Hi All, I appreciate the exploratory nature of these discussions, and the freedom to consider a variety of options in going forward, sideways, and no matter which way ~ moving!
Regarding a commission going back to WikiEducator to support infrastructure, I would gladly give 5% or more to the cause, particularly if WE.com was instrumental in helping me make the sale. (In the corporate world, many consulting service organizations regularly take 20-30% off the top!). So, in this way, everyone would win - me, WE and the client! Seems pretty sustainable to me.... - Randy On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 10:04 PM, Wayne Mackintosh <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Declan, > > WikiEducator.org is a free content initiative and will always remain free > as in "freedom of speech" --- our project is rooted and informed by the > essential freedoms (See: > http://www.wikieducator.org/Wikieducator_tutorial/What_is_free_content/Freedom_as_concept) > > WikiEducator.org will not entertain advertising or OER content which does > not meet the requirements of the free cultural works definition. (See: > http://www.wikieducator.org/Wikieducator_tutorial/What_is_free_content/Free_content_defined > ). > > In line with our core values -- we do not want to restrict the freedoms of > individuals to earn a living. For example, their may be Learning Designers > who wish to provide services on a fee for service basis in adding value to > the quality of Wikieducator.org content projects. WikiEducator.com is an > open initiative exploring how these services could add value to building a > sustainable OER ecosystem -- not in competition with our project, but as a > listing of optional services which are distinct and separate from the > WikiEducator.org initiative. This could possible generate a small revenue, > for example a 1% commission from gross sales of professional services to > help support the WE infrastructure. > > The Wikieducator.com discussions are open, tentative and exploratory --- > we're considering a variety of ideas to compliment and augment our OER > project. > > We welcome ongoing feedback and ideas from the community. > > Cheers > Wayne > > > > > > > On Fri, 2009-02-13 at 17:06 -0800, Declan wrote: > > Hi all, one of my students stumbled onto our .com alter ego. I > noticed a lot of familiar users. Has there been discussion here that > I missed in my off season (June through December)? > > How will it work? Do we anticipate that the products will be > generated mostly by WE users? > > Declan > > > > > > -- ________________ Randy Fisher * Change/Transition & Program/Project Support * Stakeholder Engagement, Collaboration & Performance * Community Building & Organization Development * eLearning & eCoaching * Open Source & Open Education + 1 604.684.2275 [email protected] http://www.wikieducator.org - Member, WikiEducator Community Council http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Randyfisher * Can You Do the Wiki-Wiki? http://www.wikieducator.org/Wiki_Wiki Skype: wikirandy --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
