In my opinion, this is something that needs to be addressed to the LoCo Council. You can reach them at <loco-coun...@lists.ubuntu.com>.
On 11/05/2012 09:22 PM, Prince Mathew wrote: > I am again confused. What is the difference between a LoCo and a > Translation team? I have seen many teams such as "Ubuntu Tamil Team" > in the list of LoCos. I thought both are same. > > My primary aim is to start a LoCo, not an online translation team. I > have people from my area who are interested to participate. We are > planning to conduct real-world awareness programs, promotion > campaigns, training for school children, demonstrations, etc. But we > are also ready to undertake some of the localization activities. > > India is a large country and Indian states are comparable with > countries in Europe. Each state has it's own regional language (except > Hindi speaking states) and most of the states are as big as a typical > European country (both in area and population). > > My plan is to set up a LoCo for Kerala state. The official policy of > Kerala state government is to promote Linux and open softwares but due > to the unwillingness of employees in government departments, they are > still using proprietory Windows. If adequate awareness and training > imparted, we can totally replace Windows with Ubuntu. We can tell them > that Ubuntu is available in their own mother-tongue. There are many > tools developed by http://smc.org.in, but common people are nowhere > near using these tools due to the lack of basic knowledge in Linux. If > we provide them a basic training and ensure continued assistance, they > would feel confidence in trying Linux. > > > On 11/6/12, Ko Ko Ye` <kokoye2...@gmail.com> wrote: >> you can joint India loco team & Malayalam language team >> >> http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/indian-team >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MalayalamTranslation >> https://launchpad.net/~lp-l10n-ml >> >> On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 1:19 AM, Rafael Carreras <rcarre...@ubuntu.cat> >> wrote: >>> 2012/11/5 Prince Mathew <mr.princemat...@gmail.com>: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> My name is Prince Mathew and I would like to start a LoCo in Kerala, >>>> India for supporting Ubuntu in Malayalam language. I have read >>>> http://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeamHowto page and still I am not clear on >>>> how to start a LoCo. For example, where should I register the name of >>>> my new LoCo? How can I get approved as LoCoTeamContact? Who gives the >>>> administratorship? >>>> >>>> Where should I exactly begin? >>> >>> Hello Prince. >>> >>> There are some examples of LoCo Teams based on language, not country. >>> So you can start a LoCo Team if you have some people ready to work. >>> You can start it by setting a mailing list. I don't know if you have >>> contacts on some university or you have a server you can install a >>> mailman, that would be nice. >>> You can register your LoCo Team (once it is really running) on LoCo >>> Team Portal (http://loco.ubuntu.com/) by creating a group in Launchpad >>> and adding it to locoteams group (https://launchpad.net/~locoteams). >>> Well, you must learn how to use Launchpad is you are not used to it. >>> In the long term, you can apply for you LoCo to be Approved, but >>> that's another story. >>> >>> Don't hesitate to ask more questions. >>> >>> Good luck! >>> >>> -- >>> Rafael Carreras Guillén | gpg.id 2C1AF9C5 >>> http://rcarreras.caliu.cat >>> >>> -- >>> loco-contacts mailing list >>> loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts >> >> >> >> -- >> 4eVeR fRiEnD >> Ko Ko Ye` >> kokoye2...@gmail.com >> http://u4mm.com >> http://wiki.u4mm.com >> http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-mm >> >> -- >> loco-contacts mailing list >> loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts >> > -- José Antonio Rey -- loco-contacts mailing list loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts
