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Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:25:34 +0530
From: Ritu ghosh <ritu.gh...@knowledgecommons.in>
To: netw...@lists.fosscom.in
Subject: [fosscomm] Submissions to ODF Olympiad 2009 open today 20th
       September 2009
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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

Regards,
Aveek Sen,
NIT Agartala.