[OSGeo-Board] localization of OSGEO website for China

[Arnulf Christl]

Kevin Zhu wrote:
> Hi all,
>  
> Sorry for sending this mail widely, but does anyone can help me to reach 
> Daniel Brookshier? I have sent a lots of mails to Daniel 
> (dbrookshier at collab.net <mailto:dbrookshier at collab.net>), but all my 
> mails are refused by collab.net mail server. So I'm getting mad:(
>  
> My purpose is to figure when he will be availible for a conf-call to 
> discuss to localization of OSGEO website. And I just want to aviod 
> getting up at mid-night to find he's not there....
>  
> Thanks!
>  
> Regards,
> Kevin

Hello Kevin,
please bear with us, we are a large corporation and sometimes slow to 
react. :-)

Please find a message to WebCom attached that explains why you have not 
been able to reach Daniel. We have also been surprised by this move and 
need to arrange accordingly. This will take at least one week because it 
will require the board to act and the next meeting is on Friday.

We have discussed the formation of local chapters at the f2f meeting a 
week ago. There are still quite a few open issues so that we will not be 
able to move head on right now. One if them is that a local chapter 
needs broader involvement than just one company. You will have to wait 
until OSGeo has figured out how to handle your request.

Did you have a chance to read the Wiki pages describing some of the 
points that you will have to go through? You find a first try at:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Local_Chapter_Guidelines

Please observe that this page documents the current discussion and has 
not yet been approved as official OSGeo policy! We are probably going to 
streamline the process, drop the levels and make it a smoother 
transition from a local interest group to whatever it wants to become.

The formation of local chapters will involve several steps and the first 
will be to set up a Wiki page and collect interest and form a list of 
potential members. You can start doing that right away, create yourself 
an account, add yourself to the 'all members' page and add a translation 
of the OSGeo mission, main page, FAQ. This is also  a good chance to 
introduce yourself to the OSGeo by dropping a few lines about where you 
come from, what your skills and interests in OSGeo are.

Once this is accomplished the international group can request for a 
domain, mailing list, etc. At a later stage it might be possible or even 
required to form local chapters with local agenda, etc. But this is 
still quite a long way down the road as it will take some time to build 
a community.

As none of us in the board can read any chinese (is that true?) we will 
also have to figure out how to proof read any new pages before they can 
be transferred to the stable and approved document section.

Best regards,
Arnulf Christl.

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> *
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> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Daniel Brookshier (Consultant)
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 01, 2006 10:41 AM
> *To:* Kevin Zhu
> *Cc:* board at board.osgeo.org
> *Subject:* Re: [OSGeo-Board] localization of OSGEO website for China
> 
> Hi Kevin,??
> 
> Yes, speaking for the web committee, we would love to have the 
> translation help. We would love your help the the OSGeo.org web pages 
> and of course with the?http://mapguide.osgeo.org 
> <http://mapguide.osgeo.org/>?project pages. The same is true for other 
> projects, but you would need to contact those persons directly (project 
> owners of the projects).
> ?
> 
> Participating on the www.osgeo.org <http://www.osgeo.org> site is 
> simple, just supply your translations for each of the elements and we 
> will start the process of adding the pages. After we get a clean 
> implementation, I'll let you manage the specific pages for your 
> language. I've included DomainHome.html.html which is the center of the 
> page. The other elements are a bit more complicated, so I just need your 
> translations and they will be converted. Pages off the home page, please 
> convert at your leisure and send them to?*dev at webcommittee.osgeo.org 
> <mailto:dev at webcommittee.osgeo.org>*. Or if you are willing, I can set 
> you up to make the changes directly.?

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