On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 6:05 PM, Andrea Pescetti <[email protected]> wrote: > On 02/01/2013 Rob Weir wrote: >> >> I think International Mother Language Day is relevant to a portion of >> our mission ... >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Mother_Language_Day >> >> http://www.unesco.org/new/en/culture/themes/cultural-diversity/languages-and-multilingualism/international-mother-language-day/ >> So maybe we should plan something for March 21st? (and a few days >> before as well). > > > It is actually February 21st, right? The links state so. >
Yes, my error. It is February 21st. So we do not have a lot of time. If someone wants to take the lead on this, then they should probably start by contacting UNESCO and finding out what the themes are for this year's event. Contact info is here: http://www.unesco.org/en/languages-and-multilingualism/contacts/ That would allow us to target a blog post that ties into that theme, perhaps tied to a translation call-for-volunteers. Low-hanging fruit would then be a to make a customized project logo for the website that ties into that, and promote via social media. If we want to encourage user participation, maybe we can also do a survey asking website visitors what their "mother language" is and find some way of displaying all the languages, and not focus too much on just the most-popular ones. -Rob > Initiatives OpenOffice took in the past include this one (2007): > http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Press_release_NL-P > You'll see a press release and a poster with all volunteers (which would > surely display more geographical diversity if updated). > > >> Personally, I can help on this, but I would need someone else to >> volunteer to take the lead, in terms of planning and coordinating. It >> is not too early to start the preparations. > > > If it is February 21st, indeed there isn't a lot of time available and, > since it falls between FOSDEM and ApacheCon that will see many volunteers > busy, it would be great if someone takes the lead and starts with some > actions. > > Regards, > Andrea.
