Webmaster gets these from time to time.. and I normally just send them off to the [EMAIL PROTECTED] email address. However, this one seemed interesting and I thought I'd bring it to the attention of the whole project (or atleast the subset that subscribes to -project).
----- Forwarded message from Amos Wetherbee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- MBOX-Line: From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Mar 17 17:12:22 2000 Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 12:00:17 -0500 (EST) From: Amos Wetherbee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: The Greater Franklin County Linux Project, Massachusetts X-Loop: [EMAIL PROTECTED] March 17, 2000 To whom it may concern: I am sending this letter at the request of our Regional Technology Partnership Coordinator who is presently completing an application to Bell Atlantic for an EdLink Grant Award. This program is aimed at linking Massachusetts students to future technology careers. I send this with the hope that your organization might be interested in sponsoring our project in the form of endorsement and possible technical support. Our overall wish is that you may be able to assist our goals by allowing us to utilize your logo and a possible letter for our partnership application. We are also seeking solutions for providing technical support to our project partners. Together, it is my belief that we may both profit by bringing Linux professionals into the workforce and by providing our community with training and support in this revolutionary operating system. Below, please find a summary statement of our proposed project and goals: The Greater Franklin County Linux Project is designed to provide technology training and work-based learning opportunities in the Linux operating system. We hope to support and advance the use of technology in education and promote the development of critical technology and career competencies that business and industry increasingly demand of the workforce. Students, teachers, and technical support staff from the eight high schools in the Technology in Education Partnership (TEP) of Greater Franklin County will work together as a team to learn elements of the Linux operating system; to implement Linux in ways uniquely adapted to each participating school; to public document and disseminate an electronic "operations manual" that facilitates the application of Linux to a K-12 education environment; and to develop an adaptive Linux curriculum unit that can be tailored to and taught in a variety of educational environments. Central to the project is an innovative mentorship model that recognizes both students and teachers as contributors and partners in learning. A unique "reverse mentorship" will encourage both constituencies to collaborate throughout the development process and to draw on each other's strengths. At the same time, business and industry mentors will work with students, teachers, and technology coordinators to strengthen the relationship between the school and the business community to ensure the relevance and real-world application of training, and encourage the development of both technical and non-technical career skills in student participants. It is my sincere hope that we will be able to collaborate on possible endorsement opportunities that will jointly benefit our organizations. Currently, our deadline for seeking endorsement is March 23rd. To reiterate our requests, we are looking for permission to use your organization's logo and a possible letter on our partnership application, and we are asking for possible opportunities for us to use your support services to help our community in the transition from traditional operating systems to the Linux OS. I look forward to your response. Sincerely, Amos Wetherbee Certified Linux Developer The Greater Franklin County Linux Project, Massachusetts ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Please cc all mailing list replies to me, also. * http://benham.net/index.html <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <>< * * Debian: Software in the Public Interest: * * Project Secretary Treasurer * * Webmaster Team * * BTS Team siteROCK: * * Lintian Team Linux Infrastructure Engineer *
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