Re: [native-lang] Reminder

[Louis Suarez-Potts]

Asmelah,

Welcome! I just created the project and so you need now to add some  
interesting content to it :-)


Sorry about the delay--I urge you and others to poke me if I don't  
respond immediately.


Cheers,
Louis


On 2009-05-26, at 05:06 , Charles-H. Schulz wrote:



Dear Asmelash;

I still need your username in order to file that allows for the
creation of the Amharic project.

Thank you,

Charles.

Le Thu, 21 May 2009 19:06:46 +0300,
Asmelash Teka  a écrit :



Dear Charles,

The localisation group at MIT (Mekelle Institute of Technology) has
been waiting for the creation of Amharic native language project from
the time we requested until now. It turned out that, there has been  
no

activity, not even a response, about it. By the way, we are glad to
tell you that our group has been working tirelessly and has finished
localising OOo to Amharic. We are looking for ways to make it readily
available to the rest of the world, so that interested individuals  
can

download and use it and other developers can work to perfect it. I
don't think there is any better option for this purpose than creating
a native language project for Amharic in OpenOffice.org. Considering
these efforts, I'd like to request your positive action soon. Thank
you!!

peace,
asmelash

On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Charles-H. Schulz
 wrote:


Daniel,

Le Mon, 04 May 2009 07:47:16 -0500,
Daniel Yacob  a écrit :



Greetings Charles,

I would be happy to see Asmelash or a permanent staff member
participating in the L10N group of Mekele Institute of Technology
take over as contact for Amharic.  My own activity level is very
low now and confined presently to dictionary development and spell
checking areas, otherwise assisting others as I can.

On another note, this email address has become unusable due to spam
(even with filters) and I rarely check it.  I have been unable to
change my OOo account email contact through the My Pages > My
Profile page, is there somewhere else to make this change?



Hmm: did you replace your existing email address in the appropriate
field? Perhaps you also need to confirm your existing password...

Let me know,

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Re: [native-lang] Reminder

[Charles-H. Schulz]

Dear Asmelash;

I still need your username in order to file that allows for the
creation of the Amharic project.

Thank you,

Charles.

Le Thu, 21 May 2009 19:06:46 +0300,
Asmelash Teka  a écrit :

> 
> Dear Charles,
> 
> The localisation group at MIT (Mekelle Institute of Technology) has
> been waiting for the creation of Amharic native language project from
> the time we requested until now. It turned out that, there has been no
> activity, not even a response, about it. By the way, we are glad to
> tell you that our group has been working tirelessly and has finished
> localising OOo to Amharic. We are looking for ways to make it readily
> available to the rest of the world, so that interested individuals can
> download and use it and other developers can work to perfect it. I
> don't think there is any better option for this purpose than creating
> a native language project for Amharic in OpenOffice.org. Considering
> these efforts, I'd like to request your positive action soon. Thank
> you!!
> 
> peace,
> asmelash
> 
> On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Charles-H. Schulz
>  wrote:
> >
> > Daniel,
> >
> > Le Mon, 04 May 2009 07:47:16 -0500,
> > Daniel Yacob  a écrit :
> >
> >>
> >> Greetings Charles,
> >>
> >> I would be happy to see Asmelash or a permanent staff member
> >> participating in the L10N group of Mekele Institute of Technology
> >> take over as contact for Amharic.  My own activity level is very
> >> low now and confined presently to dictionary development and spell
> >> checking areas, otherwise assisting others as I can.
> >>
> >> On another note, this email address has become unusable due to spam
> >> (even with filters) and I rarely check it.  I have been unable to
> >> change my OOo account email contact through the My Pages > My
> >> Profile page, is there somewhere else to make this change?
> >
> >
> > Hmm: did you replace your existing email address in the appropriate
> > field? Perhaps you also need to confirm your existing password...
> >
> > Let me know,
> >
> > Charles.
> >
> >
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Re: [native-lang] Reminder

[tora - Takamichi Akiyama]

(cross-posting. following up to d...@l10n.openoffice.org)

IMHO,
 Amharic native language project  could be am.ooo
 Amharic implementation - could be am_ET, instead of am

I have been coincidently involved in a localization task of Amharic
in the d...@l10n.ooo ML
http://l10n.openoffice.org/servlets/BrowseList?list=dev&by=thread&from=2231318

Yuji DOI used 'am' for Amharic at the moment. There was no problem.
For more appropriate implementation under current circumstances,
it would be better if they use am_ET, instead of am.

http://native-lang.openoffice.org/servlets/BrowseList?list=dev&by=thread&from=2225483

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Tora


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Re: [native-lang] Reminder

[Charles-H. Schulz]

Dear Asmelash,

My bad. I will file an issue for the creation of the project asap.
But I need the lead's usernames first and I also need you to sign and
fax the SCA:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Sun_Contributor_Agreement

Sorry again,

Charles.


