I think it will. Because it's like everybody says: "A act is more precious than one thousand words".<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/5/11 sankarshan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:foss.mailinglists@gmail.com">foss.mailinglists@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">[Caveat: I read through the responses on this thread before writing this mail]<br>
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On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 8:55 PM, Abhradip Mukherjee<br>
<<a href="mailto:abhradipmukherjee@gmail.com">abhradipmukherjee@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
</div><div class="im">> This is Abhradip Mukherjee. Here in India (West Bengal) we have a strong<br>
> base. There are several students ready to jump into development fields. They<br>
> want to contribute and work for fedoraproject and GNU/Linux development at<br>
> large. I am thinking of starting a fedora project to start certification<br>
> projects for such students. That will boost the movement a lot and will<br>
> encourage potential students to not only use free software but also develop<br>
> it.<br>
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</div>If there are several students about whom you are aware about<br>
contributing as a developer, an approach that introduces them<br>
step-wise to all the factoids they would need to learn before doing so<br>
would be optimal. And, to begin with, they should be at least on<br>
fedora-india mailing list so that they can feel free to ask questions<br>
smartly. Instead of thinking of starting a project to "certify" the<br>
interested participants, it would perhaps be a good idea to look at :<br>
<<a href="http://kushaldas.in/tmp/summer_training-small.png" target="_blank">http://kushaldas.in/tmp/summer_training-small.png</a>> And, as always,<br>
there is #fedora-india for them to land up and get initial<br>
hand-holding/coaching.<br>
<br>
The way I read your mail, you are talking about two specific points :<br>
[1] getting students to contribute and participate [2] assessing the<br>
feasibility of obtaining for them a "certificate" which would be<br>
accepted and relevant in their academic life. I'd suggest that we<br>
focus a bit more on [1] first so that we have good participants.<br>
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