Just noting.... How about some session on network resource management and scripting?
On Dec 6, 2007 6:31 AM, Subir Pradhanang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear Friends, > > This is a call for applications for LTSP Training of Trainers. FOSS > Nepal Community (www.fossnepal.org) and Help Nepal Network > (www.helpnepal.net) are jointly conducting a training for prospective > trainers for Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP - www.ltsp.org) based > e-Library. This is part of a series of trainings to be conducted in > the future. To alleviate the inclining trend of 'Digital Divide' in > Nepal, e-Library as an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) > tool that aims to incorporate both 'Health' and 'Education' sector is > opted with its viability in terms of technical and economical > perspective in reference to Nepal and the Nepalese. With the rising > interest in LTSP by different groups involved in rural education, it > has presently been a topic of discussion for both national and > international donor agencies as well as the community beneficiaries. > Due to its growing potential and magnitude, we are in search of > technical manpower who would help us deploy LTSP based e-library as > volunteers in different parts of Nepal. Hence, this training is an > effort to create this manpower from among the students who can devote > their time for the training and the project deployments. > > The involvement of students in this training will provide them with > enough expertise to be part of e-Library projects as technical > volunteer. This will not only help the Help Nepal Network and FOSS > Nepal Community achieve their goal, but, also the students as they > will get a practical exposure about community work along with a chance > to visit different parts of Nepal. They will also be learning a new > system based on Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), and will further > understand its potential in development of nation's ICT > infrastructure. > > To sum it up, the focus of the training is to provide training to > prospective trainers which could create a pool of volunteers for > deployment of LTSP e-Library all over Nepal. > > Please see: > http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=LTSP_Training_of_Trainers > for more details. > > * Please disseminate it to your interested peer circle. > > Date, Time and Venue: > Two-day training covering all the essentials of the LTSP system > installation and administration on December 15-16, 2007, at the end of > which each participant will be awarded a certificate for the > completion of their training. > > The selected candidates will be notified about the time and venue by > phone and/or email. > > No. of Participants: > 20–25 participants on the basis of application form > > Areas that will be covered: > - Linux and Networking Basics > - LTSP specific administration > - System administration > > Fees: > Registration fee: Rs. 50 (for CD's and other materials to be provided) > > Lunch and tea will be provided to the participants. > > Please find the application form along with this email and send the > completed application form in plain text format (.txt) to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] The deadline for sending your completed > application form is December 11, 2007 (Tuesday). Please refer below > for the format of the application form. We will confirm receipt of the > application immediately. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > APPLICATION FORM > > Please provide answers to all the following questions: > > 1. Basic personal information: > (a) Name: > (b) Gender: > (c) Date of Birth: > (d) School/College Name: > (e) Computer skills: > (f) Contact Address: > (g) E-mail address: > (h) Telephone: > (i) Mobile: > (j) Are you familiar with Linux Operating System? Yes/No > > 2. Have you heard about LTSP before or not? > > 3. Why do you want to participate in LTSP Training of Trainers? > > 4. Do you think that the technical knowledge that you gain could be > leveraged for carrying out community projects? > > 5. If later we call upon you for participating in an LTSP deployment, > how do you think you could provide your participation? > > Note: > 1. Please make sure that all the questions are answered in order to be > considered for selection > 2. The right of selection of the participants is reserved to LTSP > Training of Trainers committee > 3. Only shortlisted candidates will be informed by phone and/or email > by Thursday December 13, 2007 > 4. Certificates of the training will only be provided to those > candidates who will be present throughout the training > > Last Day for Applications: December 11, 2007 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > For further information, please contact: > > - Roshendra Khadka (98510-42842) > - Shishir Jha (98510-87591) > - Email queries at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Regards, > Subir B. 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