Laské]

+1

BTW I'm agree with Caryl, the idea is to use this "honorarium" to defray
his costs. Not considering it as a payment/salary/reward.
I'm not at all a big fan of the use of word "honorarium", it's not the
philosophy of SugarLabs to giving money to someone to represent SugarLabs.
It's even dangerous: in few months a guy could ask us to pay him because he
represented SugarLabs during a conference.

Lionel.



2018-05-10 3:55 GMT+02:00 Carlos mauro :

> +1
>
> El mié., 9 may. 2018 1:41 p. m., Walter Bender 
> escribió:
>
>> +1
>>
>> On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 2:11 PM Ignacio Rodríguez 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> +1
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[IAEP] New strings to translate in Sugarizer v1.0

[Lionel Laské]

Hi all,

The version 1.0 of Sugarizer [1] - a taste of Sugar on any device - will be
shortly ready to be released.

About 100 strings to translate has been added in this new version (in core
and activities).

Everyone is welcome to contribute to the translation on:

 http://translate.sugarizer.org

Just click on this URL and you could start the translation:
- Suggest new translation without even need to login
- Sign up to create a new language or validate translation

Do not hesitate to ask me for any question/issue.

Best regards.

 Lionel.

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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [Sugar-devel] [SLOB] workshop travel motion

[Lionel Laské]

+1
Guess that SLOB mailing list is enough for this sort of decision.

 Lionel.


2018-01-09 6:45 GMT+01:00 Devin Ulibarri :

> Hello,
>
> Adam, yes I will report in the form of blogposts to musicblocks.net
>
> Thank you all!
> Devin
>
>
> On 2018 1 8 20:32:58 UTC, Adam Holt  wrote:
>>
>> +1 if it's clarified where public community reporting will take place,
>> e.g. in the form of blog post(s) @ https://musicblocks.net
>> 
>> or any such/similar.
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 10:05 AM, Walter Bender 
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 9:28 AM, Chris Leonard 
>>> wrote:
>>>
 Walter,

 As always, I am ready to assist with i18n/L10n efforts as needed.  In
 the past we've had an active Japanese localizer, but it has not been a
 priority language for recruiting.  Efforts like this are wonderful
 opportunities to reach out to an online language community at other
 projects to let them know that their work is destined in real-time for a
 particular audience, which can be quite motivating.  It is also an
 opportunity to recruit new stakeholders to the L10n effort to benefit all.

 https://translate.sugarlabs.org/ja/

>>>
>>> Devin speaks Japanese and has been working with a colleague from Japan
>>> who is familiar with all of the specialized music terms so for the moment,
>>> we are in good shape. (Devin also translated the guide into Japanese.)
>>>
>>> -walter
>>>

 cjl

 On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 8:50 PM, Walter Bender 
 wrote:

> Devin Ulibarri is returning from Japan, where he ran a number of Music
> Blocks workshops. While he was there, he also met with METI (the Japanese
> ministry of economics, trade, and industry), which has a interest in STEM
> education and with whom he initiated talks about doing a large-scale
> initiative in Japan. He has been invited back to follow up on the work at 
> a
> school in Yolohama and to have follow-up meetings with METI. He is
> requesting funds to support his travel:
>
> * between US $800-1200 for airfare; and
> * approximately $40 for local transportation in Japan
>
> He has accomodations accounted for and hence does need funds for a
> hotel.
>
> Motion 2018-02: Provide Devin Ulibarri with travel money for March
> workshops and follow-up meetings in Japan of an amount not exceeding US
> $1250.
>
> 
>
> Additional background on the trip privided by Devin can be found below:
>
> The main gist is that the Yokohama Frontier High School (
> http://www.edu.city.yokohama.lg.jp/school/hs/sfh/index.cfm/37,html)
> does special science festivals about once a year and they would like me to
> be their special guest in March (3/16). For planning purposes (and for the
> best airfare rate), it is important to know whether the airfare would be
> paid for in advance. I asked if they have a budget to pay for airfare for
> their guests and they do not.
>
> I will try to schedule one or two additional meetings around that time
> as well, if possible. For example, I would like to meet with METI 
> (Ministry
> of Economics, Trade, and Industry) once, perhaps the Friday before, and 
> try
> to do a couple workshop at a middle school in Tokyo that expressed 
> interest.
>
> It is the same school as described in these blogs:
>
> https://musicblocks.net/2018/01/02/translation-of-yokohama-s
> cience-frontier-blog-article-of-devins-visit-on-12-16-2017/
>
> https://musicblocks.net/2018/01/02/devins-travels-in-japan/
>
> (They were impressed with the initial showcase, so they asked me back
> to be the special guest in March. That is how this got started.)
>
> The school is asking for various information (e.g. translated bio,
> translated C.V. and Resume), which I am preparing right now. I am almost
> complete with all of the documents, including a "What is Music Blocks?"
> slideshow presentation in Japanese, of which the most recent draft(s) may
> be accessed at:
>
> https://owncloud.libretools.com/index.php/s/huL6h3MgPf7e9g8
>
> -walter
>
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [Sugar-devel] [SLOB] GSoC 2018

[Lionel Laské]

+1

2018-01-06 7:22 GMT+01:00 Claudia Urrea :

> + 1
>
> On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 12:56 AM, Sameer Verma  wrote:
>
>> +1
>>
>> Sameer
>>
>> On Jan 5, 2018 6:46 PM, "Walter Bender"  wrote:
>>
>>> I made a motion at today's meeting regarding Sugar Labs participation in
>>> Google Summer of Code 2018. As I mentioned, Google has pushed up the
>>> application process: we need to get our application in by January 23. I
>>> think GSoC is well worth the effort and I hope we can agree to participate
>>> again this year.
>>>
>>> Motion: Sugar Labs will apply for Google Summer of Code 2018
>>>
>>> The motion was seconded by Adam. Samson, Adam, and I voted in favor of
>>> participating, but we have yet to hear from the rest of you. Please respond
>>> at your earliest convenience as we don't have much time to prepare our
>>> application.
>>>
>>> regards.
>>>
>>> -walter
>>>
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] email motion 2017-19

[Lionel Laské]

Hi,

Sorry I was online one hour too late. Stupid error on DST.

+1 for me for this motion.

   Lionel.



2017-12-01 20:35 GMT+01:00 Walter Bender :

> Motion: To appoint Claudia Urrea to the oversight-board seat that opened
> due to the resignation of Laura Vargas. This temporary appointment would
> last until the next oversight board election in 2018.
>
> This was discussed at today's oversight-board meeting [1], but since we
> lacked a quorum we could not take a vote. Hence this email. Please respond
> ASAP.
>
> The gist of the discussion was:
>
>  #topic replacing Laura on the board
>  Laura Vargas has resigned her seat on the board. I think we
> should fill the vacancy with a temporary appointment.
>  Her seat was up in fall 2018.
>  So it would be a 9-10 month appointment.
>  I propose Claudia Urrea
>  for several reasons:
>  (1) she got the most votes in the last election (missing a
> seat on the board by just one vote)
>  (2) she is very experienced with Sugar and our target
> audience
>  (3) she brings academic and education experience to the mix
>  (4) she is a thoughtful, long-term contributor to the
> community
>  (5) and she is a very respectful colleague
>
> Her state of objects from the last election can be found at [2].
>
> regards.
>
> -walter
>
> [1] http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings/
> 2017-12-01T19:05:26
> [2] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2017-
> 2019-candidates#Claudia_Urrea
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Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs 2017-2019 Oversight Board Election Results

[Lionel Laské]

Hi all,

I would like to thanks to everybody who voted for me.
I owe you for that and I will do my best to ensure that SugarLabs limited
resources will be used as best as possible to expand our community and keep
Sugar the #1 free libre learning platform.

Thanks to all other candidates for their investment in the community and
many thanks to the Election Committee to organize this election.

Best regards from France.

Lionel.



2017-10-16 18:00 GMT+02:00 :

>
> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 08:00:18 -0500
> From: Laura Vargas 
> To: iaep ,
> "sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org"  >
> Cc: sugar-...@lists.sugarlabs.org
> Subject: [IAEP] Sugar Labs 2017-2019 Oversight Board Election Results
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>  kfabh0so...@mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
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> Hi all, Hola a todos
>
> 62 out of 151 Sugar Labs members voted during the Sugar Labs 2017-2019
> Oversight Board Election.
>
> Congratulations to the winners who have been elected for the 2017-2019
> period <https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2017-2019-candidates
> >:
>
> *1. Walter Bender*
> *2. Lionel Laské*
>
> *3. Sameer Verma *
> *4. **Adam Holt*
>
> Results are available at the following URL:
> http://civs.cs.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/results.pl?id=E_43bce0510f5844e6&rkey=
> f44b973fcb4a90b2
>
> For more information about the Condorcet Internet Voting Service, see
> http://civs.cs.cornell.edu
>
>
> Many thanks to Claudia Urrea, Sean Daly, Sebastian Silva  and Devin
> Ulibarri, for their candidacies submissions and for their interest to be
> part of the Sugar Labs Oversight Board.
>
> Many thanks to Samson Goddy, who assumed the technical coordination of the
> Poll.
>
> Many thanks to everyone in the Membership and Elections Committee, for all
> their efforts and time dedicated to maintaining the Sugar Labs member's
> list.
>
> Many thanks to the Wiki and Systems teams for their ongoing support.
>
> SLOBs Next meeting
>
> Next meeting will take place on IRC sugar-meeting on Friday, 2017-11-03 at
> 19 UTC.
>
> Please email slobs at lists dot sugarlabs dot org to propose a topic queue
> <https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board#Next_meeting> to be brought
> up.
>
> Regards and blessings,
>
>
> *Membership and Elections Committee*
>
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Fwd: wire will go out tomorrow, approval received after wire deadline in USA (was Re: [Urgent, Adam] clarifying amount to wire to Samson (Re: Fwd: Urgent Motion for Modifying GSOc m

[Lionel Laské]

There is no issue here but it's interesting to see that you've decided to
publicly mailing this without giving the complete Adam explanation.

Here's the missing part:


*Sugar Labs has approved "$550 towards local transport" from GSoC funds:*
*http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2017-September/020184.html
*


*Walter Bender has asked that his own portion GSoC's (9 non-admins x $500)
/ 11 mentors[*] - 10% SFC - 5% SL = $347.73 be sent to Samson immediately
as well, based on 2016-34 here:*
*https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Decisions#2016-06-10
*

*[*] 11 mentors listed at https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Summer_of_Coded
 clarified by Walter: "we
had 13 signed up (including the 2 admins who also mentored), and 2 were
inactive/not associated with any projects: José Argüello and Matias Baez".*


*Samson's $347.73 (also based on 2016-34, separately from Walter's) are
already contained in the $550 GSoC funds above.*

*Please wire this $550 + $347.73 = $897.73 cash advance to Samson Goddy
immediately if possible.*

If you read carefully the sentence "*Samson's ... are ALREADY contained in
the $550 GSoC funds above*", you will find the explanation.
I'm completely approve this calculation that seems fair enough considering
the previous motion voted and considering the money and the time that your
trip already cost to all of us.

BTW, feel free to propose a new motion to SLOB if you want more money.

  Lionel.


2017-10-04 1:39 GMT+02:00 Samson Goddy :

> I am publicly mailing this, because at this point, i will say Adam is
> ruining my trip with suggestions and it is greatly affecting me.
>
> Adam can you *please undo * this before SFC makes payment twice or thrice
> that will attracts a lot of bank fees(sending to Nigeria).
>
> I am making this public, because after waiting for days, your personal
> changes is affecting me.
>
> First SLOBS approved $2000 for my ticketing and $550 travel advance. You
> made suggestions to SFC book Emirate with attracts a lot of layovers in
> Lagos(over 24hrs) and Dubai(15hr). Instead of the British airways i
> suggested. Now, i booked the emirate flights with local flights included.
> Remaining $419 from the $2000.
>
> I ask SFC to send me $416(balance from $2,000) + $550(travel advance) =
> $966.66(to cover the rejected budget)
>
> 1. Emirates - $1,279.14
> 2. JetBlue - 161.20
> 3. Arik Air (local flight) - around $143
>
> Since Adam is the liaison person to SFC, he gave SFC order not to send me
> the $416 balance. I am asking SLOBS and Adam why? because i cannot give SFC
> order only adam can. Am i not eligible to receive the $416?
>
> walter donated his share of the stiped from Gsoc $347.73 + my own share
> $347.73 = $695.46..
>
> But Adam instructed SFC to do this instead, why?
>
> "Walter Bender has asked that his own portion GSoC's (9 non-admins x $500)
> / 11 mentors[*] - 10% SFC - 5% SL = $347.73 be sent to Samson immediately
> as well, based on 2016-34 here:
> https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Decisions#2016-06-10
>
> Please wire this $550 + $347.73 = $897.73 cash advance to Samson Goddy
> immediately if possible" - Adam
>
> Each transfer from the US cost more than $30 bank charges..
>
> Meaning i will be be losing $30 twice or thrice, and also time wasting.
>
>
> I am letting this community and member of SLOBS to see what is going on,
> and i will like this to be fix asap.
>
> FYI, SFC is sending my just $897.73 tomorrow, thanks to Adam.
>
> I need explanation, because at this point.. I am Tired!
>
> Sad!!!
>
>
>
>
>
> -- Forwarded message --
> From: Accounting at Software Freedom Conservancy <
> account...@sfconservancy.org>
> Date: Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 11:23 PM
> Subject: Re: wire will go out tomorrow, approval received after wire
> deadline in USA (was Re: [Urgent, Adam] clarifying amount to wire to Samson
> (Re: Fwd: [SLOBS] Urgent Motion for Modifying GSOc mentor summit travel.))
> To: Samson Goddy 
> Cc: su...@sfconservancy.org
>
>
> Samson Goddy wrote:
> >Thank you but you ignored my last email showing Adam made wrong
> >calculation
>
> I did not ignore it; it just isn't relevant to accounting@ yet.
> As previously explained, we can only send the funds
> that have been approved by the PLC as communicated to Conservancy by the
> Representative under the Fiscal Sponsorship Agreement (FSA) between
> Conservancy and Sugar Labs.  Given the situation, we really do need to just
> follow what the FSA says, and that's what it indicates should happen.
>
> Also, I reiterate again our request that 
> not
> be cc'ed except on finally approved matters relating to payment and
> documenting approved payments.
>
> Your request for additional funds is not yet an accounting matter; it
> relates
> to approvals not yet given.  I suggest that disc

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Technical Service Request - Project: Sugar Network

[Lionel Laské]

> Technical
>> >>> Service Request provided by Laura. It's an one shot motion to avoid
>> >>> interruption of service for Sugar Network users. Further investments
>> on
>> >>> Sugar Network will be correlated to discussion about long-term
>> support of
>> >>> the platform.
>> >>>
>> >>> So far, we got:
>> >>>
>> >>> 3 votes on favor (Ignacio, Samson and Lionel)
>> >>> 1 vote against (Walter)
>> >>> 1 abstain (Adam)
>> >>> 1 recuse (Laura)
>> >>>
>> >>> I know you hope to bring your skills and expertise to contribute to
>> the
>> >>> strategic direction of Sugar the project, and its implementations, so
>> I ask
>> >>> for your support for this implementation serving +40,000 learners.
>> >>>
>> >>> I hope for your positive vote.
>> >>>
>> >>> Regards and blessings from Perú.
>> >>>
>> >>> Laura
>> >>>
>> >>> 2017-04-21 14:54 GMT-05:00 Adam Holt :
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I abstain as I see real arguments on both sides, and apologize I am
>> >>>> torn.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Apr 21, 2017 3:49 PM, "Walter Bender" 
>> >>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 3:03 PM, Laura Vargas <
>> la...@somosazucar.org>
>> >>>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> As I have come to understand I, Laura was ineligible to vote
>> according
>> >>>>>> to the Conflict of Interest Policy of Conservancy.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> So, we had 6 eligible votes with the following results during the
>> >>>>>> voting period by email:
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> 3 votes on favor (Ignacio, Samson and Lionel)
>> >>>>>> 1 vote against (Walter)
>> >>>>>> no votes received from Adam and Sameer (count as abstentions)
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> I think we can wait a bit longer for Adam and Sameer to register
>> their
>> >>>>> votes.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> -walter
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Since a clear majority on favor is required to pass a Motion[1],
>> >>>>>> Motion has failed.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Thank you all that supported the motion! We hope we'll find some
>> other
>> >>>>>> way.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Regards and blessings to all,
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Laura V
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Requesting_a_SLOBs_decision
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> 2017-04-17 10:42 GMT-05:00 Ignacio Rodríguez <
>> igna...@sugarlabs.org>:
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Well as I said +1.
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> Lets hope everything gets resolved ASAP
>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>>>>> On 4/17/17, Walter Bender  wrote:
>> >>>>>>> > -1 from me. It seems an arbitrary and unscalable request.
>> >>>>>>> >
>> >>>>>>> > On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 10:35 AM, Laura Vargas
>> >>>>>>> > 
>> >>>>>>> > wrote:
>> >>>>>>> >
>> >>>>>>> >> Ignacio, I believe you'll need to state your vote again :D
>> >>>>>>> >>
>> >>>>>>> >> Since I am the requesting party, my vote will be "abstain".
>> >>>>>>> >>
>> >>>>>>> >> For all other slobs that haven't vote yet: Adam, Sameer and
>> >>>>>>> >> Walter,
>> >>>>>>> >> please
>> >>>>>>> >> keep in mind motions need t

Re: [IAEP] Sugarizer1° Revisited

[Lionel Laské]

When I talked about Labyrinth I talked about LabyrinthJS: the one include
in Sugarizer (and ported in JS by me), not the Sugar version.
Regarding eToys it's already included in Sugarizer. I've worked with Bert
on it. Unfortunately eToys use some extended JavaScript so it don't work
very well on mobile browsers. It's why it's not on the favorite view by
default but it's there, you could test it yourself.
Regarding Scratch 3.0, I've already talked with Scratch guys on that at
Bordeaux. Scratch 3.0 is a full rewrite of Scratch in JS. A pre-version is
already playable here [1], source code is here [2]. I don't think it will
be a hard work to integrate it in Sugarizer when it will be ended.

Regards.

   Lionel.

[1] https://llk.github.io/scratch-gui/
[2] https://github.com/LLK/scratch-gui



2017-09-26 22:03 GMT+02:00 Chris Leonard :

>
>
> On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 12:33 PM, Caryl Bigenho 
> wrote:
>
>> Fascinating! Labyrinth was also the favorite of both teachers and
>> students when we were at the EduJam in Uruguay.
>>
>
> Sadly, the upstream home of Labyrinth is more or less dormant.
>
> https://github.com/labyrinth-team/labyrinth
>
> Someone does check in from time to time, so pull requests might be
> welcomed.
>
> cjl
>
>
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Re: [IAEP] Sugarizer1° Revisited

[Lionel Laské]

Hi Caryl,

Thanks for your support to Sugarizer.
I remember your Sugarizer Primero idea and as I said to you I'm agree to
help you as possible.

Here is a short description of our Sugarizer deployment this year (I'm CC
Bastien so he could give more information):
- The deployment was in a CM1 class in French so Grade 4 for US.
- The deployment was between February 2017 and July 2017
- We've deployed 25 tablets Lenovo A10-30 tablets with a supplementary
microSD 16Gb card with
- Each tablet has a protection and we later add a headphone and a bluetooth
keyboard for each
- Sugarizer OS - so Sugarizer as an Android launcher - v0.8 was deployed on
all tablets, we've also included 82 Android activities. Most famous are:
GCompris, ScratchJr and Wikipedia. The list was decided by Sandrine, our
education specialist.
- The school had no internet access, we planned to deploy a Sugarizer
Server on a RaspberryPI with a bunch of content but we didn't had time to
finalize it
- The main work done by the teacher with the tablets was:
   * Mind mapping using the Sugarizer Labyrinth activity
   * Scratch using ScratchJR application
   * E-book creation using BookCreator application
- Sandrine had regular contacts with the teacher during the year. We had
few meetings with her too and we had a meeting with parents at the end of
the year

We're starting these days a new deployment in another school with 10
tablets (same model). AFAK these tablets will not be dedicated to a
specific grade  this time.

Best regards.

   Lionel.




