[Fsf-friends] [fosscomm] Article on Free Software Workshop for Govt. School Teachers - 2

[Anivar Aravind]

On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Vikram
Vincent<vincentvikram at swatantra.org> wrote:
> First they ignore you
> Then they laugh at you
> Then they they fight you
> Then you win
>
> - Gandhi Neat quote on the FSMK T-shirt! :)
>
> "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you,
> then you win."
>  --  Mahatma Gandhi
>
> With this message a few geeks at Free Software Movement Karnataka
> (FSMK) have been working on popularizing the open source software in
> the government schools and offices. "Karnataka Government decided to
> use free software for 8th 9th and 10th standards as a part of their
> ICT at Schools project(Information and Communication Technology). As of
> now It is vendor controlled project (Educom, EVeron, etc are
> implementing it) under BOOT (Build Operate Own & Transfer)scheme. For
> making it more accessible to teachers & students(IT enabled learning),
> we are initiating this training as a pilot project in bangalore. This
> is organised by DSERT and a Consortium of Free Software Organisations
> in Bangalore (FSUG Bangalore, Sampada, FSMK, ITfC, DeepRoot Linux,
> IT4Change & Moving Republic are the organisations associated.)", said
> Naveen Mudunuru, an active volunteer with FSMK.

I believe it is a quote from my facebook album http://bit.ly/iBlKI  No
issues  even though same copy paste attributed to naveen .  Joining
with the spirit :-)

Also I would like to comment the contribution of Volunteers of FSMK ,
FSUG Bangalore , Anupama & Vinay from IT4Change , Omshivprakash from
Sampada (for his excellent Kannada Training material for open office)
, Madhusudhan & team for Installation of Distro in SSA Lab, SSA staff
, DSERT & Everon (the vendor)

Naveen's classes were fabulous as usual & his coordination is also commendable .

Cheers to all who made it as a success

~ Regards
Anivar Aravind


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