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[FOSS4SMEs-team] FOSS4SMEs: Follow us in twitter
by Katerina Tsinari 31 Oct '18

31 Oct '18

Dear team, it would be grate if your institution/organisation could follow us in Twitter. There are the official pages that should give us a "follow". https://twitter.com/ditofficial https://twitter.com/UNIofSkovde https://twitter.com/OpenForumEurope https://twitter.com/fsfe At the moment we have only 13 followers, a very small number to disseminate our project goals. Thank you for your support. Best, Katerina -- Φιλικά, Κατερίνα [image: atlantis-logo-for-signatures] *Katerina Tsinari* *EU Projects consultant* *Αntoni Tritsi 21, 570 01 Thessaloniki* *T:* *2310 233 266* *Email:* *tsinari(a)abe.gr <elsianli(a)abe.gr>* *URL:* *www.abe.gr <http://www.abe.gr/>* *Skype:* *kathrintheskier83* <https://www.linkedin.com/company/atlantis-engineering-sa> <https://twitter.com/EngAtlantis> <https://www.facebook.com/Atlantis-Engineering-SA-141993602518655> <https://plus.google.com/u/0/112248896999799346483>

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[FOSS4SMEs-team] FOSS4SMEs - A2: Management, Coordination and Evaluation Plan – P1
by Katerina Tsinari 31 Jul '18

31 Jul '18

Dear partners, this is to inform you that I have just uploaded in our common Keybase repository the document: - draft version of the Management, Coordination and Evaluation Plan. File name: MCE Plan_20180111_v.01. Where? In the Management folder. Plase take a quick look at the text before our next telco, where we will decide how to proceed with this as well as the documents drafted by Dlearn. Best, Katerina -- Φιλικά, Κατερίνα [image: atlantis-logo-for-signatures] *Katerina Tsinari* *EU Projects consultant* *Αntoni Tritsi 21, 570 01 Thessaloniki* *T:* *2310 233 266* *Email:* *tsinari(a)abe.gr <elsianli(a)abe.gr>* *URL:* *www.abe.gr <http://www.abe.gr/>* *Skype:* *kathrintheskier83* <https://www.linkedin.com/company/atlantis-engineering-sa> <https://twitter.com/EngAtlantis> <https://www.facebook.com/Atlantis-Engineering-SA-141993602518655> <https://plus.google.com/u/0/112248896999799346483>

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[FOSS4SMEs-team] Berlin meeting 3-4 May - first information
by Max Mehl 19 Apr '18

19 Apr '18

Dear all, Our next physical meeting on the 3rd and 4th of May in Berlin will take place at Mozilla Berlin Schlesische Straße 27 10997 Berlin Germany I'm happy we will be located in the German headquarter of a well-known FOSS producing and fostering organisation, and I think this will be a great place for us to plan our next steps. On Thursday we will start at 09:00 and have the room until ~18:00. On Friday Katerina suggested to make 09:30 to 13:30. We will have some large tables and enough seats, a large TV screen for presentations and screen sharing, power sockets, a whiteboard, access to a printer if required, and softdrinks/water/tea/coffee. For dinner I will reserve a cosy place for us. For lunch on both days we can either go out or join the Mozilla folks' catering for ~10€ per meal – please note that I would need to know this at least 1 week before the event! # Accommodation We are located near "Schlesisches Tor" and I recommend to pick a hotel next to the U1 subway line so you don't have to switch lanes to reach the venue. Here are some suggestions for hotels (50€-100€ per night) without liability ;) Motel One (Berlin Tiergarten) Mercure Hotel (Berlin Zentrum) acama Hotel & Hostel Hotel Sachsenhof Hotel Prens Hotel Johann A more pricey hotel near the venue: Holiday Inn Please use a hotel booking platform of your choice if you would like to compare actual prices and ratings. Platforms with good coverage of Berlin are Booking.com or HRS. # Travel By train: From "Berlin Hauptbahnhof" (main station) you can take the S5 to "Warschauer Straße" and switch to the U1 to "Schlesisches Tor". For Berlin, I recommend to download the Free Software Android app "Transportr" where you can select "BVG" as transport provider to calculate your inner-city travels. By plane: Berlin has two airports, Tegel (TXL) and Schönefeld (SXF). Tegel is in the city centre so very well connected, while Schönefeld is in the outskirts but served by low-cost airlines. Is there anything else you would need to know right now? Please let me know so I can inform everyone. Best, Max -- Max Mehl - Program Manager - Free Software Foundation Europe Contact and further information: https://fsfe.org/about/mehl Support advocacy for Free Software: https://fsfe.org/donate

