Promoting free software in education
Hi,
I have been speaking with Doug Loss and Roger Dingeldine of SEUL/edu
(see www.seul.org/edu) about a coalition they are forming, the purpose
of which will be to promote free software and free content in education.
I feel Debian and this coalition, which to date is being called
the Schoolforge[0] coalition, would benefit from Debian's membership
in it. Please see two messages by Doug Loss on what the coalition is
and what membership in it would mean:
http://www.seul.org/archives/seul/edu/Dec-2001/msg00101.html
http://www.seul.org/archives/seul/edu/Dec-2001/msg00106.html
Basically, I'd like to know the steps I'd have to go through to get
Debian involved.
Because of my work with Debian Jr. I am volunteering to, at least for
the interim, represent Debian in this group. However, I would really
prefer if someone with the needs of education closer to their heart
would take this position.
In the not too distant past, I had suggested to the Debian-jr list
that a Debian-edu workgroup should be created, and while people were
favourably inclined to the idea, so far, no developer has stepped up to
head up such a group. Thus, the task falls to Debian Jr. group even
though it is not a perfect fit.
Ben
[0] Schoolforge has no relationship to Sourceforge.
--
nSLUG http://www.nslug.ns.ca synrg@sanctuary.nslug.ns.ca
Debian http://www.debian.org synrg@debian.org
[ pgp key fingerprint = 7F DA 09 4B BA 2C 0D E0 1B B1 31 ED C6 A9 39 4F ]
[ gpg key fingerprint = 395C F3A4 35D3 D247 1387 2D9E 5A94 F3CA 0B27 13C8 ]
Reply to: