[Live-demo] Motion: That we set up an OSGeo-Live Translators email list

[Cameron Shorter]

As per mail thread below, Nicolas and Vicky have been doing some awesome 
work setting up Transifex, and are at the stage where they are about to 
start engaging OSGeo-Live translators.

I think it would be useful to set up an OSGeo-Live translators email 
list, where translators can hang out without needing to being distracted 
by the rest of OSGeo-Live development.

So I'm putting a motion forward to set up an OSGeo-Live translators 
email list. This motion will wrap up during our OSGeo-Live weekly 
meeting this coming Monday / Tuesday (depending on where you live).

+1 Cameron

Assuming the motion passes, I think we need to ask the SAC to set it up 
for us.


On 19/10/17 4:07 pm, Baka Niko wrote:
> Hi Cameron,
>
> Thanks for the review.
> I'll need guidance to set up the new mailing list.
>
> How do I do ? Sending a mail to SAC ? to mailman at lists.osgeo.org 
> <mailto:mailman at lists.osgeo.org>.?
>
> Best,
>
> Nicolas
>
>
>
> 2017-10-18 21:42 GMT+02:00 Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com 
> <mailto:cameron.shorter at gmail.com>>:
>
>     Hi Nicolas,
>
>     Press release is fine. I've made a few changes [0]. I work on the
>     concept that "Less words get read more". Assume most people will
>     only read the first sentence or two.
>
>     I suspect that it would be useful to set up an
>     OSGeo-Live-Translators email list, which I suggest setting up
>     before sending out this "call to action" for translators. Send
>     something like:
>
>     "I notice that you have translated OSGeo Live before. Are you
>     still keen to stay involved? (I hope so.) We are setting up an
>     OSGeo-Live-Translators email list, would it be ok if we included
>     you on the list?"
>
>     Cheers, Cameron
>
>     [0]
>     https://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=Live_GIS_Disc_Press_Release_80&type=revision&diff=110344&oldid=110317
>     <https://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=Live_GIS_Disc_Press_Release_80&type=revision&diff=110344&oldid=110317>
>     On 18/10/17 8:45 am, Baka Niko wrote:
>>
>>     Hi Cameron
>>
>>     Here is my  first draft email (I also prepared a press release
>>     [4]). Can you review it before sending ?
>>
>>     Best,
>>
>>     Nicolas
>>
>>
>>     Dear OSGeo-Live contributors,
>>
>>     As you might know, we are working on translating OSGeo-Live
>>     Documentation using the Transifex Platform.
>>
>>     We choose that in order to provide a better translation
>>     experience than the old .rst files and git one.
>>     It will help us doc building process of course, but we also add
>>     machine translation capabilities (thanks to <compagny name>) to
>>     help translators.
>>
>>     It adds a review part too, that was sometimes not possible with
>>     the old system (when the merger didn't speak the language), so it
>>     will help us provide better quality documentation.
>>
>>     All that said, the platform is online [1], ready to test. So we
>>     need early translators to battle test it with several languages,
>>     writing systems and such.
>>
>>     We are in the moment where we can start testing the
>>     infrastructure and our first draft of the translator guide [2].
>>     For testing the infrastructure, translated files are needed, you
>>     can translate based on the priority mark, or on the amount of
>>     lines to be translated, or complete a translation that someone
>>     else started, or start with your project. Note that we already
>>     marked files that don't need translation.
>>     Some feedback about the guide is 100% useful. (probably the guide
>>     is more for a reviewer than for a translator)
>>
>>     If the images below don't show in your mail, they are included in
>>     our translator guide [2]
>>
>>     <snip images (and text) to get through osgeo list large email filter>
>>     If you have any question, please join us on IRC or on this
>>     mailing list.
>>
>>     Vicky Vergara and Nicolas Roelandt
>>     OSGeo-Live team
>>
>>     [1] https://www.transifex.com/osgeo/osgeolive/
>>     <https://www.transifex.com/osgeo/osgeolive/>
>>     [2]
>>     https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeoLive_Translation_Process#WORK_IN_PROGRESS
>>     <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeoLive_Translation_Process#WORK_IN_PROGRESS>
>>     [3] https://www.transifex.com/osgeo/osgeolive/languages/
>>     <https://www.transifex.com/osgeo/osgeolive/languages/>
>>     [4]https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc_Press_Release_80
>>     <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc_Press_Release_80>
>>
>>
>>
>
>     -- 
>     Cameron Shorter
>     Open Technologies Consultant
>     Geospatial & Software Architect
>     Information Demystifier
>
>     M+61 (0) 419 142 254 <tel:+61%20419%20142%20254>
>     http://shorter.net
>
>

-- 
Cameron Shorter
Technology Demystifier, Learnosity
Open Technologies Consultant

M +61 (0) 419 142 254

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/osgeolive/attachments/20171020/000e8011/attachment.html>