Open letter to KITE CEO on forcing teachers, students and parents to use WhatsApp
Pirate Praveen
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This letter was started as a response to @Nandakumar Edamana sending an email to SMC mailing list (see the thread here: http://lists.smc.org.in/pipermail/discuss-smc.org.in/2020-June/thread.html). You can see the draft here https://cryptpad.fr/pad/#/2/pad/edit/CLrd8men4PdS4n9+iPs+OzBT/ please contribute.
Update 1: I think we should offer to help teachers interested to provide Free Software based services and some of us should share our phone numbers. Please add your numbers to the cryptpad if you don't mind sharing your number in public.
Update 2: Govt order https://education.kerala.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/GO-Online-Class-First-Bell.pdf (it dies not specify WhatsApp)
Update 3: Join #FreeSoftwareFirstBell:poddery.com matrix group to coordinate future actions as we got reply from KITE CEO and one school teacher.
Follow up: Open Letter to teachers https://codema.in/d/u3EDIs4x/kerala-schools-choose-proprietary-google-suite-for-online-teaching
and dedicated group (separate group for Malayalam and English) to work on Free Software in Education https://codema.in/d/PeEx5bHZ/created-a-new-group-for-free-software-in-education
Pirate Praveen Sun 7 Jun 2020 5:19PM
These are not the reason for me to suggest it, the only reason is bridge to matrix, which make it loosely federated with Matrix.
Nandakumar Edamana Mon 8 Jun 2020 3:38AM
Agreed.
Akshai M Mon 8 Jun 2020 3:47AM
Yes. Exactly telegram does not force anyone to use telegram as it opens up space to use other decentralised services as required.
Nandakumar Edamana Mon 8 Jun 2020 5:37AM
Okay, I get it.
shine Sun 7 Jun 2020 6:21PM
can someone define the terms 'support', 'setup' and 'train'? they seem kind of ambiguous
I'm going to try and define it how I understood :
support : technical assistance with issues during the use of a software
setup : support setting up and maintaining infrastructure for a software
train : training teachers and students on how to use a software
is this what is implied here? or am I the only person who seems
to be dumb enough to find the terms ambiguous?
Pirate Praveen Sun 7 Jun 2020 7:09PM
Yes, that is correct. Also updated the poll to make it explicit.
mujeebcpy Sun 7 Jun 2020 9:21PM
I do not have permission to vote in this decision ?
Pirate Praveen Mon 8 Jun 2020 7:12AM
Try clearing the cache, try a different browser, may be related to old version of ui.
Pirate Praveen Tue 9 Jun 2020 1:22PM
If it is not working still, just comment your choices.
Pirate Praveen · Sun 7 Jun 2020 5:18PM
It is a compromise, yes. But it does not force everyone to use Telegram. We can bridge it to matrix and participate via Matrix. I also personally don't like telegram or Signal, but as a community, we have to include other people's preferences too as long as that choice does not force everyone.