[TOS] We've Updated Our Privacy Policy.

2018-05-24 Thread TOS Owner
Teaching Open Source is committed to our users’ privacy and protection of their data. On May 25, 2018, extensive changes in EU data protection law (General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR) go into effect. We are using this opportunity to make improvements for all users, not just those in EU. W

[TOS] Teachingopensource (TOS) organization as an SFC member project

2017-05-23 Thread TOS Owner
All - As you know, we now have a new TOS web site functioning and we are continuing to move materials into that site. If you are interested in teaching open source, and haven't established an account on the new site, we encourage you to do so. For some years, TOS has existed as a web site and a

[TOS] TOS site does not yet use https

2017-05-21 Thread TOS Owner
Dear TOS Community, We forgot to mention in the previous email that the TOS site does not yet use https. We are working on this, but do feel free to delay signing up until we have this in place. We'll keep you posted! TOS Admins ___ tos mailing list tos

[TOS] Invitation to become visible on the TOS site

2017-05-21 Thread TOS Owner
Dear TOS Community, We want you to be visible! The old TOS site had a "Roll Call" page containing names and brief bios of the members of our community. Due to the migration to WordPress, we are not able to create accounts for all members listed on the Roll Call page. Therefore, we kindly invite yo

[TOS] New TeachingOpenSource.org site launch Monday!

2017-04-16 Thread TOS Owner
Dear TOS Community, Thank you for your patience! The new TeachingOpenSource site is finally here! The new TeachingOpenSource site will have a soft launch tomorrow (Monday, April 17th) at 12:30 EDT. It could take up to 24 hours for the updated URL to ripple across the internet so please be patien

[TOS] Update on the new Teaching Open Source site

2017-04-04 Thread TOS Owner
Dear TOS Community, Thank you for your patience! We are (finally) in the process of readying the new site for release. We are currently in the beta testing phase and plan a “soft launch” in a week or two. By “soft launch” we mean: - the existing site will continue to be live (at the url

[TOS] Update on TOS site

2017-01-20 Thread TOS Owner
Hello TOS Community, We wanted to update you on progress on the TeachingOpenSource site. First, to show you the progress that we've made, here’s a screenshot of the new home page – it will evolve and the content is not up-to-date (consider it Lorem Ipsum :-) but we think it’s looking pretty nic

[TOS] Update on TOS Site

2016-12-08 Thread TOS Owner
Dear TOS Community, This is an update on the new Teachingopensource.org site. After some exploration, we have settled on using WordPress to support the site. WP is easier to edit and easier to maintain, not requiring ssh access to servers, etc. The goal of the new effort is to streamline the site

[TOS] TOS Mission Statement and G

2016-11-06 Thread TOS Owner
Dear TOS Community, We are continuing to work on updating the TOS wiki. As part of this effort, we are creating a mission statement and objectives for the site, something that the previous version of the site lacked. The proposed mission and objectives are at the end of this email. If you have fe

[TOS] Update on TOS site

2016-10-07 Thread TOS Owner
Dear TOS community, This is a brief update on the progress towards revitalizing the TOS site. We are currently: - Sifting through the site and sorting content into spam, content that is out of date, and content to be retained. - Redesigning of the site so that things like teaching materi