[TOS] Mozilla Nigeria

[tosmail20110729.neophyte_rep at ordinaryamerican.net]

I'm sorry, but my reaction is you may be pushing them away with
another example of someone in the FLOSS community who expects them to
know how an existing member of the community would react to the
challenge.

The TOS POSSE leaders are probably fairly characterized as Early
Adopters.  I thought the POSSE was meant to entice the next wave of
potential participants by giving them a supportive environment to get
their feet wet.  I perceive an unfamiliar data format as a stumbling
block placed at the threshold of the classroom.  That's not the tactic
I would use as a veteran data exchange professional.  If I wanted
cooperation, as the data transmitter, I had to earn it, not the
receiver.

It's your POSSE.  Best wishes on much success.

On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 11:09 AM, Michael Adeyeye - micadeyeye at gmail.com wrote:
> Thank you for noting that. I would expect them to look for a package to open
> the file. We will be teaching them how to get involved in FoSS, and I think
> we should push them to do some research on their own before the event. How
> can I edit an ".odt" file is an example.
>
> We're invariably asking them to get prepared i.e. start getting used to FoSS
> (Free & Open Source Software).
>
> Regards,
> Michael.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 7:32 PM,
> <tosmail20110729.neophyte_rep at ordinaryamerican.net> wrote:
>>
>> I have both Apache Open Office and LibreOffice installed on my
>> machines.  I like to compare various efforts to solve the same
>> problem.
>>
>> Is it probable that your POSSE applicants will have a program capable
>> of opening and using the Open Document Text (.odt) file your are
>> providing as the application for attendance?  Perhaps you could save
>> the .odt as a .txt and examine it with a more primitive editor like
>> Notepad or ed/vi to make sure your potential attendees can use the
>> file?
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Michael Adeyeye - micadeyeye at gmail.com
>> wrote:
>> > Hi Everyone,
>> > Happy Easter to you and your family. I am organizing the Mozilla Nigeria
>> > event and would need one or two more instructors. This is the event page
>> > -
>> > https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mozilla_Nigeria  Mozilla will support the event
>> > logistically i.e. it will cover the flights, hotel and expenses on the
>> > ground for Mozilla instructors attending the event.
>> >
>> > Do you know anyone that might want to be an instructor? Please refer
>> > them to
>> > me. And if you would like to be one of them, kindly let me know. I also
>> > posted it on my blog at
>> >
>> > http://www.ngportal.com/micadeyeye/index.php/2012/03/02/two-instructors-wanted-for-mozilla-nigeria/
>> >
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Michael.
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