2017-09-24 20:52 GMT+02:00 Caryl Bigenho :

> Hi Walter,
>
>
> Thanks for replying! Yes, we find things a bit hectic here too... we just
> made our semi-annual move from Montana and are in the midst of unpacking
> our stuff.
>
>
> I look forward to seeing what results Lionel gets from his pilot test of
> Sugarizer in a school. Do you know what grade (age) levels he is testing?
>
>
> We can ask Rosamel for some input. As you probably know she is not only
> working in a school but also is teaching prospective teachers in a local
> university! She really knows her stuff!
>
>
> I was hoping she could do a survey for us from some of the most successful
> users of Sugar in the schools she worked with.  Her school, which we
> visited at the EduJam, was very impressive. Some of the others ... not so
> much. Teacher/parent "buy in" is very important! If we want to do that, it
> would be good to do it before they go into their summer vacation.
>
>
> Lionel mentioned someone liking Abecederium. It is a good one for primary
> school, but there may be problems when we try to translate it into other
> languages.
>
>
> I was thinking that, after releasing a Sugarizer1° there could be other
> specialized versions of Sugerizer... eg Sugarizer+-x/ (specially for math)
> SugarizerCompute (with Pippy and other programming Activities), Sugarizer🎵
> (Music) and so forth! There are so many possibilities.
>
>
> I see Sugarizer1° as a "trial balloon" where we could get all the kinks
> out... testing, documentation, translations, marketing, distribution and
> the like. I also have a granddaughter in the first grade and her Daddy has
> his PhD in Cognitive Science and Educational Technology. He is a "hard
> sell" on things like this so, if he likes it, you know it is good!
>
>
> Caryl
> --
> *From:* Walter Bender 
> *Sent:* Sunday, September 24, 2017 11:18:20 AM
> *To:* Caryl Bigenho
> *Cc:* Caryl Bigenho; iaep; Adam Holt; Samson Goddy; Shameer Verma; Lionel
> Laske; Laura Vargas; igna...@sugarlabs.org; Tony Anderson; James Cameron;
> Rosa; José Miguel García; Gonzalo Odiard
> *Subject:* Re: Sugarizer1° Revisited
>
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 1:26 PM, Caryl Bigenho 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Folks...
>>
>>
>> I hope you are all enjoying your weekend. Perhaps you have been too busy
>> and overlooked my email about Sugarizer1°.
>>
> Things have been a bit chaotic of late :P
>
>
>> I am resending it and hoping to get some honest opinions and suggestions,
>> especially from those of you who have been interested in and working with
>> Sugarizer and those of you who are candidates for the Sugar Labs Oversight
>> Board.
>>
>
> I undestand that Lionel is in the midst of his first pilot test of
> Sugarizer in a school, although I don't know any of the specifics. It would
> seem we should consider what he learns from the pilot before executing a
> plan such as you describe. In the meantime, we should be able to gather
> some data from the Ceibal team that is already on the ground in UY and in
> daily contact with teachers and students. Lots we can learn from them.
>
> regards.
>
> -walter
>
>>
>> I look forward to a discussion about how we could best make something
>> like this happen to bring the magic of Sugar to children everywhere.
>>
>>
>> Caryl
>>
>>
>> --
>> *From:* Caryl Bigenho on behalf of Caryl Bigenho 
>> *Sent:* Friday, September 22, 2017 9:51:32 PM
>> *To:* iaep; Adam Holt; 

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [SLOB] yet another motion regarding Samson's travel

[Lionel Laské]

-1 for this motion.

Participation to the GSoC Summit is already a privilege. It's fair that
Samson as a mentor could have opportunity to attend to it.
I don't see any advantage for SugarLabs on the Samson side trip, so there
is no reason for SugarLabs to pay for it.

  Lionel.

2017-09-24 20:59 GMT+02:00 Samson Goddy :

>
>
> On Sep 24, 2017 7:44 PM, "Adam Holt"  wrote:
>
> On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 1:21 PM, Walter Bender 
> wrote:
>
>> +1 from me.
>>
>> This is a timely matter, so please vote ASAP.
>>
>> regards.
>>
>> -walter
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 11:12 PM, Sameer Verma  wrote:
>>
>>> Second.
>>>
>>> Sameer
>>>
>>> On Sep 22, 2017 10:48 PM, "Walter Bender" 
>>> wrote:
>>>
 As has been discussed, Samson would like to have a layover in Boston on
 the way back from the Google Summer of Code summit. He has documented here
 [1] that there is not increase in the cost of the ticket to make the Boston
 stop. Nonetheless, the SFC has asked that the oversight board approve this
 change in the original motion, which only mentioned the GSoC summit.

 Motion: approve the inclusion of a Boston layover in Samson's trip from
 Nigeria to California on his return from the GSoC summit.

 Please note that this is independent of the request for additional
 funding associated with traveling to Boston (although as Samson has already
 noted, we have arranged free lodging for him, thanks to the Minsky family).

 [1] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dBJ14BeT4titV9FU7Cf0jcJc
 5nto54ly8aZEbN8ZbVw/edit?usp=sharing

>>>
> This documentation is incorrect.  Sugar Labs is being asked to pay $487.36
> or $676.76 extra as a result of Samson Goddy's desired side-trips (which
> were not mention in Motion 2017-17
> ) to LA and
> Boston after GSoC Mentoring Summit in the SF area Oct 13-15.
>
> As compared to a Nigeria-San Francisco flight without such visits (
> $1433.46 is the actual total price at http://klm.com also shown at
> https://goo.gl/flights/XwKR )
>
> The links are not displaying. I chose a preferred flight to SFC which was
> under the rules and also flexible for me, i took weeks in getting that
> flights . Are you now choosing another flight for me?
>
> SFC originally asked me to Ask SLOBS for permission because they notice my
> layover in Boston which i explain in previous mail. That i am meeting with
> the scratch team and secondly walter about future T.A day in Nigeria.
>
> I am going to L.A from SFO on my own expenses  (caryl is paying for the
> flight) taking a local flight from L.A.X to boston.
>
> Which i did. You saying that document is incorrect is wrong. Because i
> sent the same documents to SFC starting that i am to fly British airways
> and coming back October 24th because of an exams i am having in Nigeria.
>
>
> Sugar Labs may indeed decide Samson's side trips are worth the extra
> price, be it either of the following of the 2 flights chosen by Samson:
>
> $487.36 = 1730.82 (pricier open-jaw ticket) + 190 (LA to Boston) - 1433.46
>
> $676.76 = 1920.22 (pricier open-jaw ticket) + 190 (LA to Boston) -1433.46
>
> Let's be open to an honest, civil debate here about how much exactly
> Samson's side trips are (or are not) worth to Sugar Labs.  Please if we can
> execute financial decision-making in public (I'm moving this private email
> discussion from sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org to iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org)
> unless there is an overwhelming reason for confidentiality during
> merger/acquisition planning, legal threats etc.
>
>
> It is cool, but i don't understand why the arguments. The google link
> shows the flight i chose and explain how i intend to go to Boston.
>
> Once again thank you.
>
> Please i am to meet with SFC on monday for my flight so making this
> decision fast will be nice.
>
>
> Thank You All.
>
> regards.

 -walter

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[IAEP] Translation platform for Sugarizer

[Lionel Laské]

Hi all,



What if Sugarizer [1]  - a taste of Sugar on any device - could be
localized in your own language?



To simplify translation efforts from the community, I've unified all source
files to localize for Sugarizer (Sugarizer core, Sugarizer website,
including activities and the future Sugarizer Server dashboard) in a new
platform:



http://translate.sugarizer.org



Just click on this URL and you could start the translation:

   - Just suggest new translation without even need to login
   - Sign up to create a new language or validate translation



Thanks to Weblate [2] the underline tool used for this platform, all new
translation will be integrated to related repos without any other action
for you.



Hope you'll enjoy it.



Do not hesitate to ask me for any question/issue.



Best regards.



 Lionel.





[1] http://sugarizer.org

[2] http://weblate.org
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [SLOB] Motion regarding xo-computer icon

[Lionel Laské]

+1 for the motion.

@Martin, thanks to wait for all votes or at least the end of voting delay.

  Lionel.


2017-09-15 20:47 GMT+02:00 Adam Holt :

> I greatly support the gist of Walter's motion, and but before I vote would
> like clarification:
>
> In order to fully protect Sugar Labs, Walter do we have written
> documentation (in public or not, but somewhere in our hands) that the XO
> trademark artwork is (as stated in the motion) "currently licensed under
> the GPL" ?
>
> Do you know who specifically is/was the source of this GPL declaration?
>
> Separately (if possible!) has this been reviewed as valid by legal counsel?
>
> *Thanks for clarifying what you can!*
>
> On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 10:15 AM, Samson Goddy 
> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Sep 15, 2017 3:12 PM, "Walter Bender"  wrote:
>>
>> The discussion regarding the status of the xo-computer icon seems to be
>> going around  in circles. In my opinion, this makes it even more imperative
>> that the Sugar Labs oversight board respond to Tony's questions so that
>> Tony can proceed with his investigation in to our options.
>>
>> To state the obvious, this discussion is not about whether or not we can
>> change the xo-computer icon -- we can do that at any time in consultation
>> with our design team. The discussion is about whether or not we make that
>> decision on our own terms or be forced into a change.
>>
>> Motion: To answer the questions posed by the SFC regarding the
>> xo-computer icon as follows:
>> (Q1) Why is the XO logo included in the sugar-artwork repo now -- and
>> does the SLOBs want to keep it there?
>> (A1) The xo-computer icon has been part of Sugar since we first designed
>> and built Sugar (beginning in 2006) and we would like to keep it there
>> until such time as the design team decides there is a reason to change it.
>> (Q2) Assuming the SLOBs want to keep the XO logo in sugar-artwork: what
>> outcome would the SLOBs *prefer* to see happen?  E.g.,
>> - Does Sugar want downstream users to be able to redistribute and modify
>> Sugar's codebase with or without the XO trademark file included in the
>> program?
>> - Does the SLOBs want downstream users to be able to modify and
>> redistribute the XO trademark image itself, or is that less important to
>> Sugar?
>> (A2) Sugar Artwork, including the xo-computer icon, is currently licensed
>> under the GPL and we would like our downstream users to be able to use all
>> of our artwork under the terms of that license. As far as the use of any
>> trademark image outside of the context of Sugar, we have no opinion.
>>
>> I'd appreciate if someone would second this motion and, if it passes, the
>> results be reported to Tony by Adam, our SFC liaison. Of course, if the
>> motion does not pass, we will need to continue the discussion.
>>
>> I second the motion.
>>
>>
>> regards.
>>
>> -walter
>>
>> -- Forwarded message --
>> From: Walter Bender 
>> Date: Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 8:48 PM
>> Subject: [SLOB] xo-computer icon
>> To: SLOBs 
>> Cc: Sugar-dev Devel 
>>
>>
>> As probably most of you are aware, yesterday one of our community members
>> unilaterally changed the xo-computer icon in sugar-artwork. The ensuing
>> discussion about the change is in the github pull request, "Urgent fix
>> logos", [1]
>>
>> The gist of his concern is that OLPC has a trademark on the XO artwork
>> [2] and there was concern that we were infringing and consequently
>> downstream users would also be infringing.
>>
>> As Sean Daly points out, this is not the first time that the topic has
>> come up [3, 4]. "In the past, OLPC was amenable to the use of the xo
>> logo in Sugar, but asked we not use it in marketing materials without a
>> formal co-branding licensing agreement."
>>
>> Personally, I think that OLPC was explicit in making the Sugar artwork
>> available under a GPL licence and that this is hence moot. But I am not
>> qualified to make that assessment. Consequently, I asked Adam Holt, our SFC
>> liaison, to raise the issue with the legal team. Tony asked us to consider
>> the following questions:
>>
>> 1) Why is the XO logo included in the sugar-artwork repo now -- and does
>> the SLOBs want to keep it there?
>> 2) Assuming the SLOBs want to keep the XO logo in sugar-artwork:  what
>> outcome would the SLOBs *prefer* to see happen?  E.g.,
>> - Does Sugar want downstream users to be able to redistribute and modify
>> Sugar's codebase with or without the XO trademark file included in the
>> program?
>> - Does the SLOBs want downstream users to be able to modify and
>> redistribute the XO trademark image itself, or is that less important to
>> Sugar?
>>
>> The answer to the first part of Tony's first question is that the XO logo
>> was part of Sugar from the very beginning -- before Sugar Labs was split
>> from OLPC. We've never changed it.
>>
>> Regarding the second part: does the SLOBs want to keep it there?  is
>> something we  need to discuss. Personally, I think it serves its purpose
>> we

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [Sugar-devel] Motion: To apply to GCI 2017.

[Lionel Laské]

+1




 Lionel 






On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 8:13 AM +0200, "Samson Goddy"  
wrote:












On Sep 14, 2017 3:37 AM, "Laura Vargas"  wrote:
Hello SLOBs,

Walter has mentioned we as SLOB's should decide whether or not Sugar Labs will 
participate in GCI 2017.

I was a Code In mentor back in 2013 and I remember it was a nice experience 
with a lot of work but rewarded to see Ignacio winning :D 

So, I think we should keep supporting this program. 

Motion: Sugar Labs to participate on GCI 2017.

Any second?I Second the motion, it is important we participate.

-- 
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[IAEP] [Announcement] Sugarizer v0.9 is available for your device

[Lionel Laské]

Hi all,



I'm proud to announce the ninth version (0.9) of Sugarizer, a taste of
Sugar for any device.



http://sugarizer.org



For this summer Sugarizer version you could find not less than 8
new/improved activities:

   - Abacus activity: The famous Sugar Abacus activity: let's explore
   representations of numbers using different mechanical counting systems
   developed by the ancient Romans and Chinese.
   - Reflection activity: The port of the nice Sugar game designed to learn
   reflective symmetry.
   - ColorMyWorld activity: Explore the world and its countries. Fill
   countries with color you like or use the interactive mode to find location
   of countries on the offline map.
   - Jappy activity: Learn the Python programming language with this fun
   adaptation of the famous Pippy activity.
   - Blockrain activity: A tile-matching game directly inspired by the
   famous Tetris game.
   - QRCode activity: Use easily QR Code with this simple QR Code Generator
   and scanner.
   - XO Editor activity: An editor that display the rainbow of different
   color patterns for the XO buddy icon.
   - Updated TurtleJS activity: Latest version of the famous TurtleJS
   activity is now included in the Sugarizer package.



Other features in this version:

   - Integrated Tutorial:  You want to discover Sugarizer but you don't
   know Sugar. Sugarizer now integrate a tutorial to learn step by step the
   unique Sugar UI interface.
   - Journal Popup: A new popup to browse the Journal and integrate your
   better pictures into the Paint activity.
   - Better iOS support: Few improvements on the iOS support to better
   handle touch.



Sugarizer is already deployed in two schools: when for you ?



As usual, Sugarizer 0.9  is available on your browser [1] but also for your
Android, iOS and Windows device. Download it from : Google Play [2], Amazon
Store [3], Apple Store [4], Chrome Web Store [5], F-droid [6], Windows
Store [7] and if you don't like stores, you could also install it by
yourself using instructions on the Sugarizer website [8].

On Android, Sugarizer could also replace your launcher with Sugarizer OS
[9].



   Lionel.





P.S.: Special thanks for their contribution on this version to Euan Ong
(Abacus activity, Reflection activity, XOEditor activity), Charles Cossé
(ColorMyWorld activity), Sanchit Kapoor (Blockrain activity), Sebastian
Silva (Jappy activity), and Walter Bender (TurtleJS activity).





[1] http://try.sugarizer.org

[2] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.olpc_france.sugarizer

[3] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NKK7PZA

[4] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sugarizer/id978495303

[5] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sugarizer/
omfgclgehghdlloggibhgicnlldjiboo

[6] https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.olpc_france.sugarizer

[7] https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9nblggh4r782

[8] http://sugarizer.org

[9] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.olpc_
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Urgent Motion: To add three contributors into the membership/election committee

[Lionel Laské]

-1 for the motion.

As James said, I don't think adding more Sugar Labs members will give more
transparency.

Good point to make an open call if there is more volunteer but do a motion
to "force" new members to the committee is not fair.
Plus except if I miss something I didn't seen in this thread a clear
request from Pericherla, Hirish or Ibiam to be a part of the committee.

Lionel.



2017-09-07 8:23 GMT+02:00 Laura Vargas :

>
>
> 2017-09-06 20:04 GMT-05:00 Walter Bender :
>
>> As I said earlier, I don't think SLOB should be involved in the details
>> of who is a member of this committee or that committee.
>>
> We should be trusting the community. That said, I agree with James -- we
>> need more transparency from the committee. For example, when the "Sugar
>> Labs Membership and Elections Committee strongly suggests" something in the
>> wiki, it would be nice to have a public link to the meeting notes available
>> so that it is clear that it really is the committee that is strongly
>> suggesting and not just an individual's opinion.
>>
>
> I fixed the discussion page to reflect my opinion only. Now it reads:
>
> "I strongly suggest candidates to optimize space given and avoid
> irrelevant information such as quoting other people's thoughts different
> from those thoughts of the candidate him/her self. Instead I suggest
> candidates to focus on a simple message to share your motivation, vision
> and/or management skills that make you an ideal candidate for the Sugar
> Labs Oversight Board."
>
> https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:Oversight_Board/2017-2019-candidates
>
>
> regards,
>
> Laura
>
>
>
>>
>> regards.
>>
>> -walter
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 8:36 PM, Laura Vargas 
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 2017-09-06 19:24 GMT-05:00 James Cameron :
>>>
 On Wed, Sep 06, 2017 at 07:00:24PM -0500, Laura Vargas wrote:
 > In my opinion the motion haven't pass yet as have only 3 valid votes
 > in favor: Walter as 1 of the 4 candidates for the 2017-2019
 > elections should abstain to avoid any direct interference with the
 > current election process he is participating in.

 I disagree.  As the motion is only adding members to a committee,
 there's no interference in process of the committee.

 By your logic above, the only people who could vote for the motion are
 those whose slot is not expiring; Samson, Ignacio, and Laura.  And
 these three are the committee.  ;-)


>>> Not even I should vote on any motion related to the current electoral
>>> process until current election calendar terminates on October 15, 2017 as
>>> it could be defined as a "Conflict of Interest".
>>>
>>> At this point, this a polemical motion.
>>>
>>> I think we need to make allow enough time to set as deadline for the
>>> OPEN CALL for volunteers for the Membership and Elections Committee so that
>>> ALL members of SUGAR LABS (r) are invited to join the Committee in equal
>>> conditions.
>>>
>>>
>>> I want to underline is super important anyone who wants to join the
>>> Committee should state it on his/her own during an OPEN CALL.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Laura V
>>>
>>>
 --
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>>>
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Re: [IAEP] Voting reminder (3 days for voting on Motion 2017-08-10: Sugar Labs Financial Manager to have a monthly compensation

[Lionel Laské]

Sorry. Miss the motion.

+1

Lionel.

2017-08-14 19:32 GMT-07:00 Laura Vargas :

> Dear Adam and Lionel,
>
> Please share your vote before voting period closes on 2017-08-17. I
> changed the word compensation for stipend as James suggested but abstained
> from adding the US$100/monthly compensation suggested.
>
> Motion: *Sugar Labs Financial Manager will have a monthly stipend of US$
> TBD* in exchange for:
> 1 complete financial report per quarter and it's publication on the Sugar
> Labs Finance Wiki page maximum 30 calendar days after the end of the
> period. The format to be used should be compatible with the International
> Financial Reporting Standards* or it's equivalent in the U.S..
>
> *see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Financial_Report
> ing_Standards
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Laura V
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] URGENT action needed

[Lionel Laské]

Because Adam is our Financial contact, I would like to hear from him before
voting.
In the meantime my vote could be considering as "Abstain".

 Lionel.


