I appreciate your comment; and I look forward to more of it from the community. I just changed it to a ".txt" file.
On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 6:40 PM, < [email protected]> wrote: > I'm sorry, but my reaction is you may be pushing them away with > another example of someone in the FLOSS community who expects them to > know how an existing member of the community would react to the > challenge. > > The TOS POSSE leaders are probably fairly characterized as Early > Adopters. I thought the POSSE was meant to entice the next wave of > potential participants by giving them a supportive environment to get > their feet wet. I perceive an unfamiliar data format as a stumbling > block placed at the threshold of the classroom. That's not the tactic > I would use as a veteran data exchange professional. If I wanted > cooperation, as the data transmitter, I had to earn it, not the > receiver. > > It's your POSSE. Best wishes on much success. > > On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 11:09 AM, Michael Adeyeye - [email protected]: > > Thank you for noting that. I would expect them to look for a package to > open > > the file. We will be teaching them how to get involved in FoSS, and I > think > > we should push them to do some research on their own before the event. > How > > can I edit an ".odt" file is an example. > > > > We're invariably asking them to get prepared i.e. start getting used to > FoSS > > (Free & Open Source Software). > > > > Regards, > > Michael. > > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 7:32 PM, > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> I have both Apache Open Office and LibreOffice installed on my > >> machines. I like to compare various efforts to solve the same > >> problem. > >> > >> Is it probable that your POSSE applicants will have a program capable > >> of opening and using the Open Document Text (.odt) file your are > >> providing as the application for attendance? Perhaps you could save > >> the .odt as a .txt and examine it with a more primitive editor like > >> Notepad or ed/vi to make sure your potential attendees can use the > >> file? > >> > >> On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Michael Adeyeye - [email protected] > >> wrote: > >> > Hi Everyone, > >> > Happy Easter to you and your family. I am organizing the Mozilla > Nigeria > >> > event and would need one or two more instructors. This is the event > page > >> > - > >> > https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mozilla_Nigeria Mozilla will support the > event > >> > logistically i.e. it will cover the flights, hotel and expenses on the > >> > ground for Mozilla instructors attending the event. > >> > > >> > Do you know anyone that might want to be an instructor? Please refer > >> > them to > >> > me. And if you would like to be one of them, kindly let me know. I > also > >> > posted it on my blog at > >> > > >> > > http://www.ngportal.com/micadeyeye/index.php/2012/03/02/two-instructors-wanted-for-mozilla-nigeria/ > >> > > >> > > >> > Regards, > >> > Michael. > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > tos mailing list > >> > [email protected] > >> > http://lists.teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos > >> > > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> tos mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > tos mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos >
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