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[FOSS4SMEs-team] FOSS4SMEs: O1/A1 status, new deadlines and next steps
by francesco.agresta＠dlearn.eu 29 Mar '18

29 Mar '18

Dear partners, I hope everything is fine with all of you! As activity leader, and after an internal discussion with Katerina, I would like to give you some updates and guidance on the current status of the O1, with some further information on our next steps: A. FIELD RESEARCH These are the results as I checked them earlier in the limesurvey: Descrizione: cid:image007.jpg@01D3C6BA.3D909AA0 i. In total, we currently have 142 records complete (compliments to Germany and Greece for the excellent numbers!), which is not a bad result considered that we were expected to have 120 (20x6). Unfortunately, we still miss responses from some countries to reach the individual threshold. We suggest to the partner to reach out individual contacts to get the missing responses. This is the approach we will adopt here in Italy starting from the next week, (since we are currently in the Easter week and some offices might be closed until Tuesday 3/04), and that worked out successfully for Greece. After this is done, the survey will be closed and we will start to analyse our results, which are to be included in the Field Research as the second part of our Country Reports. ii. The interim check on the survey results is not going to be conducted, as we thought that at this stage it would not be feasible. iii. Since UK, Ireland and Sweden are supposed to be all using the English version of the questionnaire, and given the absence of a specific question on the country of origin of each respondent (which would have allowed us to filter the results accordingly), we have come out with the following solutions: - UK / IE: reach 40 responses in total and then share the results; - SW: even if we have not a Swedish translation of the survey, the system categorises as Swedish the queries which start with the Swedish language set. Then, when sending out the survey, the Swedish partner should use this link ( <https://survey.fsfe.org/index.php/174174?lang=sv> https://survey.fsfe.org/index.php/174174?lang=sv) and inform their audience to keep the Swedish language set. After this is done, we as DLEARN will produce a single summary of the final conclusions of all results together. This will be added to the single report, which P1 will upload in the Mobility Tool for the Greek National Agency. In light of the above, the new and final deadlines for O1/A1 are the following: 13/04 -> survey closed and responses collected 25/04 -> results analysed, field research complete, reports complete. Although we are a bit behind schedule, we will try to catch up by focusing on the closure of O1/A1 by April, trying then to win time by working intensively on O1/A2 during the Berlin Meeting, where Dlearn will provide some guidelines and background on the ECVET system, which is the reference framework for the development of the FOSS-BU curriculum which we are going to develop by the next June. Given that the learning outcomes of the curriculum will be shaped in accordance with the learners needs identified by the survey, it is of utmost importance at this stage to finalise the survey and the reports on time, so that no further delays occur. We plan to have discussions and working sessions on O1/A2 at the Berlin meeting, similar to the ones in the kick-off meeting, with the hope of getting mutual agreement on our next steps and tangible results. Lastly, please find at the link below the 6th month review we have put together for the project evaluation: è https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/K3G3FVX You are asked to provide your opinions on the project management and implementation so far, while expressing your expectations, wishes and concerns with relation to the next phases of the project. Please take the survey by the next 13th of April, so we will be able to share the results and discuss them at the Berlin meeting. Thank you for reaching the end of this very long mail and for all the effort you have put so far in the project! Wish you all a nice Easter! Best regards, <http://www.dlearn.eu/> Descrizione: Descrizione: dlearn Francesco Agresta European Project Manager European Digital Learning Network Via Domenico Scarlatti, 30 20124 Milano Mob. +39 3496027623 Email <mailto:francesco.agresta@dlearn.eu> francesco.agresta(a)dlearn.eu <http://www.dlearn.eu/> www.dlearn.eu

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[FOSS4SMEs-team] FOSS4SMEs - O1/A1 updates and next steps
by Francesco Agresta EUROCREA 21 Mar '18

