[native-lang-dev] Re: New Project Lead role for the Chinese (Traditional) Native-Language team

2011-04-13 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
H all, I'm sorry for the late reply—I was doing some local travelling today. On 2011-04-12, at 09:33 , RAFAELLA BRACONI wrote: > Dear All, > > I would like to officially welcome Imacat in her new project lead role for > the zh-tw OOo native language team. Welcome! > > @Stefan/Louis: can y

[native-lang-dev] Re: New Project Lead role for the Chinese (Traditional) Native-Language team

2011-04-13 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi On 2011-04-12, at 23:45 , imacat wrote: >Thank you all. I'm imacat from Taiawan. We our Taiwan local > community team urged to contribute to OOo zh-tw translation for years, > and were unable to find a way to do this due to some reason. Most

[native-lang-dev] Re: Fwd: [marketing-dev] Why TDF should be the place for one united Community

2011-05-26 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
I think we are aware enough of Florian's post. :-) As I mentioned a couple of days ago on the marketing list, I would much rather have a neutral space made available for this sort of discussion, and do not want OOo lists to be dominated by this sort of post. If someone wants to suggest a neutra

Re: [native-lang] NL support in SourceCast

2005-01-20 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hi John, >Hello John, > >John McCreesh wrote: > >> I've been sent a copy of an email from Bernie Mills in Collabnet where >> he states: >> >> "I have one comment [on] language support for OpenOffice. We do have >> an internationalized version of our product that they can exploit and >> we do su

Re: [native-lang] News from the Germanophone project

2005-01-20 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hi AndrÃ, >Hi *, > >not very much and not very new, but I hope, this is worth to tell. > >1st >Today the non profit association "OpenOffice.org Deutschland e.V." als >been officially announced. It has been founded at the OOoCon in Berlin >by members of the germanophone project. The association is

Re: [native-lang] Free/Libre/Open Source Usability Sprint

2005-01-20 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hi >When: 18-20 February 2005 >Where: San Francisco, California and online (mailing list, wiki, IRC) >Who should attend: developers, usability experts, and users of specific >nonprofit open source projects > >See: www.flossusability.org Really?? wow. I even live there. Thanks, Jacqueline! So,

Re: [native-lang] Re: Status Update for three Projects

2005-01-20 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hi, [snip][ >> >>How many are you in the SR project? Are you the only one working on >>this? >> >> >Curently only me. [snip] >>Louis, do you have any suggestion that could help Branko? >> >> >> >That would be very nice. Thank you very much. Nothing beyond the obvious. The obvious include

Re: [native-lang] what is 1.1.4 code name?

2005-01-22 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
>Hi, > > >> I just hope we can come up with a better PR communication next time, >> and at least for the 2.0. >> So, shall we start the contest again for the 1.1.5 or for the 2.0? > > >I'd say 2.0, as 1.1.5 will not get much visibility (even if it has a new >feature) > >Andre > I think any new na

Re: [native-lang] Stylist vs Styles and Formating

2005-01-22 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hi, >Hello Sophie, > >Thank you for your email. I didn't about these problems :-( >It looks like Sun doesn't understand the concept of community. > >Sophie Gautier wrote: > >> So, what is the choice left in that case, a fork ? > >Hypothetically speaking... how difficult would a fork be? >Could it

[native-lang] IRC meeting for NLC 2005-01-25 0800 UTC

2005-01-24 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hi I'd like to call an emergency meeting of the NLC leads to discuss the issues surrounding the Stylist vs Styles issue that has been discussed on the mail list. The meeting will be via IRC. I propose Tuesday 2005-01-25 0800 UTC, which should be okay for all of us. (It's midnight for me, but that

Re: [native-lang] IRC meeting for NLC 2005-01-25 0800 UTC

2005-01-24 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
> >Can I come? For this meeting, I'd like to limit it to NLC leads. Best Louis > >Daniel. > > > >On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 04:12:43PM -0800, Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: >> Hi >> I'd like to call an emergency meeting of the NLC leads to discuss the >

[native-lang] UPDATE. Re: [native-lang] IRC meeting for NLC 2005-01-25 0800 UTC

2005-01-24 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Cristian just contacted me on IRC and indicated he cannot make 08:00 UTC. He can, hoever, make 21:00. That time translates to: Paris: 22:00, Tokyo 06:00 Please indicate if that works out with you. (For scheduling meetings across time zones, btw, this helps:

[native-lang] Splashscreen Vote

2005-01-25 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
All, Please help us choose a new splash screen for the upcoming OpenOffice.org 2.0 release. This image will be seen by tens of millions of users around the world every time they start OpenOffice.org. Voting is now open for community members. Visit your "My start page"

Re: [native-lang] Re: [Marketing] Splashscreen Vote

2005-01-25 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
>Hi Jacqueline and Louis, >Thanks for the notification. >> Voting is now open for community members. Visit your "My start page" >> to cast your vote(s). >It was difficult for me to find that the word "vote" was the link. >Is it possible to make the let

