[Qgis-psc] Notes about certification

[Nathan Woodrow]

Because really training should just cover if the provider is able to train
to a given level and the material covers given topics well.  If you are a
training provider a lot of the times you might have IP or workflows inside
the training you provide as well as the core stuff.   Personally, I just
think it's a bit of a hard sell to force people to open their training
material to the public, which could have an impact on the income they
generate, meaning they might not run as many courses therefor not give us
the money at all.

- Nathan

On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 5:08 PM Tim Sutton <tim at kartoza.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> On 11 Sep 2018, at 08:30, Nathan Woodrow <madmanwoo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> * the training material for each course should be released with a free
>> license, and a review will be done; if the material is not of adequate
>> quality, this is a cause for refusal
>
>
> I'm also not in favor of this really.  I think a review process is ok but
> forcing people to release their training material isn't really a nice thing
> to do IMO.
>
>
> I am of the opposite view - asking people to share their training
> materials (could be a link to official training materials) is a very
> tangible way to get people to contribute back to the project and seems in
> keeping with the general ethos of the project. And this would only apply to
> those who want to be part of the certification programme. Could you
> elaborate a bit on why you think it is not a nice thing to do?
>
> Regards
>
> Tim
>
>
> - Nathan
>
> On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 3:40 PM Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> here the notes about the improved procedure for accepting training
>> certifying organizations.
>>
>> If anything unclear, please integrate or let me know.
>>
>> Cheers.
>>
>> ===
>>
>> We elaborated a clear and open procedure for accepting certified
>> entities, with the main aim of driving people to actively support the
>> project:
>>
>> * in the application process the proponent should explain what are his
>> contribution to QGIS project
>>
>> * following an initial review, the application will be sent to local
>> QGIS groups for their opinon, which should take place in less than one
>> monthly; where there is no user group, the responsibility will fall
>> entirely on PSC shoulders
>>
>> * the training material for each course should be released with a free
>> license, and a review will be done; if the material is not of adequate
>> quality, this is a cause for refusal
>>
>> * then PSC will take a decision and publish the contributions as stated
>> by the proponent, for transparency.
>>
>> --
>> Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu
>> QGIS & PostGIS courses: http://www.faunalia.eu/training.html
>> https://www.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=IT&q=qgis,arcgis
>>
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