[OSGeo-Conf] Re: [OSGeo-Edu] "OSGeo Teach-in" event proposal

[venka.osgeo]

I think we also need to consider how the participants
of "OSGeo Teach-in" are going to be certified.

Perhaps the earlier discuss in "Certification Committee"
at http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2006-March/000251.html
could be worth re-examining.

Regards

Venka

Marco Ciolli wrote:
> Markus Neteler ha scritto:
>> (@OSGeo-conf: proposal for a disclaimer which could be interesting for
>>   teaching events, too)
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 6:16 AM, Daniel Ames <amesdani at isu.edu> wrote:
>>> Another way to think of this is to have the disclaimer come from the 
>>> point
>>> of view of the author.  In which case it might read something like this:
>>>
>>> "The authors of this tutorial believe that its content is consistent 
>>> with
>>> goal of the OSGeo foundation to create a global, open access 
>>> repository of
>>> educational material related to open source geospatial theory and
>>> technologies. Any mistakes, misrepresentations, or inaccuracies are the
>>> authors' alone."
>>
>> This is a very good proposal as it is formulated in a positive way.
>>
>>> This way, any author can use the OSGeo logo if they think that their 
>>> work is
>>> in line with OSGeo goals. In the same way that anyone can join OSGeo 
>>> if they
>>> think that they have something to offer. However, this statement 
>>> would make
>>> it very clear that the tutorial has been opted-in by the author, not
>>> developed "by" the OSGeo foundation.
>>
>> Right. And "developed by" the OSGeo foundation is in the end always
>> developed by foundation members! So it turns back to the author somehow.
>>
>>> This also leaves room for a tutorial to have additional statements 
>>> about the
>>> level of peer review, external testing, etc. as needed.
>>
>> Perfect!
>>
>> Markus
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> 
> 
> 
> I do agree, it seems an elegant way to answer the requests and to 
> respect a "general policy" that OSGeo must in any case define about 
> teaching.
> 
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