[sugar] SugarCamp

[Simon Schampijer]

Tomeu Vizoso wrote:
> Fellow Sugarites,
> 
> I must say that I'm pretty much surprised as to how the SugarCamp
> planning is being done. My personal opinion is that SugarLabs is a
> global organization and cannot behave as if it had headquarters in a
> single place because it hasn't. SL contributors are going to travel
> from quite distant places and they should be involved actively in the
> planning.

I think it is very important that planning happens with all parties 
involved.

> OLPC has decided that their XOCamp will happen in January, and I think
> that our SugarCamp in November shouldn't be seen as just a prelude to
> that.
> 
> OLPC employees can legitimately see SL as a vehicle for their product
> to include more features, so they would be mostly interested in
> technical discussions about those. But I expect the people who share
> the SL goals to be more ambitious and to not forget that Sugar cannot
> stay contained at OLPC's borders. We have the mission to bring Sugar
> to _all_ the kids in the world.

Yes, we want to open sugar to a broader community. Those goals should be 
reflected in the agenda of a SugarCamp - that at least is how I 
understand it.

Best,
    Simon