Le Thu, 21 May 2009 19:06:46 +0300,
Asmelash Teka  a écrit :

> 
> Dear Charles,
> 
> The localisation group at MIT (Mekelle Institute of Technology) has
> been waiting for the creation of Amharic native language project from
> the time we requested until now. It turned out that, there has been no
> activity, not even a response, about it. By the way, we are glad to
> tell you that our group has been working tirelessly and has finished
> localising OOo to Amharic. We are looking for ways to make it readily
> available to the rest of the world, so that interested individuals can
> download and use it and other developers can work to perfect it. I
> don't think there is any better option for this purpose than creating
> a native language project for Amharic in OpenOffice.org. Considering
> these efforts, I'd like to request your positive action soon. Thank
> you!!
> 
> peace,
> asmelash
> 
> On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Charles-H. Schulz
>  wrote:
> >
> > Daniel,
> >
> > Le Mon, 04 May 2009 07:47:16 -0500,
> > Daniel Yacob  a écrit :
> >
> >>
> >> Greetings Charles,
> >>
> >> I would be happy to see Asmelash or a permanent staff member
> >> participating in the L10N group of Mekele Institute of Technology
> >> take over as contact for Amharic.  My own activity level is very
> >> low now and confined presently to dictionary development and spell
> >> checking areas, otherwise assisting others as I can.
> >>
> >> On another note, this email address has become unusable due to spam
> >> (even with filters) and I rarely check it.  I have been unable to
> >> change my OOo account email contact through the My Pages > My
> >> Profile page, is there somewhere else to make this change?
> >
> >
> > Hmm: did you replace your existing email address in the appropriate
> > field? Perhaps you also need to confirm your existing password...
> >
> > Let me know,
> >
> > Charles.
> >
> >
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Re: [native-lang] Reminder

[Charles-H. Schulz]

Dear Asmelash,

My bad. I will file an issue for the creation of the project asap.
But I need the lead's usernames first and I also need you to sign and
fax the SCA:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Sun_Contributor_Agreement

Sorry again,

Charles.


Le Thu, 21 May 2009 19:06:46 +0300,
Asmelash Teka  a écrit :

> 
> Dear Charles,
> 
> The localisation group at MIT (Mekelle Institute of Technology) has
> been waiting for the creation of Amharic native language project from
> the time we requested until now. It turned out that, there has been no
> activity, not even a response, about it. By the way, we are glad to
> tell you that our group has been working tirelessly and has finished
> localising OOo to Amharic. We are looking for ways to make it readily
> available to the rest of the world, so that interested individuals can
> download and use it and other developers can work to perfect it. I
> don't think there is any better option for this purpose than creating
> a native language project for Amharic in OpenOffice.org. Considering
> these efforts, I'd like to request your positive action soon. Thank
> you!!
> 
> peace,
> asmelash
> 
> On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Charles-H. Schulz
>  wrote:
> >
> > Daniel,
> >
> > Le Mon, 04 May 2009 07:47:16 -0500,
> > Daniel Yacob  a écrit :
> >
> >>
> >> Greetings Charles,
> >>
> >> I would be happy to see Asmelash or a permanent staff member
> >> participating in the L10N group of Mekele Institute of Technology
> >> take over as contact for Amharic.  My own activity level is very
> >> low now and confined presently to dictionary development and spell
> >> checking areas, otherwise assisting others as I can.
> >>
> >> On another note, this email address has become unusable due to spam
> >> (even with filters) and I rarely check it.  I have been unable to
> >> change my OOo account email contact through the My Pages > My
> >> Profile page, is there somewhere else to make this change?
> >
> >
> > Hmm: did you replace your existing email address in the appropriate
> > field? Perhaps you also need to confirm your existing password...
> >
> > Let me know,
> >
> > Charles.
> >
> >
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Re: [native-lang] Reminder

[tora - Takamichi Akiyama]

Hello asmelash,

One question from a technical point of view, probably for software engineers.

Which, or both?, or else?, is better for your language like en_US and en_GB for 
English in the US and English in the United Kingdom (Great Britain), 
respectively?
 - am
 - am_ET

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amharic says Amharic is spoken in both Ethiopia 
and Israel.

http://www.mekit.net/address.asp says MIT is located in Ethiopia.

One of the Linux distributions, Fedora 10, has both am and am_ET in its 
directory, /usr/share/locale.

Source code of OpenOffice.org has locale data such as date, numeric, currency 
and things like that, for each language.
http://svn.services.openoffice.org/ooo/trunk/i18npool/source/localedata/data/

Well, am_ET.xml is already there.