2017-08-12 15:27 GMT-07:00 Tabitha Roder :

> I think Sugar Labs should approve the $US 627.05 travel advance for
> Samson Goddy.
> Tabitha
>
>
> On Aug 11, 2017 8:44 AM, "Walter Bender"  wrote:
>
>> I presume we need a motion and a vote on this. Time is of the essence, so
>> please respond ASAP.
>>
>> Motion: Samson Goddy has been selected as a Sugar Labs representative to
>> the Google Summer of Code mentor summit. He has requested a travel advance
>> to cover the costs of his visa application. The advance, including wire
>> fees comes to $US 627.05. This motion is to approve the travel advance. (As
>> additional background, Google will be covering up to $2200 in travel
>> expenses for two representatives to attend the summit. Since our other
>> representative is local to the SF area, the bulk of that money would be
>> available to cover Samson's travel, so the net impact on SL funds will be
>> negligible.
>>
>> regards.
>>
>> -walter
>>
>>
>> -- Forwarded message --
>> From: Accounting at Software Freedom Conservancy <
>> account...@sfconservancy.org>
>> Date: Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 4:16 PM
>> Subject: URGENT request for Sugar Labs to approve of US$627.05 advance
>> for Goddy for GSoC Mentor Summit (was: Is Goddy actually requesting $160 ?)
>> To: su...@sfconservancy.org
>> Cc: Martin Michlmayr , Samson Goddy <
>> samsongo...@gmail.com>
>>
>>
>> Sugar Labs PLC,  please urgently page down to the all caps section below.
>>
>> Samson,
>>
>> Samson Goddy wrote at 08:52 (EDT) on Wednesday:
>> > it has been 5 days, i already made request to su...@sfconservancy.org
>> for
>> > funding. Since it takes up to 15 working days(3 weeks) for the embassy
>> to
>> > accept appointment for interview.
>> >
>> > I haven't heard anything from both parties.
>>
>> Unfortunately, We are waiting for someone from Sugar Labs to reply to
>> approve the expense.  I don't know why they haven't replied.
>>
>> SUGAR LABS PLC: By my calculation, Samson is asking for this:
>>
>>   FOR TRAVEL TO GET A VISA, AND FOR THE VISA FEES ITSELF, SAMSON GODDY
>> ASKS
>>   FOR A CASH ADVANCE OF TRAVEL EXPENSES (TO COME TO GSOC MENTOR SUMMIT
>>   2017).  The totals are as follows:
>>
>>   If we use western union, N202,350 = $570 (rate set by WU)
>>
>>   If we use wire, he's asking for 561+(561*.05)+13+25 = US$627.05 to be
>> wired.
>>wire fees
>>
>> If Sugar Labs PLC replies with approval before Sunday night US/Eastern, we
>> can likely process a payment by wire on Monday.
>>
>>
>> We don't typically use Western Union, and it would be substantial effort
>> for
>> us to do that, so we'd like Sugar to approve the additional wire fees as
>> it will make payment more rapid for Samson and easier for Conservancy.
>>
>> Samson, your request was a bit ramble-y, so if I gleaned the wrong totals
>> above, please correct them.
>>
>> Samson, in preparation for Sugar Labs PLC hopefully approving this
>> request,
>> could you let me know if the wire instructions I used for you before are
>> still correct, and if not, send me new ones?
>>
>> --
>> Bradley M. Kuhn
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>>  |--> & also, de-facto Bookkeeper for the moment
>> Pls support Conservancy!: https://sfconservancy.org/supporter/
>>
>>
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [SLOB] email motion re Scratch Conference

[Lionel Laské]

I'm not for the idea:
- It's possible than some OLPC France guys will be present there. They
could present Sugar/Sugarizer to the conference as well. And if they do,
the come from France - compared to Nigeria.
- Are you sure to obtain a Visa for the conference ? French government is
sometimes hard about Visa delivery to avoid illegal immigration.

   Lionel.


2017-05-19 18:10 GMT+02:00 Ignacio Rodríguez :

> I still don't know the difference of "seconded" or +1 to be honest :P
>
> But as I already said, its +1 from me
>
> On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 1:01 PM Walter Bender 
> wrote:
>
>> +1
>>
>> On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 11:56 AM, Sameer Verma  wrote:
>>
>>> I second.
>>>
>>> Sameer
>>>
>>> On May 19, 2017 5:50 AM, "Walter Bender" 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Perhaps someone can second the motion so we can begin voting?
>>>
>>> On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 4:28 AM, Samson Goddy >> > wrote:
>>>
 Thank you all for the positive comments. But i am little sad that since
 wednesday, only one vote has been made. Where we have 7 SLOBs member in
 this community. I am pleading to other SLOBs member to come and vote, so
 that i and Ibiam can have idea what to do next if this motion passes or
 not. Because if this motion pass, we will have to wait for SFC 30 days
 policy.


 Regards
 Samson Goddy

 On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 1:49 AM, Ignacio Rodríguez <
 igna...@sugarlabs.org> wrote:

> Hi everyone
>
> It's +1 from me :)
> I've seen some pictures on Facebok and I love what you both are doing,
> awesome work, Samson and Ibiam.
>
> Thanks,
> Ignacio.-
>
> On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 8:27 PM, Avni Khatri  > wrote:
>
>> Same. Not a member of SLOB but agree it's a well written proposal. +1
>>
>> On May 17, 2017, at 7:23 PM, Caryl Bigenho 
>> wrote:
>>
>> This is a well thought out proposal for a worthy project. I am not a
>> member of the SLOB so I can't vote. But I do hope it is approved.
>>
>> Caryl
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On May 17, 2017, at 11:31 AM, Walter Bender 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Samson and Ibiam are seeking funds to cover part of the cost to
>> attend the Scratch Conference in Bordeaux France in July to promote 
>> Sugar.
>> The detailed proposal is here [1].
>>
>> Motion: Sugar Labs agrees to cover up to US$2800 for expenses related
>> to traveling to the Scratch2017BDX, 17th to 22nd of July, 2017 for Samson
>> Goddy and Ibiam Chihurumnaya.
>>
>> [1] https://docs.google.com/document/d/152VDfUcdcGOHOFBLT3lG15sUFpzBe
>> uBCGiNAGCSOLj4/edit?usp=sharing
>>
>> regards.
>>
>> -walter
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[IAEP] GSoC 2017 results for SugarLabs

[Lionel Laské]

Hi all,

The results of Google Summer of Code has been announced today.

SugarLabs has the great opportunity this year to work with 9 students !!!

- Rishabh Thaney on Sugar on Raspberry PI,
- Zeeshan Khan on Say no to Gtk2,
- P. Seetarama Raju on Giving SugarLabs Website a New Look,
- Tarun Kumar Singhal  on Sugarizer Server Dashboard,
- Dinuka Tharangi on User Manual for Music Blocks,
- Tayba Wasim on Timbre Widget for Music Blocks,
- Jatin Dhankhar on Maintaining ASLO,
- SanjayKumarAP on Mind Math Activity,
- Raphael Teyssandier on Sugarizer Deployment Tool.

Congratulations to all of them to join us on these great SugarLabs projects.
Thanks to all mentors that accept to coach them during the summer.
And thanks to all others candidates that don't have the luck to be selected
this year. The quality of proposal was very strong this year. Most of you
spent time to work on their proposal and to exchange with us. We really
appreciate that. It was very difficult for us to select our winners.

Hope that GSoC 2017 will be a wonderful year for SugarLabs.

Please all mentor and students, join us on irc://irc.freenode.net
#sugar-meeting on Monday 8th May 13H00 UTC for our first meeting.

Lionel.
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [Sur] motion for a new mission statement

[Lionel Laské]

+1.

  Lionel.

2017-04-22 20:30 GMT+02:00 Pacita Pena :

> This mission seems to be perfectam I wrong?
> pacita
>
> 2017-04-21 17:29 GMT-04:00 Walter Bender :
>
>> Through a community effort led by Caryl Bigenho, I am making a motion.
>>
>> Motion: Revise the Sugar Labs mission statement to "Sugar Labs is a
>> volunteer-run project whose mission is to reach global learners and
>> educators with a collection of tools that enable them to explore, discover,
>> create, and reflect in their local language. Sugar Labs distributes these
>> tools freely and encourages its users to appropriate them, taking ownership
>> and responsibility for their learning."
>>
>> Looking for a second.
>>
>> regards.
>>
>> -walter
>>
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Re: [IAEP] Motion To Approve 2017 Sugar Labs Mission Statement

[Lionel Laské]

Hi Caryl,

Thanks for this complete and excellent job.
I'm agree with the last update of Walter.
@Tony, I think the new version is more general. We don't need to mention tools 
in mission, we'll do it in objectives.

Thanks again for this work Caryl. I'm okay to second the motion.

  Lionel



From: Tony Anderson 
Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2017 2:59:12 AM
To: Caryl Bigenho; walter.ben...@gmail.com; Samson Goddy; sameer verma; 
igna...@sugarlabs.org; Lionel Laské; Adam Holt; Laura Vargas; 
iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org; José Miguel García
Subject: Re: Motion To Approve 2017 Sugar Labs Mission Statement

Hi, Caryl

In the January 2017 meeting, the SLOBS approved the following motion:

motion: "Sugar is a learning platform based on the constructionist educational 
principles of Jean Piaget, Seymour Papert, Cynthia Solomon, and Alan Kay. Sugar 
Labs is responsible to develop, distribute, and support Sugar with the help of 
a global volunteer community of contributors. Sugar Labs provides Sugar in two 
forms: Sugar for personal computers and XOs and Sugarizer (Sugar Mobile) for 
mobile devices and the Web."

This seems to satisfy the definition of a mission statement.

Tony

On 04/22/2017 01:12 AM, Caryl Bigenho wrote:

Hello All,


This is long, but it needs to be done…


It’s time to “fish or cut bait” as they say. We need to move on with the 
Mission Statement and Goals for Sugar Labs. I am submitting a Mission Statement 
as a motion to be considered for approval at the April SLOB meeting. Then, with 
that in hand, we can move on to settle on 4-5 broad reaching goals to go with 
the Mission Statement to be voted on in May or June.  Specific objectives would 
come after that.


Most of the things people have put on the wiki are neither a mission statement 
nor are they goals. They are Objectives. But most of them lack the specifics to 
be considered a true objective.


So… what do we need in a Mission Statement?


First let’s take a peek at the current one… yes we do have one and I found it 
sitting right at the beginning of the Sugar Labs website 
(<https://www.sugarlabs.org/>https://www.sugarlabs.org/)


At Sugar Labs, we make a collection of tools that learners use to explore, 
discover, create, and reflect. We are non-profit and led by volunteers. We 
distribute these tools freely and encourage our users to appropriate them, 
taking ownership and responsibility for their learning.


Not bad for starters! Now let’s take a look at that Wikipedia says about 
Mission Statements:


Definition:

A mission statement is a short statement of an organization's purpose, 
identifying the scope of its operations: what kind of product or service it 
provides, its primary customers or market, and its geographical region of 
operation. ... The purpose of a mission statement is to focus and direct the 
organization itself.


Here is the Mission Statement I posted last month, based on an excellent 
document Walter had written about Sugar Labs:


Sugar Labs Mission Statement:

The mission of Sugar Labs is to reach global learners (and educators) with 
powerful free and open source educational tools to help them in engage 
Constructionist learning.

So, with a minimum of editing, we can combine the two to get this:

Sugar Labs Mission Statement:

The mission of Sugar Labs is to reach global learners and educators with a 
collection of tools that enable them to explore, discover, create, and reflect. 
We are a non-profit and led by volunteers. We distribute these tools freely and 
encourage our users to appropriate them, taking ownership and responsibility 
for their learning.


O.K. Let's see if that meets the criteria in the definition of a Mission 
Statement as stated above.

  *   purpose... check! The whole statement
  *   scope of operations... check! Global
  *   kind of product or service or service... check! Learning tools 
distributed freely
  *   primary customers or market... check! Learners and educators
  *   geographical region... check! Global


Therefore, I propose that the following motion be considered at the April SLOB 
meeting:

_


The 2017 Mission Statement for Sugar Labs shall be as follows:


The mission of Sugar Labs is to reach global learners and educators with a 
collection of tools that enable them to explore, discover, create, and reflect. 
We are a non-profit and led by volunteers. We distribute these tools freely and 
encourage our users to appropriate them, taking ownership and responsibility 
for their learning.

_



Now, some sample mission statements from a few well known organizations and 
businesses. You will note that some of the biggest and most successful have 
very simple, concise mission statements:


* “Google's missio

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Technical Service Request - Project: Sugar Network

[Lionel Laské]

Motion: Urgent maintenance budget of 500$ for fixing spam attacks on Sugar
Network. Detail of the tasks to do are described in the Technical Service
Request provided by Laura. It's an one shot motion to avoid interruption of
service for Sugar Network users. Further investments on Sugar Network will
be correlated to discussion about long-term support of the platform.

Please second this motion to start the vote.

Best regards.

 Lionel.

2017-04-12 14:22 GMT+02:00 Laura Vargas :

> Thank you Lionel, Samson and Ignacio!
>
> The formal procedure requires a SLOB to propose "A motion" and then
> another SLOB to second it. In this way all other SLOBs will understand they
> are called to vote.
>
> I would appreciate if you guys can do this.
>
> Blessings and regards
> Laura V
>
>
> 2017-04-09 11:36 GMT-05:00 Lionel Laské :
>
>> I'm agree with the idea to think to the long-term but I think we can't
>> leave loyal Sugar user without their tools.
>>
>> So +1 to process this TSR considering we can't process other requests
>> without thinking to the long term support of Sugar Network.
>>
>> Lionel.
>>
>>
>> 2017-04-08 16:39 GMT+02:00 Laura Vargas :
>>
>>> Once we solve the urgent need to neutralize Spam attacks, I would love
>>> to open the discussion for long-term support.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> 2017-04-08 9:34 GMT-05:00 Walter Bender :
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Apr 8, 2017 at 10:32 AM, Laura Vargas 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> We have supported Sugar Network on a voluntary basis without
>>>>> retribution since it's deployment on 2014. Unfortunately we ran out of
>>>>> resources and can't afford to dedicate the required time.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This begs the question, what is next? How will the next issue be
>>>> resolved? It seems a long-term solution should be discussed as opposed to a
>>>> one-time patch.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards
>>>>>
>>>>> Laura
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 2017-04-08 9:24 GMT-05:00 Walter Bender :
>>>>>
>>>>>> This document helps clarify what work needs to be done. What is not
>>>>>> clear to me is why this is work that needs to be funded as opposed to 
>>>>>> being
>>>>>> done by volunteers.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -walter
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, Apr 8, 2017 at 8:42 AM, Laura Vargas 
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As per SLOB's request in yesterday's meeting, I'm attaching the
>>>>>>> Sugar Network urgent maintenance project proposal.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I hope this documents covers all the information required by SLOB's
>>>>>>> to make a decision.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards from the Peruvian Amazon forest,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Laura
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2017-04-02 23:58 GMT-05:00 Laura Vargas :
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Dear Community members, Oversight Board Members and Free Software
>>>>>>>> Conservancy Staff,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I would like to add the following request to the upcoming April's
>>>>>>>> Sugar Labs Oversight Board meeting:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Our dear *Sugar Network is in #urgent need of maintenance*.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Due the the recurrent *spam attacks *we have had during previous
>>>>>>>> months, and due to the fact that we are serving a large group of active
>>>>>>>> users during the local school year, I'm hereby requesting funds to 
>>>>>>>> perform
>>>>>>>> the following technical services:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -  The addition of a "Captcha" identifier for the 3 main forms.
>&g

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] 2017 Goals for Sugar Labs

[Lionel Laské]

Hi Walter,

Thanks a lot for this long proposal. Great to hear you on that.
I think that it's more a Sugar history than a goal/vision but it's good to
read it from a guy that was the major contributor of the history.

BTW I'm not agree with your goals.
My view is that it's not a good idea to limit Sugar/SugarLabs to makers.
We can't target a so small market:
- RaspberryPI ? RPI is a great tool. I personally used 2 RPI weekly for my
personal usage. But it's a tool for geeks not for learners. It could be a
good device as server (we're using it in classroom in France and in
Madagascar and it's good for XSCE too) but it's a very poor tools for
children: no screen, no keyboard, no mouse, not even a power adapter. It's
just a board ! So I don't see the interest of Sugar on it.
- Trisquel ? Probably a nice Linux distribution but how many users ? Not at
all a largely distributed distribution like Fedora or Ubuntu.  Why doing
effort on it ?

I can't understand you even mention Windows support in your goals: just
99,9% of the PC market ! So if you're a Windows user you can't be a target
for SugarLabs ? Plus, regarding devices: we should be better on touch
devices because tablets is the favorite learning tools in classroom today,
not PC. It's why Android (80% of the tablet market) and iOS are so
important in my mind. We should go where users - children/teachers - are !

We can't target makers just because Sugar has synergy with them and because
we hope they help us to spread the world tomorrow.
Our goals should be to deploy Sugar as a mainstream solution for everyone
not a solution for a bunch of geeks. It's the only way to expand the Sugar
community. You told about OLPC: the goal of One Laptop Per Child was to
give a laptop to EVERY child, our goal should be to give Sugar to EVERY
child too. The marketing effort should be in that way, no need to do
marketing for makers, I'm sure they found us themselves.

 Lionel.

P.S.: Regarding Sugarizer maintainability, it's just your opinion. Not sure
it's the opinion for 20 others Sugarizer contributors. I don't think you
could judge Sugarizer maintainability only because you've not successfully
updated TurtleJS activity inside. I don't have success running TurtleJS on
my side and had a very bad experience when trying to Sugarize it, it's not
a reason for me to give a judgement about TurtleJS maintainability.




2017-04-09 15:31 GMT+02:00 Walter Bender :

> As per the discussion in the last Suagr Labs Oversight Board Meeting, I
> had agreed to write a draft statement of goals for 2017. The document below
> includes feedback from Samson G. I hope this document can serve to
> revitalize our discussion from 2016 that never reached resolution.
>
> Sugar Labs Plans, Goals, Aspirations
>
> What is Sugar Labs?
>
> Sugar Labs creates, distributes, and maintains learning software for
> children. Our approach to learning is grounded in Constructionism, a
> pedagogy developed by Seymour Papert and his colleagues in the 1960s and
> 70s at MIT. Papert pioneered the use of the computer by children to help
> engage them in the “construction of knowledge.” His long-time colleague
> Cynthia Solomon expanded up his ideas by introducing the concept of
> engaging children in debugging as a pathway into problem-solving. Their
> 1971 paper, “Twenty things to do with a computer”, is arguably the genesis
> of contemporary movements such as the Maker Movement and Hour of Code.
>
> At the core of Constructionism is “learning through doing.” If you want
> more learning, you want more doing. At Sugar Labs we provide tools to
> promote doing. (We focus almost exclusively on tools, not instructional
> materials.) However, we go beyond “doing” by incorporating critical dialog
> and reflection into the Sugar learning environment, through mechanisms for
> collaboration, journaling, and portfolio.
>
> Sugar Labs is a spinoff of the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) project and
> consequently it has inherited many of its goals from that project. The goal
> of OLPC is to bring the ideas of Constructionism to scale in order to reach
> more children. A particular focus is on children in the developing world.
> In order to meet that goal, Sugar, which was originally developed for OLPC,
> was by necessity a small-footprint solution that required few resources in
> terms of CPU, memory, storage, or network connectivity. The major change on
> focus from the OLPC project is that Sugar Labs strives to make the Sugar
> desktop available to multiple platforms, not just the OLPC XO hardware.
>
> Who develops Sugar?
>
> Sugar Labs is a 100% volunteer effort (although we do occasionally raise
> money for paid student internships). Sugar development and maintenance is
> incumbent upon volunteers and hence we strive to provide as much control as
> possible to our community members, including our end-users. (In fact, one
> of our assertions is that by enabling our users to participate in the
> development of the tool

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Technical Service Request - Project: Sugar Network

[Lionel Laské]

I'm agree with the idea to think to the long-term but I think we can't
leave loyal Sugar user without their tools.

So +1 to process this TSR considering we can't process other requests
without thinking to the long term support of Sugar Network.

Lionel.


2017-04-08 16:39 GMT+02:00 Laura Vargas :

> Once we solve the urgent need to neutralize Spam attacks, I would love to
> open the discussion for long-term support.
>
> Regards
>
> 2017-04-08 9:34 GMT-05:00 Walter Bender :
>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 8, 2017 at 10:32 AM, Laura Vargas 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> We have supported Sugar Network on a voluntary basis without retribution
>>> since it's deployment on 2014. Unfortunately we ran out of resources and
>>> can't afford to dedicate the required time.
>>>
>>
>> This begs the question, what is next? How will the next issue be
>> resolved? It seems a long-term solution should be discussed as opposed to a
>> one-time patch.
>>
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Laura
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 2017-04-08 9:24 GMT-05:00 Walter Bender :
>>>
 This document helps clarify what work needs to be done. What is not
 clear to me is why this is work that needs to be funded as opposed to being
 done by volunteers.

