Congratulations, Wayne, this is quite an accomplishment in such a short time. Onward and upwards!
Cheers, Patricia From: Wayne Mackintosh [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2009 2:47 PM To: WikiEducator; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [WikiEducator] Open philanthropy is the way to go! Hi everyone, Apology for any cross postings -- but good news for all WikiEducators! The OER Foundation is the non-profit entity which funds WikiEducator and our activities. As you know, these past few months we have been working on the open and transparent development of the strategy and 3-year operational plan for the OER Foundation. A personal note of thanks to all the WikiEducators around the world who have provided inputs to help develop and refine our plans through various channels including the wiki, our discussion lists and the hundreds of personal emails sent through to my desk. Thank you! The Board of Directors of the OER Foundation met today and have approved the strategy and 3 year operational plan for the OER Foundation -- without any changes! The Board has complemented our open approach and the quality of our planning. This bodes very well for the ongoing success of the WikiEducator project --- we have a solid foundation on which to build -- with thanks to all the educators around the world who are committed to creating, remixing and reusing OER for the social good of education. Open philanthropy is the way to go! Today I scanned the page documenting our early history (see: http://tinyurl.com/yase8m9 ) -- It's great to reflect on the fact that we were celebrating 2.3 million cumulative hits on the WE website after one year's operation. During October 2009, we recorded over 10.5 million hits to the site in one month! WE have come a long way. Now, with your help, lets make the future happen! Cheers Wayne Links Planning: http://wikieducator.org/OERF:Planning Strategy: http://wikieducator.org/OERF:Strategy Operational plan - (2009 - 2011) http://wikieducator.org/OERF:Operational_plan -- 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. 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] -- 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]
