[OSGeo-Edu] OSGeo logo and educational material

[Helena Mitasova]

I agree with this too, and I also like the idea for specific logo tag  
line.
Charlie, maybe you can start a motion to get this policy officially
approved by the edu committee so that we can make this a resolved
item and continue working on the rest of the issues?

Helena


On Jun 27, 2008, at 1:26 PM, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote:

> I agree with this approach and Ned's comments too.  One related  
> thing we can do is have a specific logo, with a custom "tag" line -  
> e.g. OSGeo Education or if/when appropriate "OSGeo Courseware"..  
> etc..  Just a thought.
>
> Tyler
>
> On 27-Jun-08, at 7:16 AM, Daniel Ames wrote:
>
>> I think this is moving in the right direction. That is, rather  
>> than having the EDU committee thoroughly review the content -  
>> which could be daunting and time consuming - we focus on the  
>> technicalities: 1) is the material focused on open source  
>> geospatial software? 2) does the material carry a compatible  
>> license?  3) does a brief review of the material suggest that it  
>> is of good quality (by consensus of the reviewers)?  These three  
>> questions could be answered very quickly - in a matter of minutes  
>> - at which point the authors would be encouraged to use the logo  
>> with the brief disclaimer. This places minimal burden on the EDU  
>> (sub?)-committee responsible for the reviews so as not to create  
>> any bottlenecks, but ensures a few basic common characteristics of  
>> the material. - Dan
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