[Anubad] Proposed visit of Mozilla staff/L10n to India during Feb 2015

[Sayak Sarkar]

Hi,

Thanks Sankarshan for providing a detailed list of top-level topics for
discussion. I went ahead and created an editable Google Document with all
the points that you have shared and also added a few myself. The document
can be found here: http://goo.gl/D83J1T.

It would be great if everyone can go through the document and make
modifications to it as per their thoughts. At the same time, we can further
continue the discussions around the points in this thread. I think if we
can brainstorm a bit more around identifying the broad broad issues that we
should discuss during the meetings, it would allow us to come out with very
productive results.

I would also be interested in Biraj's thoughts on these points and if he
has some more points that he might want to add to the discussions here.

Regards,
Sayak

On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 1:15 PM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay <
sankarshan.mukhopadhyay at gmail.com> wrote:

> A top-post is the not the best way to add more information. However,
> here goes some more thoughts from the morning.
>
> I am guessing that Biraj will be participating in the meetings at PNQ
> and BLR. If any of the other contributors to Mozilla are attending
> then it is a good place to discuss specific items. Here's a quick list
> of top level topics:
>
> [+] Advocacy
>
> - creating sustained campaigns to generate awareness of the
> availability of local languages on Firefox products and devices
> - putting up well spaced workshops to show how Firefox products and
> devices can become part of daily activities
> - reaching out to like minded individuals who create content in
> Bengali language to demonstrate Firefox products and devices
>
> [+] Policy
>
> - work with like minded organizations to shape the direction of state
> level policy on usage of language and resources
> - work with like minded individuals/SMEs to standardize language
> resource specific components
>
> [+] Development
>
> - provide incentives/grant/stipend to original development work aiming
> to solve specific topics of language usage
> - provide a structured competition to create original apps with
> language support for Firefox devices addressing hyper local demands
>
> [+] Promotions/Campaign
>
> - celebrate new participants in bn-IN (and other language) based on
> specific original contributions that are tracked (*)
> - celebrate specific locally relevant events/topics with
> Firefox/Mozilla branding
>
> (*) - I have noticed that recent blog posts around events have a lot
> of new faces who are participants in contributions. I have not seen a
> corresponding celebration of the work they are doing (or, achievements
> they are unlocking). There is a need to celebrate a larger number of
> positive role models in order to create a pull towards Firefox
> products/devices and Mozilla itself.
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 9:58 PM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
> <sankarshan.mukhopadhyay at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 9:49 PM, Sayak Sarkar <sayak.bugsmith at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> Thanks for sharing the update. This seems like a good opportunity for
> us as
> >> well to review our current L10n practices around Mozilla projects, and
> to
> >> come up with a list of things that are currently working great / not
> >> working so great / good to have and other areas which can be improved
> upon.
> >
> > I agree in principle. However, I have been completely detached from
> > the Mozilla (and other product) translation programs for bn-IN. I
> > would love to see a greater depth of introspection and doing the
> > great/could be improved lists associated with specific end-objectives
> > and more context detail (eg. bug#, contact, who in Mozilla can be
> > involved etc)
> >
> >> If we can come up with a concise summary of these things prior to their
> >> visit to India, maybe we can have discussions with Jeff and Axel about
> how
> >> these might be resolved quickly and efficiently from Mozilla's side
> during
> >> their visit.
> >
> > Again, general agreement as this to be a good thing to do (TM). :) A
> > reason I asked Jeff/Axel about a tentative agenda was to ensure that
> > participants at the discussions have read-outs which are prepared in
> > advance and not on the fly.
> >
> >> These might include discussions around translation quality, tools,
> >> processes, team structures, contributor recognition, onboarding new
> >> contributors, etc. We can have discussions around this either in this
> >> thread itself and document it on an etherpad or maybe we can have an
> online
> >> meeting with all interested individuals at some convenient time.
> >
> > I am not sure about an etherpad. However, if you'd like to spin-up a
> > Google document and share specific inputs around the broad topics you
> > mention, it can form a great start point.
>
>
>
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