Hi, I agree with all the views of colleagues, but I think it's past time to have a center of excellence in Training LibreOffice in Brazil, which provides certifications and material to users.The same center could sell propagating material and product marketing.
Clóvis On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 11:02 AM, Paulo de Souza Lima < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello. > > I make mine your issues. We have the same felling in Brazil. Can you > provide > a copy of your handbook in order the Brazilian Doc Team to translate it to > Portuguese? Obviously, any issue concerning to certification should wait > until the BoD be elected and begin to deliberate on that. But I really wish > to know the contents of this handbook earlier and discuss them with the > Brazilian community. > > Best Regards. > > 2011/9/4 Ian Lynch <[email protected]> > > > Background > > > > As many will know we have been working on FOSS friendly qualifications > for > > end-users for several years now through the INGOT project. The > > qualifications and associated certificates are differentiated across 6 > > levels covering all software applications from complete beginner to > > university entrance level. The assessment criteria are generic and based > on > > the UK National Standards referenced to the European Qualifications > > Framework. Further, the assessment is backed by a comprehensive (Drupal + > > LAMP) on-line system for managing submission of evidence, moderation, > > progress tracking, reporting and authentication of certificates. > > > > We have been invited by the OpenOffice.org certification project to work > in > > partnership with them to support a large corporate training company in > > providing certification of user skills in OpenOffice.org. This is simply > a > > matter of contextualising the assessments with evidence drawn from OOo or > > products derived from that code base. The assessment criteria are no > > different from those used for any office products but the evidence has to > > be > > provided using OOo, LibO or other OOo based applications. In this sense > > changes to OOo or LibO are unlikely to have a material effect on the > > certification and that is a deliberate design strategy in the UK national > > frameworks. You don't want to have to potentially change things on every > > new > > release. > > > > The specific proposal is to use the LibO logo on end user certificates > and > > the LibreOffice name and logo on the handbook with full acknowledgement > of > > trade marks etc. There will be a payment back to the community for each > > certificate issued carrying a LibO logo - I can't be precise at the > moment > > as we are still working out costs but it is likely to be around 50 cents > to > > a dollar per certificate. We are trying to keep costs down to get maximum > > reach to less economically advantaged nations. High volume will make the > > marketing dimension more effective but we also have to cover hosting, > > quality assurance and other costs. > > > > I don't really know where LibO certification fits into this. It might not > > and if so there is no harm done, we can just carry on as before. I just > > thought this might be an opportunity for something that could be a joint > > OOo/LibO activity and a means of raising brand awareness for LibO. Since > I > > fly to Ecuador with Manfred Reiter from Frankfurt in about 1.5 weeks and > > the > > handbook is currently being translated into Spanish by Alexandro > Colorado, > > it would be helpful to have an answer as soon as possible. If anyone > wants > > a > > copy of the draft handbook I can send it. We aim to make it available > from > > Lulu in paper form, as an e-book, as a downloadable pdf and in web pages > > translated into multiple languages. > > > > -- > > Ian > > > > Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications (The Schools ITQ) > > > > www.theINGOTs.org +44 (0)1827 305940 > > > > The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, > > Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. 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