Those expressions are not directly related to a URI of project, but for 
internal implementation. See
http://projects.openoffice.org/native-lang.html

Project Data  Descriptions
=== = ==
Portuguese (pt) pt_PT.xml Portuguese in Portugal
Portuguese of Brasil (br)   pt_BR.xml Portuguese in Brazil

Cheers,
Tora

Asmelash Teka wrote:

Dear Charles,

The localisation group at MIT (Mekelle Institute of Technology) has
been waiting for the creation of Amharic native language project from
the time we requested until now. It turned out that, there has been no
activity, not even a response, about it. By the way, we are glad to
tell you that our group has been working tirelessly and has finished
localising OOo to Amharic. We are looking for ways to make it readily
available to the rest of the world, so that interested individuals can
download and use it and other developers can work to perfect it. I
don't think there is any better option for this purpose than creating
a native language project for Amharic in OpenOffice.org. Considering
these efforts, I'd like to request your positive action soon. Thank
you!!

peace,
asmelash



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Re: [native-lang] Reminder

[Asmelash Teka]

Dear Charles,

The localisation group at MIT (Mekelle Institute of Technology) has
been waiting for the creation of Amharic native language project from
the time we requested until now. It turned out that, there has been no
activity, not even a response, about it. By the way, we are glad to
tell you that our group has been working tirelessly and has finished
localising OOo to Amharic. We are looking for ways to make it readily
available to the rest of the world, so that interested individuals can
download and use it and other developers can work to perfect it. I
don't think there is any better option for this purpose than creating
a native language project for Amharic in OpenOffice.org. Considering
these efforts, I'd like to request your positive action soon. Thank
you!!

peace,
asmelash

On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 12:36 PM, Charles-H. Schulz
 wrote:
>
> Daniel,
>
> Le Mon, 04 May 2009 07:47:16 -0500,
> Daniel Yacob  a écrit :
>
>>
>> Greetings Charles,
>>
>> I would be happy to see Asmelash or a permanent staff member
>> participating in the L10N group of Mekele Institute of Technology
>> take over as contact for Amharic.  My own activity level is very low
>> now and confined presently to dictionary development and spell
>> checking areas, otherwise assisting others as I can.
>>
>> On another note, this email address has become unusable due to spam
>> (even with filters) and I rarely check it.  I have been unable to
>> change my OOo account email contact through the My Pages > My Profile
>> page, is there somewhere else to make this change?
>
>
> Hmm: did you replace your existing email address in the appropriate
> field? Perhaps you also need to confirm your existing password...
>
> Let me know,
>
> Charles.
>
>
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Re: [native-lang] Reminder

[Charles-H. Schulz]

Le Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:12:48 +0300,
Asmelash Teka  a écrit :

> 
> Dear Charles,
> 
> Thank you for your reply. My OpenOffice.org user name is: asmelashteka
> and currently we(along with my project members) want to start with
> level I, later as we contribute more and mature in skill, we'll
> upgrade to level II.

good, I'll file the creation issue asap. Please note that the process
itself may take a few weeks to complete. You also need to sign and fax
the SCA (Sun Contributor Agreement).
> 
> As for Daniel Yacob, we know each other and he is helping us a lot in
> localising OpenOffice.org. Thanks again!!

Good; in this case, Amharic has already been registered as a
localization in our different listings and tracking systems. See here:
http://qatrack.services.openoffice.org/languages.php  and there:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Languages

Make sure Daniel updates all these entries regularly.

Best,

Charles.


> 
> asmelash
> 
> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Charles-H. Schulz
>  wrote:
> >
> > Le Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:09:19 +0300,
> > Asmelash Teka  a écrit :
> >
> >>
> >> Dear Louis/Charles,
> >>
> >> This is just to remind you that I posted a request message for the
> >> creation of Amharic native-language project and there has been no
> >> response for 10 days(Yes!! I was checking the mailing at least
> >> twice each day). So could you please tell me what you guys are up
> >> to, if you need more information I'll be happy to send. Thank you!!
> >
> >
> > Dear Asmelash,
> >
> > Sorry I simply hadn't seen your email. We already had someone
> > working on a localization in Amharic, David Yacob (in copy) but we
> > had had now news for quite some time now. I think your initiative
> > is much welcome here and I can only invite David, if he's still
> > interested, in joining forces with you.
> >
> > On a more administrative level, I would like to have your
> > OpenOffice.org username, and wether you would like a level 1 and 2
> > project inside the Native-Language Project.
> >
> > Sorry again for the delay,
> >
> > Charles-H. Schulz.
> >
> >
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Re: [native-lang] Reminder

[Asmelash Teka]

Dear Charles,

Thank you for your reply. My OpenOffice.org user name is: asmelashteka
and currently we(along with my project members) want to start with
level I, later as we contribute more and mature in skill, we'll
upgrade to level II.

