Re: [Sugar-devel] A Better Idea...

2016-06-06 Thread Laura Vargas
Hi! 2016-06-07 3:51 GMT+08:00 Dave Crossland : > Hi > > On 6 June 2016 at 08:24, Caryl Bigenho wrote: > > Actually we have a number of people among the SugarLabs membership with > > experience in successful fund raising through grants. I am one of them. > > So am I :) > :D may the force be with

Re: [Sugar-devel] Issue tracking on Github?

2016-06-06 Thread Dave Crossland
On 6 June 2016 at 19:30, Devin wrote: > the published code is not very mature so it does not yet matter if it has a > license Right; if it _is_ code (which it probably isn't) then it is probably not very useful for anything, and if you do want a license for it, you can ask for one, and you will v

Re: [Sugar-devel] Issue tracking on Github?

2016-06-06 Thread Dave Crossland
I am certainly more mindful of this issue; I came across https://github.com/mortenjust/cleartext-mac/ today and saw there was no license, and after my bleeting the developed added GPLv3 :) https://github.com/mortenjust/cleartext-mac/issues/3 ___ Sugar-dev

Re: [Sugar-devel] Issue tracking on Github?

2016-06-06 Thread Devin
On 06/06/2016 07:08 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: > First, I think there must be a large fraction of all github repos that > have less than 10 commits with almost nothing in them and are > essentially worthless. If those don't have a LICENSE file, I don't > mind :) I think this way of looking at the i

Re: [Sugar-devel] Issue tracking on Github?

2016-06-06 Thread Dave Crossland
On 6 June 2016 at 16:16, Devin wrote: > (This is long, gnarly thread, but I just like to think about this sort of > stuff, what can I say...) :D To say Github is a failed state seems rather absurd to me, compared to the other 2 large code hosting sites, SourceForce and Google Code Hosting ;) I

Re: [Sugar-devel] The future of Sugar on XO-1s {Windows}

2016-06-06 Thread Dave Crossland
On 15 April 2016 at 20:12, Samuel Greenfeld wrote: > A GTK expert might be able to point us to the current preferred approach. Does anyone here know any? Today I've reached out to 2, Simon Feltman, and ex-Sugar-developer Tomeu Vizoso. ___ Sugar-devel

Re: [Sugar-devel] Issue tracking on Github?

2016-06-06 Thread Devin
On 06/06/2016 06:34 PM, Walter Bender wrote: >> This is interesting: http://250bpm.com/blog:82 >> > >> > Not sure I buy into the failed-state hypothesis, but it is interesting > nonetheless. The person who sent the link was not certain the information is entirely correct, so I do think it would be

Re: [Sugar-devel] Issue tracking on Github?

2016-06-06 Thread Walter Bender
On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 6:16 PM, Devin wrote: > (This is long, gnarly thread, but I just like to think about this sort of > stuff, what can I say...) > > On 05/27/2016 09:05 AM, Walter Bender wrote: > > This has been the topic of a lot of discussion on the FOSS foundation list > of late. I think t

Re: [Sugar-devel] Issue tracking on Github?

2016-06-06 Thread Devin
(This is long, gnarly thread, but I just like to think about this sort of stuff, what can I say...) On 05/27/2016 09:05 AM, Walter Bender wrote: > This has been the topic of a lot of discussion on the FOSS foundation list > of late. I think there is a movement afoot to push them towards a default

Re: [Sugar-devel] A Better Idea...

2016-06-06 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi On 6 June 2016 at 08:24, Caryl Bigenho wrote: > Actually we have a number of people among the SugarLabs membership with > experience in successful fund raising through grants. I am one of them. So am I :) I am perfectly willing to continue adding potential funding sources to https://wiki.sug

Re: [Sugar-devel] A Better Idea...

2016-06-06 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Super Laura! I enjoy working with you! :-D Caryl Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 6, 2016, at 2:30 PM, Laura Vargas wrote: > > Caryl, > > I'll enjoy to join the committee ;D > > Regards, > > > > > > > 2016-06-06 22:24 GMT+08:00 Caryl Bigenho : >> Dave, >> >> Actually we have a number of

Re: [Sugar-devel] A Better Idea...

2016-06-06 Thread Laura Vargas
Caryl, I'll enjoy to join the committee ;D Regards, 2016-06-06 22:24 GMT+08:00 Caryl Bigenho : > Dave, > > Actually we have a number of people among the SugarLabs membership with > experience in *successful* fund raising through grants. I am one of them. > Sora Edwards is another. I'm sure

Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] [IAEP] [SLOB] Motion (2 of 2) Sugar Labs donation

2016-06-06 Thread José Miguel García
Motion to request a membership donation Motion: To request a membership donation from each currently active Sugar Labs Member to be allocated to the General Fund for the calendar year of 2016, and a public statement about how they use Sugar and why they are involved in Sugar Labs to post on the we

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] [SLOB] Motion (1 of 2) GSoC Stipends

2016-06-06 Thread José Miguel García
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 d

[Sugar-devel] FlatPak

2016-06-06 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi https://eischmann.wordpress.com/2016/06/06/flatpak-is-gaining-momentum/ Is anyone familiar with the xdg-app project? :) Interestingly its led by the same developer who made Broadway GTK :D Cheers Dave ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.

Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOB] Motion (1 of 2) GSoC Stipends

2016-06-06 Thread 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,

Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOB] Motion (1 of 2) GSoC Stipends

2016-06-06 Thread Claudia Urrea
+ 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 second

Re: [Sugar-devel] A Better Idea...

2016-06-06 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Dave, Actually we have a number of people among the SugarLabs membership with experience in successful fund raising through grants. I am one of them. Sora Edwards is another. I'm sure there are other people who would be willing to work together (a committee or whatever we decide to call it) to