 -walter

 On Sat, Apr 8, 2017 at 8:42 AM, Laura Vargas 
 wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> As per SLOB's request in yesterday's meeting, I'm attaching the Sugar
> Network urgent maintenance project proposal.
>
> I hope this documents covers all the information required by SLOB's to
> make a decision.
>
>
> Regards from the Peruvian Amazon forest,
>
> Laura
>
>
>
> 2017-04-02 23:58 GMT-05:00 Laura Vargas :
>
>> Dear Community members, Oversight Board Members and Free Software
>> Conservancy Staff,
>>
>>
>> I would like to add the following request to the upcoming April's
>> Sugar Labs Oversight Board meeting:
>>
>>
>>
>> Our dear *Sugar Network is in #urgent need of maintenance*.
>>
>> Due the the recurrent *spam attacks *we have had during previous
>> months, and due to the fact that we are serving a large group of active
>> users during the local school year, I'm hereby requesting funds to 
>> perform
>> the following technical services:
>>
>>
>> -  The addition of a "Captcha" identifier for the 3 main forms.
>> -  Clean the Spam comments
>>
>> Active users this could help: +40,000
>> Name of who is actually doing the work: Luis Sebastian Silva, Laura
>> Victoria Vargas
>> Funds required:  USD $500
>>
>>
>> I openly declare the existence of conflict of interest associated
>> with any funding request presented by me and/or my husband as long as I
>> continue serving as a Sugar Labs Oversight Board member.
>>
>> Notwithstanding the above, I understand Conservancy acknowledges that
>> many PLC (Project Leadership Committee) Persons are technical service
>> contractors and therefore it would be doable for the Sugar Labs Oversight
>> Board to approve the required funds.
>>
>> According to the Software Freedom Conservancy Conflict of Interest
>> Policy, a conflicted PLC Person must abstain from and must not hear nor
>> read the pre-vote discussions of the matter.
>>
>> Therefore* I will not vote nor participate in any pre-vote
>> discussions of this matter.*
>>
>>
>> Blessings and thanks in advance!
>>
>>
>> Attachment 1: Artwork shared at Sugar Network - English Class Prof.
>> Hilda
>> Attachment 2: Official Conflict of Interest Policy of Conservancy
>> Attachment 3: Spam Comments on Sugar Network
>>
>>
>> --
>> Laura V.
>> * I&D SomosAZUCAR.Org*
>>
>> “No paradox, no progress.”
>> ~ Niels Bohr
>>
>> Happy Learning!
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Laura V.
> * I&D SomosAZUCAR.Org*
>
> “No paradox, no progress.”
> ~ Niels Bohr
>
> Happy Learning!
>
>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Laura V.
>>> * I&D SomosAZUCAR.Org*
>>>
>>> “No paradox, no progress.”
>>> ~ Niels Bohr
>>>
>>> Happy Learning!
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Walter Bender
>> Sugar Labs
>> http://www.sugarlabs.org
>> 
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Laura V.
> * I&D SomosAZUCAR.Org*
>
> “No paradox, no progress.”
> ~ Niels Bohr
>
> Happy Learning!
>
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[IAEP] Sugarizer dev platform is now open

[Lionel Laské]

Hi all,



Currently, Sugarizer is released about one time by year.

I know that it's slow but it take us lot of time to test and package new
features and activities on all supported platforms.



To give you  a faster view of change in Sugarizer, I've decided to open a
new server dedicated to the development branch.



So, the branch "master" [1] is now the stable and ready-to-production
version and could be tested on http://try.sugarizer.org

And the branch "dev" [2] is now the development version (*) - and
potentially unstable - and could be tested on the new
http://dev.sugarizer.org



If you're curious you could discover today on the dev branch: the great
ColorMyWorld activity from Charles Cossé and the nice port of XOEditor,
Reflection and Abacus activities by the GCI student Euan Ong.



Sugarizer is growing every day: stay in touch !



Best regards from France.



  Lionel.



[1] https://github.com/llaske/sugarizer/tree/master

[2] https://github.com/llaske/sugarizer/tree/dev

(*) So if you're a developer and want to contribute to Sugarizer, send your
PR to the dev branch
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Re: [IAEP] Resubmission of Proposed Project for Sugarizer1°

[Lionel Laské]

Hi Caryl,

Very nice.
I'm fully encourage your proposal.
Sugarizer is not my tool, or the tool of OLPC France. Everyone should be
able to appropriate Sugarizer itself and transform/adapt it for its needs.
That's the way Open Source Software works and Sugarizer definitively lack
of tester feedbacks. So welcome Sugarizer 1° !
I will support it technically as far as I could.

Regards.

  Lionel.


2017-03-02 23:11 GMT+01:00 Caryl Bigenho :

> Hi All...
>
>
> This proposal can be improved a lot. However, I am re-submitting it
>  mainly as an example of the kinds of things I feel SugarLabs should be
> supporting with their precious funds. I originally submitted it last
> summer.
>
>
> Because of the SoCalifLinuxExpo and a house full of people, I don't have
> the opportunity to make revisions at this moment. Things I can see it needs
> are a definite timeline, a clearly thought out budget, and names of some of
> the people who would be involved. I would love to have additional
> suggestions for things to add and volunteers to assist in getting it into
> better shape by the next SLOB meeting.
>
>
> At this point, I do not expect approval, but rather encouragement to
> expand and refine this early proposal, along with suggestions in time for
> the next SLOB meeting.
>
>
> I invite others (Samson???) to also submit rough drafts of proposals as
> samples of the kinds of things SugarLabs could be doing.
>
>
> The SLOB meeting tomorrow is at 11 AM PST. The Expo Hall at SCaLE15X
> opens at 10 AM. Because of that it will be difficult for me, Adam, and
> other SL members to give our full attention to the meeting. We will do the
> best we can under the circumstances.
>
>
> Caryl
>
>
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] GSoC

[Lionel Laské]

A really good news.
I've planned to give a conference on GSoC on Thursday at EPITECH school in
France to recruit students.
Michaël will be there too and will present the both sides: as a student and
as a mentor.

Best regards from France.

Lionel.


2017-02-28 1:39 GMT+01:00 Samson Goddy :

> Wow that is nice..
>
> On 28 Feb 2017 1:38 am, "Walter Bender"  wrote:
>
>> Sugar Labs has been accepted!! Not sure how many slots we get yet.
>>
>> regards.
>>
>> -walter
>>
>> --
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>> 
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Sugar Labs 2017 Budget

[Lionel Laské]

Hi all,

+1 Caryl
I can't imagine a budget without a project proposal. Money could be a way
to solve issues. The issue could not be to spend money.
And yes, the most important thing is feedbacks from the field. It's why it
was super important to me to launch the first OLPC France Sugar deployment
in Madagascar 8 years ago and the first Sugarizer deployment this year.
More: today, every Sugarizer feature I'm thinking about is because of
feedbacks or issues we raised during our Sugar deployment.

I'm proud to see reference to Sugarizer in your previous exchange. Thanks
all for that.
By the way, Sugarizer need developers more than money.
Give me two tokens for the incoming GSoC and it will be more than all
badges!

Best regards from France.

  Lionel

2017-02-25 20:47 GMT+01:00 Caryl Bigenho :

> Hi All,
>
>
> OK, it's time to get real. The problem with all of this talk is that most
> (but not all) of you haven't a clue how teachers and schools operate!
> Unless SugarLabs' products are targeted to perceived needs of teachers,
> parents, school boards, school owners, after school tutoring services,
> etc., etc., etc. They will never achieve wide distribution and use. Here
> are some things that MUST be done (and so far haven't been done on a
> meaningful scale).
>
>
> * Stakeholders are polled to find out what the needs of their students are.
>
> * Products are tailored to specifically meet those needs.
>
> * Documentation is produced with easy to understand instructions for
> installing and using the product.
>
> * Sample lessons and lesson plans are prepared by teachers who have
> experience using the product.
>
> * Everything is translated into the languages of the target markets.
>
> * Follow-up is done with new users to determine if any changes and
> improvements are needed.
>
> * Needed changes are made and the users are provided an easy way to update.
>
>
> Free is good, but teachers and schools don't want to waste their time on
> something that doesn't meet their needs even if it is free. This requires
> that all of these things I list above be done, and maybe more that some of
> you will think of. This applies to all of SugarLabs products, Sugar,
> Sugarizer, TurtleBlocks, MusicBlocks, Servers, and anything new that may
> be created to add to the mix.
>
>
> All of this costs money, which SL will not have if we spend it on a bunch
> of Badges given out mostly to SLOB members. Badges are not the way to go!
> They guarantee nothing! Projects fulfilling the criteria listed above with
> specific duties and specific remuneration are what we need.
>
>
> So, write a good proposal for a project that meets a specific, proveble,
> need. Submit it. Get it funded. Work on it. Budget to pay yourself a
> reasonable amount to make it happen.  If you folks need and want SL funds,
> that should be what you do to get them. Not just drawing a dole for being
> you.
>
>
> Sorry for the rant! But these are things that needed to be said and at my
> age, I guess I have to be the one to do it!
>
>
> Caryl (aka GrannieB)
>
>
>
> P.S. It really breaks my heart that we missed the opportunity to try for
> the Global Learning XPrize.
>
>
>
>
> --
> *From:* IAEP  on behalf of Dave
> Crossland 
> *Sent:* Saturday, February 25, 2017 10:46:41 AM
> *To:* Walter Bender
> *Cc:* Adam Holt; Lionel Laské; Tony Anderson; SLOBs; Sam P.; Samson
> Goddy; Martin Abente Lahaye; iaep
> *Subject:* Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Sugar Labs 2017 Budget
>
>
>
> On Feb 25, 2017 6:27 PM, "Walter Bender"  wrote:
>
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 5:39 AM, Sam Parkinson  wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 2017-02-25 at 08:36 +0530, Dave Crossland wrote:
>> > Actually I am not convinced of this; I do not believe that the latest
>> > releases of the Python codebase reach classrooms, and the js codebase
>> > only reaches one.
>> >
>> > One of the projects listed is social help. It's a fine idea, but a
>> > cursory look at the site shows it has extremely low activity. I think
>> > it would be better to shut it down.
>>
>> Sugar tries to literally replace every part of the computer that a user
>> sees.  And believe it or not; that is a hard goal for a small free
>> software community.  3 people in their spare time can't replace the
>> years of work poured into every other desktop environment & their
>> software.
>>
>> You're 100% spot on.  The future of SL is things like TurtleJS.
>>
>
> I am obviously a fan of Turtle (and Music Blocks), but I am convinced
> that, for example, Sugar on Raspberry PI has a big future. It is a very
> experience, relatively easy to set up, and a good fit for the maker space.
> We should push hard to really make the process smooth and robust.
>
>
> Sugar or sugarizer? 😂
>
> How many classrooms do we know of using the latest sugar release on pi
> hardware? 🤣
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [Sugar-devel] Google Summer of Code 2017

[Lionel Laské]

Hi all,

SugarLabs participation in GSoC is very important. Previous GSoC give me
lot of opportunities to improve Sugarizer activities/features in a very
impressive way. I don't have Sugarizer projects proposal for GSoC 2017 for
the moment but I will certainly have projects to submit.

BTW I think that we must be very cautious on:
- Project selection: one project is one token, i.e. one student working for
us during months. We can't lost a token opportunity for a project with few
interest or with few chance to go to its end. We should have an objective
view on project from last years: how many projects are really integrated
into Sugar/Sugarizer today ?
- Mentor selection: a mentor should be someone with experience on its
subject. He must perfectly know the project, the project goal and must have
a very good technical knowledge of its subject. So, sorry to say that not
everyone could be a mentor.

May be it could be interesting to imagine a sort of selection process for
projects, then for mentors.

Best regards for France.

Lionel.







2017-01-22 16:06 GMT+01:00 Walter Bender :

>
>
> On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 9:59 AM, Charles  wrote:
>
>> Hello Walter,
>>
>> I'm new to Sugar but have recently started working on contributions so
>> Sugarizer and also to Sugar.  I would like to be involved in Sugar's GSOC
>> this year as a mentor, or other.  I have the experience with Python and
>> JavaScript, just not with Sugar all this time until now.  What is involved
>> in being an administrator?
>>
>
> The admin role (we need two) is more about managing the logistics:
> ensuring we are fulfilling all of our obligations as a participating
> organization in terms of mentoring, reporting, etc.
>
> -walter
>
>>
>> Thanks
>> Charles Cosse
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 6:47 AM, Walter Bender 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> We are still wrapping up GCI and already Google has announced that the
>>> application window for Google Summer of Code [1] is open. Before I pursue
>>> the possibility of Sugar Labs participating, I wanted to get a sense of the
>>> opinion of the Sugar Labs community and the Sugar Labs oversight board.
>>> Should I apply on behalf of Sugar Labs? Anyone interested in either being a
>>> mentor or an administrator?
>>>
>>> regards.
>>>
>>> -walter
>>>
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>>> 
>>> [1] https://developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/
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>>
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>>
>>
>>
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Re: [IAEP] [UKids] Re: [Sugar-devel] [Announcement] Sugarizer v0.8 is available for your device

[Lionel Laské]

Hi Samson,

Strange. Did you give authorization to install APK from unknown source in
your Android settings [1] ?
Because the Sugarizer OS APK is not deployed on Play Store yet - because
still in beta -, you need to allow unknown source to install it.

Best regards.

   Lionel.


[1] https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-install-apps-outside-of-google-play/


2017-01-07 19:24 GMT+01:00 Samson Goddy :

> Hello Tony.. I couldn't get the sugarizer OS beta.. to run on my Samsung
> Galaxy S7 edge.. running Android 6.0.1. It's keep showing Apk not installed.
>
> Samson
>
> On 6 Jan 2017 23:21, "Steve Thomas"  wrote:
>
>> Okay, I tried restarting Chrome a second time and now Etoys opens on Mac.
>> But had an issue saving. I'll investigate further.
>>
>> Hoping to get Etoys (et al) working on Chromebook's so I can get teachers
>> in my kids school to start using it.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Stephen
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 5:15 PM, Steve Thomas 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Lionel,
>>>
>>> This is great work, thank you.
>>>
>>> Ran into a few issues trying to run Etoys (Turtle Blocks seems to run
>>> just fine), :
>>>
>>>1. Added Chrome extension but Etoys did not run, just got black
>>>screen.
>>>   1. Tried on Mac and Windows using latest Chrome, waited about 5
>>>   minutes+
>>>2. Also downloaded from iTunes onto my Mac and had same issue
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Stephen
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 3:55 PM, Lionel Laské 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks all.
>>>>
>>>> @Walter, PR is the best way.
>>>> More precisely: clone Sugarizer, replace Turtle Blocks code by the new
>>>> one, if possible test on all browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, EDGE) to
>>>> ensure portability on all devices, then PR.
>>>>
>>>>  Lionel.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2017-01-06 14:22 GMT+01:00 Walter Bender :
>>>>
>>>>> Lionel,
>>>>>
>>>>> Congrats.
>>>>>
>>>>> Quick question: What is the procedure for an app developer to get a
>>>>> new version into your distro? Turtle Blocks has made many advances since
>>>>> the version you package.
>>>>>
>>>>> regards.
>>>>>
>>>>> -walter
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 3:02 AM, Lionel Laské 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm proud to announce the eighth version (0.8) of Sugarizer, a taste
>>>>>> of Sugar for any device.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://sugarizer.org
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Main features in this new version:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>- Speak activity: The famous Sugar Speak activity: anything you
>>>>>>type will be spoken aloud using the speech synthesizer.
>>>>>>- Moon activity: Another famous Sugar activity. A Moon phase viewer,
>>>>>>includes Lunar phase information and eclipse data.
>>>>>>- Video Viewer activity: A generic video viewer, explore a
>>>>>>predefined libraries (Khan Academy, Canopé) or import your own 
>>>>>> library and
>>>>>>share it with others in the Journal.
>>>>>>- Shared Notes activity: A shared board where you could stick
>>>>>>Post-It notes and share it in real time with others using presence.
>>>>>>- Updated Etoys activity: Latest version of Etoys is now included
>>>>>>in the Sugarizer package.
>>>>>>- Windows 10:  Sugarizer is now available in the Windows Store
>>>>>>[1]. So if you've got a PC on Windows, Sugarizer is one click long 
>>>>>> from you.
>>>>>>- Performance improvement: script optimization and lazy loading
>>>>>>of data had dramatically improve performance in all activities.
>>>>>>- Better touch support: a new scrollable home view and a better
>>>>>>handling of long touch on touch screens of any size.
>>>>>>- Application s

Re: [IAEP] [UKids] Re: [Sugar-devel] [Announcement] Sugarizer v0.8 is available for your device

[Lionel Laské]

Hi Caryl,

The WebView integrated in Jelly Bean - alias Android 4.3 - has a poor
support of HTML5/JavaScript.
It's why unfortunately, I can't guaranty a good Sugarizer compatibility
under Android 4.4 on all activities.
Here [1] a graphic of Android version distribution, Android 4.3 and lower
is still at 15%.

Best regards.

Lionel.


[1] https://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html


2017-01-07 21:34 GMT+01:00 Caryl Bigenho :

> Hi... it works beautifully on my iPhone.
>
>
> However, on Ed's older Samsung smartphone running JellyBean, a lot of the
> Activities don't work. The app itself does not appear on the phone but when
> I go to the PlayStore, I can open it from there.
>
>
> I have two more devices to try it on still. Maybe there should be
> different versions for different hardware/software combos? Each only having
> the Actiities that will work? Or maybe a "read me" for users that tells
> them not to expect some of the Activities to work on certain devices?
>
>
> I'll check back later when I have tested more devices and Activities.
>
>
> Caryl
> --
> *From:* IAEP  on behalf of Samson Goddy
> 
> *Sent:* Saturday, January 7, 2017 10:24:33 AM
> *To:* Steve Thomas
> *Cc:* iaep; OLPC Devel; Sugar-dev Devel; unleashk...@googlegroups.com;
> Lionel Laské
> *Subject:* Re: [IAEP] [UKids] Re: [Sugar-devel] [Announcement] Sugarizer
> v0.8 is available for your device
>
> Hello Tony.. I couldn't get the sugarizer OS beta.. to run on my Samsung
> Galaxy S7 edge.. running Android 6.0.1. It's keep showing Apk not
> installed.
>
> Samson
>
> On 6 Jan 2017 23:21, "Steve Thomas"  wrote:
>
>> Okay, I tried restarting Chrome a second time and now Etoys opens on Mac.
>> But had an issue saving. I'll investigate further.
>>
>> Hoping to get Etoys (et al) working on Chromebook's so I can get teachers
>> in my kids school to start using it.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Stephen
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 5:15 PM, Steve Thomas 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Lionel,
>>>
>>> This is great work, thank you.
>>>
>>> Ran into a few issues trying to run Etoys (Turtle Blocks seems to run
>>> just fine), :
>>>
>>>    1. Added Chrome extension but Etoys did not run, just got black
>>>screen.
>>>   1. Tried on Mac and Windows using latest Chrome, waited about 5
>>>   minutes+
>>>2. Also downloaded from iTunes onto my Mac and had same issue
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Stephen
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 3:55 PM, Lionel Laské 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks all.
>>>>
>>>> @Walter, PR is the best way.
>>>> More precisely: clone Sugarizer, replace Turtle Blocks code by the new
>>>> one, if possible test on all browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, EDGE) to
>>>> ensure portability on all devices, then PR.
>>>>
>>>>  Lionel.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2017-01-06 14:22 GMT+01:00 Walter Bender :
>>>>
>>>>> Lionel,
>>>>>
>>>>> Congrats.
>>>>>
>>>>> Quick question: What is the procedure for an app developer to get a
>>>>> new version into your distro? Turtle Blocks has made many advances since
>>>>> the version you package.
>>>>>
>>>>> regards.
>>>>>
>>>>> -walter
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 3:02 AM, Lionel Laské 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm proud to announce the eighth version (0.8) of Sugarizer, a taste
>>>>>> of Sugar for any device.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://sugarizer.org
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Main features in this new version:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>- Speak activity: The famous Sugar Speak activity: anything you
>>>>>>type will be spoken aloud using the speech synthesizer.
>>>>>>- Moon activity: Another famous Sugar activity. A Moon phase viewer,
>>>>>>includes Lunar phase information and eclipse data.
>>>>>>- Video Viewer activity: A generic video viewer, explore a
>&g

Re: [IAEP] [UKids] Re: [Sugar-devel] [Announcement] Sugarizer v0.8 is available for your device

[Lionel Laské]

Hi Steve,

Yes, unfortunately EToys could have some limitation because it need to load
a full VM to run, it's why it not appear as favorite by default.
I'm CC'ed Bert that could help you on it.

Regards.

  Lionel.