As for Daniel Yacob, we know each other and he is helping us a lot in
localising OpenOffice.org. Thanks again!!

asmelash

On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Charles-H. Schulz
 wrote:
>
> Le Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:09:19 +0300,
> Asmelash Teka  a écrit :
>
>>
>> Dear Louis/Charles,
>>
>> This is just to remind you that I posted a request message for the
>> creation of Amharic native-language project and there has been no
>> response for 10 days(Yes!! I was checking the mailing at least twice
>> each day). So could you please tell me what you guys are up to, if
>> you need more information I'll be happy to send. Thank you!!
>
>
> Dear Asmelash,
>
> Sorry I simply hadn't seen your email. We already had someone working
> on a localization in Amharic, David Yacob (in copy) but we had had now
> news for quite some time now. I think your initiative is much welcome
> here and I can only invite David, if he's still interested, in joining
> forces with you.
>
> On a more administrative level, I would like to have your
> OpenOffice.org username, and wether you would like a level 1 and 2
> project inside the Native-Language Project.
>
> Sorry again for the delay,
>
> Charles-H. Schulz.
>
>
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Re: [native-lang] Reminder

[Charles-H. Schulz]

Le Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:09:19 +0300,
Asmelash Teka  a écrit :

> 
> Dear Louis/Charles,
> 
> This is just to remind you that I posted a request message for the
> creation of Amharic native-language project and there has been no
> response for 10 days(Yes!! I was checking the mailing at least twice
> each day). So could you please tell me what to you guys are up to, if
> you need more information I'll be happy to send. Thank you!!


Dear Asmelash,

Sorry I simply hadn't seen your email. We already had someone working
on a localization in Amharic, David Yacob (in copy) but we had had now
news for quite some time now. I think your initiative is much welcome
here and I can only invite David, if he's still interested, in joining
forces with you.

On a more administrative level, I would like to have your
OpenOffice.org username, and wether you would like a level 1 and 2
project inside the Native-Language Project.

Sorry again for the delay,

Charles-H. Schulz.


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[native-lang] Reminder

[Asmelash Teka]

Dear Louis/Charles,

This is just to remind you that I posted a request message for the
creation of Amharic native-language project and there has been no
response for 10 days(Yes!! I was checking the mailing at least twice
each day). So could you please tell me what to you guys are up to, if
you need more information I'll be happy to send. Thank you!!

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[native-lang] reminder: OOoCon community consultation

[Florian Effenberger]

The OpenOffice.org Conference (OOoCon) is the annual meeting of the 
international OpenOffice.org Community. It is the premier event for 
anyone interested in or working with OpenOffice.org. OOoCon is where 
representatives of all the community projects meet to celebrate and 
learn from the achievements of the past twelve months, and discuss how 
to meet the challenges of the next twelve.


We are now starting a Community consultation to help us decide where to 
hold OOoCon 2009 and OOoCon 2010. If you were a registered member of the 
OpenOffice.org community on January 1st 2009 and would like to attend 
OOoCon, please let us know your preferred location.


The Consultation closes at midnight UTC on February 27th.

For full details, please visit:
http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2009/cfl

Who is a registered member of the Community?
http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/guidelines.html

For more information about OOoCon please visit:
http://marketing.openoffice.org/conference

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[native-lang] Reminder: proposals for OOoCon

[John McCreesh]

Please remember that the Call for Location for OOoCon closes at midnight
UTC on February 1st 2009
http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=announce&msgNo=380

There have also been recommendations that we should move to a two year
cycle, so this year we would also award OOoCon 2010. The team running 2010
would be expected to 'shadow' the 2009 team, to help them with the 2009
event, and prepare better for their own OOoCon the following year.

So please think not just about 2009, but also 2010!

Thanks - John
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[native-lang] Reminder: IRC session on Pinnberg

[Charles-H. Schulz]

Hello,

The IRC session on the future concepts of OOo starts in twenty  
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Hope to see you there !

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Hello,

this is just a short reminder to all of you who haven't voted on our new 
splash screen design yet. Voting ends


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Please cast your vote before the deadline! The more people vote, the 
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[native-lang] Reminder: IRC session today on OOo online

[charles-h.schulz]

Hi,

This is just a reminder about the IRC session that will take place today,  5 pm 
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More info here:  http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/OOo_Next

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[native-lang] Reminder - Vote now for Community Contributor Representative

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This is a reminder.Voting ends Saturday 22 December 23:59 UTC


It's election season and time to vote for the Community Contributor  
Representative to the Community Council. It's been a while.  The CCR  
holds a seat on the Community Council for one year (more or less) and  
represents you. Laurent Godard has been the most recent CCR.


Voting begins immediately (now) and ends Saturday 22 December at 23:59  
UTC. To vote, follow the instructions below, right after the candidate  
statements.


There are two candidates for the CCR office. The candidate is supposed  
to be someone who is familiar with OpenOffice.org (project and  
product) and familiar to the community. He or she should be able to  
speak to the needs of endusers, non-coding contributors, businesses,  
as well as the Incubator project leads and members. Both candidates  
are qualified. They are:



* Kazunari Hirano

I am Kazunari Hirano from OpenOffice.org Japanese Native Language  
Project, working as Marketing Contact for Japan and Japanese language.  
I have been the deputy for CCR, leading OpenOffice.org CJK (Chinese,  
Japanese, Korean) Group. My focus is the localization of  
OpenOffice.org. I want to help localize OpenOffice.org to as many  
languages as possible. I and my team are starting Ainu and Klingon  
localizations. I write articles for OpenOffice.org Newsletter.  
Community is all about Communication and Motivation. I would like to  
open up a daily channel between Community Council and Community Members.