[native-lang] Minutes from NLC 2005-01-25 meeting

2005-01-26 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
2005-01-25 21:00 UTC Attendees: 19 NLC leads, including Charles Schulz, lead of NLC and Louis Suarez-Potts, Co-Lead. This emergency meeting was called to address the issues raised by the Stylist/Style issue discussed on dev@native-lang.openoffice.org and elsewhere and of particular concern to

[native-lang] Minutes from NLC 2005-01-25 meeting

2005-01-26 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
2005-01-25 21:00 UTC Attendees: 19 NLC leads, including Charles Schulz, lead of NLC and Louis Suarez-Potts, Co-Lead. This emergency meeting was called to address the issues raised by the Stylist/Style issue discussed on dev@native-lang.openoffice.org and elsewhere and of particular concern to

Re: [native-lang] Minutes from NLC 2005-01-25 meeting

2005-01-26 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
es. >Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: > >> 2005-01-25 21:00 UTC >> >> Attendees: 19 NLC leads, including Charles Schulz, lead of NLC and Louis >> Suarez-Potts, Co-Lead. > >That was really great to have so meany attendees :) Yes. I would like to thank everyone who attende

Re: [native-lang] Polish N-L

2005-01-27 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hi Young, >Hi! Do we have a Polish OO.o community? This language is listed in the >L10n page, but there's no project status or contact information. Not in >the N-L list as well. > >Thanks, >Young Not yet. Charles and I have been involved in long discussions with the Polish groups. It's quite com

[native-lang] Splashscreen Vote Temporarily Suspended

2005-01-27 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
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Re: [native-lang] Polish N-L

2005-01-30 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
>Sounds good. So is it safe to say that there's no community activity at >this time (i.e. no localizations available)? Thanks, both Charles and >Louis for prompt reply. > > >Young > Charles, Pavel, and I replied. To add to the issue: There are numerous localizations of OOo available. Worse, at leas

Re: [native-lang] Status of Persian NLP

2005-02-01 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hi >Hey Charles, >What's the state of Persian Native Language Project? Should I send the >proposal again, or should i just wait? Should there be something like a >voting proposal? > >Yours, Status is go from our end. I will create fa.openoffice.org, with you the lead. What is your userid? I ne

Re: [native-lang] Status of Persian NLP

2005-02-01 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
>Hey Charles, >What's the state of Persian Native Language Project? Should I send the >proposal again, or should i just wait? Should there be something like a >voting proposal? > >Yours, Project created... but now you need, if you have not already, to generate and file your ssh2 key. Read, pleas

[native-lang] Re: [com] Strengthening and promoting the NLC

2005-02-04 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
hi >I was thinking that, just like it was done with the releases'names, we >could have/elect/pick the NL project of the month. What this project >would have to do is communicate about OOo in the native-language, >what's going on for FOSS and OOo locally, and maybe even post some >pictures of the p

[native-lang] Splashscreen Vote!

2005-02-02 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
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Re: [native-lang] EN Native-Lang

2005-02-15 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hello Ryan, Thanks for the proposal. >Native-Lang project: English >Project code:en >Project level: Level II >Project lead:Ryan Singer >Project co-lead: Ian Lynch > >This is a proposal to start an English Native-Lang Project. This NL >project is intended to cover all variations of Engl

Re: [native-lang] EN Native-Lang

2005-02-16 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hi >Vitor, > >see my comments inline. > >On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 17:23 +, Vitor Domingos wrote: >> I'll have to heavily disagree on this. >> >> English could not have a Native Lang project, it's our working basis >> language. All projects belong to this already created english NL and >> it do

Re: [native-lang] EN Native-Lang

2005-02-17 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hi, >Hi Ryan, Hi * > >Ryan Singer wrote: >> Daniel said it. The reason for a NL-EN is to provide grassroot >> support and implementation for the global strategy in EN locales. >> Other native-langs are very busy organizing and implementing local >> projects to a degree that just doesn't happen i

Re: [native-lang] EN Native-Lang

2005-02-17 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hi >> >> Ok. I see your point. The NL is really not about geographical >> location. That's one of the beautiful things about it and we should >> keep it that way. >> > >Its about culture and empathy. These qualities drive motivation. >Anything that increases motivation has to be good for the pro

Re: [native-lang] EN Native-Lang

2005-02-17 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hi >Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: > >> Culture and empathy? hmm. It's nice that is a side effect, but the >> purpose of the NLC has really little to do with culture though it >> can help with empathy: > >As Charles and Sophie have said, the purpose of the NLC has

Re: [native-lang] Question about HSQLDB call for funds in your communities ?