2017-01-06 23:21 GMT+01:00 Steve Thomas :

> Okay, I tried restarting Chrome a second time and now Etoys opens on Mac.
> But had an issue saving. I'll investigate further.
>
> Hoping to get Etoys (et al) working on Chromebook's so I can get teachers
> in my kids school to start using it.
>
> Cheers,
> Stephen
>
> On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 5:15 PM, Steve Thomas 
> wrote:
>
>> Lionel,
>>
>> This is great work, thank you.
>>
>> Ran into a few issues trying to run Etoys (Turtle Blocks seems to run
>> just fine), :
>>
>>1. Added Chrome extension but Etoys did not run, just got black
>>screen.
>>   1. Tried on Mac and Windows using latest Chrome, waited about 5
>>   minutes+
>>    2. Also downloaded from iTunes onto my Mac and had same issue
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Stephen
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 3:55 PM, Lionel Laské 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks all.
>>>
>>> @Walter, PR is the best way.
>>> More precisely: clone Sugarizer, replace Turtle Blocks code by the new
>>> one, if possible test on all browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, EDGE) to
>>> ensure portability on all devices, then PR.
>>>
>>>  Lionel.
>>>
>>>
>>> 2017-01-06 14:22 GMT+01:00 Walter Bender :
>>>
>>>> Lionel,
>>>>
>>>> Congrats.
>>>>
>>>> Quick question: What is the procedure for an app developer to get a new
>>>> version into your distro? Turtle Blocks has made many advances since the
>>>> version you package.
>>>>
>>>> regards.
>>>>
>>>> -walter
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 3:02 AM, Lionel Laské 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm proud to announce the eighth version (0.8) of Sugarizer, a taste
>>>>> of Sugar for any device.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://sugarizer.org
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Main features in this new version:
>>>>>
>>>>>- Speak activity: The famous Sugar Speak activity: anything you
>>>>>type will be spoken aloud using the speech synthesizer.
>>>>>- Moon activity: Another famous Sugar activity. A Moon phase viewer,
>>>>>includes Lunar phase information and eclipse data.
>>>>>- Video Viewer activity: A generic video viewer, explore a
>>>>>predefined libraries (Khan Academy, Canopé) or import your own library 
>>>>> and
>>>>>share it with others in the Journal.
>>>>>- Shared Notes activity: A shared board where you could stick
>>>>>Post-It notes and share it in real time with others using presence.
>>>>>- Updated Etoys activity: Latest version of Etoys is now included
>>>>>in the Sugarizer package.
>>>>>- Windows 10:  Sugarizer is now available in the Windows Store
>>>>>[1]. So if you've got a PC on Windows, Sugarizer is one click long 
>>>>> from you.
>>>>>- Performance improvement: script optimization and lazy loading of
>>>>>data had dramatically improve performance in all activities.
>>>>>- Better touch support: a new scrollable home view and a better
>>>>>handling of long touch on touch screens of any size.
>>>>>- Application size reduction: Sugarizer application size is now
>>>>>under 50Mb.
>>>>>- Portuguese localization: a new language support for our friends
>>>>>from Portugal and Brazil,
>>>>>- SugarLabs inside: Sugarizer source code is now in SugarLabs
>>>>>repository [8].
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> New in Sugarizer 0.8 for Android is "Sugarizer OS". Sugarizer OS is a
>>>>> way to use Sugarizer as your Android Launcher on the device. So you could
>>>>> have the same experience with Sugarizer on your tablet/smartphone that
>>>>> you've got with Sugar on the XO laptop.

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [Announcement] Sugarizer v0.8 is available for your device

[Lionel Laské]

Thanks all.

@Walter, PR is the best way.
More precisely: clone Sugarizer, replace Turtle Blocks code by the new one,
if possible test on all browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, EDGE) to ensure
portability on all devices, then PR.

 Lionel.


2017-01-06 14:22 GMT+01:00 Walter Bender :

> Lionel,
>
> Congrats.
>
> Quick question: What is the procedure for an app developer to get a new
> version into your distro? Turtle Blocks has made many advances since the
> version you package.
>
> regards.
>
> -walter
>
> On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 3:02 AM, Lionel Laské 
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm proud to announce the eighth version (0.8) of Sugarizer, a taste of
>> Sugar for any device.
>>
>>
>>
>> http://sugarizer.org
>>
>>
>>
>> Main features in this new version:
>>
>>- Speak activity: The famous Sugar Speak activity: anything you type
>>will be spoken aloud using the speech synthesizer.
>>- Moon activity: Another famous Sugar activity. A Moon phase viewer,
>>includes Lunar phase information and eclipse data.
>>- Video Viewer activity: A generic video viewer, explore a predefined
>>libraries (Khan Academy, Canopé) or import your own library and share it
>>with others in the Journal.
>>- Shared Notes activity: A shared board where you could stick Post-It
>>notes and share it in real time with others using presence.
>>- Updated Etoys activity: Latest version of Etoys is now included in
>>the Sugarizer package.
>>- Windows 10:  Sugarizer is now available in the Windows Store [1].
>>So if you've got a PC on Windows, Sugarizer is one click long from you.
>>- Performance improvement: script optimization and lazy loading of
>>data had dramatically improve performance in all activities.
>>- Better touch support: a new scrollable home view and a better
>>handling of long touch on touch screens of any size.
>>- Application size reduction: Sugarizer application size is now under
>>50Mb.
>>- Portuguese localization: a new language support for our friends
>>from Portugal and Brazil,
>>- SugarLabs inside: Sugarizer source code is now in SugarLabs
>>repository [8].
>>
>>
>>
>> New in Sugarizer 0.8 for Android is "Sugarizer OS". Sugarizer OS is a
>> way to use Sugarizer as your Android Launcher on the device. So you could
>> have the same experience with Sugarizer on your tablet/smartphone that
>> you've got with Sugar on the XO laptop. More specifically, Sugarizer OS
>> features are:
>>
>>- Directly boot the device on Sugarizer home view (no more Android
>>stuff)
>>- Full features and activities of Sugarizer (Sugarizer and Sugarizer
>>OS share the same code)
>>- Include both Sugarizer activities and Android applications in your
>>home view using favorites feature
>>- Launch Android applications from Sugarizer home view
>>- Journal will trace both Sugarizer and Android application launch
>>- Launch Android settings from the Sugarizer settings dialog
>>- Manage WiFi connection from the Sugarizer neighborhood view (like
>>in Sugar)
>>
>>
>>
>> With Sugarizer OS, Sugar on Android is now a reality: enjoy the
>> experience and spread the world with Sugarizer !
>>
>>
>>
>> Sugarizer 0.8 is available on: Windows Store [1], Google Play [2], Amazon
>> Store [3], Apple Store [4], Chrome Web Store [5] and F-droid [6].
>>
>> Sugarizer OS for Android is available in beta here [7].
>>
>>
>>
>>Lionel.
>>
>>
>>
>> P.S.: Special thanks for their contribution on this version to Vishal
>> Batchu (Speak activity), Shirsh Zibbu (Moon activity), Bert Freudenberg
>> (Etoys activity), Jeremie Amsellem (Sugarizer OS), Michaël Ohayon
>> (Sugarizer OS), Afmachado (Portugueuse Translation), Naofum (Japanese
>> Translation), Christoph Derndorfer (German Translation),  Piotr Antosz
>> (Polish Translation), Shubham Jaiswal (Arabic Translation), Samson Goddy
>> (Igbo Yoruba Translation), Tymon P.Radzik (TankOp localization), Matías
>> Martínez (Get Things Done, Chat Prototype and Markdown activity
>> localization) - 4 students from Google Summer of Code and 5 students from
>> Google Code In !
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> [1] https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9nblggh4r782
>>
>> [2] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.olpc_franc
&

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [Announcement] Sugarizer v0.8 is available for your device

[Lionel Laské]

Any Android applications could work into Sugarizer OS.
Two applications that we love here:
- GCompris: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.gcompris
- ScratchJR:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.scratchjr.android

The idea of Sugarizer OS is to mix Sugarizer activities with Android
application that you love and that you can't find in Sugarizer.

But of course it's also a good opportunity to integrate "standard"
application like Chrome or Google Play into Sugarizer so you could launch
it without leaving Sugarizer.

Lionel.

2017-01-06 9:40 GMT+01:00 Christian Stroetmann :

> On the 6th of January 2017 at 09:02, Lionel Laské wrote:
>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> I'm proud to announce the eighth version (0.8) of Sugarizer, a taste of
> Sugar for any device.
>
>
>
>
> Yo
>
> [...]
>
>
> New in Sugarizer 0.8 for Android is "Sugarizer OS". Sugarizer OS is a way
> to use Sugarizer as your Android Launcher on the device. So you could have
> the same experience with Sugarizer on your tablet/smartphone that you've
> got with Sugar on the XO laptop. More specifically, Sugarizer OS features
> are:
>
>- Directly boot the device on Sugarizer home view (no more Android
>stuff)
>- Full features and activities of Sugarizer (Sugarizer and Sugarizer
>OS share the same code)
>- Include both Sugarizer activities and Android applications in your
>home view using favorites feature
>- Launch Android applications from Sugarizer home view
>- Journal will trace both Sugarizer and Android application launch
>- Launch Android settings from the Sugarizer settings dialog
>- Manage WiFi connection from the Sugarizer neighborhood view (like in
>Sugar)
>
>
>
> With Sugarizer OS, Sugar on Android is now a reality: enjoy the experience
> and spread the world with Sugarizer !
>
>
>
>
> I am wondering where the Android applications come from. Can you give some
> examples?
>
>
>
> C.S.
>
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[IAEP] [Announcement] Sugarizer v0.8 is available for your device

[Lionel Laské]

Hi all,



I'm proud to announce the eighth version (0.8) of Sugarizer, a taste of
Sugar for any device.



http://sugarizer.org



Main features in this new version:

   - Speak activity: The famous Sugar Speak activity: anything you type
   will be spoken aloud using the speech synthesizer.
   - Moon activity: Another famous Sugar activity. A Moon phase viewer,
   includes Lunar phase information and eclipse data.
   - Video Viewer activity: A generic video viewer, explore a predefined
   libraries (Khan Academy, Canopé) or import your own library and share it
   with others in the Journal.
   - Shared Notes activity: A shared board where you could stick Post-It
   notes and share it in real time with others using presence.
   - Updated Etoys activity: Latest version of Etoys is now included in the
   Sugarizer package.
   - Windows 10:  Sugarizer is now available in the Windows Store [1]. So
   if you've got a PC on Windows, Sugarizer is one click long from you.
   - Performance improvement: script optimization and lazy loading of data
   had dramatically improve performance in all activities.
   - Better touch support: a new scrollable home view and a better handling
   of long touch on touch screens of any size.
   - Application size reduction: Sugarizer application size is now under
   50Mb.
   - Portuguese localization: a new language support for our friends from
   Portugal and Brazil,
   - SugarLabs inside: Sugarizer source code is now in SugarLabs repository
   [8].



New in Sugarizer 0.8 for Android is "Sugarizer OS". Sugarizer OS is a way
to use Sugarizer as your Android Launcher on the device. So you could have
the same experience with Sugarizer on your tablet/smartphone that you've
got with Sugar on the XO laptop. More specifically, Sugarizer OS features
are:

   - Directly boot the device on Sugarizer home view (no more Android stuff)
   - Full features and activities of Sugarizer (Sugarizer and Sugarizer OS
   share the same code)
   - Include both Sugarizer activities and Android applications in your
   home view using favorites feature
   - Launch Android applications from Sugarizer home view
   - Journal will trace both Sugarizer and Android application launch
   - Launch Android settings from the Sugarizer settings dialog
   - Manage WiFi connection from the Sugarizer neighborhood view (like in
   Sugar)



With Sugarizer OS, Sugar on Android is now a reality: enjoy the experience
and spread the world with Sugarizer !



Sugarizer 0.8 is available on: Windows Store [1], Google Play [2], Amazon
Store [3], Apple Store [4], Chrome Web Store [5] and F-droid [6].

Sugarizer OS for Android is available in beta here [7].



   Lionel.



P.S.: Special thanks for their contribution on this version to Vishal
Batchu (Speak activity), Shirsh Zibbu (Moon activity), Bert Freudenberg
(Etoys activity), Jeremie Amsellem (Sugarizer OS), Michaël Ohayon
(Sugarizer OS), Afmachado (Portugueuse Translation), Naofum (Japanese
Translation), Christoph Derndorfer (German Translation),  Piotr Antosz
(Polish Translation), Shubham Jaiswal (Arabic Translation), Samson Goddy
(Igbo Yoruba Translation), Tymon P.Radzik (TankOp localization), Matías
Martínez (Get Things Done, Chat Prototype and Markdown activity
localization) - 4 students from Google Summer of Code and 5 students from
Google Code In !







[1] https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9nblggh4r782

[2] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.olpc_france.sugarizer

[3] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NKK7PZA

[4] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sugarizer/id978495303

[5]
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sugarizer/omfgclgehghdlloggibhgicnlldjiboo

[6] https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.olpc_france.sugarizer

[7] http://sugarizer.org/sugarizeros-beta.apk

[8] https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugarizer
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [SLOB] Meeting reminder

[Lionel Laské]

Sorry. Not sure at all that I could be there due to the limited internet
connection I've got.

Lionel.


2016-08-05 0:20 GMT+02:00 Walter Bender :

> We have a Sugar Labs oversight board meeting on Friday, 5 August at 19UTC
> *. Please join us on irc.freenode.net #sugar-meeting
>
> Among the discussion topics: Turtle Art Days in Abuja, Asuncion, and
> Montevideo
>
> regards.
>
> -walter
>
> --
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> 
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Re: [IAEP] Priority languages to translate Sugar

[Lionel Laské]

Hi Caryl,

Each activity could use it's own framework. I don't think some use
bootstrap.
BTW bootstrap usually take care of HTML contents, most activities use
Canvas elements instead so I'm not sure it could help.
Doing responsive design is always a challenge.

   Lionel.

2016-07-17 15:56 GMT+02:00 Caryl Bigenho :

> Hi Lionel,
>
> Are you using Bootstrap responsive design?  Perhaps if you design for the
> xs screen the larger ones will take care of themselves?
>
> Caryl
>
> --
> From: lionel.la...@gmail.com
> Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2016 08:55:22 +0200
> To: d...@lab6.com
> Subject: Re: [IAEP] Priority languages to translate Sugar
> CC: iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org
>
>
>
> All Sugarizer activities work on mobile. I'm checking it before each new
> release.
> So activities are usable but it's true that activities are not fully
> optimized for mobile.
>
>Lionel.
>
> 2016-07-15 14:11 GMT+02:00 Dave Crossland :
>
> Hi
>
> On Jul 15, 2016 7:31 AM, "José Miguel García" 
> wrote:
> >
> > Hola!
> > Estoy de acuerdo con Caryl de fortalecer Sugarizer.
> > Es importante avanzar en función de las disponibilidades de los
> despliegues, para poder fortalecer a Sugar
> > A modo de ejemplo, en Uruguay se están distribuyendo tablets para los
> niños más chicos. La única forma de comenzar desde temprana edad con Sugar
> es a través de Sugarizer.
>
> Right. It seems that the biggest olpc customers are migrating away from
> GNU systems and Sugar, despite being heavy users for years.
> However, while its true yet smartphones have browsers, designing software
> for mobile is different to designing for tablets.
>
> Its not clear to me that any Sugarizer Activity is designed for mobile.
>
> Lionel, is this true?
>
> Cheers
> Dave
>
>
>
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Re: [IAEP] Priority languages to translate Sugar

[Lionel Laské]

All Sugarizer activities work on mobile. I'm checking it before each new
release.
So activities are usable but it's true that activities are not fully
optimized for mobile.

   Lionel.

2016-07-15 14:11 GMT+02:00 Dave Crossland :

> Hi
>
> On Jul 15, 2016 7:31 AM, "José Miguel García" 
> wrote:
> >
> > Hola!
> > Estoy de acuerdo con Caryl de fortalecer Sugarizer.
> > Es importante avanzar en función de las disponibilidades de los
> despliegues, para poder fortalecer a Sugar
> > A modo de ejemplo, en Uruguay se están distribuyendo tablets para los
> niños más chicos. La única forma de comenzar desde temprana edad con Sugar
> es a través de Sugarizer.
>
> Right. It seems that the biggest olpc customers are migrating away from
> GNU systems and Sugar, despite being heavy users for years.
> However, while its true yet smartphones have browsers, designing software
> for mobile is different to designing for tablets.
>
> Its not clear to me that any Sugarizer Activity is designed for mobile.
>
> Lionel, is this true?
>
> Cheers
> Dave
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Sugarlabs and Sugar are different

[Lionel Laské]

Great work.
Very clear.
May be you could share your slides too for those that had no time to see
the video.

Lionel.

2016-06-25 0:20 GMT+02:00 Sameer Verma :

> It's been interesting to watch the conversations around vision, mission,
> marketing, etc. over the last few weeks. Several observations emerge. Here
> are a few that I think are relevant to us.
>
> 1) There is a lot of confusion over the terms. Vision, Mission, Goals,
> etc.
> 2) Perhaps the confusion stems from not knowing how these pieces fit
> together, and the roles these play.
> 3) There are several confounding variables at play. For example, Sugar is
> a FOSS project. Sugarlabs is an agency established to
> foster/facilitate/support Sugar, the project. However, the two are not the
> same. So, in our effort to establish a strategic plan, the unit of analysis
> should be clear. For me, as a SLOB member, the unit of analysis is
> Sugarlabs, the agency. Everything I look at, is through that lens,
> including Sugar, OLPC, Sugarizer, etc.
>
> I've put together a screencast describing how all these things are
> related. I hope this will bring some clarity.
> https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/images/1/18/Sugarlabs-strategy-overview.webm
>
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [Sur] [Sugar-devel] [SLOB] Motion (1 of 2) GSoC Stipends

[Lionel Laské]

-1

I'm considering that, like in others GSoC organization, all GSoC funds from
Google must stay at SugarLabs.

   Lionel.

P.S.: I'm concerning about the increasing of number of motions. I'm not
sure we need motion for everything. Lot of initiatives could be launched
without any motion. We're at the point where we're doing motions to manage
motions ! Do I need to propose a motion to stop doing motions ?
Hopefully I've not asked a motion three years ago to start the Sugarizer
initiative...


2016-06-08 2:16 GMT+02:00 Andres Aguirre :

> +1
>
> On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 2:40 PM, José Miguel García <
> josemig...@argos.edu.uy> wrote:
>
>> Motion regarding GSoC mentoring stipends
>>
>> Motion: Whereas it is the general policy of Sugar Labs to retain all GSoC
>> mentoring stipends in the General Fund, if a mentor asks a GSoC Admin (for
>> example in 2016, Walter or Lionel) to pay a stipend to a mentor, their
>> share of the stipend amount will be disbursed without further motions to
>> approve the spending. The share is calculated from the total awarded for
>> the GSoC slot by Google, minus 10% (as all Sugar Labs income is donated to
>> Software Freedom Conservancy for organisational services), minus 5%
>> (retained for Sugar Labs General Funds),  divided by the number of mentors
>> for the project. For example, in a year with 6 slots and 10 mentors at
>> $500, the total revenue is $3,000; 10% for Conservancy is $300 and 5% for
>> Sugar Labs is $150, leaving a total of $2,550 or $255 per mentor.
>>
>> +1 para secundar la moción
>> +1 para aprobarla
>>
>>
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>>
>> 2016-06-06 11:47 GMT-03:00 Walter Bender :
>>
>>> +1 from me as well
>>>
>>> (I had reclused myself from voting on the earlier version of this motion
>>> due to a conflict of interest in that I am a potential recipient of the
>>> funds, but since I have said that I will not accept the funds for my
>>> personal use, I think it is OK to vote.)
>>>
>>> -walter
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 10:36 AM, Claudia Urrea 
>>> wrote:
>>>
 + 1

 On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 9:36 AM, Tony Anderson 
 wrote:

> I second the motion and approve it.
>
> Tony
>
>
> On 06/04/2016 03:02 PM, Walter Bender wrote:
>
> We did not have time to take action on two motions at yesterday's
> meeting. Please review the motion below. If an oversight board seconds the
> motion, then we can bring it up for a vote by email.
>
> regards.
>
> -walter
>
>
> Motion regarding GSoC mentoring stipends
>
> Motion: Whereas it is the general policy of Sugar Labs to retain all
> GSoC mentoring stipends in the General Fund, if a mentor asks a GSoC Admin
> (for example in 2016, Walter or Lionel) to pay a stipend to a mentor, 
> their
> share of the stipend amount will be disbursed without further motions to
> approve the spending. The share is calculated from the total awarded for
> the GSoC slot by Google, minus 10% (as all Sugar Labs income is donated to
> Software Freedom Conservancy for organisational services), minus 5%
> (retained for Sugar Labs General Funds),  divided by the number of mentors
> for the project. For example, in a year with 6 slots and 10 mentors at
> $500, the total revenue is $3,000; 10% for Conservancy is $300 and 5% for
> Sugar Labs is $150, leaving a total of $2,550 or $255 per mentor.
>
> 
>
> Note that an earlier version of this motion failed:
>
> Failed Motion
>
> Motion: To allow the mentors participating in Google Summer of Code to
> disperse the mentor stipend among themselves as they see fit.
>
> Further discussion of this motion can be found beginning at [1].
>
> [1] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2016-May/018130.html
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Re: [IAEP] "Windows Is Coming" (Dave Crossland)

[Lionel Laské]

2016-05-20 5:18 GMT+02:00 :

>
> If we want to grow Sugar's userbase 10x, I think Sugar must run not only on
> GNU but also Windows and Mac OS X.
>

Guess I don't need to say that it's exactly my though :-)
FYI, I've qualified Sugarizer on Windows 10.
I've tested it both on Windows 10 Desktop and on Windows 10 Mobile.

