[TOS] tos Digest, Vol 11, Issue 2

Luis Ibanez luis.ibanez at kitware.com
Mon Jan 4 16:14:00 UTC 2010


Stephen,

Just to double check, are you referring to the BIBA event
or to the OSCON Education Track proposal ?


   Thanks


        Luis

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On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Stephen Jacobs <itprofjacobs at gmail.com> wrote:
> Was already planning to submit something on the IRT class + Co-Op ecology to the emerging topics track :-)  How do you want to proceed?
> On Jan 4, 2010, at 10:24 AM, tos-request at teachingopensource.org wrote:
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>>   1. BIBA 2010 - Big Ideas Big Action! (Karlie Robinson)
>>   2. Re: Fwd: Re: [Ambassadors] OSCON Call for Proposals Now Open
>>      (Luis Ibanez)
>>   3. Re: Fwd: Re: [Ambassadors] OSCON Call for Proposals Now Open
>>      (Ralph Morelli)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:11:18 -0500
>> From: Karlie Robinson <karlie_robinson at webpath.net>
>> Subject: [TOS] BIBA 2010 - Big Ideas Big Action!
>> To: TOS <tos at teachingopensource.org>
>> Message-ID: <4B420516.5090106 at webpath.net>
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>> http://gobiba.org/ and http://biba-fbnews.eventbrite.com/
>>
>>
>>      BIBA = Big Ideas Big Action
>>
>> The participants at BIBA will help you build something new, or refresh
>> something old. You can attend, but you *must* share ideas and plan for
>> doing something that matters.
>>
>> You will leave excited, invigorated and connected to a group of people
>> that will support your .com, .gov and/or .org initiative.
>>
>> This is an event that will help train you to think creatively, generate
>> new ideas for your business/organization, and bring those ideas to life.
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>> Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 10:17:23 -0500
>> From: Luis Ibanez <luis.ibanez at kitware.com>
>> Subject: Re: [TOS] Fwd: Re: [Ambassadors] OSCON Call for Proposals Now
>>       Open
>> To: Karlie Robinson <karlie_robinson at webpath.net>
>> Cc: TOS <tos at teachingopensource.org>
>> Message-ID:
>>       <f7abd23c1001040717n49a569bcva552eb29e22bece9 at mail.gmail.com>
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>> Hi Karlie,
>>
>> Thanks for bringing this up.
>>
>> Yes, we have been brainstorming on proposing
>> an "Education" track for OSCON 2010.
>>
>> Please find below what we have as a very early
>> sketch:
>>
>> (You will notice that many of the topics/ideas
>> are taken from our discussions at TOSS last
>> October)
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>           Proposal for OSCON 2010
>>
>> 1) Propose a track that includes the following
>>    two topics:
>>
>>          a) Education about FOSS
>>          b) Using FOSS in Education
>>
>>
>> 2) We could look for four to five talks
>>   on each one of the two topics above,
>>   plus an open panel.
>>
>>   The panel could be focused on
>>   "what should be taught in a FOSS course"
>>
>>   and another on:
>>
>>   "How to connect student projects to
>>    FOSS junior jobs."
>>
>>
>> 3) The presentations should include
>>
>>    * RedHat POSSE
>>    * Google SoC
>>    * OLPC
>>    * Sugar Labs
>>    * Kubuntu
>>
>>
>> 3) Organizations that we should
>>   encourage to participate:
>>
>>       * Oregon U. Open Source Lab
>>       * Carnegie Mellon Open Source Lab
>>       * Seneca College
>>       * Trinity
>>       * HFOSS
>>       * OLPC / Sugar Labs
>>       * RIT
>>       * RPI
>>       * Please add here....
>>
>>
>> 4) We could also pursue getting FOSS
>>   companies to write and/or endorse a
>>   white paper on the importance of FOSS
>>   Education for EE and CS majors.
>>
>>   Such document will be a great help for
>>   Professors who need to raise awareness
>>   with the administration of their own
>>   institutions.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Please let us know what you think.
>>
>>
>>    Thanks
>>
>>
>>          Luis
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> 2010/1/1 Karlie Robinson <karlie_robinson at webpath.net>
