Native-Lang project: English
Project code:    en
Project level:   Level II
Project lead:    Ryan Singer
Project co-lead: Ian Lynch

This is a proposal to start an English Native-Lang Project.  This NL
project is intended to cover all variations of English. That is, it is
not specific to either US or British English, or any other variant.

The reason to start this project at Level II is that all of the
localisation work is already done for English, allowing the project to
immediately get started with grass-roots marketing.  For every other
language, the respective NL project looks after grass roots marketing
efforts (banners, flyers, handing out CDs, etc) and the global
marketing goals (like the SMP) are left to the marketing project. 
Since the MP operates in English, the English language doesn't have an
NL project dedicated to this sort of grass roots effort. This creates
an unusual burden on English-speaking MarCons and results in missed
opportunities in English speaking countries.

An English NL project would also help lower the disparity between
projects. Right now the OOo project is roughly divided into "English"
and "everyone else". An English NL project is a first step towards,
eventually, having all languages on the same level, with English as a
modular part of the whole, like every other language.
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Ryan Singer
Editor In Chief, The Sentinel
http://foothillsentinel.com

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