Awesome On Mon, Nov 26, 2018, 8:43 PM James Cameron <qu...@laptop.org wrote:
> Thanks. Text of document inserted below, for our mailing list > archives, as we do lose access to Google Documents later if accounts > are compromised. > > -- > > Journey To GSOC events, USA > > > I never expected that this would be one of the turning points in the life. > My journey to Google gave me opportunity to learn and explore new things in > the current world. > > > I was given the chance to represent Sugar Labs at Google Summer of Code > Meetup in Google Office, San Francisco, California, USA. This was really an > amazing experience meeting prodigious people from different organisations > and other communities especially the Google Open Source Team all over the > globe. > > > L to R: Joshua Simmons(Google), Jaskirat Singh > me and Cat Allman (Google) > (me) & Stephanie Taylor (Google OSPM) > > > The major importance of this meetup was to connect with background > Contributors i.e. students with the real time organisations and their > missions. This meetup had various people including Google Code In and > Google Summer of code students, mentors and organization administrators. > > > I connected with many people especially students in order to explain the > functionality and product service of Sugar Labs. I had a very nice time > spending hours with Mifos, Liquid Galaxy, Catrobat, and other organisation > org admins: talking about collaboration and networking. > > > > > GSOC Meetup pic at Google San Francisco > > > Many students at this meetup were quite interested to know about the Sugar > and make their contribution in the next GSOC that is GSOC’2019. I tried > partnering with Liquid Galaxy here in order to introduce Turtle Blocks and > Music Blocks in their laptops which they recently launched in order to > expand within educational institutions. These laptops were similar to the > Chromebooks. > > > The best time I had here was when I was demonstrating about the > productivity of Sugar Labs especially Turtle Blocks and they were looking > deeply into its codebase. > > > Then I moved to Sunnyvale for attending the GSOC Mentor Summit. The blood > ran into my spine when the Stephanie Taylor ( GSOC Open Source Team member > ) introduced about me at Summit. > > > The GSOC mentor Summit was a 3 day “unconference”. The people from > different participating organisations proposed and held various session > that included about Open Source, Organisation, projects, and other > miscellaneous topics. > > > > > Opening Ceremony of GSOC Summit > Organising sessions > > > During the starting ceremony the Google Team instructed and explained us > about importance of this summit. > > > It was indeed pleasure to meet Devin Ulibarri (SL Org Admin in GSOC); > discussing about the past histories of Sugar Labs and new plans for it. I > discussed my idea of organising the Sugar Labs Summit once in the year. So > maybe this gonna be covered in my next upcoming doc. Devin explained me > about the Music and Music Blocks project going in the Japan went he had > been there. We also discussed about new User interface features for the > Music Blocks and Turtle Blocks like creating a “New Tab window”, “Theme > Changer”, etc. > > > > > Pic with Devin Ulibarri ( Sugar Labs ) > > > I along with Devin attended many session, but the one I liked most was > Google Season of Docs (GSOD). This session was lead by Sarah Maddox, a tech > writer at Google who talked about of bringing more tech writers into Open > Source projects. > > > “GSoD is similar to Google Summer of Code but focuses on docs and > technical writers, rather than on code and students. The target > participants are experienced tech writers who can work with us on our docs. > The writing part of GSoD will run for 3 months, similar to GSoC. Another > difference is that the technical writers will not be earning stipends, they > will be doing this to learn more about open source code and working on > developer focused docs with code and building their resume.” > > > So this was really interesting topic to know and understand about it. I > really want to see this that how this will impact on Open Source > organisations. This deck has more details about this program > https://goo.gl/3Bpris > It was really good when Devin introduced the Music Blocks project that was > done by Riya Lohiya in GSOC’18 under the SL org. Although his talk was > restricted to 3 mins, Devin was able to express beautifully within that > time perfectly. > > > > > ( While Devin was explaining about the Riya Lohia’s project ( an intern > in Sugar labs under GSOC’18 ) ) > > > I also organised a session and talked about Open Source Social Networking > platform. Discussed this with Google Open Source Team too and they were > really glad and wanted to see that how it come up. > > > Having lunch with Karen Sandler from Software Freedom Conservancy > including other member project member was really fun. We discussed > supporting the member projects, some new offers and projects that needs to > be included, etc. Many people put up there queries with functionality of > SFC. And at last we framed up a video with all other member project people > in the Google campus itself. ( Sorry that is missing here ) > > > At the Summit I talked to Michael Downey and Alex about Sugar Labs > outreaching to various schools and other educational institutions . We also > had a Quora of room in which there was huge discussion about “What is a > good way to keep potential contributors even after GSOC?” and yes, the > outcome and the conclusion from this topic was about “money” that can keep > contributors engage with organisations. > > > Swag area was opened everytime and I used to love collecting various Open > Source swags stuffs within Google. It was really an awesome and never > expected experience at Google Summer of Code Mentor Summit. Hope I get this > Opportunity again in the near future. > > > > > Chocolates Table having voluptuous Chocolates > Stickers from all the communities > from all over the world > > > While I was in the San Francisco I also got a chance to meet Sameer Verma > ( SLOB member ) and he took me on a drive which got converted into good > discussions about community. We gathered to talk about various things and > background of OLPC and Sugar Labs. He also gave me the tour of San > Francisco State University. I had a very nice time with him though we were > together only for a short span of time. > > > Pic with Mr. Sameer Verma > Pic with Caryl and her Husband ( Ed ) > > > > > By God’s Grace I also got a chance to flew to Burbank and meet Caryl ( one > of the Sugar Labs active member ). Staying with her and discussing about > ongoing and upcoming projects in the educational stem in the Sugar Labs. We > fixed some XO laptops too ( Upgradation ) and I cannot forget the gift by > her that is a “XO” Laptop. > I also explored some nearby places with various folks and this time was > really an unexpected time.I wish I be good enough to grab this opportunity. > > > So from my this experience I learnt a lot about networking and > collaborating with various people across the planet and gaining as much > more knowledge I can. This journey has been one of the extreme > pulchritudinous for me. I wish i could be a part of it again. > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > i...@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
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