Hi All, 2012/5/31 Florian Effenberger <flo...@documentfoundation.org>
> Hi Norbert, > > Norbert Thiebaud wrote on 2012-05-30 17:37: > > > Just to be clear: It is not my position that we should be "excluding >> people who contribute to the success of LibreOffice and the foundation, >> "just" because they don't speak English." >> > > oh, no, don't get me wrong - didn't want to put words in your mouths. :-) > Just summed things up, exaggerating a bit, to make my point clear. > > > But, as far as communication with the MC, for membership purpose, I do >> not want to put the burden on the MC to find translator to be able to >> handle request in any languages. >> > > I see it similar - the main and primary language of the MC, for internal > as well as external communication should be English, and it's not the MC's > duty to find translators. Of course, looking at the current composition of > the MC, we have members inside who speak German, Dutch and French at least, > so if they would volunteer to act as gateway, that would be appreciated. Of > course, I know you all are busy as many active TDF members, so getting in > externals for that task is also worthwile. If the MC need help to translation, I think I can help, 'cause I have knowledge in some languages. I already had offered my help in another situation and I offer again, if the MC wishes. Best, David > I would suggest that the burden to find such proxy is on the applicant... >> and that is actually an exhibit of proper interaction with the community. >> > > Agreed. > > > I think practically, we can do it similar to the statutes. The "official" >>> form and rules are in English, but for convenience, we can provide >>> localized versions, given we find volunteers to translate them. The >>> "binding" variants, however, should solely be the English ones then (except >>> for legal texts, but that's another topic I don't want to touch here...). >>> >> >> Agreed, but without exception :-) >> > > :-) > > > Florian > > -- > Florian Effenberger, Chairman of the Board > Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49 151 14424108 > The Document Foundation, Zimmerstr. 69, 10117 Berlin, Germany > Rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts > Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint >
