[school-discuss] Re: Educational/ Open Source Foundries (fwd)

[Matt Jezorek <matt@bluelinux.org>]

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Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 12:40:18 -0700
From: John Mark Walker <johnmark@vasoftware.com>
To: David Geilhufe <dgeilhufe@yahoo.com>, matt@bluelinux.org
Subject: Re: Educational/ Open Source Foundries

Just to keep you updated.

We have been busy bug-fixing the slash-based foundries these past couple 
of weeks, but now we're at a point where we have started to think about 
new features, so I think this is a good time to start the long-overdue 
process of creating these 2 foundries.

Unfortunately for you (fortunately for me) I'm taking a long-deserved 
vacation next week. So the day where we can begin this process in 
earnest is May 29. I look forward to seeing your ideas for how this 
foundry should be run.

Incidentally, I went to schoolforge for the first time. It's an 
impressive effort, although I'm not sure how it fits in with efforts 
such as seul.org. I would be very interested in hearing how we can 
contribute to the synergy (ack! marketing-speak alert!) between these 
and other projects.

Thanks,
JM

On Monday 06 May 2002 09:12 pm, David Geilhufe wrote:
> Dear Matt-
>
> I wanted to introduce myself and respond to this thread on 
schoolforge:
> >To: John Mark Walker <johnmark@vasoftware.com>
> >Subject: [school-discuss] Re: New Foundry Request / Educational
>
> Computing
> From: Matt Jezorek <matt@bluelinux.org>
>
> >Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 21:45:44 -0500 (EST)
> >I think that an educational foundry should be separate from any
> > other foundry. Here is why:
>
> I just discovered the school forge list though I know of schoolforge
> and bluelinux. I'm one of the nonprofit guys that has been talking to
> John about an NPO foundry. I'm on the board of the Nonprofit Open
> Source Initiative (NOSI www.nosi.net) and have done quite a bit in
> community technology centers, community-based nonprofits and the
> Oakland Public Schools.
>
> I wonder if we could get together on the phone and explore the
> potential for the two communities to be together in their early stage
> of our evolution. In my own work, I see a lot of overlap... One of my
> partner companies is building an MIS system for private schools and a
> major application in the openacs space is a class management,
> collaborative learning environment commissioned by MIT that has
> applications in the K-12 space.
>
> I'm also a little concerned that our communities don't have enough
> dedicated resources to sustain strong moderation on things like the
> foundries... We may need one another's people resources to be truly
> successful.
>
> Anyway, might we get together on the phone after May 15 for me to
> learn a little more about the open source schools efforts and to
> explore how it may or may not make sense for our communities to work
> together? (I'm getting married this weekend... Hence the advanced
> scheduling) When might be a good time?
>
> David
>
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