[school-core] Re: woud like to setup a free newsletter service

[Mark Nielsen <markn@audioboomerang.com>]

Sounds fine to me!
Yeah, I may have already joined a month ago when I think about it.
I was trying to get eastmont.net to join a group a month ago, and I
think it was schoolforge. I have seen you guy sin the past, so I
probably already have an account there.

I will talk to you later this week!
Mark


David Bucknell wrote:

>Thanks for the details, Mark. No one can blame you for making a
living.
>Don't worry. I was just asking and as you use open source, you're
the
>kind of person we want involved and I'm sure we could find a way to
use
>the service you are offering. I'm going to cc this to the
>schoolforge-core group for comments and questions and then I'll
write
>asking you how to start learning to use what you're offering. Will
you
>join schoolforge? I don't think your partner would object; it
doesn't
>mean you can't be commercial, but that you support open source for
>education.
>
>David
>
>Quoting Mark Nielsen <markn@audioboomerang.com>:
>
>
>
>>Hello!
>>
>>Thanks! Our website doesn't so our technology justice. It makes us
look
>>like
>>a Flash shop, when actually our strength is the delivering and
tracking.
>>
>>We use all open source technology, specifically GPL when I can do
it.
>>As far as giving our setup away to the universe, no, we are a
profit
>>company.
>>Maybe someday, but right now a lot of our competitors really suck
when it
>>comes to technology and we blow them away. I can't do it. My
partner
>>would be very upset.
>>
>>What I can offer right now is to let you guys setup templates for
>>newsletters, fill
>>in the content, send it out, track people and what they do with
the
>>newsletters,
>>and get custom-made reports based on the traffic of the reports.
>>
>>Also what I can do right now is lend expertise to help you guys
out
>>using open
>>sourced technologies for the stuff I know (HTML, Javascript, Perl,
Python,
>>PHP, SQL, Linux, Apache, etc) to solve problems you have, but I
>>can't give any of the programming away that I do for
AudioBoomerang.
>>That isn't entirely true, you can look at,
>>http://www.tcu-inc.com/Products/MAPPS/
>>which is the technology I use to setup new systems. I wrote it all
myself.
>>
>>Sound cool?
>>
>>Mark
>>
>>David Bucknell wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Dear Mark,
>>>
>>>This is very kind of you. I had a look at (Aussie) AudioBoomerang
and was
>>>quite impressed. Is any of the technology you are using open
sourced? Open
>>>Source Schools is part of a growing coalition of organizations
fostering
>>free
>>>software and open source software and resources for schools. It's
called
>>>Schoolforge (http://www.schoolforge.net) and I wonder if you
would be
>>willing
>>>to join and lend your expertise? One of our members, etc
>>>(http://www.enigma.com) Web casts Gutenberg texts read-aloud and
public
>>domain
>>>music. They might be ready to use your help right away. In
addition,
>>>schoolforge wants to reach schools with effective information
about free and
>>>open resources. I think you might have a good idea about the
"effective"
>>part.
>>
>>>Join us?
>>>
>>>David Bucknell
>>>for Open Source Schools and Schoolforge
>>>
>>>Quoting Mark Nielsen <markn@audioboomerang.com>:
>>>
>>>>Hello!
>>>>
>>>>I am very interested in open source schools. I do some teaching
in a
>>>>non-profit center for free. I also have a a company I run with a
partner
>>at
>>>>audioboomerang.com. We create, deliver, track, and generate
reports on
>>>>multimedia presentations we send through email and the web.
>>>>I was interested in knowing if you would like to set something
up with us
>>>>(for free) to send newsletters to any mailing list you may have.
We can
>>>>deliver, track, and generate custom reports for you.
>>>>Just a little contribution I would like to do! -- if you need
it.
>>>>
>>>>Talk to you later! Thanks!
>>>>Mark