[TOS] Mozilla Nigeria

[Michael Adeyeye]

I appreciate your comment; and I look forward to more of it from the
community. I just changed it to a ".txt" file.

On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 6:40 PM, <
tosmail20110729.neophyte_rep at ordinaryamerican.net> wrote:

> 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.comwrote:
> > 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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