A preview video is available here [1].
If you're interested to test it, you could generate yourself the package
from the Cordova command line using instructions here [2] (replace
"android" by "windows").

It will be available on Windows Store in the next version.

   Lionel.

[1] https://www.facebook.com/lionel.olpcfrance/videos/1008345415887862/
[2] https://github.com/llaske/sugarizer#build-client-for-android-or-ios
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [SLOB] another motion (Quispe trip to Translation Summit)

[Lionel Laské]

+1 for the remark of Adam.
+1 for the motion due to the relative small amount of money engaged.

   Lionel.

2016-05-18 15:20 GMT+02:00 Adam Holt :

> I find the practice of retroactively voting for funds to be highly
> unprofessional, in all instances.
>
> Nevertheless I am hereby voting in favor in this 1 instance, on the hope
> that Translation Community Manager Chris Leonard will begin improving the
> situation with a public blog going forward -- so everyone knows what's
> happening and why.
>
>
> On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 11:33 AM, Chris Leonard 
> wrote:
>
>> I would note that, as requested, Edgar provided a brief write-up of
>> the event afterwards (in Spanish), which I have
>> Google-assisted-translated and will be posting (in both Spanish and
>> English) on the blog that I'm setting up for reporting on Translation
>> Community Manager activities.
>>
>> Asking funded travelers for a post-travel write-up is a practice that
>> I think Sugar Labs SLOB should consider in all travel-funding
>> requests.  It is a very common practice in science-related businesses,
>> when someone is sent to a conference on company time.  This practice
>> provides a further return on investment.  Not only are your ideas
>> shared with the audience at the destination by the traveler, but the
>> conference's ideas are reported back to the community providing the
>> funding.
>>
>> cjl
>>
>> On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 9:59 AM, Walter Bender 
>> wrote:
>> > I realize that we never actually had a formal motion for this as we got
>> > side-tracked by the i18n manager discussion (See [1]).
>> >
>> > Background: Edgar Quispe had requested funds to attend the Traducción e
>> > interpretación en las lenguas originarias del Perú meeting in Lima. The
>> > total cost of the trip was expected to be ~$200. In fact it came to
>> $168.88.
>> > The purpose of the visit was for Edgar to share his experience with
>> Aymara
>> > i18n for Sugar Labs with speakers of other indigenous languages in the
>> > region. Note that this was pre-approved by Chris Leonard and Walter
>> Bender
>> > as appropriate and relevant to our i18n efforts under the Trip Advisor
>> grant
>> > and brought up for discussion at the 1 April SLOB meeting. Edgar's
>> report is
>> > at [2].
>> >
>> > Motion: to reimburse Edgar Quispe for expenses incurred representing
>> Sugar
>> > Labs at the Traducción e interpretación en las lenguas originarias del
>> Perú
>> > meeting in Lima. The cost is $168.88.
>> >
>> > -walter
>> >
>> > [1] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2016-March/017787.html
>> > [2]
>> >
>> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz5r4d6qh-WsZmF1cWQxemdGN0FmMzJnRjBZNEhKaEZWd1pB/view?usp=sharing
>> >
>> > -- Forwarded message --
>> > From: Accounting at Software Freedom Conservancy
>> > 
>> > Date: Wed, May 11, 2016 at 8:08 PM
>> > Subject: approval details for Quispe-Chambi trip expenses? (was: Fwd:
>> > Solicitud de auspicio de pasajes)
>> > To: su...@sfconservancy.org
>> >
>> >
>> > I'm submitting tonight to Conservancy internal approval process Edgar
>> > Quispe Chambi's reimbursement request of US$161.88.
>> >
>> > However, I am unable to find SLOBs approval, so the reimbursement may be
>> > rejected because of this.  The information I have is:
>> >
>> > El mar. 18, 2016 5:52 AM, "Walter Bender" 
>> > escribió:
>> >>> Chris and I approved the travel. We will get formal approval from the
>> >>> SLOB but there is no time to wait. Please keep your receipts so that
>> >>> we can reimburse you. Sorry that there is no time to get you a travel
>> >>> advance.
>> >
>> > I assume based on that statements and the one below that at sometime
>> > between March 18th and April 15th, there was a formal SLOBs approval.
>> > Can someone send that along, please?  A URL link to the SLOBs minutes
>> > where it was approved are fine.
>> >
>> > [snip]
>> >
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [Sugar-devel] [SLOB] meeting reminder and some open issues to discuss

[Lionel Laské]

Yep.

2016-05-07 22:06 GMT+02:00 Dave Crossland :

> Do you think having the motion as it is with $Y = 0 is ok?
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [SLOB] GSoC mentor stipend motion

[Lionel Laské]

Disagree.

Thought I understand that 500$ is lot of money for some people, I think
that GSoC is also a way for SugarLabs to raise money. Because we don't ask
for an annual fee to member (like other association, for example OLPC
France), it's even the only way to hope for a regular contribution.

Best regards from France.

Lionel.


2016-05-07 1:49 GMT+02:00 Walter Bender :

> At today's Sugar Labs oversight board meeting [1], we discussed the motion
> submitted by Sebastian Silva to allow the mentors participating in Google
> Summer of Code to disperse the mentor stipend among themselves as they see
> fit. I second the motion and bring it to you in an email vote.
>
> Background: Every year, Google provides mentoring organizations with a
> stipend for the mentors. In our first year of participation in the program,
> Sugar Labs mentors agreed to have the stipend directed to the Sugar Labs
> general funds. We have followed the same procedure in subsequent years.
> This year, however, several mentors asked if they could have access to the
> stipends (which are allocated per student internship). We discussed this at
> the meeting and agreed that it would be appropriate to offer these funds as
> compensation and thanks to the mentors for their time and expertise (there
> were no objections raised). We need to vote on this however, since the
> funds are given to the mentoring organization, not the individual mentors.
>
> Members of the oversight board, please reply to this email solicitation
> for a vote on the following motion. (Note that since I am a mentor, I think
> I must recuse myself from the vote.)
>
> Motion: to allow the mentors participating in Google Summer of Code to
> disperse the mentor stipend among themselves as they see fit.
>
> regards.
>
> -walter
>
> [1]
> https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2016-05-06
>
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [Sugar-devel] [SLOB] meeting reminder and some open issues to discuss

[Lionel Laské]

Sorry to be once again the devil's advocate but I think SugarLabs has no
resource to pay for a Financial Manager. We can't both support the cost of
a SFC and the cost of a Financial Manager.
I think the job done by SFC and nice reports by Adam and Laura (and others)
are enough for a small organization - without regular budget - like
SugarLabs.
If we need to have a Financial Manager so we need to think seriously to
exit of SFC.

Best regards from France.

  Lionel.



2016-05-07 18:20 GMT+02:00 Adam Holt :

> On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 8:47 AM, Chris Leonard 
> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 11:23 AM, Chris Leonard 
>> wrote:
>> > On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 10:12 AM, Adam Holt  wrote:
>> >
>> > ...
>> >
>> >> In other words that SL's effective payment to SFConservancy (for
>> >> legal/financial/administrative service) is equal to 10% of all
>> expenditures
>> >> (outlays) each fiscal year, i.e. March 1st to end of February.
>> >>
>> >> (But someone else can correct me if I'm wrong!)
>> >
>> > I think you are wrong, but I am still looking for the proof.  It is my
>> > understanding that SFC takes 10% of incoming donations only, not a 10%
>> > cut of all transactions (inbound and outbound).
>> >
>> > That is what is described in their template Fiscal Sponsorship
>> Agreement.
>> >
>> > http://sfconservancy.org/docs/sponsorship-agreement-template.pdf
>> >
>> > "Fees.
>> > The FIXME-SIGNATORIES agree to donate ten percent (10%) of the
>> > Project's gross revenue (including, but not necessarily limited to,
>> > all income and donations) to Conservancy for its general operations."
>> >
>> > I'm looking for an executed copy of the current SugarLabs-SFC FSA to
>> > confirm, unfortunately the wiki version looks at variance with the
>> > template, but as a wiki page, it has no "official" status.
>> >
>> > https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/SFC_Fiscal_Agreement
>> >
>> > cjl
>>
>>
>> Adam,
>>
>> As SFC contact, could you please confirm that this 2012 version of the
>> Amended FSA is the currently effective agreement?
>>
>
> There no reason to believe otherwise.  This agreement is what stands
> unless you have information that nobody else has :-)
>
> Note, it shows the 10% cut of revenue, no transaction fees.
>>
>
> 10% of initial capital too?  Sorry am traveling non-stop for the coming
> days, but someone should read the agreement (attached by CJL, Thanks!!)
> carefully please if they have time this weekend please.
>
> Then if there are outstanding questions accumulating, I can collect those
> and communicate those questions to SFConservancy intermittently, if we as a
> community have done our own homework first, Thanks!
>
>
>> cjl
>>
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [SLOB] Yoruba i18n motion

[Lionel Laské]

Disagree.

I don't see any evidence how Yoruba localization could increase the size of
the Sugar community. I think we mix here two things:
- a localization project without any clear need on the field,
- a legitimate wish to thank an active and loyal contributor (Samson)
I can't be agree with the first one (including within the Trip Advisor
deal): it's time and money for nothing.
I'm agree with the second one but may be we could imagine other ways to do
that, i.e. ask Samson to work on more useful tasks. For example help on
initiative like the Tony one to invent an auto localization process.

Best regards from France.

  Lionel.

P.S.: Sorry for my absence at the SLOB meeting. It's my fault but I was
online at 19:00 UTC, so at the wrong time...


2016-05-07 1:38 GMT+02:00 Walter Bender :

> At today's Sugar Labs oversight board meeting [1], we discussed the motion
> submitted by Chris Leonard to fund a program for translation of Sugar into
> Yoruba, one of the three main languages spoken in Nigeria. I second the
> motion and bring it to you in an email vote.
>
> Members of the oversight board, please reply to this email solicitation
> for a vote on the following motion.
>
> Motion: To fund a program to initiate the translation of Sugar into
> Yoruba. The specific milestones and costs are detailed below. A description
> of the rationale for the project is found at [2]. The work would be led by
> Samson Goddy and reviewed by Chris Leonard, in his role as Translation
> Community Manager.
>
> This proposal is for the translation of Sugar user interface and
> certain Sugar Activities into the Yoruba language (ISO-639 code - yo).
>
> Milestone 1 - The initial payment of $350 USD will cover startup costs
> (internet connection fees, localizer recruitment/training, etc.).
> Payment is to be made upon successful completion of contractual
> arrangements with fiscal sponsor (SFC).
>
> Milestone 2 - Glucose - Payable upon completion and upload to Pootle
> of the PO files for sugar, sugar-toolkit-gtk3, OLPC_switch_desktop
> will be for $1,350 USD. Included in this milestone is a $300 USD
> project management fee, in addition to fees of approximately 40
> cents/word for the projects included in this milestone.  The uploaded
> files must pass all "critical" error checks (as flagged by the Pootle
> software) and be approved by the Sugar Labs Translation Community
> Manager, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld.
>
> Milestone 2 must be completed prior to Milestone 3.
>
> Milestone 3 - Fructose - Payable upon completion and upload of the PO
> files for Calculate, Chat, ImageViewer, Jukebox, Log, Paint, Pippy,
> Portfolio, Read, ReadETexts, Record, Speak, Terminal, TurtleArt, Web,
> Write will be for $2,300 USD. Included in this milestone is a $675 USD
> project management fee, in addition to fees of approximately 40
> cents/word for the projects included in this milestone.  The uploaded
> files must pass all "critical" error checks (as flagged by the Pootle
> software) and be approved by the Sugar Labs Translation Community
> Manager, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld.
>
> Total anticipated costs for all three milestone payments will be $4,000
> USD.
>
> All projects are hosted on the Sugar Labs Pootle server at
>
> http://translate.sugarlabs.org/yo/
>
> Translation may be performed off-line with subsequent upload to the
> Pootle server.
>
> regards,
>
> -walter
>
> [1]
> https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2016-05-06
> [2]
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Sugar Digest 2016-05-04

[Lionel Laské]

>
>
> We had many more quality proposals than slots. I'd like thank everyone who
> applied this year and hope that even if you were not among the selected
> projects, you will continue to contribute to the Sugar Labs community.
>

+1
On Sugarizer, I would like to specifically mention the work of Shirsh Zibbu
on Moon Activity and the work of Vishal Batchu on Speak Activity. Both had
done a prototype almost ready to be deployed.
So I plan to integrate both activities in the next Sugarizer version. If
they are agree to help, I will be please to work with them on that in
coming weeks.

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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [SLOB] meeting reminder and some open issues to discuss

[Lionel Laské]

Hi all,

Would like to add a quick motion to ensure we share the Vision Proposal
2016 [1].
Not the goal part of the page, at first.

Best regards from France.

   Lionel.


[1] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Vision_proposal_2016

2016-04-29 16:29 GMT+02:00 Walter Bender :

> Our next meeting will be Friday, 6 May, at 16 UTC.
>
> We have a few outstanding motions and topics of discussion:
>
> * Samson Goody's i18n proposal for Yoruba (See the proposal circulated by
> CJL [1]);
> * Updating to GPL3 license (See discussion thread [2]);
> * GSoC mentor payments: it has been proposed (in a private email) to let
> mentors have access to the stipend paid by Google. We had decided in 2009
> to pool these stipends into the general Sugar Labs funds and had not
> revisited this decision in the ensuing years. At least one mentor has
> mentioned that the money would make a big difference. It seems we could
> accommodate individual decisions on behalf of each mentor as to whether or
> not they keep the stipend or pool it in the general funds, but we should
> discuss it.
>
> regards.
>
> -walter
>
> [1] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/private/slobs/2016-April/003442.html
> [2] https://github.com/sugarlabs/sugar/pull/685
>
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Action needed on two issues

[Lionel Laské]

+1 for both motions for me too.

  Lionel.

2016-04-08 23:13 GMT+02:00 Walter Bender :

> +1 from me as well for both motions.
>
> -walter
>
> On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 4:09 PM, Claudia Urrea 
> wrote:
>
>> +1 for both!
>>
>> Claudia
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 2:49 PM, José Miguel García <
>> josemig...@argos.edu.uy> wrote:
>>
>>> También quedé con la idea de que se había aprobado en la reunión del 
>>> 2015-12-17
>>> [No 2015-12-07]
>>>
>>> +1 ambas mociones
>>>
>>>
>>> ___
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>>> Montevideo - Uruguay
>>>
>>> 2016-04-08 14:11 GMT-03:00 Tony Anderson :
>>>
 +1 on both motions

 Tony


 On 04/08/2016 08:23 PM, Walter Bender wrote:

 Apparently we did not actually get all the votes necessary to approve a
 motion to pay Devin a $500 stipend for his time taken away from his Day Job
 to help with the Turtle Blocks workshops at the Constructionism Conference.
 The motion was made and voted on at the 2015-12-07 meeting [1]. There were
 only three votes cast. (I thought four had been cast.) There was no
 objection raised at the time and Devin did take a week off from work to
 attend the meetings and run the workshops. I'd like to reopen this motion
 with the new board and take a vote.

 Motion: offer Devin U. an honorarium ($500) to compensate him since he
 needed to take a week off from work to run two Turtle/Music Blocks
 workshops at the Constructionism Conference. The funds would be allocated
 from the Trip Advisor grant which are in support of promoting and advancing
 Turtle Blocks around the world.

 Please respond ASAP, as I feel we need to clarify the situation and not
 leave Devin hanging.

 Adam, in the future, it would be nice to get a heads up when you find
 mistakes and not just catch them by noticing a change to a wiki page.

 Also, I need clarity regarding the Trip Advisor grant. I believe that
 the oversight board has previously granted me approval to spend grant money
 on workshops under the conditions that (1) I inform the committee of my
 plans and (2) I don't exceed the budget. Apparently this is not the
 understanding of some of you and not the understanding of the SFC.

 Motion: Walter, as PI of the Trip Advisor grant, will inform the SL
 oversight board of his plans for workshops that fall under the guise
 promotion of Turtle Blocks but otherwise has discretion in organizing and
 funding these events, within the budget constraints of grant and the travel
 guidelines of the SFC.

 Please take action on this ASAP as I am many months without
 reimbursement for travel for several workshops.

 FWIW, the large proportion of the travel and expenses associated with
 the workshops to date has been paid for by third parties. I've been able to
 stretch the budget quite far.

 thank you for your attention.

 regards.

 -walter

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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Motions to create position of Translation-Community Manager

[Lionel Laské]

Sorry to say that I don't add my vote to the motions:

I move that the SugarLabs Oversight Board approve the position of
Translation-Community Manager as described at
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Translation-Community_Manager.
-1

I further move that Chris Leonard be named to this position effective
immediately.
-1

I further move that the Translation-Community Manager be paid a stipend of
$1000/month.
-1

I really admire the work done by Chris Leonard from the beginning, no
question about its motivation, capacity and dedication to the project. It's
the better guy for the job.

I'm just considering that the limited resources of SugarLabs should be
dedicated in priority to increase the community and I'm not convinced at
all that translation is the better way. At least the ratio cost to invest
(12000$/year) vs result in community improvement is not in favor of the
motion for me. In short: money could be better invest elsewhere (marketing,
events, school kit, ...).

Best regards.

Lionel.


2016-04-06 17:51 GMT+02:00 Claudia Urrea :

> Following Jose Miguel and adding my vote.
>
> I move that the SugarLabs Oversight Board approve the position of
> Translation-Community Manager as described at
> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Translation-Community_Manager.
> +1
>
> I further move that Chris Leonard be named to this position effective
> immediately.
> +1
>
> I further move that the Translation-Community Manager be paid a stipend of
> $1000/month.
> +1
>
> Best,
>
> Claudia
>
> On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 11:04 AM, José Miguel García <
> josemig...@argos.edu.uy> wrote:
>
>> Hola!
>>
>> Volviendo al tema que originó esta cadena de correos:
>>
>> I move that the SugarLabs Oversight Board approve the position of
>> Translation-Community Manager as described at
>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Translation-Community_Manager.
>> +1
>>
>> I further move that Chris Leonard be named to this position effective
>> immediately.
>> +1
>>
>> I further move that the Translation-Community Manager be paid a stipend
>> of $1000/month.
>> +1
>>
>> Saludos
>>
>>
>>
>> ___
>> Lic. José Miguel García
>> Montevideo - Uruguay
>>
>> 2016-04-06 11:44 GMT-03:00 Walter Bender :
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 10:15 AM, Dave Crossland  wrote:
>>>

 On 6 April 2016 at 09:42, Walter Bender 
 wrote:

> the traffic on the list is close to nil


 Does the traffic include deliberation of motions? :)

>>>
>>> Never intentionally. When it does happen, we try to catch the mistake,
>>> such as Adam reminding Tony to circulate his motion publicly,
>>>
>>> Also, in answer to an earlier question, yes, the ombudsman is a member
>>> of the list.
>>>
>>> -walter
>>>
>>> -walter
>>>
>>> -walter
>>>
>>>
>>>
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [SLOB] meeting reminder

[Lionel Laské]

Hi all,

Just to share some thought before the meeting regarding the l18n. Sure that
it could feed the debate tomorrow :-)

I'm pretty sure that it's super important for Sugar to be available in
multiple languages.
Plus I know the huge works done by all translators (including some guys
from OLPC France) on this, mostly as volunteers (i.e. unpaid).

As everyone know SugarLabs funds are limited so I think that before
launching a paid mission of translation. I think we need to ask a stupid
question: What's the need to translate Sugar into language X ?

