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19	19	== Purpose of the OSI-EDU-WG in Relation to the OSI Mission ==
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21		-The OSI has long played a role in community-building and education about how free/libre/open source licenses, and various related domains and business models, can provide a foundation for both socio-economic and business advantages. The general purpose of the OSI Management Education Working Group (OSI-EDU-WG) is to help managers of projects, portfolios, organizations and consortia to thoroughly understand and engage the free/libre/open way, encompassing ethics, methods, processes, governance, HR management, strategy, security, law or financing.
	21	+The OSI has long played a role in community-building and education about how free/libre/open source licenses, and various related domains and business models, can provide a foundation for both socio-economic and business advantages. The strategic purpose of the OSI Management Education Working Group (OSI-EDU-WG) is to help managers of projects, portfolios, organizations and consortia to thoroughly understand and engage the free/libre/open way, encompassing ethics, methods, processes, governance, HR management, strategy, security, law or financing.
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23		-The particular focus of the OSI-EDU-WG is to coordinate the maintenance, extension and resourcing of a collectively curated guide to the concepts and methods underlying free/libre/open work, named the Free/Libre/Open Works (FLOW) Syllabus.
	23	+The operational focus of the OSI-EDU-WG is to coordinate the maintenance, extension and resourcing of a collectively curated guide to the concepts and methods underlying free/libre/open work, named the Free/Libre/Open Works (FLOW) Syllabus.
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25		-The FLOW Syllabus is tailored to assist "educators" in their design of learning programs. Its structure anticipates the need to associate information, learning objectives and assessment (both [[formative and summative>>url:http://www.cmu.edu/teaching/assessment/basics/formative-summative.html]]), but it also supports unstructured// ad hoc// learning.
	25	+The FLOW Syllabus is tailored to assist "educators" in their design of learning programs. The educators we have in mind are academic and business instructors, advisers (including legal counsel), as well as project and operations managers who need to effectively relate and discuss these topics with team members, executives, business partners, customers or constituents, and who therefore also function as educators.
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27		-Our target educators are academic and business instructors, advisers (including legal counsel), as well as project and operations managers who need to effectively relate and discuss these topics with team members, executives, business partners, customers or constituents, and who therefore also function as educators.
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29	29	The FLOW Syllabus is intended to be useful towards the development of on-site seminars or workshops, and online tutorials or webinars, in both formal or informal venues, including autonomous learning. It is adaptable to any venue or delivery methodology.
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31	31	,,Anything in this charter that conflicts with requirements of the [[Bylaws of the Open Source Initiative>>url:http://opensource.org/bylaws||rel="__blank" title="Bylaws of the Open Source Initiative"]] shall be considered void. Anything in this charter that conflicts with the parameters of the [[OSI's Working Group Characteristics and Process>>doc:Characteristics of OSI Working Groups||title="OSI's Working Group Characteristics and Process"]] must be ratified by the OSI Board.,,
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33	33	== Scope ==
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36		-Topics that are "in scope" for the OSI-EDU-WG include anything related to discussing, developing and disseminating peer-reviewed learning resources and services to help the managers of projects, portfolios, organizations or consortia gain an advanced understanding of strategies, processes and methods to optimize value, to control costs, and to manage risk through effective coordination, resourcing and governance of Free/Libre/Open Works (FLOW).
	34	+The OSI-EDU-WG is concerned with anything related to discussing, developing and disseminating peer-reviewed learning assets to help the managers of projects, portfolios, organizations or consortia gain an advanced understanding of strategies, processes and methods to optimize value, to control costs, and to manage risk through effective coordination, resourcing and governance of Free/Libre/Open Works (FLOW).
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38		-Topics that are "out of scope" involve anything not directly related to management education about free/libre/open works. The FLOW Syllabus does __not__ address the relative merits of various economic, political or sociological theories or scenarios. The Syllabus also is not the place for marketing or evangelizing of particular free/libre/open software or services.
	36	+Topics that are "out of scope" involve anything not directly related to the project-level through inter-organizational competencies required by managers of free/libre/open works. The FLOW Syllabus does __not__ address the relative merits of various economic, political or sociological theories or scenarios. And the Syllabus is not the place for marketing or evangelizing of particular free/libre/open software or services.
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40	40	The FLOW Syllabus is oriented towards the application of explicit free/libre/open arrangements for:
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42		-* Computer programs and their related specifications, diagrams, tables, documentation and data as [[copyrightable works>>url:http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/102||title="copyrightable works"]]
43		-* Other works in any other field where these can lead to valuable inter-disciplinary learning and creative synergies.
	40	+* Computer programs and their related specifications, diagrams, tables, documentation and data;
	41	+* Any other field from which ideas and experiences can lead to complementary learning and synergies .
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45	45	The FLOW Syllabus is structured upon a pluralist premise that there is intrinsic value in communicating all logically reasoned perspectives on issues and topics, taking into account the ongoing merging and differentiation of various concepts and efforts through time.
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