It will be an honor, John. Thank you for the invitation. Warm wishes, Nellie Deutsch http://www.nelliemuller.com Doctoral Student Educational Leadership Curriculum and Instruction Get ready for CO10: http://connecting-online.ning.com/ Free online workshops on WikiEducator: http://www.wikieducator.org/Workshops
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 2:06 AM, john stampe <[email protected]> wrote: > >Would you like to help us co-ordinate an international activity > encouraging WkiEducators and affiliated insitutions to sign the Cape Town > Open Declaration on SFD? > > Yes. > > > http://www.wikieducator.org/User:JohnWS > http://johnsearth.blogspot.com > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Wayne Mackintosh <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Friday, August 21, 2009 6:35:20 PM > *Subject:* [WikiEducator] Re: Cape Town Open Eduacation Declaration > > Hi John, > > No need for apology -- This gives us a greater opportunity to share the > official launch of OERF globally! Don't know why I didn't thing of this > before! > > Would you like to help us co-ordinate an international activity encouraging > WkiEducators and affiliated insitutions to sign the Cape Town Open > Declaration on SFD? > > Pretty neat idea? > > > Cheers > Wayne > > 2009/8/21 john stampe <[email protected]> > >> Wayne, sorry to rain on your parade ;-(. >> >> I do not doubt that OERF is very much committed to the goals of the Cape >> Town declaration, I actually thought is was more of an oversite, since as >> you say OERF is a new non-profit. >> >> Anyway, I am glad to see that we will have a big launch of OERF, >> >> I like the idea of having a Wikieducator signing initiative on Software >> Freedom Day. An informal workgroup might be a good idea. >> >> I was also an early signatory to the declaration, long before I had even >> heard of WE. :-) >> >> http://www.wikieducator.org/User:JohnWS >> http://johnsearth.blogspot.com >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Wayne Mackintosh <[email protected]> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Sent:* Friday, August 21, 2009 5:32:48 PM >> *Subject:* [WikiEducator] Re: Cape Town Open Eduacation Declaration >> >> Hi John that's a very astute observation :-) >> >> You will see that I'm personally one of the early signatories of the >> declaration -- see the bottom of this page: >> http://www.capetowndeclaration.org/read-the-declaration :-) >> >> Also, Otago Polytechnic (the host institution of the OER Foundation) is >> also a signatory of the Cape Town Open Education Declaration) -- I can >> assure you that we're 150% behind the document. >> >> WikiEducator committed to the Free cultural works definition ( >> http://freedomdefined.org/Definition) before the inception of the Cape >> Town Open Education Declaration. >> >> I've been holding my breath that no one would notice the absense of the >> OERF signature - we're a new non profit -- Now the cat is out of the bag >> ;-) -- We're planning the official launch of the OER Foundation to coincide >> with Software Freedom Day which is celebrated on 17 September around the >> world. We've been holding back on the official launch of the OER Foundation >> for this important day. See: >> >> http://softwarefreedomday.org/ >> >> One of our planned activities will be the OERF's official signing of the >> Cape Town Open Content Declaration. Now that our launch "secret" is now >> public -- perhaps we should plan a global WikiEducator initiative invloving >> individuals signing the Open Content Declaration and having a page dedicated >> to all WikiEducators who sign the declaration on SFD. >> >> No need for a WE council decision on this -- we adopted free content >> licensing as a core value of WE from the start of the project :-). Is a >> non-negotiable value of the community. >> >> Perhaps we need an informal workgroup to plan activities around SFD >> coinciding with the official launch of the OERF. >> >> Thoughts? >> >> Cheers >> Wayne >> >> >> >> 2009/8/21 john stampe <[email protected]> >> >>> The Wikieducator website home page has a link to the Cape Town Open >>> Eduacation Declaration (even though indirectly through the featured >>> institution section). But looking through the list of signatories, I noticed >>> that the OER Foundation is not a signatory to the declaration. >>> >>> Not sure if such a decision would need to be approved by the Council. >>> >>> P.S. All wikieducators should also sign the declaration if you have not >>> already. You can sign here: >>> http://www.capetowndeclaration.org/sign-the-declaration >>> >>> http://www.wikieducator.org/User:JohnWS >>> http://johnsearth.blogspot.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. >> Director, >> International Centre for Open Education, >> Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. >> Board of Directors, OER Foundation. >> Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator, www.wikieducator.org >> Mobile +64 21 2436 380 >> Skype: WGMNZ1 >> Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. > Director, > International Centre for Open Education, > Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. > Board of Directors, OER Foundation. > Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator, www.wikieducator.org > Mobile +64 21 2436 380 > Skype: WGMNZ1 > Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. 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