elections

> Hi Ramiro,
>
>
>
> Very good questions, I really do not know how big the community  
> is.  Squeak-dev has about 1500 members and it looks like a large  
> number of those do not receive mail.  I can imagine that a number  
> of people that use squeak say 9/10 are not involved enough to want  
> to be subscribed to squeak-dev.  So a guess is that there are  
> around 10 thousand squeakers.  I was happy to see that our  
> percentage was higher, but only about 1% then last year.  I have to  
> wonder how many people that signed up on squeakPeople have dropped  
> out of the community and if the 1% increase was just new members.
>
>
>
> Anyway I’m doing my part on weeklysqueak.wordpress.com to bring in  
> new people.  We are getting 300-700 hits a day!

>
>
> Happy Squeaking!
>
>
>
> Ron Teitelbaum
>
> Squeak News Team Member
>
> Squeak Elections Team Member
>
>
>
> From: [hidden email] [mailto:seaside-
> [hidden email]] On Behalf Of Ramiro Diaz Trepat
> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 7:36 AM
> To: [hidden email]; Seaside - general discussion
> Subject: [Seaside] elections
>
>
>
> I'm happy we had elections with such a fine group of candidates  
> running.  Heck, I know it is certainly not the same, but I was  
> never able to say the same about any election process here in  
> Argentina :)
> What I'm not happy about is the size of the community, we had only  
> 182 votes!  It's unbelievable insignificant...  I am a bit sad  
> about it.
> Does anybody have an estimation of how large the is the Squeak  
> community, besides the "voting" community ?
> I know that with the OLPC project, in 10 years we will have  
> miiiiiilions of young guys and gals who know how to code in  
> Smalltalk, and then.... we'll take over the world ;)
>
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> Hi Ramiro,
>
>  
>
> Very good questions, I really do not know how big the community is.
> Squeak-dev has about 1500 members and it looks like a large number of those
> do not receive mail.  I can imagine that a number of people that use squeak
> say 9/10 are not involved enough to want to be subscribed to squeak-dev.  So
> a guess is that there are around 10 thousand squeakers.  I was happy to see
> that our percentage was higher, but only about 1% then last year.  I have to
> wonder how many people that signed up on squeakPeople have dropped out of
> the community and if the 1% increase was just new members.
>
>  
>
> Anyway I'm doing my part on weeklysqueak.wordpress.com to bring in new
> people.  We are getting 300-700 hits a day!  With all the developments like
> Croquet, Sophie, OLPC, Scratch . we should be entering a new phase that will
> revitalize the community.
>
>  
>
> Happy Squeaking!
>
>  
>
> Ron Teitelbaum
>
> Squeak News Team Member
>
> Squeak Elections Team Member
>
>  
>
>   _____  
>
> From: [hidden email]
> [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Ramiro Diaz
> Trepat
> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 7:36 AM
> To: [hidden email]; Seaside - general discussion
> Subject: [Seaside] elections
>
>  
>
> I'm happy we had elections with such a fine group of candidates running.
> Heck, I know it is certainly not the same, but I was never able to say the
> same about any election process here in Argentina :)
> What I'm not happy about is the size of the community, we had only 182
> votes!  It's unbelievable insignificant...  I am a bit sad about it.
> Does anybody have an estimation of how large the is the Squeak community,
> besides the "voting" community ?
> I know that with the OLPC project, in 10 years we will have miiiiiilions of
> young guys and gals who know how to code in Smalltalk, and then.... we'll
> take over the world ;)
>
> _______________________________________________
> Seaside mailing list
> [hidden email]
> http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/seaside

> From: Daryl Richter
>
>
> Though it is admittedly small comfort, I have been recently cheered by my
> success in evangelizing Scratch and Squeak and Seaside to my son's middle
> school (6th grade, 11-12 year olds) class through their "Applied Tech"
> teacher.
>
> The good news is that it is catching on like wildfire (my son is swamped
> wih
> kids wanting to teach them) and the teacher is also enthusiastic because
> the
> kids have never been this excited before.
>
> Aren't you all teaching your kids Smalltalk?  You should.  :)
>
> On 3/8/07 8:01 AM, "Ron Teitelbaum" <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> > Hi Ramiro,
> >
> >
> >
> > Very good questions, I really do not know how big the community is.
> > Squeak-dev has about 1500 members and it looks like a large number of
> those
> > do not receive mail.  I can imagine that a number of people that use
> squeak
> > say 9/10 are not involved enough to want to be subscribed to squeak-dev.
> So
> > a guess is that there are around 10 thousand squeakers.  I was happy to
> see
> > that our percentage was higher, but only about 1% then last year.  I
> have to
> > wonder how many people that signed up on squeakPeople have dropped out
> of
> > the community and if the 1% increase was just new members.
> >
> >
> >
> > Anyway I'm doing my part on weeklysqueak.wordpress.com to bring in new
> > people.  We are getting 300-700 hits a day!  With all the developments
> like
> > Croquet, Sophie, OLPC, Scratch . we should be entering a new phase that
> will
> > revitalize the community.
> >
> >
> >
> > Happy Squeaking!
> >
> >
> >
> > Ron Teitelbaum
> >
> > Squeak News Team Member
> >
> > Squeak Elections Team Member
> >
> >
> >
> >   _____
> >
> > From: [hidden email]
> > [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Ramiro
> Diaz
> > Trepat
> > Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 7:36 AM
> > To: [hidden email]; Seaside - general discussion
> > Subject: [Seaside] elections
> >
> >
> >
> > I'm happy we had elections with such a fine group of candidates running.
> > Heck, I know it is certainly not the same, but I was never able to say
> the
> > same about any election process here in Argentina :)
> > What I'm not happy about is the size of the community, we had only 182
> > votes!  It's unbelievable insignificant...  I am a bit sad about it.
> > Does anybody have an estimation of how large the is the Squeak
> community,
> > besides the "voting" community ?
> > I know that with the OLPC project, in 10 years we will have miiiiiilions
> of
> > young guys and gals who know how to code in Smalltalk, and then....
> we'll
> > take over the world ;)
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Seaside mailing list
> > [hidden email]
> > http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/seaside
>
> --
> Daryl
> http://itsallsemantics.com
>
> "We want great men who, when fortune frowns, will not be discouraged."
>     -- Colonel Henry Knox, 1776
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Seaside mailing list
> [hidden email]
> http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/seaside

> From: Daryl Richter
>
>
> Though it is admittedly small comfort, I have been recently cheered by my
> success in evangelizing Scratch and Squeak and Seaside to my son's middle
> school (6th grade, 11-12 year olds) class through their "Applied Tech"
> teacher.
>
> The good news is that it is catching on like wildfire (my son is swamped wih
> kids wanting to teach them) and the teacher is also enthusiastic because the
> kids have never been this excited before.
>
> Aren't you all teaching your kids Smalltalk?  You should.  :)
>
> --
> Daryl
> http://itsallsemantics.com
>
> "We want great men who, when fortune frowns, will not be discouraged."
>     -- Colonel Henry Knox, 1776
>