For what it's worth, I say +1 You go Ryan!
Cheers, Daniel. On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 10:57:47AM -0800, Ryan Singer wrote: > 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. > -- > _________________________ > Ryan Singer > Editor In Chief, The Sentinel > http://foothillsentinel.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Daniel Carrera | I don't want it perfect, Join OOoAuthors today! | I want it Tuesday. http://oooauthors.org | --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
