Hello Graham, (just a short note: you are attempting to create a Maori NL project, not a Maori NLC :-) ). If you wish, I can try to help you talking to the Maori people in question.
Just let me know. Best, Charles. On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 00:20 +1200, Graham wrote: > > > At this point there's not a lot in it for us directly. However I'm in > the process of getting a couple of educational projects moving and I've > been invited to address the New Zealand Computer Society. NZCS > administers the ICDL in NZ. One of the things I'll be addressing is > either doing ICDL with OOo or getting NZCS backing for INGOTs. > > On June 1, I'm attending an All Party conference on Software patents in > Wellington that has been set up by the NZOSS. Present will be the > Minister responsible for the Digital Strategy. > > I've been talking to people about a Maori native language project but > I'm caught in the middle of a political mire based on an inter-Iwi > rivalry (Iwi is sort of like tribe.). It seems that if I get one > institution to do an NLC, another won't use OOo because it will be > "wrong". This goes both ways. The fact that the differences in written > Maori are almost negligible doesn't seem to matter. Heh! It is mildly > amusing while at the same time being somewhat frustrating, but oh well! > The problem is of course, that it is EXACTLY the sort of project that > would get funding but I won't get funding without an academic > institution attached! > > Did I say I love my job! ;) > > Cheers > Yo > > BTW how are all the injuries? See I knew Linux Confs were dangerous. ;) > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
