[OSGeo-Edu] Re: OEGEO Logo

[Tyler Mitchell]

I agree, we need to discuss this first and come up with an idea of  
what kinds of courses we could endorse or not.

Tyler

On 12-Aug-06, at 12:30 AM, Ari Jolma wrote:

> Gary,
>
> Could you post the outline and target audience of the course on  
> this list or on the wiki, so that the edu committee can recognise  
> it? I guess "recognizing" means that we see the outline, maybe  
> discuss it a bit and don't oppose putting the logo on the certificate.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Ari
>
> Frank Warmerdam kirjoitti:
>> On 8/11/06, Gary Watry <watry at steam.coaps.fsu.edu> wrote:
>>> Hi Frank
>>> I am getting ready to start the fall open source GIS  Course
>>>
>>> Several people have asked if I could come up with a "Certificate of
>>> Completion" for the end of the course.
>>>
>>> What I would like to do is include the OSGEO logo on a simple
>>> certificate; see attached powerpoint or pdf file. I would like to  
>>> put it
>>> in the upper-left corner. Is this doable?
>>
>> Gary,
>>
>> My suggestion would be to take this up with the educational
>> committee.  I'm hesitant to pursue some sort of formal OSGeo
>> certification right away, but I don't think there would be a
>> problem with the course being "OSGeo recognised" or something
>> of that sort.
>>
>> My take is that the educational committee would come up with
>> some guidelines for what an OSGeo recognised course would
>> be like, and could then designate courses according to the criteria
>> after a review of the course material.
>>
>> I think this would be a "light weight" step that might eventually
>> lead to some more formal certification process.
>>
>> I'm cc:ing the edu committee and will leave this between you
>> and them as I'm on vacation this week.
>>
>> Best regards,
>
>
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> Teknillinen Korkeakoulu / Helsinki University of Technology
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