hello guntupalli maybe we could participate from faar faar away (calcutta) in your valiant effort .. by posting bangla fonts for your showcasing ? let me know how you and ilug-calcutta or one of its members could co-operate and co-ordinate .. incidentally, one of our members WILL be visiting lb2002 on 5th dec 2002 morning .. and he could contact you
..pk ----- Original Message ----- From: Guntupalli Karunakar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Indlinux group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 1:08 PM Subject: [blug-lli] Showcasing Indian language support in OpenSource stall at Linux Bangalore/2002 > Hi All, > Linux Bangalore/2002 is on, and an OpenSource stall is planned to > showcase Linux developments happening in India possibly including > localisation activities. I think this is a wonderful opportunity to > show our work and get more volunteers to speed up localisation, esp > translations and font development. Pl. See thread > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linux-bangalore-2002/message/240 for > more on this. More details regarding it would probably come up on > website soon( http://linux-bangalore.org/2002 ). > > We can get space in stall & power, rest we need to manage :) > We could do possibly do the following and more ...(its up to you, > give more ideas ) > - Have couple of PCs with Linux installed and language enabled ( > means all latest libraries/tools installed ). On these the > localisation work - fonts, translations, utilities etc. will be > installed. All work done for Hindi, Bangla, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil > etc will be installed. > - Right now we have active teams for Hindi, Bangla, Malayalam, > Kannada & Tamil , we could have at least one person from each group be > present there & discuss their work and give demos. We could have small > sessions 15-20 mins explaining how a user can use the available > support for his language. > - Give out pamphlets ( 1 pagers ) giving Why? What? How? on > localisation on one side & links to resources & language teams on > other side. > > The Goal is > - educate users on what is available & what they can/cannot do. > Many may be using Mandrake 9 / Redhat 8 / Gnome 2 but may not be > aware on how to use the language stuff. > > - pull in people to volunteer for active participation in > localisation. > If event attracts 2000 people, we should be able to get at least > 100 interested volunteers :). > > Please let me know your views & interest regarding this asap, and also > giving more ideas on what we can do. We can start dicussing along > these lines. Those based in Bangalore - it would be really difficult > to do this without your support (esp. in logistics). Please give your > views & tell your availability during the event. We can further > discuss on the resources needed & do planning once we get concerned > teams interest. > > Please get back asap as we have to prepare and submit a brief on what > we would be doing in the stall, at the earliest. (and it would also > help me plan my trip accordingly :) > > Regards, > Karunakar > > -- > Hating people is like burning down your house to get rid of a rat - > Anon > > ------------------------------------ > * Linux Bangalore/2002 * > * Technology for a Free World * > * December 3/4/5, 2002 * > * http://linux-bangalore.org/2002 * > ------------------------------------ > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> > Share the magic of Harry Potter with Yahoo! Messenger > http://us.click.yahoo.com/4Q_cgB/JmBFAA/46VHAA/0XFolB/TM > --------------------------------------------------------------- ------~-> > > --------------------------------------------------------------- - > This is the localisation list of the Bangalore Linux Users Group > --------------------------------------------------------------- - > Visit http://lli.linux-bangalore.org for more information > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
