Thanks Anil --

Lets hope for a positive outcome :-)

Cheers
Wayne

2009/12/7 aprasad <[email protected]>

> Dear Dr. Wayne and other friends,
>
> That is a great idea. Plz approach UNV for a license negotiation.
>
> On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Wayne Mackintosh <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Randy, Phil
>>
>> I think UNV is a great concept and also thank everyone for thinking about
>> creative ways in serving the WikiEducator mission :-)
>>
>> I am however, a little concerned about the Copyright statement on the UNV
>> site, see:
>>
>> http://www.onlinevolunteering.org/en/vol/copyright.html
>>
>> I see that any information we submit to the UNV site will become all
>> rights reserved to the UN. Technically we can't do this as it is a against
>> the core values of the WikiEducator family.
>>
>> I can of course approach the UNV administrators on behalf of the OER
>> Foundation / WikiEducator for an exception in the case of a WikiEducator
>> produced appication to license the information we create under our default
>> open content licenses. Should be an interesting test case :-).
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Cheers
>> Wayne
>>
>>
>>
>> 2009/12/7 Randy Fisher <[email protected]>
>>
>> Hi Everyone,
>>>
>>> Just for fun, I went to look at the registration area and application
>>> form.
>>>
>>> What I saw, tells me that Wayne is the one to fill it out, as we need a
>>> "Registration Certificate" to be uploaded, and as the OER Foundation is the
>>> "organization" supporting WikiEducator, that's what we need. (WikiEducator
>>> is a project - as I understand it, the community 'owns' it, but it doesn't
>>> have any legal status).
>>>
>>> So, to make things easier, I've created a page on the wiki, where the
>>> appropriate information can be inputted -- because it's a real pain to go
>>> through one of these applications, and then realize that you don't have all
>>> of the information, and the system discards what you've already completed.
>>> http://www.wikieducator.org/UNV
>>>
>>> Moreover, this information will be valuable to us, as we look for
>>> national, regional and local opportunities to attract volunteers, to work on
>>> projects of importance to us, in our growing international WikiEducator
>>> community.
>>>
>>> Great points, Phil!
>>>
>>> - Randy
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 9:40 PM, Phil Bartle <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think that it is a good idea, for training students how to use
>>>> WikiEducator.
>>>>
>>>> We have used UNV OV for several years, although our way of doing it is
>>>> different from how WikiEd will need to do it.
>>>>
>>>> Important thing is that we have volunteer coordinators, who guide
>>>> volunteers through their assignments, encourage them when they show
>>>> signs of slipping away, and keeping track of who is doing what.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Phil
>>>>
>>>> If the coach does the pushups,
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