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> > > frequently (discounting global meltdown scenarios), an organization > > needs a panel of internal and external resources of people, to > > regularly orient new staff to use foss tools and techniques. > > Sometimes, when the progenitor of foss-adoption quits, the baby > > gets thrown out with with blender3d and bath water. > > So start training the trainers. There were requests for FLOSS > animation workshops. Niyam are you willing to give one. > We can try and organise in Mumbai. > [snip] am deliberately posting my response on a public and publicly-archived mailing list, yes! am willing to conduct professional workshops on FCP: FOSS for Creative Professionals (hehehe! not to be confused with FinalCutPro, obviously), provided: 1) i get paid professional fees for my professional services of 'sweatware'. See reference for all FOSS-enthusiasts: 'Quit Martydom. Say Yes To Money' http://www.niyam.com/gnulinux/lfy/fy/FY-monthly-col.php?aug2k8 why? a) people often think free software means professional-level training and consulting must be offered free-of-cost, or at most for a canteen-coupon that gets you one cup of chai, while you pay for your samosa. 2) show me a transformation and change-management plan that verifies your FOSS-adoption and deployment is based on solid and sustainable strategy and not fire-and-brimstone. why? a) else participants are often de-motivated and/or resistant to change. b) such workshops soon disintegrate into training and consulting on propr. software. c) all the effort put in by everyone goes to waste. don't have a plan? Let's work on it first. too much trouble already? yup! ain't propr. software suddenly so cool! hehe! regards niyam -- niyam bhushan
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