| Time |
Nick |
Message |
| 11:05 |
SeanDaly |
the LinuxTag booth was colorful & friendly |
| 11:06 |
|
geek to teacher ratio was maybe 8:1 though |
| 11:06 |
garycmartin |
SeanDaly, photos of booth looked great, all that was mission was a Sugarized welcome mat on the floor :-) |
| 11:06 |
SeanDaly |
however 3 teachers said they came specially to see us! |
| 11:06 |
|
garycmartin: and t-shirts... that's for next time ;-) |
| 11:07 |
sdziallas |
waves |
| 11:07 |
SeanDaly |
waves to sdziallas |
| 11:07 |
garycmartin |
Hi sdziallas! |
| 11:07 |
SeanDaly |
David F around? said he might be here |
| 11:07 |
sdziallas |
waves to SeanDaly and garycmartin :) |
| 11:08 |
SeanDaly |
ok first news of the day, after discussion with Nexcopy we have decided to delay that press release |
| 11:08 |
|
because 1) we are still getting new pickups today from last week's release |
| 11:09 |
|
2) the recycleusb.com minisite still needs work |
| 11:09 |
|
3) it would have been rushed for NECC |
| 11:09 |
|
So, instead i have mailed the LinxTag Strawberry PR to a dozen bloggers present at NECC |
| 11:10 |
|
with the NECC booth info at the top :-) hope to generate visits to them |
| 11:10 |
|
walterbender, I think we could do Nexcopy partnership PR to coincide with Guadec? |
| 11:11 |
|
could be interesting to work Guadec in there |
| 11:11 |
JT4sugar |
SeanDaly, Thats this weekend right? |
| 11:12 |
SeanDaly |
Yes July 3-11 |
| 11:12 |
|
walterbender will do keynote I think |
| 11:13 |
FGrose |
Needs entry here: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/M[…]eting_Team/Events |
| 11:13 |
SeanDaly |
Hi FGrose that's true I am behind in updating wiki need to get on that now that big launch is done |
| 11:14 |
|
PR not on first day, just when we are ready |
| 11:14 |
|
not critical, but will boost this past release |
| 11:15 |
|
What Ii would like is to fix "sugar labs" and "sugar on a stick" google image search |
| 11:15 |
|
with new beauty shot visual, if it comes out good |
| 11:16 |
|
garycmartin I will forward flat jpeg to you |
| 11:16 |
|
PSD layered file has my netbooks & XOs in a Ring :D |
| 11:17 |
|
OK anyone have questions about Strawberry launch debrief? I tried to be very complete in that mail |
| 11:18 |
tomeu |
waves all |
| 11:18 |
SeanDaly |
perhaps what I forgot to say was: although some PR techniques are "classic", |
| 11:18 |
sdziallas |
has thought about replying to some paragraphs there and agrees with the stuff SeanDaly said there |
| 11:18 |
SeanDaly |
we are free to make up how we do it, to adapt |
| 11:18 |
garycmartin |
SeanDaly, float away, will keep an eye out for it. |
| 11:18 |
SeanDaly |
waves to tomeu |
| 11:19 |
JT4sugar |
SeanDaly, Debrief was very informative |
| 11:19 |
SeanDaly |
one thing I worry about is doing all the talking :-( |
| 11:19 |
|
but my message is, we can and should develop a Sugar Labs comm strategy, not copy somebody else's |
| 11:20 |
garycmartin |
SeanDaly, I think I need to look back over the pdf posters and check the grey font next to logo tweaks that came up late in the day, right? |
| 11:21 |
SeanDaly |
garycmartin: yes, right, the idea is 1) grey letters same level as interior letters of sugar logo |
| 11:21 |
|
and 2) grey value a little different |
| 11:21 |
|
not urgent but would be great if you could look at that |
| 11:22 |
|
forgot to put in agenda but i want to start work on t-shirt store |
| 11:22 |
garycmartin |
SeanDaly, sure, will do (grey a little different, hmmm, that's news) |
| 11:22 |
SeanDaly |
garycmartin: grey maybe not different but need to check with Christian, he mentioned but i didn't notice a diff myself |
| 11:23 |
|
about t-shirts: aside from logos, I feel we should show icons; |
| 11:23 |
|
like a big Turtle Art, or |
| 11:23 |
|
Browse with the class around it |
| 11:23 |
garycmartin |
SeanDaly +1 |
| 11:24 |
SeanDaly |
what other graphics might be cool? |
| 11:24 |
|
I've been thinking might be cool to stay away from text except for the logo |
| 11:25 |
|
Another idea: XO-size bags |
| 11:26 |
|
and XO carry straps |
| 11:26 |
JT4sugar |
SeanDaly, That would be good idea since most netbboks don"t have handles |
| 11:26 |
SeanDaly |
JT4sugar: the Dell latitude 2100 has 2 antitheft holes and they make a locking sttrap which uses them |
| 11:28 |
|
what kind of swag to teachers & kids like? |
| 11:29 |
|
fridge magnets? |