Thanks.


* Cor Nouws

It's a honour for me that I've been asked to be a candidate. I am 48  
yrs, Dutch, maried, three children, and - as far as time allows - do  
hobbies like sports and making music. I got involved in the  
OpenOffice.org community in 2004. The reason fits in the open source  
tradition: I run a small business supporting our great program and  
want to spent some energy to make it flourish even more.


My activities for the project are various (marketing, qa, ux, Duth  
NL,...) which gives me a pretty good feeling of what is going on. I'm  
quite well aware of the special qualities of the OpenOffice.org  
project, such as the technical complexity, variation in background of  
people involved, vast interest of big players in the market, different  
needs for various groups and so on. I do have some experience in  
committees, which might be helpful to do some good work in the  
community council.



---

To vote, you must be a registered OpenOffice.org community member.  
Here is how to vote:


Log in to OpenOffice.org if you are not already logged in. Go to "My  
start page," and click on the "Vote!" hyperlink on the right hand  
side. You will be taken to a page where you can cast your vote.


(My start page is at : )

If you are not a member, now is the time to join. To register and  
join, go to . Then follow the  
instructions above.


If you are curious about the Community Council, go to  to learn more.



** Remember: Vote by Saturday 22 December 23:59 UTC.**

Thanks to Ben Bois, Laurent Godard, and Stefan Taxhet, who have  
volunteered their time to set this poll up.



-Louis Suarez-Potts
Community Manager
Chair, Community Council

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[native-lang] REMINDER - IRC Meeting - Translation Process - Pootle

[Rafaella Braconi]

Dear All,

this is a friendly reminder for tomorrow's IRC meeting at 12:00 UTC on 
translation and pootle server.

Channel: IRC network FreeNode, #ooonlc.

Regards,
Rafaella


Rafaella Braconi wrote On 01/18/07 15:52,:


Dear All,

thank you for participating to the meeting on the translation process.
Please find the meeting log at: 
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/IRC_Meetings#Meeting_Topic:_Translation_Process 



Next IRC l10n meeting will take place in 2 weeks on February 1st at 
12:00 UTC and will be focussed on the translation infustructure.


Kind Regards,
Rafaella

Rafaella Braconi wrote:


Dear All,

this is a friendly reminder for tomorrow's meeting on translation 
process.


Logistics

Date/Time: January 18th, 2007 12:00 UTC - 13:15 UTC
Channel: IRC network FreeNode, #ooonlc

Agenda
- Scope of this meeting (5 minutes)
- OOo localisation: Pootle: the way to go?
- Q&A

Kind Regards,
Rafaella

Rafaella Braconi wrote:


Dear All,

here are the meeting details to discuss about *Pootle*.
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/IRC_Meetings#Meeting_Topic:_Translation_Process 



Kind Regards,
Rafaella

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[native-lang] REMINDER - [l10n-dev] IRC Meeting - Translation Process - Pootle

[Rafaella Braconi]

Dear All,

this is a friendly reminder for tomorrow's meeting on translation process.

Logistics

Date/Time: January 18th, 2007 12:00 UTC - 13:15 UTC
Channel: IRC network FreeNode, #ooonlc

Agenda
- Scope of this meeting (5 minutes)
- OOo localisation: Pootle: the way to go?
- Q&A

Kind Regards,
Rafaella

Rafaella Braconi wrote:

Dear All,

here are the meeting details to discuss about *Pootle*.
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/IRC_Meetings#Meeting_Topic:_Translation_Process 



Kind Regards,
Rafaella

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[native-lang] Reminder: Survey - OpenOffice.org Developer Feedback Needed

[Stefan Taxhet]

All,

We invite code contributors to fill out a short survey that will
help to identify the needs and issues of developers working on
OpenOffice.org.

http://survey.services.openoffice.org/survey/public/survey.php?name=osscontrib

We would like to make our project as attractive to developers as
possible. Therefore, it is important to understand why developers want
to work on the project and what can make their life easy or difficult.
For those who hesitated to work on OpenOffice.org, this is a chance to
let us know why.
What motivates you to contribute code to an open source project like
OpenOffice.org? Please tell us and take part in our Open Source Project
Code Contributor Survey which is being run in conjunction with Netbeans.

If you are an OpenOffice.org developer, please take 5 minutes of your
time to complete the short code contributor survey.
Choose OpenOffice.org from the pop-up where it asks for which project
you want to answer and proceed.

http://survey.services.openoffice.org/survey/public/survey.php?name=osscontrib

Note that we would like to analyze the results next week. So forward the 
URL to developers involved with OpenOffice.org now and send the answers 
until Sunday 2006-07-09.