>>
>>> Is anyone planning on going to this?  We should really be getting TOS on
>>> the list at a lot of these.  Otherwise is there a plan on how we can get to
>>> more Birds of a feather and EDU conferences to give talks?
>>>
>>> ~Karlie
>>>
>>> -------- Original Message --------  Subject: Re: [Ambassadors] OSCON Call
>>> for Proposals Now Open  Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 20:22:01 +0300  From: Frankie
>>> Mangoa <frankiemangoa at gmail.com> <frankiemangoa at gmail.com>  Reply-To:
>>> fedora-ambassadors-list at redhat.com  To: fedora-ambassadors-list at redhat.com
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>> happy new year ad rust this mail gets to you at the best of health.
>>> I am not too sure how to ask this but I was wondering if one can not
>>> make it to the meeting in pysical presence is there any other way of
>>> attending like maybe an online attendance.
>>> sorry if my question may sound a little of course.
>>>
>>> Please let me know.
>>>
>>> thank you in advance.
>>>
>>> regards,
>>> Frankie
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 10:43 PM, Kevin Higgins<crossbytes at fedoraproject.org> <crossbytes at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
>>>> OSCON, the O'Reilly Open Source Convention
>>>> July 19 - 23, 2010
>>>> Oregon Convention Center
>>>> Portland, OR
>>>> http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z6vqe2gib3muftdm7gevnvjou1imluto4nphda30
>>>>
>>>> Faster, Freer, Smarter: Whatever your Goal, Make It Happen with Open Source
>>>>
>>>> More than 2,500 experts, developers, sys admins, and hackers will meet
>>>> up at OSCON 2010 to explore the tools, services, and platforms that
>>>> make up the vibrant open source ecosystem. Join us!
>>>>
>>>> The OSCON Call for Participation is now open. If you have winning
>>>> techniques, favorite lifesavers, war stories, productivity tips, or
>>>> other ideas to share, we want to hear from you. We're especially on
>>>> the look-out for ways to do more with less, design and usability best
>>>> practices, mobile device innovations, cloud computing,
>>>> parallelization, open standards and data, open source in government,
>>>> business models, and beyond.
>>>>
>>>> Speak up about the freedom--and opportunity--of open source at OSCON
>>>> 2010. Submit your proposal by February 1, 2010 at:
>>>> http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zgho9r8tiallvan68v10o80nvpncccvrj47vp6j0
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Fedora-ambassadors-list mailing list
>>>> Fedora-ambassadors-list at redhat.com
>>>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-ambassadors-list
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
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>> Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 10:24:03 -0500
>> From: Ralph Morelli <ralph.morelli at trincoll.edu>
>> Subject: Re: [TOS] Fwd: Re: [Ambassadors] OSCON Call for Proposals Now
>>       Open
>> To: Luis Ibanez <luis.ibanez at kitware.com>
>> Cc: TOS <tos at teachingopensource.org>
>> Message-ID:
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>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>>
>> Hi Luis,
>>
>> I was also looking at OSCON's call and noticed that they don't have anything
>> on education at the meeting.  I would be interested in participating in this
>> on behalf of HFOSS and would be willing to help organize it, if needed.
>> Your outline looks like a great start.
>>
>> Best,
>> -- ralph
>>
>>
>> 2010/1/4 Luis Ibanez <luis.ibanez at kitware.com>
>>
>>>
>>> Hi Karlie,
>>>
>>> Thanks for bringing this up.
>>>
>>> Yes, we have been brainstorming on proposing
>>> an "Education" track for OSCON 2010.
>>>
>>> Please find below what we have as a very early
>>> sketch:
>>>
>>> (You will notice that many of the topics/ideas
>>> are taken from our discussions at TOSS last
>>> October)
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>           Proposal for OSCON 2010
>>>
>>> 1) Propose a track that includes the following
>>>    two topics:
>>>
>>>          a) Education about FOSS
>>>          b) Using FOSS in Education
>>>