21 Mar '18

Dear partners, as today we are closing the first part of our work on the desk and field research (O1/A1), I would like to give you some guidance on the next steps and some clarifications on this Activity. Quoting from p.8 of the related Methodological Framework, "The tangible deliverables of the research phase will be the country reports developed by each partner, describing the results of the desk research (existing curricula, training material, qualifications) and field research (preliminary findings). The deadline for this delivery is by March 2018. " 1. DELIVERABLE O1/A1: To avoid any possible confusion on the matter, please allow me to clarify once more that the only tangible deliverable for O1/A1 are the 6 country reports, one per each partner. The final version of the country reports will include both results of the DESK research and of the FIELD research (i.e. the questionnaire). In coordination with the Project Manager we have decided to extend the deadline for the delivery of the reports until the 23rd of March. 2. DESK RESEARCH RESULTS: o The desk research includes two sections: the first section is about collecting training courses and their materials from all over Europe, while the second focusses on national curricula relevant to FOSS. o In order to try and avoid overlapping between our results of European training materials, I had proposed you the use of an online collaborative sheet, updating in real time, in which we can indicate our entries. In line with the concept of our project, I have used Only Office, a FOSS tool, and created the following link: <http://onlyo.co/2BegOhd> http://onlyo.co/2BegOhd We will use this, unless someone proposes a better solution. 3. NEW DEADLINE FOR THE FIELD RESEARCH: Since it seems that we still have poor responses from our survey, and given the turnover in two of our partners' persons in charge, I would suggest to leave the survey open for two weeks more (i.e. until the 15th of March), in order to give everyone the opportunity to collect the results required (20 representatives of national SMEs are to be involved). Feel free to use Twitter to promote the survey. There is a ready Twit from our official page here: https://twitter.com/FOSS4SMEs/status/968466922009440257 4. FIELD RESEARCH RESULTS: Once the survey is closed, every partner shall access the questionnaire dashboard with the credentials already shared, click on "Responses" on the menu at the top-right of the page, then "Responses and statistics" -> "Export" -> "Export results to application" and then download the results in the preferred file format. Then you shall report on the data collected, analysing it and drawing conclusions on the results of the research. For that you can follow the main categories of the questionnaire: 1.Demographics, 2.Level of knowledge & perception, 3.The use of FOSS in everyday business activity, 4.The obstacles (actual and perceived) to a migration to FOSS, 5.Learning programme, 6.Summary of main results. Use graphics and charts to show data trends, as this would help comparisons between the different country reports. This has to be included in a third section of your country report, which will then be finalised. 5. NEXT STEP: Building on the results of the research as a whole (O1/A1) , starting from April we will shift to O1/A2, the "ECVET CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT", which has its deadline on the 30th of June. Please don't hesitate to ask for any further clarifications or feedback on these activities. And of course share your suggestions, if you have any. Thank you very much for your effort! Best, <http://www.dlearn.eu/> Descrizione: Descrizione: dlearn Francesco Agresta European Project Manager European Digital Learning Network Via Domenico Scarlatti, 30 20124 Milano Mob. +39 3496027623 Email <mailto:francesco.agresta@dlearn.eu> francesco.agresta(a)dlearn.eu <http://www.dlearn.eu/> www.dlearn.eu

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[FOSS4SMEs-team] FOSS4SMEs: 4th telco
by Katerina Tsinari 20 Mar '18

20 Mar '18

Dear team members, thank you for the adventurous meeting today. I created a new poll for our 4th meeting in March here: https://framadate.org/Azo5Hprzge4Hmlgn We will check the status of the survey, the feedback on the MCE Plan, the status of our country reports, the agenda for the meeting in Berlin and other upcoming issues. You can always let me know, if u having sth to add to the agenda. The suggested time is again UTC and the meeting will take place in Framatalk since the new tool didnt work out so well (or Skype in worst case). Best, Katerina -- Φιλικά, Κατερίνα [image: atlantis-logo-for-signatures] *Katerina Tsinari* *EU Projects consultant* *Αntoni Tritsi 21, 570 01 Thessaloniki* *T:* *2310 233 266* *Email:* *tsinari(a)abe.gr <elsianli(a)abe.gr>* *URL:* *www.abe.gr <http://www.abe.gr/>* *Skype:* *kathrintheskier83* <https://www.linkedin.com/company/atlantis-engineering-sa> <https://twitter.com/EngAtlantis> <https://www.facebook.com/Atlantis-Engineering-SA-141993602518655> <https://plus.google.com/u/0/112248896999799346483>

