On Sat, 27 Feb 2010, Mel Chua wrote:

> Maybe that's the solution: To co-teach, if you haven't been to a POSSE 
> before, you must be a co-organizer of the POSSE you are co-teaching at, 
> from proposal all the way to execution. That way, you will build a 
> mental picture over time of what the week might look like.
>
> How's this:
>
> 0) POSSEs are always taught by at least 2 instructors.
> 1) To become a POSSE instructor, you co-teach a POSSE with a current
> instructor. (In this case, you count as the second instructor.)
> 2) In order to co-teach, you must either be a POSSE alumni, OR make the
> case to your co-instructor that you have equivalent (or better)
> background/skills in FOSS tools/communities, AND be the primary
> organizer of the POSSE you co-teach at.
>
> Also: how would folks feel about requiring that at least one of the
> instructors at a POSSE teach - or have taught - at the college level? I
> think there's a lot of value in the professors-teaching-professors
> model, but could be adding more structure than we actually need.

I like all of these suggested modifications.

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