| 11:29 |
JT4sugar |
"I've Been Sugarized"-Stickers |
| 11:29 |
SeanDaly |
stickers great idea |
| 11:29 |
sdziallas |
runs for a quick test, will be back in a sec. |
| 11:30 |
JT4sugar |
Stickers Teachers, Kida, and Parents can put on their laptops/netbboks |
| 11:31 |
SeanDaly |
OLPC FFrance made great little stickers that fit in XO hinge |
| 11:31 |
|
Mike Lee made some stickers with Moo |
| 11:32 |
|
waves to ChristianV |
| 11:33 |
|
OK on a different subject, |
| 11:33 |
|
caroline mentioned & i agree we need to talk more about content to interest teachers |
| 11:33 |
|
J. SImmons doing very interesting work with access to ebooks |
| 11:34 |
|
there is an open content movement we need to tap into; |
| 11:34 |
|
for example US gov site #LINK http://free.ed.gov/index.cfm |
| 11:35 |
|
FREE=federal resources for Educational excellence |
| 11:35 |
|
US-centric, but you get the idea |
| 11:35 |
|
I've been looking at NECC press releases |
| 11:35 |
|
there is a pile of them |
| 11:36 |
|
many offer "freebies" to teachers |
| 11:36 |
|
the MS one does that |
| 11:39 |
|
I need to get up to speed on how well eBooks on Sugar work on netbooks |
| 11:39 |
|
the XO has screen orientation button, netbooks don't |
| 11:40 |
|
waves to homunq |
| 11:40 |
homunq |
shamefaced |
| 11:40 |
SeanDaly |
homunq: ? |
| 11:42 |
|
JT4sugar: do we have any other messages to convey before summer break? |
| 11:43 |
|
Nexcopy will generate a little bit of interest but I was thinking could be interesting to post it to "green" themed blogs etc, recycling angle |
| 11:44 |
ChristianV |
what is nexcopy ? |
| 11:44 |
JT4sugar |
SeanDaly, How to get started setting set up a fall pilot |
| 11:45 |
SeanDaly |
ChristianV: #LINK http://www.recycleusb.com |
| 11:45 |
|
Nexcopy is a company that makes USB mass loaders |
| 11:46 |
|
they donated one to us, Caroline made 24 sticks at once with it |
| 11:46 |
ChristianV |
okay thx =) i'm having a look |
| 11:46 |
SeanDaly |
They have set up that little site (they need to fix logo) |
| 11:46 |
|
to collect sticks, they load with Sugar and send to us for schools |
| 11:46 |
|
everybody happy :-) |
| 11:46 |
ChristianV |
fantastic |
| 11:47 |
SeanDaly |
I'm looking for help to evaluate their site and make suggestions |
| 11:47 |
|
I was thinking of asking them to use VAG Rounded Light for the name of the site (our logo font) |
| 11:47 |
JT4sugar |
SeanDaly, If we do a big Nexcopy Splash hopefully we can generate enough sticks for many pilots and University Outreach-Professors in Education, Coimp Sci, etc. in fall |
| 11:48 |
SeanDaly |
JT4sugar: yes exactly |
| 11:48 |
sdziallas |
SeanDaly: maybe they could link directly at the strawberry release notes instead of our general soas page? |
| 11:48 |
SeanDaly |
sdziallas: +1 |
| 11:48 |
sdziallas |
:) |
| 11:48 |
SeanDaly |
JT4sugar: do we have fall pilots possible, aside from gardner school? |
| 11:50 |
|
not sure if anything is lined up |
| 11:50 |
|
I noticed in NECC PR that edu suppliers do pilots in like 5 schools |
| 11:50 |
|
they don't fool around |
| 11:51 |
JT4sugar |
SeanDaly, New York, Will be work with Enhanced Learning Strategy Magog, Quebec Canada, Computers & Writing Group might decide to do some through their Universities |
| 11:52 |
SeanDaly |
JT4sugar: where can I get more info? who coordinating? |
| 11:53 |
FGrose |
SeanDaly: Have you considered appoaching big flash memory suppliers for sponsorship (they get tax benefits and PR and possibly outlet for surplus flash drives)? |
| 11:53 |
SeanDaly |
FGrose: indeed I have, tried Pantone and walterbender tried Belkin, both said no but I think great idea |
| 11:54 |
FGrose |
They can also join the Education "revolution" feel green and good with children and schools |
| 11:54 |
SeanDaly |
by the way there is a hardware conf about flash coming up they want to give award for "best end user app" |
| 11:54 |
|
FGrose: what would really be cool would be if they could send sticks to recycleusb.com |
| 11:55 |
|
retailers I mean |
| 11:55 |
JT4sugar |
SeanDaly, I will do a write-up and send to you and list-All in stages of set-up |
| 11:55 |
SeanDaly |
if there was a little bucket in each point of sale? |
| 11:55 |
|
JT4sugar: would be great thanks |
| 11:58 |
|
ChristianV: have you had a chance to look at Google proposal? you must be occupied |
| 11:58 |
ChristianV |