Shortly: if we translate Sugar into X, how many new Sugar users could we
expect ? Is there guys on the field that actively waiting for this
translation to deploy Sugar ?
Because SugarLabs resources are limited, I think we can't invest in a
language if we can't expect direct benefit.
So my - very pragmatic - point of view is to have a sort of algorithm: for
example if the number of potential users is lower than N then we could stay
in a volunteer mode to handle X translation. Else we could invest money to
pay a translation mission of X.
I've got a similar experience regarding our Malagasy deployment. At first
we heavily explored ways to translate Sugar in Malagasy. We even started
Malagasy localization in volunteer mode. I guess we reached about 30% of
localization like this. But finally we understood that Sugar in Malagasy
will not help us to deploy more and that we have no money to pay for it.
Worse: most of people locally tell us that is better to use Sugar in French
on the field because French is important for the curriculum… So we
definitively stopped the Malagasy localization.

Just my two cents.

Best regards from France.

Lionel.

2016-03-30 13:31 GMT+02:00 Walter Bender :

> The next meeting of the Sugar Labs oversight board will be Friday, 1 April
> at 19:00 UTC. Please join us at irc.freenode.net #sugar-meeting (you can
> access our IRC channel through the web interface provided at
> http://chat.sugarlabs.org).
>
> Agenda:
> 1. Google Summer of Code status
> 2. Wiki Cleanup Party planning
> 3. Request from Edgar Quispe to attend Traducción e interpretación en las
> lenguas originarias del Perú meeting in Lima
> 4. I18n manager discussion
> 5. Proposal from Samson Goddy re i18n in Nigeria
> 6. YOUR TOPIC HERE
>
> Looking forward to seeing everyone on Friday.
>
> regards.
>
> -walter
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [SLOB] meeting reminder

[Lionel Laské]

Hi Walter,

As I said at last meeting, I would like to add a topic regarding "Sugar
vision".
Will share a document proposal.

Best regards from France.

   Lionel.


2016-03-30 13:31 GMT+02:00 Walter Bender :

> The next meeting of the Sugar Labs oversight board will be Friday, 1 April
> at 19:00 UTC. Please join us at irc.freenode.net #sugar-meeting (you can
> access our IRC channel through the web interface provided at
> http://chat.sugarlabs.org).
>
> Agenda:
> 1. Google Summer of Code status
> 2. Wiki Cleanup Party planning
> 3. Request from Edgar Quispe to attend Traducción e interpretación en las
> lenguas originarias del Perú meeting in Lima
> 4. I18n manager discussion
> 5. Proposal from Samson Goddy re i18n in Nigeria
> 6. YOUR TOPIC HERE
>
> Looking forward to seeing everyone on Friday.
>
> regards.
>
> -walter
> --
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] [Sugar-devel] [SLOB] scheduling our next meeting

[Lionel Laské]

That's okay for me Friday February 12th 16h-17h UTC.

   Lionel.

2016-02-05 13:49 GMT+01:00 José Miguel García :

> Hola!
>
> No tengo problemas con los horarios, entre las 10UTC y las 24UTC, aunque
> me resulta más seguro lo más tarde.
>
> Y el 12 de febrero está bien para mi.
>
> Saludos!
>
>
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>
> 2016-02-05 5:32 GMT-03:00 samson goddy :
>
>> I want to thank everyone for voting the new candidates, I also want to
>> say that i am happy about the election been a success. Welcome Lionel,
>> Sameer, Tony to sugar labs oversight board.
>>
>> About the meeting, i am not sure that i will be able to attend
>> because of the time,  Nigeria GMT+1. Now that i am done with my college
>> prep. I was thinking of a way on reviving the users of Sugar OS in Nigeria.
>> Probably create a lab in Nigeria. But i can't do that alone, so i am
>> basically need tips on how to create one. All i have been hearing from
>> sugar labs is only in South and North America, Europe and Asia. But no
>> Africa!! Which is not encouraging, I have been able to get teams to work in
>> translating the Sugar into natives Nigerian Languages and i hope other
>> countries in Africa do the same. Now that i am out of High School i want to
>> use this opportunity to revive Africa if possible. Adam Holt i think you
>> know more people with OLPC in Africa than I.
>>
>> +1
>> Samson Goddy
>>
>> --
>> Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 02:56:43 -0500
>> From: h...@laptop.org
>> To: walter.ben...@gmail.com
>> CC: sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org; lionella...@gmail.com;
>> tony_ander...@usa.net; olpc-...@lists.laptop.org;
>> sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org; iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org;
>> lio...@olpc-france.org
>> Subject: Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] [SLOB] scheduling our next meeting
>>
>>
>> On Feb 5, 2016 2:41 AM, "Walter Bender"  wrote:
>> >
>> > Adam,
>> >
>> > Whereas you are the official liaison to the SFC, it should be you to
>> contact Bradley. He should be able give you access to some financial widget
>> he maintains. I can help you in terms of tallying all of the expenses
>> associated with Trip Advisor, which is currently the only active research
>> grant we have open.
>>
>> Thanks.  I don't know anybody at the Software Freedom Conservancy: can
>> you send me contact information including phone number(s)/irc if possible
>> and/or make an introduction if that's best?
>>
>> > Everything else is general operating fund -- most of which has come
>> from Google in support of our participation in GCI and GSoC.
>> >
>> > regards.
>> >
>> > -walter
>> >
>> > On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 9:06 PM, Adam Holt  wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Feb 4, 2016 6:58 PM, "Tony Anderson"  wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > 1600 UTC is midnight here in the Philippines. This will, of course,
>> improve in May when I will be on the same time as Lionel.
>> >>
>> >> See you in 8 days.  We'll give Tony 2 votes every time he stays up til
>> midnight ;)
>> >>
>> >> More seriously, what can we each do to get a full financial balance
>> sheet in front of all board members, prior to meeting Feb 12?  Walter hit
>> me privately if I should contact SFC to make this happen, and if so who do
>> I reach out to and how?
>> >>
>> >> (Advance warning "North America" moves clocks forward 1 hour on March
>> 13, and EU does the same March 27...specifically Lionel may ask us to
>> advance meeting times to 1500UTC after that date!?)
>> >>
>> >> > Tony
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On 02/05/2016 05:52 AM, Sameer Verma wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I can do 1600 UTC. I think you meant Feb 12?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Sameer
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Feb 4, 2016 1:18 PM, "Walter Bender" 
>> wrote:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Sounds like we are converging. For me, Fridays at 16h00-17h00 UTC
>> would work. Shall we try for January 12?
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> regards.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> -walter
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 4:08 PM, Lionel Laské <
>> lio...@olpc-france.org> wrote:
&g

Re: [IAEP] [SLOB] scheduling our next meeting

[Lionel Laské]

BTW I could manage as well during the week (monday-friday) from 9h00 UTC to
17h00 UTC.

2016-02-03 21:57 GMT+01:00 Lionel Laské :

> Hi all,
>
> First, thanks to all of you that give me their vote. Really appreciate
> your confidence.
>
> I guess that UTC 15h00-17h00 should be okay on most timezone.
> I can manage it if we plan meetings one or two weeks before.
>
> Best regards from France.
>
>   Lionel
>
> 2016-02-03 20:06 GMT+01:00 Sameer Verma :
>
>> I'm OK with times between 9AM and 10PM, except for 12pm to 4pm and 7pm to
>> 10pm on Mondays and Wednesdays (teaching schedule). Weekends are OK too,
>> but not as structured. All times are Pacific.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Sameer
>> On Feb 2, 2016 12:17 PM, "Walter Bender"  wrote:
>>
>>> It being 3AM in Thailand, I forgot to say thank you for Carly,
>>> Sebastian, and Samson for there efforts in the membership drive and running
>>> the election. Thanks :)
>>>
>>> regards.
>>>
>>> -walter
>>>
>>> On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 3:15 PM, Walter Bender 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Welcome Lionel, Tony, and Sameer to the new Sugar Labs oversight board.
>>>> And welcome back Jose Miguel, Adam, and Claudia.
>>>>
>>>> Daniel, Gonzalo, and Chris, many thanks for all that  you have done for
>>>> the Sugar Lab community. Your efforts and generosity are much appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Sam, Laura, and Ed, thank you for making the effort to become part of
>>>> the SL oversight board. I hope yo will participate even without a voting
>>>> role.
>>>>
>>>> Now that we have a new SLOB team, we need to find a regular time to
>>>> meet. We are spread across more time zones than in the past, so it may be a
>>>> bit more difficult to schedule a time that works for everyone (23UTC is
>>>> great for UY and the US East Coast, but less convenient in FR and the US
>>>> West Coast. And Tony is seemingly everywhere.
>>>>
>>>> I suppose we could use technology to set up a survey to choose a time
>>>> of day, but perhaps the end points (Tony, Lionel, and Sameer) can narrow
>>>> the search space for us first.
>>>>
>>>> Please discuss it.
>>>>
>>>> regards.
>>>>
>>>> -walter
>>>>
>>>> PS: I will update the SLOB mailing list ASAP.
>>>> --
>>>> Walter Bender
>>>> Sugar Labs
>>>> http://www.sugarlabs.org
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
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>>> Sugar Labs
>>> http://www.sugarlabs.org
>>>
>>
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Re: [IAEP] [SLOB] scheduling our next meeting

[Lionel Laské]

Hi all,

First, thanks to all of you that give me their vote. Really appreciate your
confidence.

I guess that UTC 15h00-17h00 should be okay on most timezone.
I can manage it if we plan meetings one or two weeks before.

Best regards from France.

  Lionel

2016-02-03 20:06 GMT+01:00 Sameer Verma :

> I'm OK with times between 9AM and 10PM, except for 12pm to 4pm and 7pm to
> 10pm on Mondays and Wednesdays (teaching schedule). Weekends are OK too,
> but not as structured. All times are Pacific.
>
> Cheers,
> Sameer
> On Feb 2, 2016 12:17 PM, "Walter Bender"  wrote:
>
>> It being 3AM in Thailand, I forgot to say thank you for Carly, Sebastian,
>> and Samson for there efforts in the membership drive and running the
>> election. Thanks :)
>>
>> regards.
>>
>> -walter
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 3:15 PM, Walter Bender 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Welcome Lionel, Tony, and Sameer to the new Sugar Labs oversight board.
>>> And welcome back Jose Miguel, Adam, and Claudia.
>>>
>>> Daniel, Gonzalo, and Chris, many thanks for all that  you have done for
>>> the Sugar Lab community. Your efforts and generosity are much appreciated.
>>>
>>> Sam, Laura, and Ed, thank you for making the effort to become part of
>>> the SL oversight board. I hope yo will participate even without a voting
>>> role.
>>>
>>> Now that we have a new SLOB team, we need to find a regular time to
>>> meet. We are spread across more time zones than in the past, so it may be a
>>> bit more difficult to schedule a time that works for everyone (23UTC is
>>> great for UY and the US East Coast, but less convenient in FR and the US
>>> West Coast. And Tony is seemingly everywhere.
>>>
>>> I suppose we could use technology to set up a survey to choose a time of
>>> day, but perhaps the end points (Tony, Lionel, and Sameer) can narrow the
>>> search space for us first.
>>>
>>> Please discuss it.
>>>
>>> regards.
>>>
>>> -walter
>>>
>>> PS: I will update the SLOB mailing list ASAP.
>>> --
>>> Walter Bender
>>> Sugar Labs
>>> http://www.sugarlabs.org
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
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>> Sugar Labs
>> http://www.sugarlabs.org
>>
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[IAEP] [Announcement] Sugarizer v0.7 is available for your device

[Lionel Laské]

Hi all,



I'm proud to announce the seven version (0.7) of Sugarizer, a taste of
Sugar for any device.



http://sugarizer.org



This version is mainly focus on activities, so you could find not less than
8 new/improved activities in this version:

   - Paint activity: this famous drawing activity include everything you
   could expect: change size, pen/fill color, a set of stamps, text font,
   templates, … Plus it's fully compliant with presence so multiple user could
   draw at the same time on different devices.
   - Memorize activity: play to the memory game with letters, sum or sounds
   or create your own memory game like you're doing today on Sugar. Here also,
   play with your friend through the network.
   - Calculate activity: a fully functional calculator with basic
   arithmetic operations but also trigonometry function, base handling and
   event graphical capacity.
   - Record activity: Once again a "must have" activity. From your browser,
   tablet or smartphone, take a picture, a video or audio and share it with
   your friends.
   - Physics activity: A JavaScript port of the famous Sugar Physics
   activity. Simulate effect of gravity using a set of forms (circle, square,
   triangle, …) and move your device to bring it the scene to life depending
   of the device orientation.
   - Labyrinth activity: Mindmap and organize your ideas with this web
   version of the Sugar Labyrinth activity. Format and change each item color,
   size or font and export it in a printable image.
   - KA View activity: Browse and play directly into Sugarizer more than
   500 of the famous Khan Academy videos in English, Spanish and French.
   - TurtleJS activity: Command without limit your Logo-inspired graphical
   "turtle" in this reinvented version of the famous TurtleArt activity.



As usual, Sugarizer 0.7 is available on your browser but also for your
Android or iOS device. Download it from : Google Play [1], Amazon Store
[2], Apple Store [3], Chrome Web Store [4], F-droid [5] and if you don't
like stores, you could also install it by yourself using instructions in
the Sugarizer readme file.



Sugar on any device is not the future, it's now ! Join us to spread the
world with Sugar !



   Lionel.



P.S.: Special thanks for their huge contribution on this version to Michaël
Ohayon (Paint, Memorize, Record and Calculate activities), Walter Bender
(TurtleJS activity) and Piotr Antosz - GCI student (new web site).



[1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.olpc_france.sugarizer

[2] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NKK7PZA

[3] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sugarizer/id978495303

[4]
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sugarizer/omfgclgehghdlloggibhgicnlldjiboo

[5] https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.olpc_france.sugarizer
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[IAEP] I'm candidate

[Lionel Laské]

Hi all,

I'm proud to announce that I'm candidate for the SugarLabs Oversight board
[1].
For those that don't know me, I've updated my profile here [2].

Hope to be able to join the team.

Best regards from France.

   Lionel.

[1] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/2015-2016-candidates
[2] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Llaske
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[IAEP] [Announcement] Sugarizer v0.6 is available for your device

[Lionel Laské]

Hi all,



I'm proud to announce the sixth version (0.6) of Sugarizer, a taste of
Sugar for any device.



http://sugarizer.org



Main features in this new version:

   - Neighborhood view and presence : Sugarizer now include the
   neighborhood view to allow users to see other users connected on the same
   server and share activities with them. Only one activity currently use this
   feature: Chat Prototype from Suraj. Launch the activity, share it, then
   your friend could join the chat whatever device they use. Note that the
   Sugarizer presence API need a Sugarizer server (remote or local). A default
   service is available on server.sugarizer.org
   - New TamTam Micro activity: Let children (re)discover the joy to play
   with the TamTam activity and hear more than 70 different sounds.
   - iOS support: Yes, Sugarizer is now available too on this devil but so
   popular platform. Launch the Apple Store, look for Sugarizer [1], download
   it and "voilà" Sugarizer is now ready to run on your iPad or your iPhone.
   - Chrome App support: Are you a fan of Chrome OS or are you just a
   Chrome user that don't want to waste time into complex install procedure ?
   That's right. With Sugarizer as Chrome App, Sugarizer is now one click far
   from your Chrome environment. Just go to the Chrome Web Store [2], download
   it and Sugarizer is ready to start with full features without impact on
   your work environment. And of course, it works on any platform where Chrome
   is available.
   - F-Droid support: F-Droid is the repository of Open Source applications
   for Android. No compromise: only open source applications - compiled from
   source - are allowed inside. Sugarizer had to be there.
   - Device integration: Sugarizer on any device don't mean bad integration
   with hosting device. In Sugarizer 0.6, Puneet show you in the Cordova
   activity (pick in from the List view) a Sugar Web developer could handle
   device features (accelerometer, camera, network, …) in its activity.



Of course for your Android and Firefox OS devices, Sugarizer 0.6 is
available too on all others app stores: Google Play, Amazon Store and
Firefox Market Place. And if you don't like stores, you could also install
it by yourself using instructions on the Sugarizer website.



Other features of Sugarizer 0.6:

   - Icon activity color in Journal and Home view now vary depending of
   last user color
   - An initialization screen let you set preference at startup
   - Sugarizer automatically detect language at first launch
   - server.sugarizer.org is now the default server
   - Igbo and Yoruba localization
   - Arabic localization (*)
   - Japanese localization (*)



Stop talking about Sugar future, let's write it with us ! All contributors
are welcome.



   Lionel.



P.S.: Special thanks for their contribution on this version to: Puneet Kaur
(Cordova activity), Martin Abente Lahaye (Spanish Localization), Bert
Freudenberg (Deutsch localization), Samson Goddy (Igbo and Yoruba
localization), Naji Boumzough, Varlyproject (Arabic localization), Naofum
(Japanese localization)



[1] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sugarizer/id978495303

[2]
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sugarizer/omfgclgehghdlloggibhgicnlldjiboo

[3] https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.olpc_france.sugarizer

(*) Due to late integration and store validation delay, these translations
could not be available imediatly for all platforms
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Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] This list in need YOUR help

[Lionel Laské]

Hi,

Just to share OLPC France experience on the same issue with mailman on our
private mailing list.
We had lot of junk mails received every day on this mailing list from
mailbox that didn't subscribe to the list.
Manual administration of this is probably a full time job for a moderator
so days after days this mails saturated our server and we had a crash (no
place left on the disk) every two month.

The problem was solved when we decided to check the option "Discard held
messages older than this number of days." in the list settings. We choose
to autodiscard held mails after 8 days. Of course there is a risk to loose
some mails but the sender is notified so we could hope that he had time to
contact a member directly.

Just my two cents.

  Lionel.



2015-03-30 18:00 GMT+02:00 :

> Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2015 14:21:55 -0500
> From: Sebastian Silva 
> To: Gonzalo Odiard 
> Cc: iaep ,"sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org"
> ,  Sugar Labs Systems
> 
> Subject: Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] This list in need YOUR help
> Message-ID: <551850d3.6050...@fuentelibre.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"
>
> There is a number of reasons a message could wind up in the moderation
> queue.
>
> If it is over 256k. If you send it from a different address than the one
> you are subscribed.
>
> The one that bit me, was that mailman thought my email was some kind of
> administrative email (subscription request or something).
>
> It also seems like some people have been automatically unsubscribed
> against their will because of some kind of bounce email automatic
> processing.
>
> El 28/03/15 a las 13:46, Gonzalo Odiard escibi?:
> > Are all the mail moderated or only mail from who is not in the list?
> >
> > Gonzalo
> >
> > On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 12:59 AM, Sebastian Silva
> > mailto:sebast...@fuentelibre.org>> wrote:
> >
> > Hello members of IAEP and Sugar-devel :
> >
> > It looks like both of these lists have been without an active
> > mantainer
> > for some time. I noticed this, as one email I wrote got stuck in
> > moderation.
> >
> > I consulted with Bernie, our Infrastructure Team leader, and, in
> > accordance to his suggestion, proceeded to take action.
> >
> > For the time being I've assumed administrative control of both lists.
> >
> > It looks like the traffic is not much anymore so moderating
> > shouldn't be
> > much of a hassle. Still, I think it would be healthy if I could
> > team up
> > with at least a couple of more people who would be willing to process
> > the moderation queue, or even better, if somebody could assume
> > responsibility of it.
> >
> > Anybody says aye?
> >
> > Your friendly infrastructure team systems administrator
> > ___
> > Sugar-devel mailing list
> > sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org
> > 
> > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Gonzalo Odiard
> >
> > SugarLabs - Software for children learning
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 07:06:37 +1100
> From: James Cameron 
> To: Sebastian Silva 
> Cc: iaep ,"sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org"
> ,  Gonzalo Odiard
> ,Sugar Labs Systems
> 
> Subject: Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] This list in need YOUR help
> Message-ID: <20150329200637.gb10...@us.netrek.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 02:21:55PM -0500, Sebastian Silva wrote:
> > There is a number of reasons a message could wind up in the
> > moderation queue.
> >
> > If it is over 256k.
>
> As list post volume has fallen, and cost per byte has fallen, I
> propose you double or quadruple that limit.  As consequence, the risk
> of busy moderator will be reduced.
>
> > If you send it from a different address than the one you are
> > subscribed.
> >
> > The one that bit me, was that mailman thought my email was some kind
> > of administrative email (subscription request or something).
> >
> > It also seems like some people have been automatically unsubscribed
> > against their will because of some kind of bounce email automatic
> > processing.
>
> Yes, this is an irritating problem.  The problem can be seen by a list
> maintainer ... when a burst of unsubscribe notifications arrive with a
> pattern.
>
> I'm happy with my moderation responsibilities on lists.laptop.org;
> they keep me busy ... but if you have no other volunteers for
> moderation, let me know.
>
> --
> James Cameron
> http://quozl.linux.org.au/
>
>
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Re: [IAEP] Planning for the future (Samuel Greenfeld)

[Lionel Laské]

Hi Samuel,



Thanks to share your vision. I think you're right, SugarLabs lack of a
clear long-term vision that we could share with all contributors. Hope that
your mail we'll give us opportunity to share our thought on that.

