Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs 2017 Budget

2017-03-01 Thread Laura Vargas
2017-03-01 22:38 GMT-05:00 Tony Anderson : > Sorry Laura > > The money is better kept in the bank until Sugar Labs has an objective and > understands what kind of resources it needs. > > Thanks for writing Tony! First and for the sake of democracy, let's make it clear to

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs 2017 Budget

2017-03-01 Thread Samson Goddy
+1 Tony you deserved an Oscar. Am i the only thinking we just got a mission and vision plan based on Tony explanation? Samson On 2 Mar 2017 3:44 am, "Tony Anderson" wrote: I hope I have made myself clear. The future of Sugar Labs, if it has any, is to provide Sugar on

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs 2017 Budget

2017-03-01 Thread Tony Anderson
Sorry Laura The money is better kept in the bank until Sugar Labs has an objective and understands what kind of resources it needs. It is good that Sugar Labs is considering a budget for this year (a gross dereliction last year). However, an organization makes a budget to fund its planned

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs 2017 Budget

2017-03-01 Thread Tony Anderson
I hope I have made myself clear. The future of Sugar Labs, if it has any, is to provide Sugar on all widely distributed platforms so that it becomes a viable option for potential adopters. Sugar Labs needs to understand that a parent or educator who is looking for an educational platform is

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs 2017 Budget

2017-03-01 Thread Laura Vargas
2017-02-25 20:33 GMT-05:00 Tymon Radzik : > > Our funds deserve to be spent in more orgnization-beneficial way. > > Hello Tymon, Sorry it took me a while to reply. This Budget discussion is an open door for proposals, please do share yours as this policy making is also an

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs 2017 Budget

2017-03-01 Thread Dave Crossland
Thanks for clarifying :) The question remains then: Is Sugar Labs to direct attention entirely to a few hundreds of very-to-somewhat old XO laptops maintained by experts like Tony and those in Caacupe, or to the millions of children who have computers/tablets capable of accessing/installing