Thanks for writing, Prince Mathew. It sounds like you have a good opportunity to make a difference for Kerala and for Ubuntu!
It would seem that talking with the Malayalam language team, the Indian team and the LoCo Council may indeed prove fruitful. But discussion here could also be of interest. E.g. I am curious how activities of this sort are organized in other large, diverse or multi-lingual countries. In the US, which is smaller and less diverse than India, several states have their own loco teams. The region guidelines (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeamRegions) say e.g. for Russia, "Each team should cover a 'federal subject'". But they don't have a suggestion for countries in Asia. Are there other countries with multiple teams? Are there some good models to follow? Cheers, Neal McBurnett http://neal.mcburnett.org/ On Mon, Nov 05, 2012 at 09:26:57PM -0500, José Antonio Rey wrote: > 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