>>>
>>> 2) We could look for four to five talks
>>>   on each one of the two topics above,
>>>   plus an open panel.
>>>
>>>   The panel could be focused on
>>>   "what should be taught in a FOSS course"
>>>
>>>   and another on:
>>>
>>>   "How to connect student projects to
>>>    FOSS junior jobs."
>>>
>>>
>>> 3) The presentations should include
>>>
>>>    * RedHat POSSE
>>>    * Google SoC
>>>    * OLPC
>>>    * Sugar Labs
>>>    * Kubuntu
>>>
>>>
>>> 3) Organizations that we should
>>>   encourage to participate:
>>>
>>>       * Oregon U. Open Source Lab
>>>       * Carnegie Mellon Open Source Lab
>>>       * Seneca College
>>>       * Trinity
>>>       * HFOSS
>>>       * OLPC / Sugar Labs
>>>       * RIT
>>>       * RPI
>>>       * Please add here....
>>>
>>>
>>> 4) We could also pursue getting FOSS
>>>   companies to write and/or endorse a
>>>   white paper on the importance of FOSS
>>>   Education for EE and CS majors.
>>>
>>>   Such document will be a great help for
>>>   Professors who need to raise awareness
>>>   with the administration of their own
>>>   institutions.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Please let us know what you think.
>>>
>>>
>>>    Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>>          Luis
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> 2010/1/1 Karlie Robinson <karlie_robinson at webpath.net>
>>>
>>>> Is anyone planning on going to this?  We should really be getting TOS on
>>>> the list at a lot of these.  Otherwise is there a plan on how we can get to
>>>> more Birds of a feather and EDU conferences to give talks?
>>>>
>>>> ~Karlie
>>>>
>>>> -------- Original Message --------  Subject: Re: [Ambassadors] OSCON Call
>>>> for Proposals Now Open  Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 20:22:01 +0300  From: Frankie
>>>> Mangoa <frankiemangoa at gmail.com> <frankiemangoa at gmail.com>  Reply-To:
>>>> fedora-ambassadors-list at redhat.com  To:
>>>> fedora-ambassadors-list at redhat.com
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> happy new year ad rust this mail gets to you at the best of health.
>>>> I am not too sure how to ask this but I was wondering if one can not
>>>> make it to the meeting in pysical presence is there any other way of
>>>> attending like maybe an online attendance.
>>>> sorry if my question may sound a little of course.
>>>>
>>>> Please let me know.
>>>>
>>>> thank you in advance.
>>>>
>>>> regards,
>>>> Frankie
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 10:43 PM, Kevin Higgins<crossbytes at fedoraproject.org> <crossbytes at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
>>>>> OSCON, the O'Reilly Open Source Convention
>>>>> July 19 - 23, 2010
>>>>> Oregon Convention Center
>>>>> Portland, OR
>>>>> http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z6vqe2gib3muftdm7gevnvjou1imluto4nphda30
>>>>>
>>>>> Faster, Freer, Smarter: Whatever your Goal, Make It Happen with Open Source
>>>>>
>>>>> More than 2,500 experts, developers, sys admins, and hackers will meet
>>>>> up at OSCON 2010 to explore the tools, services, and platforms that
>>>>> make up the vibrant open source ecosystem. Join us!
>>>>>
>>>>> The OSCON Call for Participation is now open. If you have winning
>>>>> techniques, favorite lifesavers, war stories, productivity tips, or
>>>>> other ideas to share, we want to hear from you. We're especially on
>>>>> the look-out for ways to do more with less, design and usability best
>>>>> practices, mobile device innovations, cloud computing,
>>>>> parallelization, open standards and data, open source in government,
>>>>> business models, and beyond.
>>>>>
>>>>> Speak up about the freedom--and opportunity--of open source at OSCON
>>>>> 2010. Submit your proposal by February 1, 2010 at:
>>>>> http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zgho9r8tiallvan68v10o80nvpncccvrj47vp6j0
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Fedora-ambassadors-list mailing list
>>>>> Fedora-ambassadors-list at redhat.com
>>>>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-ambassadors-list
>>>>>
>>>>
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