[WikiEducator] gardening the Initiatives list; now A, B, C, etc.

2009-11-07 Thread Randy Fisher
Hi Everyone, Well, it's moving into winter here on the East Coast, and I have felt compelled to do some WikiEd gardening! I separated out the A, B, C, etc., so it's easier to see where projects fit, well at least from my perspective. smile Hope it helps - and please continue to add your

[WikiEducator] Re: gardening the Initiatives list; now A, B, C, etc.

2009-11-07 Thread aprasad
Hi Randy, you are right, the listing is very easy now. Great work! On 11/7/09, Randy Fisher wikira...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Everyone, Well, it's moving into winter here on the East Coast, and I have felt compelled to do some WikiEd gardening! I separated out the A, B, C, etc., so it's easier

[WikiEducator] Re: WE blog or newsletter?

2009-11-07 Thread Steve Foerster
Wayne wrote: Agree we need to be very careful with mass-email which can arguably and justifiably be labelled as WE  spam. I would suggest implementing an option for new users to subscribe to a news / letter magazine.  We can consider a once off notification to WE account holders regarding the

[WikiEducator] Re: Graphic Design Volunteer -- WE need some help?

2009-11-07 Thread Pankaj Khare
Wayne, Can I be of some help in this? I understand, after a long gap, I need to put some hours. Pl let me know. On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 8:02 AM, Wayne Mackintosh mackintosh.wa...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Everyone, Do we have any graphic designers on the list who could help out with converting

[WikiEducator] Re: WE blog or newsletter?

2009-11-07 Thread Ray Sharma
Agree that anything you do should have an easy opt in opt out option Don't forget RSS either - most blogs generate RSS (a list of recent submissions) anyway and this can form the basis of a newsletter too. Google homepage, many email readers today all support RSS subscription. The real

[WikiEducator] Re: WE blog or newsletter?

2009-11-07 Thread Wayne Mackintosh
Hi Steve. 2009/11/8 Steve Foerster st...@hiresteve.com Wayne wrote: Agree we need to be very careful with mass-email which can arguably and justifiably be labelled as WE spam. I would suggest implementing an option for new users to subscribe to a news / letter magazine. We can consider

[WikiEducator] Re: WE blog or newsletter?

2009-11-07 Thread Wayne Mackintosh
Hi Ray, 2009/11/8 Ray Sharma r...@raymondo.net Agree that anything you do should have an easy opt in opt out option Don't forget RSS either - most blogs generate RSS (a list of recent submissions) anyway and this can form the basis of a newsletter too. Google homepage, many email readers

[WikiEducator] Re: Graphic Design Volunteer -- WE need some help?

2009-11-07 Thread Wayne Mackintosh
Hi Pankaj, As always -- willing to help and serve :-). Your DTP skills will come in handy. Thank you very much. I'll send copy text and post links to the source images of the list. Cheers Wayne 2009/11/8 Pankaj Khare pkh...@ignou.ac.in Wayne, Can I be of some help in this? I understand,

[WikiEducator] Re: Graphic Design Volunteer -- WE need some help?

2009-11-07 Thread Mark Rauterkus
Tip: A very nice, but not fast, free, design logo maker is at logo.wikia.com. Go to this page. http://logocreation.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Requested_Logos Doing an entire brochure is a different request, but you might want a new (optional) dominant image / logo for the brochure and wiki??? Check

[WikiEducator] Re: Graphic Design Volunteer -- WE need some help?

2009-11-07 Thread Wayne Mackintosh
Hi Mark, Thanks for the pointers. We have someone helping us out with the development of a logo for the OER Foundation -- not a trivial design task :-) The request for help on the brochure is to convert the existing layout into open file formats, and once the OER Foundation logo is sorted,