Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs 2017 Budget

2017-03-02 Thread Tony Anderson
On 03/02/2017 02:51 PM, Laura Vargas wrote: As for the 2017 Budget, Sugar Labs needs doable specific proposals for funding and investing as a healthy financial planning should consider a minimum of 5 years ahead. The real need is not for financial planning, but for planning. A real five-year

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs 2017 Budget

2017-03-02 Thread Laura Vargas
2017-03-02 3:32 GMT-05:00 Tony Anderson : > On 03/02/2017 02:51 PM, Laura Vargas wrote: > >> As for the 2017 Budget, Sugar Labs needs doable specific proposals for >> funding and investing as a healthy financial planning should consider a >> minimum of 5 years ahead. >> > >

Re: [IAEP] [SLOB] meeting reminder

2017-03-02 Thread Chihurumnaya Ibiam
The motion re membership committee. *Ibiam Chihurumnaya* On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 6:37 PM, Walter Bender wrote: > We have a Sugar Labs advisory board meeting at 19 UTC (14 EST) on Friday, > 3 March. We will be meeting on irc.freenode.net #sugar-meeting. > > Among other

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs 2017 Budget

2017-03-02 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi... This thread is so tangled it is hard to tell who says what. But, it is very evident that there are 2 basic viewpoints. Here they are with my comments on each: 1) Reward a few of the many past contributors to SugarLabs handsomely with a stipend (like a retirement check?) and no defined

[IAEP] [SLOB] meeting reminder

2017-03-02 Thread Walter Bender
We have a Sugar Labs advisory board meeting at 19 UTC (14 EST) on Friday, 3 March. We will be meeting on irc.freenode.net #sugar-meeting. Among other topics, we will be discussing: (1) status of Outreachy and Google Summer of Code programs; (2) "Badges" proposal' (3) plans, goals, aspirations

Re: [IAEP] [SLOB] meeting reminder

2017-03-02 Thread Dave Crossland
Sorry to say I'm on vacation tomorrow but I will check the logs :) ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

Re: [IAEP] Resubmission of Proposed Project for Sugarizer1°

2017-03-02 Thread Samson Goddy
On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 11:11 PM, Caryl Bigenho wrote: > Hi All... > Excellence proposal, if i have any ideas i will add to it. > > 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

Re: [IAEP] Resubmission of Proposed Project for Sugarizer1°

2017-03-02 Thread Dave Crossland
I encourage you to add this to the wiki so it can be revised collaboratively ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

[IAEP] Resubmission of Proposed Project for Sugarizer1°

2017-03-02 Thread 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

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs 2017 Budget

2017-03-02 Thread Laura Vargas
Hi Caryl, I confess I love sharing my planning expertise with Sugar Labs :D Open Badges is a proposal made in the call for strategies for the official Sugar Labs Marketing Plan. I suggest you transform a lot of your interesting comments into specific proposals so that the community and the

Re: [IAEP] Resubmission of Proposed Project for Sugarizer1°

2017-03-02 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Before we do any collaborative grant writing it would be a good idea if everyone involved has some background in grant writing! Over my years as an educator I had a large number of successful grant proposals, large and small, totaling over $500,000 (in 1990 dollars). But I am a bit