Great ! So, we do have two translators for the Newsletter
Daniel: English => German Karim: English => French So, authors should submit articles in english, and then send the article to Daniel+Karim for translation. Does it make sense for every one ? Any comment on the format of the NL ? periodicity ? logos ? colors ? number of topics ? Regards Karim jaspis wrote: > Hi Karim > > I'm not sure if it is nescessary to have a german translated > newsletter, as the computer language is english. > > But I've decided now that I would do this part (english->german) if it > has to be done. > > Regards > Daniel > > Den 23.6.2009 10:38 Uhr, Karim skrev: >> Dear CHOSUG members, >> >> up to now, we have issued 5 newsletters, just to test the idea of a >> newsletter inside the user group. >> >> Why a newsletter ? >> Since january, I've seen many blogs and forums , in switzerland, >> about OpenSolaris. Many interesting things are discussed but not >> necessarly shared, which could benefit to other. Linux Users could >> benefit from such content, by discovering the CHOSUG community, and >> why not attending to some CHOSUG sessions >> >> Which format ? >> The idea of the Newsletter is Keep It Smart and Simple: A monthly, >> doublesided, quad-topics PDF file, with short, but meaningfull >> content, written by CHOSUG members. We could continue to push it to >> the mailing list, and drop a copy (for archives) on the wiki. >> >> Language ? >> Having to translate it to french and German is not realistic (lack of >> volunteers in the CHOSUG), so, it should continue in english. >> >> Content ? >> Well, you all have some content: >> - your blogs on OpenSolaris >> - your professionnal experiments with Solaris/OpenSolaris >> - your proven best practice >> - your latest OpenSolaris build experiment on your Desktop/laptop >> - your latest Beer2Beer session >> - your planned technical presentation >> >> Region: >> of course, content should come for all the regions of Switzerland, >> but in english to help a Ticino user understand what a Zug user is >> saying >> >> Format: >> well, I draw a template (use Draw in StarOffice/OpenOffice) with >> standard Arial fonts. The idea is to have a newsletter that can be >> read in 5 minutes, with links if the reader want to know more. I >> attached a PDF of this template, and I'm waiting for you feedback >> (especially from actual/futur CHSOUG leaders) to change the template. >> This is your next newsletter, so the format (size, colors, logos, >> positions, ...) must be your decision :) >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ug-chosug mailing list >> ug-chosug at opensolaris.org >> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ug-chosug >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/ug-chosug/attachments/20090624/f733684e/attachment.html>