Here's mine.



If Sugar want live, it can't be limited to a niche platform: neither the
XO, neither a Fedora computer. I'm sure we're all convinced that the better
platform for education is a computer but today all others decision maker in
the world seems to think that it's a tablet or even a mobile.



So the question is how we could answer to requests for these new platforms
thought keeping our roots: an unique UI for children, a reflection tool
(Journal), a collaborative platform (Presence) and the most important -
free an open source contents.



My point of view is that we must not invest time to think how we could be
compliant with a new platform, we need to think in another way: how we
could port Sugar on Any platform ? Any computer (from the bigger one to the
tiny one: raspberryPI), any laptop, any tablet, any mobile.



And the answer is simple: web technologies allow every device to run very
complex software. It's the only solution to be compliant with any device.
It's where we need to put our investments.



It's why I've got a personal engagement on Sugar for the Web from years:

   - First to allow Sugar activities to be written using web technologies.
   From Sugar 0.100 thanks to Sugar Web, every developer could write new Sugar
   activities using exclusively HTML5/JavaScript - without any line of
   Python/Gtk.
   - Second to create a Sugar container for the web - named Sugarizer -
   that could host any Sugar Web activities and that reproduce the unique
   Sugar features: Sugar UI, Journal and Presence.



Sugar for the Web is not the Sugar successor, Sugar for the Web is a way to
do a transition from Sugar for the XO to an universal version of Sugar that
could run on any device so that could be used by any children anywhere on
the world.

Most important with Sugar for the Web we don't leave alone our current base
of Sugar users, with Sugar 0.100+: any new Sugar Web activities will be
usable both on Sugar on "old" devices and Sugar on new devices.



With Sugarizer and Sugar Web, Sugar for any device already exist. But to
become a reality, we need to invest more on it:

   - Have a clear roadmap of transition between "old" Sugar activities to
   Sugar Web activities.
   - Convince a more important community to join us. Sugar is the better
   learning platform, with Sugar for the Web, it should be easy to convince
   other communities to help us. I think specifically to Mozilla because they
   have a clear engagement on web and open source and Google because of their
   wish to embrace education with Chrome. We need to ask help from them.
   - Experiment: we need to start deployment as soon as possible to
   demonstrate. At OLPC France, we've got ambition to start a first
   experimental deployment of Sugarizer before the end of the year.



All of us spent years on promoting the Sugar philosophy. We have the choice
to look backward or look forward. My choice is clear: with Sugar for the
Web I will give to every children the same opportunities I gave to XO users.


Best regards from France.


   Lionel.



> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 18:36:34 -0500
> From: Samuel Greenfeld 
> To: IAEP SugarLabs 
> Subject: [IAEP] Planning for the future
> Message-ID:
>  hqou47mhmr9aqtnbzkrmjdb00nxbzennbo+1wk...@mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> Disclaimer: The following are my views, and not the views of my current or
> past employers.
>
> About a year ago, I privately expressed concern that Sugar needed to ensure
> it had long-term sponsorship and a long-term user base.
>
> Since then, both the historical US-based OLPC organization and Sugar Labs
> have not publicly said much about their long-term plans, with OLPC also
> being rather closemouthed about the present.
>
> Meanwhile contributors silently leave.  It is hard to justify volunteering
> when you don't know who will benefit besides mysterious "customers."
>
> Everyone seems happy to cite their past successes.  No one corrects the
> press when they report stale information in their favor.
>
>
> There is no shame in being a smaller project.  But we need to ask the hard
> questions.  With Sugar, getting users and developers for a niche platform
> is a problem.  With OLPC, everyone seems to love repeating the 2 or 2.5
> million number for laptops historically shipped.  Rarely is it asked how
> many XOs been shipped in the past year or are in active use & where.
>
> Sugar & OLPC need to come up with long-term strategies.  While there is
> nothing public I have seen stopping One Education's XO Infinity from
> running Sugar, I haven't seen anything stopping it from running anything
> else.  It is also unclear how much One Education is willing to engage with
> the historical Sug

[IAEP] XO Infinity ?

[Lionel Laské]

Hi all,

As some of you, I've seen: https://medium.com/road-to-infinity

Something that look like to a new XO concept with an Android OS proposed by
OLPC Australia. Just my guess.

Is someone have more information on this ?
Is it related to OLPC Foundation ?
Is it related to Sugar ?

Please share with us.

Lionel.
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Re: [IAEP] [UKids] Khan Academy videos offline

[Lionel Laské]

Hi Nick,

We don't converted it yet. In fact we don't download all videos yet.
Nice script. We'll may be use it.

Lionel.


2015-01-30 23:00 GMT+01:00 Nick Doiron :

> Hi Lionel,
>
> I'm working on the same thing right now, for an Unleash Kids project in
> Haiti
> Have you converted to OGG format and embedded them for use with OLPC XOs?
> I've got a transcoding script running at home but it will take a few days.
> https://github.com/mapmeld/haiti-new-content/blob/master/yt-to-ogg.py
>
> -- Nick
>
>>
>>
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[IAEP] Khan Academy videos offline

[Lionel Laské]

Hi all,

The question about how to get videos from Khan Academy in any language was
asked several times on this list.
We planned this year to deploy offline Khan Academy videos in French to our
Nosy Komba deployment. So I've worked with Bibliotheque Sans Frontiere to
get French videos.
They suggested me to use KA Lite [1], a software dedicated to install a
offline Khan Academy server.
BTW it's slightly intrusive and need some installation. So I've write a
script to explore and extract only videos URL. You could find it here [2].
The result of the script could be seen here [3] as a tree or here [4] as a
single list.

Hope it could help.

Best regards from France.

   Lionel.


[1] https://learningequality.org/ka-lite/
[2] https://github.com/llaske/kaexplore
[3] http://olpc-france.org/download/kaen.txt
[4] http://olpc-france.org/download/kalisten.txt
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Re: [IAEP] [UKids] Discounted XO Tablets at Amazon

[Lionel Laské]

Hi Caryl, hi George,

Any Android application from Google Play could be installed on the XO
tablet. However, because access to Google Play could be disable from the XO
Learning Platform interface you could need to download it from the parent
account then authorize the new application explicitly in any child account.
You could find video tutorials to do that on [1].

Regarding Sugarizer on the XO Tablet, yes it could be installed from Google
Play. Thanks Caryl to mention it.
To be honest, I must confess however that because XO Tablet use an old
Android version, some issues could happen in some activities.

Best regards from France.

  Lionel.


[1] http://www.xotablet.com/support/#tutorials

2014-11-29 6:15 GMT+01:00 Caryl Bigenho :

> Hi George,
>
> Sugarizer is now available at Google Play. It is also on Amazon Apps (for
> Kindle devices), and the Firefox marketplace.  I am guessing that if any
> apps can be loaded from Google Play onto the XO Tablet, Sugarizer will be
> too.
>
> I may have loaded something when I was playing with the tablet in the
> summer of 2013, but I'm not sure. Someone will need to try to find out. The
> device is supposed to be a regular Android tablet when it isn't on the
> "Dream" screen.
>
> If someone else has one, maybe they can test it out and let us all know
> what the possibilities are for adding other Android apps.
>
> Caryl
>
> --
> Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 20:55:01 -0800
> Subject: Re: [UKids] Discounted XO Tablets at Amazon
> From: georgejh...@gmail.com
> To: cbige...@hotmail.com
> CC: support-g...@lists.laptop.org; iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org;
> unleashk...@googlegroups.com; socal-os...@googlegroups.com
>
>
> I'd be careful about promising that anything can be loaded on the "android
> side".
>
> My experience playing with this device is that the loader is signed, and
> locked. And vivitar refused to give me a key, or a procedure to unlock,
> that would permit me to load any arbitrary code.
>
> On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 8:14 PM, Caryl Bigenho 
> wrote:
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> While browsing for Amazon's Black Friday deals I came across the XO tablet
> (not the same as a regular XO) being offered for $79 with free shipping (if
> you have Amazon Prime). It is definitely worth that much. It is basically a
> 7"  Vivitar tablet with a green "skin" to make it an "XO." I don't think
> much about the "educational software" that is on it, but my
> almost-4-year-old granddaughter finds plenty of things to keep her amused.
> Here's a link to the listing…. it is only offered at that price through
> Dec. 1.
>
>
> http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NC081UQ/ref=gb1h_tit_c-3_5322_4fd53dd4?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=0B65CRHMBE9TFAHANZN4&pf_rd_i=384082011&pf_rd_p=1989425322
>
> Sugar is not on the tablet, however you should be able to run OLPC
> France's Sugarizer version on the Android "side" of the tablet. Here is a
> link to a demo of Sugarizer and info on how to get it as an app:
>
> http://sugarizer.org
>
> Caryl
>
> P.S. The camera feature of the tablet is excellent.
>
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Re: [IAEP] [UKids] Sugarizer on Kindle Fire

[Lionel Laské]

Hi Caryl,

Regarding Kindle and Maze, I'm surprised about that. A guy from Amazon give
me a Kindle HDX 8.9 (first generation) so I've tested on it and it works.
Are you sure you're touching on the right place ? In the nice Manuel Maze
Web activity, you don't have to touch near the little face. The activity
compute the direction between your touch and the little face to decide
where you want to go.

Regarding Spanish version, thanks to Alan and Ignacio, it's already inside!
Just change settings/language with a long touch on the buddy icon.

Regarding iOS, I will be please to have support here. In fact as I said to
you, iOS porting should not be technical so complex. Sugarizer is "just"
HTML5/JavaScript and I'm using PhoneGap to package it as an Android app.
PhoneGap works too on iOS (lot of iOS app in the app store are PhoneGap
apps) so it could be used to package it as an iOS app. Of course some
testing should be done on Safari, and PhoneGap packaging need also to be
done on a Mac because unfortunately, Apple require a Mac to generate iOS
application.
I don't have easy way to access or work on Mac for a long time so it's
difficult for me to work on it. But if you know someone that have a
HTML5&PhoneGap background and have a Mac, I will be please to help on this.

More globally Sugarizer porting on other devices just require to have the
required device and do some packaging, testing and eventually some minor
adaptation. My personal road map include porting to Raspberry PI (work in
progress), Windows 8 and Windows Phone. ANY device I said :-)

   Lionel.


2014-10-17 22:54 GMT+02:00 Caryl Bigenho :

>  Hi…
>
> I just downloaded Sugarizer to my Kindle Fire. It looks great! It will
> take me a while to test stuff.
>
> I have, however, played a bit with Maze and find that the touch screen of
> the Kindle is not sensitive enough to always make the little face go in the
> intended direction. Sometimes it goes in a completely different, and
> incorrect direction. Is there any way to decrease (or maybe increase) the
> size of the sensitive spots on the screen so the errors won't occur? I'm
> guessing that the spots are too big and overlap a bit on the Kindle screen
> and that is why the problem is happening.
>
> On another note… we have a lot of folks on the list that could help get
> Sugarizer adapted to Spanish. Lionel, would you like to set up a project
> for that? I can help recruit people to assist. and can help with it myself.
>
> Still hoping to get to the point where I can help get an IOS version
> going. I will have to finish EdX's CS50 class from Harvard first and it
> looks like it will take me until sometime next year to cover it all. I
> figure it could be my "Final Project" for that class.
>
> Caryl
>
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Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [Announcement] Sugarizer v0.5 is available for your device

[Lionel Laské]

Hi Christian,

I'm sorry to say that neither OntoLab, neither Sugarfox (tm) has
contributed in anything to Sugarizer.
Sugarizer is a free open source software under Apache Licence thanks to
SugarLabs and all its contributors.
Regarding your own contribution in Sugarizer 0.5, it's limited to what's
described here: [1] (German localization).

Lionel.

[1] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-devel/2014-May/048314.html


2014-10-17 18:18 GMT+02:00 Christian Stroetmann :
>
>
>- Firefox OS support: Thanks to Mozilla foundation that help me on
>that, Firefox and Firefox OS are now #1 platforms for Sugarizer. Sugarizer
>has been tested successfully on Firefox browser and on several Firefox OS
>devices (Keon, Peak, Flame).
>
>
> Not forget to mention the OntoLab (me) with Sugarfox.
>
>
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[IAEP] [Announcement] Sugarizer v0.5 is available for your device

[Lionel Laské]

Hi all,



I'm proud to announce the fifth version (0.5) of Sugarizer, a taste of
Sugar for any device.



http://sugarizer.org



I've decided to put the focus on this version on three majors points:

   - Responsive Design: to ensure that Sugarizer could work on any screen
   size, from the smallest smartphone screen (320x480) to the bigger tablet
   screen (2560x1600).
   - Android support: I've done a huge work to ensure that Sugarizer and
   activities work well on Android so I've fixed lot of issues related to
   Android limitation. Of course due to diversity of the Android ecosystem,
   some issues could still exist on Android versions lower than 4.2.
   - Firefox OS support: Thanks to Mozilla foundation that help me on that,
   Firefox and Firefox OS are now #1 platforms for Sugarizer. Sugarizer has
   been tested successfully on Firefox browser and on several Firefox OS
   devices (Keon, Peak, Flame).



Finally, because it's very important for us that Sugar/Sugarizer could be
accessible to every users, I've packaged and published Sugarizer on three
major app stores:

   - Google Play:
   https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.olpc_france.sugarizer
   - Amazon Store: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NKK7PZA
   - Firefox Market Place: https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/sugarizer/
(soon)

Of course, you could also install it by yourself using instructions on the
Sugarizer website if you don't like stores.



Other features of this version:

   - Updated TurtleJS version, now save automatically context in the Journal
   - Updated Gears version, now use colors for gears
   - New Etoys activity (beta)
   - Favorites activities are now saved in user settings (so, could be
   retrieved from a device to another)
   - Favorites activities are now configurable at server settings
   - German localization



Do not hesitate to fork and contribute: I need you to Sugarize the world !

All contributors are welcome.



   Lionel.



P.S.: Special thanks for their contribution on this version to: Jorge
Alberto Gómez López (TurtleJS activity), Manuel Quiñones (Gears activity),
Bert Freudenberg (Etoys activity), Christian Stroetmann (German
localization), Jason Weathersby (Firefox OS support).
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Re: [IAEP] In-person, online or both? | OLPC San Francisco (Sameer Verma)

[Lionel Laské]

Drupal error :-(

 Lionel.



2014-08-27 18:00 GMT+02:00 :

>
> Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 14:10:59 -0700
> From: Sameer Verma 
> To: OLPC SF , Grassroots OLPC
> ,  olpc-o...@lists.laptop.org, iaep
> , Sugar Labs Marketing
> 
> Subject: [IAEP] In-person, online or both? | OLPC San Francisco
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> How will you participate in the upcoming OLPC San Francisco Community
> Summit 2014? Let us know, so we can plan accordingly.
>
> http://www.olpcsf.org/node/212
>
> Cheers,
> Sameer
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Re: [IAEP] Video demonstration of Sugarizer server features

[Lionel Laské]

2014-06-22 20:17 GMT+02:00 Sameer Verma :

> Excellent progress! I'm impressed at how you typed in the user ID on
> Android :-) Perhaps that part should be an easier to remember id, or
> we need to re-think the workflow.
>
> Thanks Sameer.
Today the user ID is just... the object identifier in the MongoDB database.
So of course, it's not very user friendly.
I hope to have something better in a next version. To be honest I didn't
want to have a standard user/password to identify user. I thought to
something that could be reminded easily but didn't find the good idea.
If some of you have suggestion about that, you're welcome!

   Lionel.
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[IAEP] Video demonstration of Sugarizer server features

[Lionel Laské]

Hi all,



Since the last version, Sugarizer allow to use a server to store settings
and contents. In this short video I show you how you could use this
features to share settings and content between a computer and an Android
tablet.


http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1zypes_sugarizer-server-features_school



Hope you'll enjoy it.



Best regards from France.



   Lionel.
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[IAEP] [Announcement] Sugarizer v0.4 is available

[Lionel Laské]

Hi all,



I'm proud to announce the fourth version (0.4) of Sugarizer, a taste of
Sugar for any device.



http://sugarizer.org



To remind you, Sugarizer reproduce main features of Sugar in
HTML5/JavaScript. Sugarizer also expose these features to allow running in
a browser Sugar Web activities wrote for Sugar 0.100+.

Sugarizer is available from a browser or as an Android application.



New in this version:

   - Three new activities:
  - Tank Operation: a Tuxmath like activity, practice math facts in an
  arcade game,
  - TurtleJS: a TurtleArt like activity. A taste of TurtleArt for any
  device !
  - ChatPrototype: see below.
   - Sugar compatibility: Sugarizer could now be used as a developer
   platform for Sugar-Web activity. So, developers could now develop Sugar
   activities only with a browser and a file editor. Resulting activities will
   work without any change on Sugar 0.100+.
   - Improve Journal view: rename, delete and popup menu.
   - Server collaboration: Sugarizer Server now allow each user to publish
   local journal content to the Server. Just go to the journal view and access
   to your private or to the shared journal zone. Plus, if you keep in mind
   your user id (in settings/server), you could use the same settings (name,
   color, language, private storage) from different computers.
   - Presence API prototype: Sugarizer include a first prototype of
   Presence API and a Chat test activity. You could chat with all other users
   on the same server.
   - Server connectivity to Client: The Android Client has capacity to
   connect to a Sugarizer Server. Just go to Server settings: check the
   connected checkbox and set your user id. You've now capacity to start your
   work on your PC then update it on your tablet !
   - Improved Android experience: Lot of issues related to Android
   environment has been solved.
   - API to server features: all server features are exposed as REST/JSON
   interfaces. So, developers could easily access to all server contents from
   any client (including, why not, the real Sugar journal).



Hope you'll enjoy it and you could say: "Yes, I want to Sugarize the world".

Do not hesitate to fork and contribute.



   Lionel.



P.S.: Thanks to Jorge (TurtleJS activity), Suraj (Presence and Chat
prototype), Ignacio (Spanish translation) for their contribution to this
version.

P.P.S.: For a visual demonstration of Sugarizer and this new version, you
could see my talk at SugarCamp Paris #3 here:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1rvdma_sugarcamp-3-sugarizer-what-if-sugar-could-be-on-every-device_school
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[IAEP] SugarCamp Paris #3 videos are now online !

[Lionel Laské]

Hi all,

I'm please to announce that videos for sessions at SugarCamp Paris #3 are
now online here [1]. Slides are include too.

Hope you'll enjoy it like we've enjoyed organize it !

Best regards from Paris.

 Lionel.


P.S.: Due to a technical issue when recording, the sound is off on the
first session of day 2 and on the 13 first minutes of session 2 of day 2.
Sorry to Manuel and Bruno. Thanks to Mitch to tell us the issue live.


[1] http://www.dailymotion.com/playlist/x3686o_olpcfrance_sugarcamp-paris-3/
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[IAEP] SugarCamp Paris #3 Day 2 live

[Lionel Laské]

Hi all,

It was a great first day yesterday, we're slightly tired but we'll be
online here [1] in 1 hour for the second day of the SugarCamp Paris #3.

Some great sessions are planned: GCompris, Sugarizer, Vikidia, Bernie and
two new sessions that emerging from our talks yesterday:
- XO Semantic Web by Christophe Guéret,
- Open webOS on the XO by Jon Nettleton and Manuel Quiñones

Update agenda is here [2].

See your on Internet on IRL.

 Lionel.


P.S.: We've got some technical issues yesterday for the broadcast so you
may be miss some sessions but don't ask the question: all sessions are
recorded.


[1] http://cite-sciences.ubicast.eu/lives/sugarcamp/
[2] http://olpc-france.org/sugarcamp/index.en.html
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[IAEP] SugarCamp Paris #3: live from the web

[Lionel Laské]

Hi all,

There is already a bunch of friends here in Paris for the SugarCamp
tomorrow and some others will be here soon. We're very excited to start the
event.

You really can't be there with us ?

Good news: you could follow the event live from the web here:
http://cite-sciences.ubicast.eu/lives/sugarcamp/

We'll start the broadcast on Saturday 10h30 AM Paris Time (GMT+1).
See you IRL or on the web.

Best regards from Paris.

   Lionel
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