Thanks for your help,
Stefan

PS: Feel free to forward this message to people working on
OpenOffice.org development related things around the globe.


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[native-lang] [Reminder]OpenOffice.org Developer Article Contest

[Laurent Godard]

Hi all

The Developer Article Contest is opened for February

The deadline is for the end of the month and there remain only one week
to submit your articles !!!

There's even money to earn thanks to our sponsors ;-)
So, feel free to submit your contributions :-)

I also join here Louis first annoncement

Enjoy this contest and please relay it to your native-lang fellows

Laurent

'--

From Louis Suarez-Potts

http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=dev&msgNo=16007

OpenOffice.org Developer Article Contest starts on February 1, 2006
===

Dear developers and technical writers,

OpenOffice.org, with the support of Team OpenOffice.org e.V. and
extra sponsorship from Sun Microsystems, announces its first
Developer Contest starting February 1, 2006. The goal of the
developer contest is to generate more developer documentation. We are
also interested in promoting OpenOffice.org to developers at the same
time.

As part of the contest, developers are asked to write articles about
developer topics, such as porting, add-on and filter development
(e.g. new wizards, Calc functions, chart types, etc.), bug fixing,
etc. Every month a committee will pick the best article from the pool
of submitted articles. Articles that did not initially win will stay
in the pool, so that they can still win later.

Detailed rules can be found here: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/
wiki/OpenOffice.org_Developer_Article_Contest

The developer contest team wishes all participating developers and
writers good luck! We look forward to receiving the first articles.

Best regards,

The OpenOffice.org Developer Contest Team


--
Laurent Godard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Ingénierie OpenOffice.org
Indesko >> http://www.indesko.com
Nuxeo CPS >> http://www.nuxeo.com - http://www.cps-project.org
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[native-lang] Reminder: how to submit your ssh keys to OOo

[Charles-H.Schulz]

Hello,
it may not look useful to many here, but I felt this had to be reminded
at some point for potential new project leads here. When a NL project is
accepted and that an issue is filed by myself to ask Louis/SourceCast
engineers to create the project, please *do not* attach your ssh keys to
the same issue!
You need to open another one yourself with specific mentions and details
you need to fill.
See: http://www.openoffice.org/scdocs/ddSSHGuide#step4  . The rest of
this document is also very useful.
Thanks,
Charles.

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[native-lang] REMINDER - IRC talk

[Daniel Carrera]

Greetings,

This is a reminder of the IRC talks today. The first one is in 6h 30min 
and the second is in 14h 30min. These are the same talk, given twice so 
that everyone can make it.


Title:  The Adriatic experience: OOoCon2005
Date/Time:  Saturday at 11 UTC and 19 UTC (see below for details).
Slides: http://native-lang.openoffice.org/conference/
New to IRC? http://native-lang.openoffice.org/conference/instructions/


Summary:

The annual OOoCon is the primary event where OOo members meet one 
another. This year the conference will be in Koper, Slovenia, ans a 
joint project between the Italian and Slovenian teams. Urska will be 
telling us about the plans for OOoCon 2005 and why you should go :-)


This will be a great talk. If you're at all curious about OOoCon, you 
definitely should go.


Talk time:
--
In this talk we'll try something new. Urska will give the talk *twice*, 
at different times. So that everyone can make it.


The first talk will be at 11:00 UTC (good for Australiam Asia and 
Europe). The second will be at 1900 UTC (good for the Americas and 
Europe). There re some sample times below:


City   Talk #1Talk #2
-  ------
Los Angeles 4:00 AMNoon
Chicago 6:00 AM2:00 PM
New York7:00 AM3:00 PM
Rio de Janeiro  8:00 AM4:00 PM
London  Noon   8:00 PM
Paris   1:00 PM9:00 PM
Ljubljana   1:00 PM9:00 PM
Moscow  3:00 PM   11:00 PM
Perth   7:00 PM3:00 AM (Sun)
Tokyo   8:00 PM4:00 AM (Sun)
Canberra9:00 PM5:00 AM (Sun)

For more times: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meeting.html

Cheers,
Daniel.

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Re: [native-lang] REMINDER: IRC talk - TOMORROW

[Charles-H.Schulz]

Hello all,

On Sat, 2005-05-14 at 01:17 -0400, Daniel Carrera wrote:
> Greetings all,
> 
> This is a reminder of this week's IRC talk. This week we have Kazunari 
> Hirano from the Japanese NLC team. He will be talking to us about 
> non-profit organizations to support FOSS.

I'm afraid I won't be able to make it this time. Good luck to
Hirano-San!

Best,

Charles.



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[native-lang] REMINDER: IRC talk - TOMORROW

[Daniel Carrera]

Greetings all,
This is a reminder of this week's IRC talk. This week we have Kazunari 
Hirano from the Japanese NLC team. He will be talking to us about 
non-profit organizations to support FOSS.

