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Re: [seul-edu] Getting started: Forming a coalition to promote freeand open toolsand content in education



Thinking aloud again. Look over this list.

Like any of them?

David

GRAPE, FRUIT, JUICE, NECTAR, ORANGE ......no luck.

*OSPrEy
Open Source Projects in/for Education

*OPEN
Open Projects for Education Now

This one could be the "OPEN Coalition"

*FOSTER
Free and Open Source Technology for Educational Reform

*Free and Open Source Tools for Educational Renaissance

*Free and Open Source Tools for Educational Renewal

*FOCUS
Free/Open source Coalition Urging Solutions (Ugh!)

*C-FOSSE
Coalition for Free and Open Source Solutions in Education
OR
the FOSSE coaliton


*FROST
Free and Open Source Tools (for education)

*FOSSE
Free Open Source Solutions for Education

*FOUL: Free Open Utensils for Lunch

*FOSTER: Free and Open Source Educational Resources

*COSSE
Coalition for Open Source Solutions in Education

*COSTE
Coalition for Open Source Technologies in Education


Les Richardson <richl@mail.tfsd.sk.ca> said:

> Hmm...doesn't coffee have a lot of associations with portable programming
> languages/libraries and risk confusing folks?
> 
> Just a thought.
> 
> 
> Les Richardson 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, David M. Bucknell wrote:
> 
> > Inspirational, Dave.  In the spirti of brainstorming, here's my try:
> > 
> > How about the notorious recursive acronym As GNU is Not Unix,
> > Sing is Not GNU,
> > 
> > *Cofee is Open/Free Education for Everyone
> > or
> > 
> > *Cofee Opens Free Education to/for Everyone
> > *Cofee makes Open, Free Education for Everyone
> > *Cofee is Open/Free Educational Engineering
> > *Coffee is Open/Free Evolution in Education (oops! I said the wront "e" word)
> > 
> > Cofee: Coaltion for Free/Open Education for Everyone
> > 
> > *Coffee Opens Fantastic Free Education to Everyone
> > *Coffee is Open/Free Fundamentals for education everywhere
> > *Coffee builds Open/Free Education Everywhere
> > 
> > OR along the "coalition" lines: 
> > *coffee: coalition for open/free education everywhere
> > *coffee: coalition for open/free education for everyone
> > 
> > 
> > In Dave Prentice's list, I think "Environments" comes closest.
> > i.e. Coalition for Open Free Educational Environments
> > or
> > Coalition for Open Friggin' Free Extraterrestrialism in Education
> > Coalition for Open/Free Extemporaneous Education
> > Coalition for Open Free Endeavors in Education
> > Coalition for Open Free Educational Endeavors
> > Coalition for Open Free  ...
> > 
> > Dave Prentice <dprentice@uno.edu> said:
> > 
> > > COFEE - Coalition for Open/Free Expansion in Education?
> > > or ... Enlightenment in Education?
> > > or ... Enhancements in Education?
> > > or ... Empowerment in Education?
> > > or ... Emplacement in Education?
> > > or ... Endeavors in Education?
> > > or ... Enrichment in Education?
> > > or ... Environments in Education?
> > > or ... Excogitation in Education? (huh?)
> > > or ... Evangelization in Education? (I think this is my favorite.)
> > > 
> > > Dave Prentice
> > > prentice@instruction.com
> > > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Roger Dingledine <arma@mit.edu>
> > > To: seul-edu@seul.org <seul-edu@seul.org>
> > > Date: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 11:43 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [seul-edu] Getting started: Forming a coalition to promote
> > > freeand open toolsand content in education
> > > 
> > > 
> > > >On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 12:11:36AM -0000, David M. Bucknell wrote:
> > > >> *Name: Cofee is a good idea. COFE might be good enough, though? What do
> > > people
> > > >> think? Possible? Could use the "obvious" logo idea anyway, couldn't we?
> > > >>
> > > >> Coalition for Free/Open Solution in Education rather than "Software" is
> > > my
> > > >> preference, in order to make "content" part of the bargain. Thoughts on
> > > this?
> > > >
> > > >If we're going with an acronym, I like the idea of an acronym that
> > > >doesn't start with an O. Seems like all but a few of them do, and I can
> > > >never keep them straight.
> > > >
> > > >That's my contribution. :) COFE sounds as good as any other, as far as
> > > >acronyms with no inherent meaning go.
> > > >
> > > >> *Trying to attract the interest of Open Source Writers group is a great
> > > idea,
> > > >> too. Is this possible?
> > > >
> > > >Well, the text as http://www.oswg.org/ makes it look like an uphill
> > > >battle. I can check with Deb to see what she's been up to lately. I will
> > > >do that once we are further along here.
> > > >
> > > >--Roger
> > > >
> > > >
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > David M. Bucknell
> > http://members.iteachnet.org/~david
> > http://www.OpenSourceSchools.org
> > http://members.iteachnet.org/webzine/
> > Fax: (US) 775-244-0803
> > 
> > 
> 



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