[Fsf-friends] Writing a text book for Free Software

[Frederick Noronha]

o Baiju M <baiju@sdf.lonestar.org> reports from the South Indian state of
Kerala (November 2002, email): "We have required volunteers for textbook
preperation in Kerala (9th standard). Please see:
http://mm.gnu.org.in/pipermail/fsf-edu/2002-November/000091.html Its very
urgent, please come forward to volunteer."
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Baiju, I wonder if this could be a possible activity for NetAid, run by
the UN volunteers. What do you feel Andrea? It's possible that someone out
there has good GNU/Linux skills, the creativity and the time? A worthy
cause indeed. FN
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>From Andrea.Goetzke@unvolunteers.org Thu Nov 14 00:45:54 2002

> Dear Frederick,
> nice to meet you.
> I think the tasks you are looking for volunteers for can be performed well
> by online volunteers, i.e. volunteers who engage in the task from anywhere
> in the world, through the Internet.
> Online volunteers can do research for you on Indian language solutions for
> computing, and maybe you also find an expert who can advise you on how to
> implement/programme Indian language solutions.
> Also, online volunteers are perfectly suited to research GNU/Linux groups
> and to reach out to them, and tell them about your group, build links,
> maybe build and moderate online discussions etc.
>
> You can find online volunteers by publishing your needs in the Online
> Volunteering section of the NetAid website (http://www.netaid.org/ov).
> All published assignments can be found via a search engine. The number of
> people looking for volunteering assignments exceeds the number of
> organizations looking for volunteers, so the probability that you findgood
> candidates quickly is quite high.
> We don't pre-select applications,but the applications are emaileddirectly
> to you, i.e. the organization that posted an assignment.
>
> In order to publish your online volunteering assignments in the NetAid
> site, you need to:
> - First register with NetAid (in the "Join" section).
> - As a registered member you have your personal "My NetAid" page. Fromhere
> you can register the organization that you would like to publish
> assignments for. You need to post assignments on behalf of an officially
> registered non-profit organization. You register your organization via
> "Create A Group" from your "My NetAid" page.
> - As a registered, and vetted (this just takes 1-2 days) organization you
> can go ahead and publish your online volunteering assignment in the site.
>
> If you would like a volunteer to get involved with you on-site, there are
> possibilities as well. But how I understand your question, I think "online
> volunteering" is the first option to try. Let me know if you are more
> interested in the on-site alternative.
>
> Please also let me know if you have more questions. To get a good sense of
> what Online Volunteering means in practice, and to read good examples, I
> suggest you browse our site: http://www.netaid.org/ov.
>
> Greetings from Bonn,
>
> Andrea
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frederick Noronha [mailto:fred@bytesforall.org]
> Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 8:05 PM
> To: andrea.goetzke@unvolunteers.org
> Subject: From India
>
> Hi Andrea Goetzke,
>
> Could you find volunteers who could (i) help us take further plans to find
> Indian language solutions for computing (ii) help build links between
> GNU/Linux groups in India and abroad? ...