Hi to all, The link for Open Philanthropy is: www.wikieducator.org/Open_Philanthropy
Cheers, - Randy On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 6:00 PM, Patricia Schlicht <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 Teacher Collaboration Forum" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-forum+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-forum%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator-teacher-collaboration-forum?hl=en > . > -- Open Education is a sustainable and renewable resource. ________________ Randy Fisher, MA, OMD Senior Consultant, Organization Development, Intersol Group, Canada Senior Consultant, Organization & Business Development International Centre for Open Education / OER Foundation, New Zealand Elected Member, WikiEducator Community Council, www.wikieducator.org +1 613.230.6424 x144 (EST) Skype: wikirandy Twitter: wikirandy * Stakeholder Engagement, Change / Transition Management & Performance * Organization Design & Development * Sustainable Project Implementation & Community-Building * E-Learning, Online Collaboration & Communities of Practice * Coaching & Facilitation * My Bio: http://www.communitybuildingexpert.com -- 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]
