Great! Thanks for the feedback. I had a discussion with our integration team, we would be happy to contribute the effort required to create a course and provide an instance of the platform - give it free of charge to users.
However, we would like to brand this as "Apache Open Office Training Academy" or similar - can we do this (with explicit permission from AOO as per trademark policy) given that this is a community support effort, with material offered for free, and does not violate ALv2? Regards, Sheran On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 2:25 AM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > 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 > >> > > > >> > > >> >
