On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Shibu Nair <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all > FYI > love and peace > shibu >
Camps leaded by Gunner (Allen Gunn) usually Rocks. This will be a great camp. But getting travel support is the most difficult part Anivar > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Allen Gunn <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, May 8, 2009 at 12:16 PM > Subject: [Iac2009] Open Translation Tools 2009, Amsterdam, 22-24 June 2009 > To: Info Action Camp <[email protected]> > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Howdy friends, > > Can't believe it's been almost 3 months since Bangalore! > > I send this announcement out with a note of regret: our travel budget > for this event is limited, so we won't be able to help out with many > long-haul tickets. But we really do want to get a diverse set of folks > working on translation projects to Amsterdam, so... > > If you are involved with the open source tools and distributed processes > behind the translation of open content, we'd love you to consider > joining us in Amsterdam in late June for Open Translation Tools 2009. > > And please help us spread the word to those who might be interested - > blog it, post it to other lists, tweet it, Facebook it. We thank you for > your help in bringing together people passionate about the translation > of open knowledge. > > Full event blurbage is pasted below, and also available at > > http://www.aspirationtech.org/events/opentranslation/2009 > > We hope to see you in Amsterdam at the end of June! > > thanks & peace, > gunner > > - ----- > > Open Translation Tools 2009 - Call for Participants! > > http://www.aspirationtech.org/events/opentranslation/2009 > > Aspiration is delighted to announce Open Translation Tools 2009 (OTT09), > to be held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, from 22-24 June, 2009. The > event will be followed by an Open Translation “Book Sprint” which will > produce a first-of-its-kind volume on tools and best practices in the > field of Open Translation. Both events are being co-organized in > partnership with FLOSSManuals.net and Translate.org.za, and generously > supported by the Open Society Institute. > > Agenda partners for the event include Creative Commons, Global Voices > Online, WorldWide Lexicon, Meedan, and DotSUB. > > OTT09 will build upon the work and collaboration from Open Translation > Tools 2007 (http://www.aspirationtech.org/events/opentranslation). The > event will convene stakeholders in the field of open content translation > to assess the state of software tools that support translation of > content that is licensed under free or open content licenses such as > Creative Commons or Free Document License. The event will serve to map > out what’s available, what’s missing, who’s doing what, and to recommend > strategic next steps to address those needs, with a particular focus on > delivering value to open education, open knowledge, and human rights > blogging communities. > > Primary focus will be placed on supporting and enabling distributed > human translation of content, but the role of machine translation will > also be considered. “Open content” will encompass a range of resource > types, from educational materials to books to manuals to documents to > blog content to video and multimedia. > > We invite all prospective participants to answer the Open Translation > 2009 Call for Participants. > > The agenda goals of the 2009 event will be several: > > * Addressing the Translation Challenges Faced by the Open Education, > Open Content, and human rights blogging communities, and mapping > requirements to available open solutions. > * Building on the vision and exploring new use cases for the Global > Voices Lingua Translation Exchange > * Documenting the state of the art in distributed human translation, and > discussing how to further tap the tremendous translation potential of > the net > * Making tools talk better: realizing a standards-driven approach to > open translation > * Exploring and sketching out Open Translation API Designs, building on > existing work and models > * Documenting workflow requirements for missing open translation tools > * Match-making between open source tools and open content projects > * Mapping of available tools to open translation use cases > > See the Agenda Overview > (http://www.aspirationtech.org/events/opentranslation/2009/agenda/overview) > for elaboration and more details about what is being planned. > > Most importantly, the agenda will center on the needs and knowledge of > the participating projects, structuring sessions and collaborations to > focus on designing appropriate processes and selecting appropriate tools > to support open content projects and inform further development of open > source translation tools. > > In addition, OTT09 will continue the knowledge sharing for the open > translation community, and continue discussion on other identified needs > from OTT07. The agenda for this event will be greatly informed by open > education, open content and human rights blogging projects with specific > translation needs, and a number of sessions will be structured to both > characterize requirements and propose solutions to respective projects’ > translation requirements. > > OTT07 mapped out a hefty list Open Translation Tools > (http://www.aspirationtech.org/papers/ott07/tools). Participants at > OTT09 will survey what has changed over the past 18 months, and assess > the most pressing remaining gaps. > > If OTT09 sounds like your kind of event, we invite you to answer the > Open Translation 2009 Call for Participants! > > http://www.aspirationtech.org/events/opentranslation/2009 > > - -- > Allen Gunn > Executive Director, Aspiration > +1.415.216.7252 > www.aspirationtech.org > > Aspiration: "Better Tools for a Better World" > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAkoD1VsACgkQTGSEj6og3PcZcACeNeZCh4LHAwgdgHHwi2NY/kaz > YR8AoKPWt40VKz1n7bG0k3Pg9sAW0gGY > =3Wnx > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Iac2009 mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.tacticaltech.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/iac2009 > > > > -- > Shibu K. Nair > Thanal > Keralam, India - 695 003 > Tel - +91-9895182067 / +91-471-2727150 (o) / +91-471-2345962(R) > "If you have come to help me, you can go home again. But if you see my > struggle as part of your own survival, then perhaps we can work together." > - Australian Aborgine Woman > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
