---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ritu ghosh ritu.ghosh@knowledgecommons.in Date: Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 8:25 PM Subject: [fosscomm] Submissions to ODF Olympiad 2009 open today 20th September 2009 To: network@lists.fosscom.in

Dear All,

As you are all well aware , Open Document Format is an important standard for ensuring computer literacy and is fundamental to enabling computer education globally.  ODF Olympiad  was started  on the advice of the then President of India, Shri Abdul Kalam, with the view to bring awareness regarding the open source amongst the schools.

We have been receiving overwhelming response from schools across the globe including countries like India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Nepal . We strongly believe that this contest will help the government and the schools in faster adoption of ODF .  (The new FOSS based Informatics Practices curriculum, introduced by CBSE this year is one of the examples of the step towards this initiative. )

Knowledge Commons along with  ODF Alliance and Sun Microsystems will be conducting the *third annual ODF Olympiad* with the view to bring awareness regarding the open source amongst the schools.

Other institutes  supporting us in this initiative are  IIT Delhi, IIM Ahmedabad, Free Software Foundation and ODF Alliance (www.odfalliance.org).

The  ODF Olympiad  rolls out  from *September 20th on the Software Freedom Day*.

ODF Olympiad 2009 will be conducted in schools across India, Malaysia, Bangladesh and Indonesia (this contest is  open to all other countries  as well). The winners from each of the countries will compete with each other  to win  the prestigious Software Freedom Trophy for their school.

The students are required to submit presentations using ODF format on specific topics which will be evaluated by an eminent jury based on specific parameters. The posters and letters inviting participation will be sent to schools as a part of communication. The OpenOffice CD (OpenOffice.org) will be available with the October issue of "Linux For You" magazine.

For more information can visit the site *www.odfolympiad.org*

Looking forward to your support and participation for this initiative.

Regards Ritu Ghosh _______________________________________________ network mailing list network@lists.fosscom.in http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in