| Time | Nick | Message |
|---|---|---|
| 19:05 | meeting | Meeting started Fri Dec 1 19:05:26 2017 UTC. The chair is walterbender. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. |
| 19:05 | Useful Commands: #action #agreed #help #info #idea #link #topic #endmeeting | |
| 19:05 | walterbender | ignacio, can you please give an update re GCI? |
| 19:05 | #topic GCI | |
| 19:06 | ignacio | GCI 2017 has started, and so far, I think this is our most successful year |
| 19:06 | walterbender | 200 students have claimed tasks so far... |
| 19:07 | ignacio | 155 tasks has been completed so far (maybe a few more) |
| 19:07 | walterbender | 156 :) |
| 19:07 | ignacio | I think we should make easier or more attractive tasks for student; since most of our students are doing the beginner tasks |
| 19:08 | as seen in : http://people.sugarlabs.org:50[…]17/org/sugarlabs/ | |
| 19:08 | walterbender | Mostly beginner tasks, but some students are starting to sink their teeth into some challenging tasks |
| 19:08 | some real talent is emerging | |
| 19:08 | and some great students from last year returning | |
| 19:08 | ignacio | We have mentors in almost every timezone |
| 19:08 | So reply time is not that long | |
| 19:08 | walterbender | 45 mentors |
| 19:08 | it has been a big relief to me | |
| 19:09 | ignacio | perhaps we should contact some mentors |
| 19:09 | walterbender | ignacio, yes... I was going to send an email this weekend |
| 19:10 | https://walterbender.github.io[…]ltone.tb&run=True is a fun example of a beginner project | |
| 19:10 | the student is now on to coding tasks. | |
| 19:10 | any questions re GCI? | |
| 19:11 | ignacio | just fyi, we still can add mentors |
| 19:11 | walterbender | ignacio, yes... I have 10 requests in my inbox |
| 19:11 | do you think we need more? | |
| 19:12 | ignacio | its always good to see more mentors |
| 19:12 | walterbender | OK |
| 19:12 | I have two other topics today | |
| 19:12 | both of which involve motions | |
| 19:12 | ignacio | Go ahead |
| 19:12 | walterbender | without a quorum, we cannot vote |
| 19:12 | ignacio | perhaps you should send the motions to the slobs list? |
| 19:12 | walterbender | but we can have the discussion and continue by email. |
| 19:13 | #topic replacing Laura on the board | |
| 19:13 | Laura Vargas has resigned her seat on the board. I think we should fill the vacancy with a temporary appointment. | |
| 19:14 | Her seat was up in fall 2018. | |
| 19:14 | So it would be a 9-10 month appointment. | |
| 19:14 | ignacio | Sounds good to me |
| 19:14 | walterbender | I propose Claudia Urrea |
| 19:14 | for several reasons: | |
| 19:15 | (1) she got the most votes in the last election (missing a seat on the board by just one vote) | |
| 19:15 | (2) she is very experienced with Sugar and our target audience | |
| 19:15 | (3) she brings academic and education experience to the mix | |
| 19:16 | (4) she is a thoughtful, long-term contributor to the community | |
| 19:16 | (5) and she is a very respectful colleague | |
| 19:16 | Make sense? | |
| 19:16 | ignacio | It does for me |
| 19:16 | walterbender, did you talk to her about this seat? | |
| 19:16 | walterbender | I spoek with her and if we offer it, she said she would accept |
| 19:17 | sverma | Yes |
| 19:17 | walterbender | I'll send out a motion by email since we have no quorum today. |
| 19:18 | I am really looking forward to having Claudia join us again in this forum. | |
| 19:18 | aaguirre | sounds good! |
| 19:18 | walterbender | Anything else on this topic? |
| 19:18 | #topic MusicBlocks workshops in Japan | |
| 19:19 | Devin Ulibarri will be in Japan and while he is there, he is hoping to run some Music Blocks workshops | |
| 19:20 | He has two invitatioons already. | |
| 19:20 | He asked for ~$500 to cover the local travel involved (a trip to Chiba and a trip to Kyoto). | |
| 19:20 | The travel to/from Japan is already paid for. | |
| 19:21 | sverma | Ok |
| 19:21 | walterbender | I'll send an email motion with his request. |
| 19:21 | It would be part of the Trip Advisor grant, which still have a balance >> $10000 | |
| 19:21 | that is it for me for today. | |
| 19:22 | Anyone else have any topics? | |
| 19:22 | #topic odds and ends | |
| 19:22 | since we last met, the new website went live | |
| 19:22 | and in GCI, a number of minor improvements have been made | |
| 19:23 | and Samson fixed the Google page that appears when you type Sugar Labs into browser | |
| 19:23 | and a GCI student updated our wikipedia entry | |
| 19:23 | progress :) | |
| 19:24 | If there is nothing else, I suppose we can end early. | |
| 19:24 | I can get back to GCI reviews :) | |
| 19:25 | 3 | |
| 19:25 | sverma | Nothing from me |
| 19:25 | walterbender | ignacio? |
| 19:25 | any community members? | |
| 19:25 | ignacio | 2 |
| 19:25 | :P | |
| 19:25 | walterbender | #action walter to send two email motions |
| 19:26 | thanks everyone | |
| 19:26 | sverma | Thank you |
| 19:26 | walterbender | #end-meeting |
| 19:26 | meeting | Meeting ended Fri Dec 1 19:26:13 2017 UTC. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. (v 0.1.4) |
| 19:26 | Minutes: http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/s[…]-01T19:05:26.html | |
| 19:26 | Log: http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/s[…]17-12-01T19:05:26 |