Hi Ryan, Hi *
Ryan Singer wrote:
Daniel said it. The reason for a NL-EN is to provide grassroot
support and implementation for the global strategy in EN locales. Other native-langs are very busy organizing and implementing local
projects to a degree that just doesn't happen in english speaking
countries, mostly because we use the same lists for global strategy
and local implementation. The reason for a NL-EN project is so that
there can be a place for talk about the best way to spread
openoffice.org throughout english speaking countries that is more
specialized than the place where we talk about global strategy.-R
Despite the good reasons posted here, I feel like Vitor and Louis. I wonder if the proposed EN_NL is not too global in and of itself----I mean how do you coordinate local, "grassroots" activities on a single EN-NL list for Australia, Ireland, England and Cananda, for example?
Separate lists for each region (Aus/NZ, UK, Ireland, North America, etc for example) would sound more efficient.
To not duplicate (or deplete) the already excellent discussion and user forums going on in English, the regional groups could be specifically for planning conferences/events, marketing activities, maintaining dictionaries for those locales, providing speakers and material specific to those regions. That way, people who live in one region can avoid a flood of mail that does not relate to their region or particular variation of English.
I admit that I would appreciate it if the planning of regional conferences were no longer on the Marketing.dev list so that I don't have to keep deleting mail irrelevant to me and my regions of choice. At the same time, it is easier to gather feedback and thoughts that help me do my job better if the number of English mailing lists does not rise. I consider the current English lists the places where I get feedback on the English version of OOo, so I try to follow discussions there. Likewise with the German .dev .marketing and .users lists for the German version of OOo. On this same note, a single EN-NL that incorporates all variations of English would drive be batty because I only have time to take care of US-American English.
BTW, was the suggestion discussed on the regular English lists? An opinion poll there might be handy.
My 2 c, Elizabeth
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