   Speaker:Kazunari Hirano
   Talk title: Non Profit Organization (NPO) to Support
   OpenSource Developers
   Time:   Tomorrow, Saturday May 14,  15:00 UTC  (see below).
   Location:   Freenode, channel #ooonlc  (instructions below).
   URL:http://native-lang.openoffice.org/conference/
How to support open source developers is an on-going issue for all open 
source projects. But especially for one as large as OpenOffice.org. Non 
profit organizations have an important role to play in this. I'd like to 
encourage everyone to come to this talk. This is something that is 
relevant to all OOo members. I hope to see you there.

The talk slides are not yet up. We apologize for the delay. But slides 
will be available when the talk starts.

Time of the conference:
---
Los Angeles: Sat  8:00 AM
New York:Sat 11:00 AM
Paris:   Sat  5:00 PM
Perth:   Sat 11:00 PM
Tokyo:   Midnight.
Instructions:
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If you're new to IRC, no problem! We have a set of instructions to help 
you get to the conference:

Instructions: http://native-lang.openoffice.org/conference/instructions/
If you have questions, please ask!
Cheers,
Daniel.
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[native-lang] REMINDER: IRC Talk in 10min!

[Daniel Carrera]

Greetings all,
Just a quick reminder that Laurent's ultra-cool IRC talk will start in 
10 MINUTES.

  Speaker:Laurent Godard
  Talk title: Addon development:
  another way to bring value to OpenOffice.org
  Location:   Freenode, channel #ooonlc  (instructions below).
  URL:http://native-lang.openoffice.org/conference/
This is going to be a very interesting talk about Addons, and I 
encourage you to come.

Instructions: http://native-lang.openoffice.org/conference/instructions/
Cheers,
Daniel.
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[native-lang] REMINDER: IRC Talk in 1 hour.

[Daniel Carrera]

Reminder, the IRC talk is in one hour:

   Title:   Jump in, the water is perfect.
Enabling large migrations.
   Speaker: Alexandro Colorado
   Date:Saturday, April 02
   Time:12:00 UTC

   Instructions:  http://native-lang.openoffice.org/conference/


IRC Instructions:
~
It's not too late!  Getting setup with Gaim or Chatzilla takes a lot less than 
one hour. Even if you have never seen IRC before, you should try it. We have a 
nice set of IRC instructions, provided by your humble servant:

http://native-lang.openoffice.org/conference/instructions/

If you are new at IRC, try it out. It is a great way to discuss ideas. If you 
need help, let me know. I'll try to help you get setup.

Cheers,
-- 
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Re: [native-lang] REMINDER: IRC Talk this Saturday.

[Robert Ludvik]

Søren Thing Pedersen pravi:
Andre Schnabel wrote:
Hi,
Just to let you know that FR community has been informed :)
as well as germanophone community. ;-)
Danish, too.
Søren
As well Slovenain. I can't make it but will ask Urska if she can.
Robert Ludvik
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Re: [native-lang] REMINDER: IRC Talk this Saturday.

[Søren Thing Pedersen]

Andre Schnabel wrote:
Hi,
Just to let you know that FR community has been informed :)

as well as germanophone community. ;-)
Danish, too.
Søren
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Re: [native-lang] REMINDER: IRC Talk this Saturday.

[Andre Schnabel]

Hi,
Just to let you know that FR community has been informed :)
as well as germanophone community. ;-)
Andre
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Re: [native-lang] REMINDER: IRC Talk this Saturday.

[Ian Lynch]

On Thu, 2005-03-31 at 10:04, Daniel Carrera wrote:
> Sophie GAUTIER wrote:
> 
> > >I'm happy to announce this Saturday's IRC talk:
> > 
> > Just to let you know that FR community has been informed :)
> 
> :-D
> 
> /daniel happy dances

I'm in Bucharest on that day, maybe I can have a live experience :-)

-- 
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Re: [native-lang] REMINDER: IRC Talk this Saturday.

[Daniel Carrera]

Sophie GAUTIER wrote:

> >I'm happy to announce this Saturday's IRC talk:
> 
> Just to let you know that FR community has been informed :)

:-D

/daniel happy dances

Cheers,
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Re: [native-lang] REMINDER: IRC Talk this Saturday.

[Sophie GAUTIER]

Hi Daniel,
Daniel Carrera a écrit :
Greetings everyone,
I'm happy to announce this Saturday's IRC talk:
Just to let you know that FR community has been informed :)
Cheers
Sophie

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[native-lang] REMINDER: IRC Talk this Saturday.

[Daniel Carrera]

Greetings everyone,

I'm happy to announce this Saturday's IRC talk:

   Title:   Jump in, the water is perfect.
Enabling large migrations.
   Speaker: Alexandro Colorado
   Date:Saturday, April 02
   Time:12:00 UTC

   Instructions:  http://native-lang.openoffice.org/conference/

Alexandro is the co-lead of the Spanish NL project. In this talk he will 
analyze 
the experience of Novell's massive migration to OpenOffice.org. Then he'll 
propose 
a series of tips and techniques that can make a large migration to OOo an 
astounding success.