Could be cool a bucket in each point of sales. I can get information concerning france & how to do that |
| 11:58 |
|
yeah i was |
| 11:59 |
|
but i've just finished my intership |
| 11:59 |
|
now free until the 21 of july |
| 11:59 |
SeanDaly |
ChristianV: great |
| 11:59 |
ChristianV |
i'm working on it tonight |
| 11:59 |
SeanDaly |
In France would be great if FNAC |
| 11:59 |
|
They alrready do that for old cellphones |
| 11:59 |
|
they have bucket near "service clients" |
| 12:00 |
ChristianV |
yep. Okay i'll see who we might contact in the FNAC company |
| 12:00 |
|
i think that concerning the FNAC it depends on each store |
| 12:00 |
|
but i'll check |
| 12:01 |
SeanDaly |
ChristianV: by the way news is I will be moving back to paris in a month |
| 12:01 |
ChristianV |
okay that's cool i'll go often to paris in september , novembre & december |
| 12:02 |
SeanDaly |
we can try to visit an OLPC France meeting together in the fall |
| 12:02 |
ChristianV |
For sure no problem |
| 12:02 |
SeanDaly |
OK everyone anything else to discuss? |
| 12:02 |
ChristianV |
i'm still trying to hop on on the sugar las train |
| 12:02 |
|
One last thing for me |
| 12:03 |
SeanDaly |
ChristianV: sure |
| 12:03 |
ChristianV |
i'm going to dakar in senegal at the end of july for one month |
| 12:03 |
SeanDaly |
wow |
| 12:03 |
ChristianV |
is there some Sugar labs people over there that i could meet ? |
| 12:03 |
JT4sugar |
SeanDaly, Creating Teacher feedback loop |
| 12:03 |
ChristianV |
or some school doing some pilots etc ? i would be able to create some contents such as videos, interviews etc... |
| 12:04 |
SeanDaly |
ChristianV: no local Labs in Africa I know of, just started Washington DDC and Columbia |
| 12:04 |
ChristianV |
ok |
| 12:04 |
SeanDaly |
I need to check what there might be in Senegal |
| 12:05 |
|
#LINK strabucchi scholastic.com |
| 12:05 |
|
charlestonpalmettoproject.org |
| 12:05 |
|
columbiapalmettoproject.org |
| 12:05 |
tomeu |
ChristianV: you may want to contact the olpc people there, they are all using sugar |
| 12:05 |
FGrose |
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPCorps |
| 12:05 |
tomeu |
though they might not know :p |
| 12:06 |
ChristianV |
Okay lol i'll do |
| 12:06 |
SeanDaly |
those links copied in not what i wanted to copy in :-( |
| 12:06 |
tomeu |
references to software in the blog posts about olpcorps are scarce, to sugar almost inexistent |
| 12:06 |
SeanDaly |
#LINK http://africaxo.blogspot.com/2[…]school-visit.html |
| 12:07 |
FGrose |
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC[…]niversity_Senegal |
| 12:07 |
SeanDaly |
#LINK http://africaxo.blogspot.com/ |
| 12:08 |
|
ChristianV: will be great if you can hook up locally |
| 12:08 |
bemasc |
I pinged the palmetto project people before, to tell them about Sugar Labs, and got a response, but they haven't popped in to ask any questions. |
| 12:08 |
|
I don't know why; I can hardly imagine that they just don't need any help. |
| 12:08 |
SeanDaly |
bemasc: just sent them the Strawberry press release |
| 12:08 |
|
we send to lots of education "deciders" |
| 12:08 |
bemasc |
we also hear almost nothing from Birmingham, which is weird |
| 12:09 |
JT4sugar |
SeanDaly, Spoke to 5th grade teachers who used XO's since January last week-Time is their biggest issue-having them wade into any of the lists would be very tough on them. Think need to discuss list for Teachers |
| 12:09 |
SeanDaly |
bemasc: true, but that might just be because they are busy teaching |
| 12:09 |
|
JT4sugar: very interesting |
| 12:09 |
JT4sugar |
bemasc, Have tried to contact people in Birmingham but no response |
| 12:10 |
SeanDaly |
I have come to believe that we need to start a tradition of going and visiting schools |
| 12:10 |
|
Not saying we should all fly to Alabama, but |
| 12:10 |
|
the learnings I got just from my kids' school festival fantastic |
| 12:11 |
|
and learnings from sites actually in XO production |
| 12:11 |
|
OK shall we wrap it up? |
| 12:12 |
|
thanks to everyone |
| 12:12 |
|
going once... |
| 12:12 |
ChristianV |
thanks |
| 12:12 |
SeanDaly |
going twice... |
| 12:13 |
garycmartin |
SeanDaly, just wanted to say thanks for the hard marketing effort. Was a big win. |
| 12:13 |
SeanDaly |
garycmartin: yes a big leap :-) and you helped a lot :-) |
| 12:13 |
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#endmeeting |