On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 2:59 PM, Sheran Corera <sherancor...@gmail.com> wrote: > Rob / Jani and all, > > What we would like to do, is to take this forward in partnership with Open > Office in an official manner and run some courses on a rev-share or similar > so that we can put effort into doing this as well and sell training to > users together with Open Office. > > Since this would then be partly a commercial effort, does this require us > to send a formal proposal to the pmc or go into a vote or is there a > seperate process for this? >
It might be worth giving a high-level description of what you had in mind, without spending too much effort and asking for PMC feedback. But as Jan mentioned, the ASF is a US-based non-profit corporation. So there are restrictions on what kinds of commercial partnerships we can engage in. In particular I don't think we could be involved in selling training. Would it be interesting to have a free OpenOffice course that also is effective as a showcase of the LayUp platform? That would fit better with our status and mission. Regards, -Rob > Please let me know. > > Thanks, > Sheran > On Jan 20, 2014 7:43 PM, "Isuru Hewavitharana" < > isuru.hewavithar...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Sheran / Rob, >> >> I have changed the logo and text as requested. Please do a cache refresh >> (CTRL + F5) and retry. >> >> Cheers! >> Isuru >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 7:35 PM, Sheran Corera <sherancor...@gmail.com >> >wrote: >> >> > Thanks Rob, >> > >> > As per the system, you can configure what courses you want to keep open / >> > closed / work according to the point system, so you can run say 3 >> courses, >> > for beginners, intermediate, advanced so each user can select which level >> > to participate in. >> > >> > If it is felt that the users need validation (an assessment to gauge >> their >> > skill level) prior to selecting which course they should take, that can >> > integrated with ease as well from the back-end. >> > >> > A colleague, Isuru is on copy, he will change the logo asap in order to >> not >> > violate any trademark policies. >> > >> > Regards, >> > Sheran >> > >> > >> > On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 7:12 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: >> > >> > > On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 8:06 AM, Sheran Corera <sherancor...@gmail.com >> > >> > > wrote: >> > > > Re-posting to dev-list from documentation. >> > > > >> > > > Hi All, >> > > > >> > > > Going through the Open Office documentation, I noticed the huge >> effort >> > > > taken on content creation and maintenance in each of the different >> > > > Wikis<http://www.openoffice.org/documentation/> and >> > > > a separate effort to certify users via the certification >> > > > project<http://www.openoffice.org/certification/> (which >> > > > is really great!). >> > > > >> > > > At LayUp <http://www.getlayup.com/?source=oa>, we're working on >> > building >> > > > something similar (a gamified, retention oriented training and >> > > > certification platform targeted entirely at software products) and we >> > > would >> > > > like to help take the online certification aspect to the next level >> and >> > > > setup a live demo. >> > > > >> > > > I've setup an online demo of what such a system could look like for >> > Open >> > > > Office >> > > > >> > > > URL - *Open Office Demo - LayUP >> > > > <http://www.getlayup.com/layup/index.php?site=demo2>* >> > > > >> > > > The login credentials for *user *and *admin *are as follows - >> > > > >> > > > *Username* - user >> > > > *Password *- demo >> > > > >> > > > *Username *- admin >> > > > *Password *- demo >> > > > >> > > > We've taken a lot of effort into setting this up, so instead of just >> > > > spamming it, we would appreciate if someone can have a look and guide >> > us >> > > on >> > > > how we can take this forward. >> > > > >> > > >> > > I took a quick look. I like the platform, nice and clear, easy to >> > > use. I think new users would like this. >> > > >> > > From a learning perspective it might be worth having an install >> > > module. This would be platform-specific (Windows install differs from >> > > Mac which differs from Linux). But we do receive a good deal of >> > > support questions related to install, so this might be an area worth >> > > covering. >> > > >> > > I don't know if your platform allows it, but it would be great if >> > > there was a way to take an initial test and based on test results be >> > > placed into a higher rank automatically, rather than having everyone >> > > start at the same initial level. That way it could be interesting for >> > > skill building of users who know a little, as well as absolute >> > > beginners. >> > > >> > > You'll need to give some attention to the trademark issues involved >> > > here as well. You currently have it called "Apache OpenOffice Academy >> > > by Layup". That name, plus the use of the Apache OpenOffice logo, >> > > suggests a certain relationship between the website and the OpenOffice >> > > project which could confuse users. You can read more about our >> > > trademark policy here: >> > > >> > > http://openoffice.apache.org/trademarks.html >> > > >> > > Note: the speed for me was perfect. No issues. I'm near Boston. >> > > Jan is in Spain. I wonder whether that could be part of the issue? >> > > >> > > Regards, >> > > >> > > -Rob >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > The effort is much appreciated! >> > > > >> > > > Thanks, >> > > > Sheran >> > > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
