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

[Harry McGregor <micros@azstarnet.com>]

I am willing o use OSEF as a coordinating factor behind this.  Even
though our 501c3 is not thru yet, we are an incorporated coporation int
he state of arizona, etc.

		Harry

On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Doug Loss wrote:

> "David M. Bucknell" wrote:
> >
> > Honestly, I think the tasks are, in something like this order:
> >
> > 1. to get a name and a logo (again, I suggest that it not say Linux but rather
> > include it)
> >
> I'd suggest that an earlier step would be to get strong committments
> from some of the major distributions to support the effort.  Since we'll
> likely be trying to convince managerial types to consider our position,
> it will help greatly to have organizations that they will recognize as
> regular forms associated with us.  Otherwise they'll be leery of
> committing to an amorphous (from their point of view) entity that might
> cease to exist at any moment.
>
> As for a name, how about Coalition for Open Software in Education
> (COSE)?  Or perhaps Coalition for Open/Free Software in Education
> (COFSE).  If we can come up with a word starting with "E" that means
> software, we could get an acronym of COFEE, which could give an obvious
> logo.
>
> > 2. to form a group of people willing to work on gathering existing docs and
> > writing new ones (or intros to existing ones)
> >
> I think this will be fairly easy.  Roger, do we still have any contacts
> with that Open Source Writers group?
>
> > 3. to do the work: gather a list of existing bibliographies of docs and links
> > and to collate and improve them
> >
> Same as above.
>
> > 4. present the stuff to this and other lists in the form of individual rfc's.
> >
> > 5. to set it up so that it can be mirrored
> >
> > 6. to consider whether to continue
> >
> Nothing to consider.  We continue as long as there's a need.
>
> Doug Loss
> drloww@home.com
>

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