This will be a great talk. I've seen the slides (which, btw, are up on the 
website 
right now). It looks very intersting. It should appeal to anyone interested in 
the 
adoption of OOo in large groups. The concepts not specific to companies of 
course.

IRC Instructions:
~
To debout this week, we have a nice set of IRC instructions:

http://native-lang.openoffice.org/conference/instructions/

If you are new at IRC, try it out. It is a great way to discuss ideas. If you 
need 
help, let me know. I'll try to help you get setup.

About the IRC confs:

The IRC talks are held bi-weekly. These are informal talks, around 20min each.
They are followed by a Question & Answer period, and then group discussion.

The purpose of these talks is to encourage different language communities to 
exchange ideas. It also provides an opportunity for people who do not normally 
meet each other, to meet in a friendly environment.

You can see the logs for last week's talk on the IRC conf web page:
http://native-lang.openoffice.org/conference/

Cheers,
-- 
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[native-lang] REMINDER: IRC conf today

[Daniel Carrera]

Just a last-minute reminder. The IRC bi-weekly conference is in less than 
1 hour.

Title: Learning through Participation
Day:   Sunday, March 20.
Time:  21:30 UTC
URL:   http://native-lang.openoffice.org/conference/

Location:

Server:  irc.freenode.net
Channel: #ooonlc

I look forward to seeing you all there.

Cheers,
Daniel.

About the IRC confs:

We are starting a series of bi-weekly IRC conferences. These are informal 
conferences, around 10-20min each. They are followed by a Question & Answer 
period, and then group discussion.

The purpose of these talks is to encourage different language communities to 
exchange ideas. It also provides an opportunity for people who do not normally 
meet each other, to meet in a friendly environment.

You can see the logs for last week's talk on the IRC conf web page:
http://native-lang.openoffice.org/conference/


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[native-lang] REMINDER: IRC Conf this Sunday.

[Daniel Carrera]

I'd like to remind everyone that this Sunday we will have the second in a 
series of bi-weekly IRC talks.

The speaker this weekend will be Ian Lynch, OOo for schools lead.

Title: Learning through Participation
Day:   Sunday, March 20.
Time:  21:30 UTC
URL:   http://native-lang.openoffice.org/conference/

Ian is the lead of the OOo for schools project. He will talk about the INGOTs 
program. This project is very exciting. It does not simply create open source 
awareness. It teaches kids to become active and contribute directly to FOSS.

I've seen his talk and I highly recommend it.

Hope you see you all there.


About the IRC confs:

We are starting a series of bi-weekly IRC conferences. These are informal 
conferences, around 10-20min each. They are followed by a Question & Answer 
period, and then group discussion.

The purpose of these talks is to encourage different language communities to 
exchange ideas. It also provides an opportunity for people who do not normally 
meet each other, to meet in a friendly environment.

You can see the logs for last week's talk on the IRC conf web page:
http://native-lang.openoffice.org/conference/

Cheers,
-- 
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[native-lang] Reminder: IRC Conference

[Daniel Carrera]

Hi Everyone,

Just a friendly reminder of the first ever IRC conference: TODAY IN 10min

http://native-lang.openoffice.org/conference/

It's scheduled for 15:00 UTC, which by my international watch is in 10min.

Server:   irc.freenode.net
Channel:  #ooonlc
Speaker:  me!  Daniel.
Topic:INREACH, Building an active community

This is a realy brief, 10min talk. Very informal. After that we can 
hopefully have inspired conversation :-)

This is the first time doing this. Let's see how it goes.

Cheers,
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[native-lang] REMINDER: IRC conf - Saturday 15:00 UTC

[Daniel Carrera]

Hello all,

Just a reminder of the very first of the bi-weekly IRC conferences. It'll 
be this saturday at 15:00 UTC, on FreeNode, in the channel #nlc.

http://native-lang.openoffice.org/conference/

These are informal talks. They're meant as an opportunity to share ideas, 
and chat with people from other language communities. The talks will be 
brief. The one this Sat being 10min. Then a Q&A (if there are Qs) and 
finally unmoderated chat.

I'm excited and nervous, I hope these work out well. I'll be giving out 
the fist one, since I alrady had a talk ready, I didn't have to do any 
work :-)  I'll be presenting the talk from OOoRegiCon, which people 
seemed to like.

The time of the talk is 15:00 UTC, Saturday. In o

   * France/Germany: Sat  4:00 PM
   * Western US: Sat 07:00 AM
   * Eastern US: Sat 10:00 AM
   * Japan:  Sun Midnight

No time will be good for everyone. So we'll probably have to alternate 
between two different times.

If you are thinking of giving a talk, please please please let me know. I 
will help you with whatever you need.

Hope to see you all there.

Cheers,
-- 
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