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<FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>It’s true, saying “double you pee dash ee dee you” is awkward, but I think it might be the more appropriate option in that it doesn’t limit to MU or WordPress as a learning tool (and also parallels this mailing list name nicely!). I wonder if there would be a way to work with the great minds behind WPMu Ed to migrate/mirror applicable content in a non-”deprecated name space.”<BR>
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<HR ALIGN=CENTER SIZE="3" WIDTH="95%"><B>From: </B>Jay Collier <<a href="jay.collier@thecompass.com">jay.collier@thecompass.com</a>><BR>
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<B>Date: </B>Thu, 9 Sep 2010 17:57:15 -0400<BR>
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<B>Subject: </B>Re: [wp-edu] Educational Focused WordCamp?<BR>
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I just took a look at <wp-edu.org <<a href="http://wp-edu.org/">http://wp-edu.org/</a>> > without the hyphen: <<a href="http://wpedu.org">http://wpedu.org</a> <<a href="http://wp-edu.org/">http://wp-edu.org/</a>> >. Using that domain, we'd have to be always repeating "hyphen" in conversation ;) Poor typists would wonder when we started doing auto-translation.<BR>
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<<a href="http://dev.wpmued.org/">http://dev.wpmued.org/</a>> seems to have an established function and sounds as if it is focused on MU.<BR>
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Also available (with neighbors):<BR>
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wplearning.org <<a href="http://wplearning.org">http://wplearning.org</a>> (<a href="http://wplearning.com">http://wplearning.com</a>)<BR>
wplearn.net <<a href="http://wplearn.net">http://wplearn.net</a>> (<a href="http://wplearn.com">http://wplearn.com</a>, <a href="http://wplearn.org">http://wplearn.org</a>) <BR>
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On Sep 9, 2010, at 5:42 PM, Jeff VanDrimmelen wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>If the site already exists out there, that's great. I'd love to contribute. If not, can we use wp-edu.org <<a href="http://wp-edu.org/">http://wp-edu.org/</a>> ? It is available. I'm just not sure we that is okay. <BR>
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On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Jane Wells <<a href="jane@automattic.com">jane@automattic.com</a>> wrote:<BR>
</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'> Didn't Jim Groom start a site a while back where ed people were<BR>
posting what they're doing with WP/MU/BP in academic settings?<BR>
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On 9/9/10 5:15 PM, Helen Hou wrote:<BR>
> That's where I'm hung up a little bit as well, actually. I knew that the<BR>
> idea of a resource beyond conferences would be stepping out of bounds, if<BR>
> you will, so thank you for calling that out. I still love the idea of a<BR>
> targeted WordCamp, but I know that for myself (and probably for a lot of us<BR>
> working for educational institutions), the time/money/ability to travel to a<BR>
> conference is very limited. Since there seems to be a lot of interest in<BR>
> sharing information, why not start with a site and keep the goal of a<BR>
> WordCamp in mind? Should we start a new e-mail thread to clarify?<BR>
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