Hello,
I would like to announce that the first Native-Language Group has been launched.
To those who are wondering "what is a native-language group?", it can be summed up as a group of several native-lang projects (see: http://native-lang.openoffice.org)
willing to help each others and coordinate their actions.
The first native-language group is the Indic Native-Language Group, composed of the following communities:
-the Hindi native-lang project (http://hi.openoffice.org)
-the Tamil native-lang project (http://ta.openoffice.org)
-the Bengali native-lang project (http://bn.openoffice.org)
-the Malayalam native-lang project (http://ml.openoffice.org)
-the Telugu native-lang project (http://te.openoffice.org)
-the Gujarati native-lang project (http://gu.openoffice.org)
More Indic projects can be added to this list in the future.
As part of its mission, the Indic native-lang group will have to
-coordinate localization efforts and developments
-mutualize and help the projects with the localized builds'QA.
-speed up the adoption of OpenOffice.org on a local basis and help coordinate its promotion
- coordinate documentation writing
-communicate with the other projects of OOo and the native-lang confederation
-ease the communication between the Indic native-lang projects
This group comes as an answer for the native-lang projects to avoid the "walled garden" effect that some projects have to face, while at the mean time help these projects who lack ressources and time to develop and build themselves. Expect more groups to come in a near future.
I would also like to congratulate Vijay Kumar and Rajesh Rajan for their newly appointed positions as the Group coordinators. Meanwhile, the rights and deeds of the native-lang projects' leads remain unchanged.
Regards,
Charles-H. Schulz, Lead of the Native-Lang Confederation, OpenOffice.org
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