OSGeo-Board Local Chapters, Translation, etc

[Chris Holmes]

I'm +1 to create a root international-discuss list right away.  From 
that they could hopefully make recommendations to the board of what they 
want.  Local user group stuff, localization sub-projects, ect.  If they 
want to move it to @translations subproject we can leave it to them to 
decide.

Chris

Daniel Brookshier wrote:
> I think it is a great idea. I would not put this into the board  
> project. We can put it at the root because it is a foundation level  
> activity. So international-discuss at osgeo.org or we can create a  project 
> called translations so the list would be international- 
> discuss at translations.osgeo.org and you will have a project with a  
> subversion  repository to version documents.
> 
> Daniel Brookshier
> Community Manager
> 214-207-6614
> 
> On Feb 14, 2006, at 9:08 AM, Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> 
>> Folks,
>>
>> What do you think of starting a mailing list for those interested
>> in translation of foundation pages (ie. PR), setting up local sites
>> (ie. Toru), or establishing connections with regional organizations
>> (ie. FOSSGIS, Geolivre, etc)?
>>
>> I am thinking of something like international-discuss at board.osgeo.org.
>>
>> I am seeing alot of interest in setting addressing the international
>> outreach issue.   However, I don't think we as a board can do this  topic
>> justice in the near term with everything else going on.  What I would
>> like is to have a venue where folks interested in this area could  
>> discuss
>> and do some planning, perhaps coming back to the board with  
>> recommendations.
>>
>> Addressing questions like:
>>  o Organizing translation of foundation pages.
>>  o Addressing local "chapters" or resources (ie. ja.osgeo.org?)
>>  o Addressing what sort of affiliation or outreach to regional  
>> organizations
>>    makes sense.
>>  o Raising issues with the internationalization support in foundation
>>    software projects.
>>
>> If we want to do this we could either designated it properly as a  
>> "committee"
>> or just set it up as a mailing list with no special designation.   If we
>> establish it as a proper committee I think we would need to provide  
>> it with
>> some sort of mandate and it would be expected to come up with somewhat
>> formal recommendations to the board.
>>
>> If you guys are supportive, I'll write up a motion in the wiki  based on
>> the above, and similar to web masters group.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> -- 
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>>
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