The NL is good. If we have many articles, we can always enlarge it (more pages); but it is a good idea to start with a doublesided one.
Regards Daniel Den 24.6.2009 16:16 Uhr, Karim skrev: > 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/fae6757a/attachment.html>