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[FOSS4SMEs-team] FOSS4SMEs Desk Research - Template and deadline
by francesco.agresta＠dlearn.eu 09 Mar '18

09 Mar '18

Dear partners, at this stage of our project we should all start to work on the O1/A1 Desk Research Report, which every partner has to develop by the 28th of February 2018. In this regard, I would like to provide all of you with a proposed template (thank you Katerina for your help), that comes attached with this email. The template will help us to draft country reports looking similar in aspect and type of contents, making all our works coherent and aligned to a common reference. I would like to recall you that, according to our proposal, the section "COLLECTION OF EXISTING COURSES, TRAINING MATERIALS AND CONTENTS RELEVANT TO FOSS - Business User" refers to FOSS training tools and materials across all Europe, while in the section "EXISTING CURRICULA AT NATIONAL LEVEL" you shall only make reference to qualifications in your country that may be relevant for the FOSS-BU competence profile, . Of course feel free to shape the report at your convenience, provided that the general structure remains the same. The tables are just intended to collect and organise the main details about the results of your research. Use then free text and/or other layouts to go deeper in your elaboration, should you find it necessary. Thank you! Best, Francesco

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[FOSS4SMEs-team] - ISME Newsletter
by Brian Keegan 06 Mar '18

06 Mar '18

Hi Katerina, With the kind assistance of Sheila Flannery of ISME, I managed to get promotional material and link to the survey into the ISME national newsletter which goes directly to all ISME members. Hopefully, there will be some uptake after this. B. -- Brian Keegan, Ph.D, M.Phil, Pg.Dip (Ed), B.Eng, MIEEE Senior Lecturer DIT School of Computing web: www.drbriankeegan.com <http://www.drbriankeegan.com> Academy Support Advisor Academy Support Center Staff -- This email originated from DIT. If you received this email in error, please delete it from your system. Please note that if you are not the named addressee, disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action based on the contents of this email or attachments is prohibited. www.dit.ie Is ó ITBÁC a tháinig an ríomhphost seo. Má fuair tú an ríomhphost seo trí earráid, scrios de do chóras é le do thoil. Tabhair ar aird, mura tú an seolaí ainmnithe, go bhfuil dianchosc ar aon nochtadh, aon chóipeáil, aon dáileadh nó ar aon ghníomh a dhéanfar bunaithe ar an ábhar atá sa ríomhphost nó sna hiatáin seo. www.dit.ie Tá ITBÁC ag aistriú go Gráinseach Ghormáin – DIT is on the move to Grangegorman <http://www.dit.ie/grangegorman>

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[FOSS4SMEs-team] Your availability for the next meeting in Berlin
by Max Mehl 06 Mar '18

06 Mar '18

Dear all, Sorry for the delay in the date scheduling for our next physical meeting in Berlin. We have found quite a few possible days and I would like to ask you to share your availability as soon as possible so we can arrange a room. https://framadate.org/foss4smes-meeting-berlin Based on the results we will try to find *2 consecutive days* on which all/most of the team members can participate. Please note that I've chosen only business days because this will be much easier and cheaper for flights, hotel and conference rooms in Berlin. Thank you! Best, Max -- Max Mehl - Program Manager - Free Software Foundation Europe Contact and further information: https://fsfe.org/about/mehl Support advocacy for Free Software: https://fsfe.org/donate

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[FOSS4SMEs-team] Status of questionnaire
by Jonas Gamalielsson 05 Mar '18

05 Mar '18

Hi, We are working on distributing the questionnaire, but are unsure about the status of the document. We discussed this during the latest telco, but we can not find any final version on keybase or in any of the email messages sent. The latest version we have access to is the version with comments sent to the mailing list by Katerina on 27th of November. Please advice. Best Jonas ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Jonas Gamalielsson, PhD Software Systems Research Group Informatics Research Specialisation University of Skövde P.O. Box 408 SE-541 28 SKÖVDE SWEDEN Office: Portalen, floor 4, room 410r Tel: +46 (0)500-448375 Fax: +46 (0)500-416325 Email: jonas.gamalielsson(a)his.se Web: http://www.his.se/gamj ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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