Open Source Geospatial Foundation Press release translations

[Rich Steele]

Hi folks,

I'm catching up on all of these emails.  Lots of questions about press
release, board meeting, 501(c)(3), IP policies, etc.  I'm still back on
the press release.

As noted below, the Wiki is **locked**, but I did have some thoughts on
the press release.  Not sure if it is too late, but I have attached a
PDF of the diff from the current wiki version, plus a text file of my
revisions.  

Will respond to other emails in due course.

-Rich

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arnulf Christl [mailto:arnulf.christl at ccgis.de]
> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 2:59 AM
> To: board at board.osgeo.org; Daniel Brookshier; Rich Steele
> Cc: Benjamin Thelen
> Subject: Open Source Geospatial Foundation Press release translations
> 
> Hi all.
> 
> Please notice: I have frozen the Press release page in order to
prevent
> unsolicited changes. Only WikiSysops can lock and unlock pages.
> Currently only Benjamin Thelen (our SysAdmin) and I can do this. I
would
> like to give all board members plus DanielB WikiSysop privileges.
> Comments?
> 
> Could this get us going for the translations? Please comment.
> 
> +++
> 
> Hello,
> the Open Source Geospatial Foundation is starting to go alive and we
> need a press release. To reflect the international scope and the
> community leverage that it alread now has we invite you to join in
> translating the press release to whichever language is your favourite.
> Your contribution will have to be honorary but we would very much like
> you to put your name underneath to pronounce the meritocratic
character
> of the Foundation.
> 
> There is a tricky bit in it also. We believe that you as
representatives
> of your language and culture might want to add an additional paragraph
> underneath whats already there adding information that applies to your
> local situation that we would never be able to have an insight into.
> 
> It might also be a valuable suggestion to propose setting up local
> chapters of the OSGeo. These chapters could start off as community
> driven initiatives which - after proving to be alive and resourceful -
> can request to be set up as individual projects inside the OSGeo
> infrastructure (which is the CollabNet environment).
> 
> To start off with low overhead we have set up an interim Wiki that
> allows for multiple users to change content easily. Please go to this
> URL to get started:
> http://www.fossgis.de/osgeo/index.php/Talk:Proposed_Press_Release
> 
> The original press release text has already been copied to your
language
> versions, please simply translate it there. Please notice that every
> change that you ever do in this Wiki is recorded in the history. The
> history cannot be undone. Nonetheless please adhere to the basic rule
of
> Wiki editing: Be bold.
> 
> Once you are done please give us a notice so that we can also freeze
the
> different language versions. After that the page cannot be edited
unless
> a Wiki System Operator (OSGeo Fodunation board member) is requested to
> unlock the page. This will ensure that the press release text is not
> modified by unsolicited people.
> 
> If you have questions regarding this process or technology feel free
to
> contact the board members.
> 
> With best regards,
> the interim Board of Directors
> 
> +++
> 
> All,
> to get started I would suggest the following people as initial
> translation group:
> 
> Mori Toru <moritoru at orkney.co.jp>
> Daniel Kastl <mail at daniel-kastl.de>
> Lars Aronsson <lars at aronsson.se>
> Rafael Medeiros Sperb <rsperb at univali.br>
> Christoph Baudson <christoph.baudson at ccgis.de>
> Adam Luks <adam.luks at ccgis.de>
> 
> 
> Markus, could you please add the emails of:
> 
> Paolo Cavallini
> Moritz Lennert
> 
> could you suggest others? Ideally we would have a reviwe group for
every
> language in order to make sure that the quality of the translation is
> good.

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