2005-02-18 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hi Sophie, >Hi to all, > >I would like to know how the HSQLDB call for funds is percieved in your >projects. > >Is it something that surprised members but do they tend to agree with, >or is it something that really frightened them because of how that >could influence the final quality of the embe

[native-lang] Winner, OpenOffice.org 2.0 Splashscreen Competition

2005-02-23 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
All, Thousands of OpenOffice.org community members participated in the voting for the OpenOffice.org 2.0 splashscreen. People could vote for their favourite three choices from the eleven splashscreens shortlisted form over 340 submissions from 103 artists and designers. We are pleased to announce

[native-lang] OpenOffice.org Joins the Call to Action in OASIS

2005-02-23 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
All, OpenOffice.org joins with the other signatories to protest the patent policy adopted by OASIS, the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards, the international consortium responsible for e-business standards. The call to action, issued by noted open-source advocate

Re: [native-lang] EN Native-Lang

2005-02-24 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hello, >Hello, > >I have to say that I'm a little bit confused by all this. >Even though I am in favor of an EN native-lang project, I'm afraid it >would be created now for the bad reasons. >It is not because the Marketing project pretendedly does a bad job that >an EN project should be creat

Re: [native-lang] EN Native-Lang

2005-02-24 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hi Sophie, >If I agree that an EN project should not be created out of frustration, >however I think that what Ryan and Ian expressed has to be taken into >consideration. >I'm surprised that we say "no" to people offering time an energy to our >community. I feel that this is not the concept of

Re: [native-lang] EN Native-Lang

2005-02-24 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hi Jonathon, > >A north_american_regional_group would, by default, have to include, at >a minimum, Spanish, and French. [French being an official language of >Canada. Spanish being an official language in two states and the >dominant language in five states of the united states. Not really. Yo

Re: [native-lang] EN Native-Lang

2005-02-24 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
hi > >I think it was agreed that one born out of frustration was not a good >idea which is why there has been backing off. That does not mean that >in principle an EN project is not needed for the reasons Charles and >Sophie articulate. To me its simply a matter of symmetry and being >seen to be e

Re: [native-lang] fisl6.0

2005-02-24 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
>Anyone planning to go to the 6th International Free Software Forum >http://fisl.softwarelivre.org/ June 1-4, 2005, Porto Alegre/RS, Brazil ? Yes. > >If you wish to present a paper, the Call for Papers deadline is Monday >28 Feb, see: https://fisl.softwarelivre.org/papers/index.en.html Thanks!

[native-lang] Re: [discuss] NLC IRC Conferences

2005-02-28 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hello Daniel and Ian, [snip] >I'm maintaining the conference schedule here: > >http://native-lang.openoffice.org/conference/ > I noticed in the schedule of the conference that Ian is listed as hailing from the "English community" and Daniel from "English/Spanish comm". There is at present no Eng

Re: [native-lang] Re: [discuss] NLC IRC Conferences

2005-02-28 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Cheers, Daniel. > >On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 01:10:44AM -0800, Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: >> Hello Daniel and Ian, >> >> [snip] >> >>>I'm maintaining the conference schedule here: >>> >>>http://native-lang.openoffice.org/conference/ >>

Re: [native-lang] Re: [discuss] NLC IRC Conferences

2005-02-28 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
>On Mon, 2005-02-28 at 09:10, Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: >> Hello Daniel and Ian, >> >> [snip] >> >> >I'm maintaining the conference schedule here: >> > >> >http://native-lang.openoffice.org/conference/ >> > >> I noticed i

Re: [native-lang] Re: [discuss] NLC IRC Conferences

2005-02-28 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
hello, >Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: > >> >1) There is an English community. It just doesn't have an NL project. >> >To say that we are not a community is wrong. And honestly, I can't >> >think of a better term. >> >> The language is m

[native-lang] oootranslation.services.openoffice.org

2005-03-16 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hi Just to let you know, the services url, is not up to date. It lists m79 as the latest 680, for instance. If you have a webpage listing this URL, please for now suspend it. Best Louis --

Re: [native-lang] Integrating OOo Online Glossary Management to xy.openoffice.org

2005-04-05 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hi, > >Louis, > >since you mentioned that a tool like this might need to be linked from >another server, is there a preferance wether such tool should use >specific database or server-side scripting language? Currently, it >uses php for server-side scripting and XML as a database (being the >requ

Re: [native-lang] Re:[native-lang] Re: [l10n-dev] N. Korean localization : Impossible?

2005-04-11 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hi >charles-h.schulz wrote: > >>First, OOo is not bound by US law. In fact, one wonders what >>law is applicable to us since we have no legal existence as a >>united body (sigh, sigh). But the fact that Collabnet and Sun >>take part in the process make the things more difficult since >>they're ba

[native-lang] NOTICE: SECURITY PATCH

2005-04-14 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Friends: I shall be sending this letter out later on today. Please translate it for your communities. If you wish to comment, please use releases@openoffice.org for commentary. thanks Louis All, A security vulnerability affecting OpenOffice.org 1.1.4 and earlier, as well as 2.0beta, includ

[native-lang] NOTICE: Security Patch

2005-04-14 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
All, A security vulnerability affecting OpenOffice.org 1.1.4 and earlier, as well as 2.0beta, including the developer builds, was recently detected. It has been fixed and a patch is available for immediate download for all users of OpenOffice.org 1.1.4. Users of earlier releases (1.1.3 and prior)

Re: [native-lang] Re: [Fwd: polish nlc proposal]

2005-04-15 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
>Hello Adam, > >you still seem to have troubles with the mailing list... We'll check >that out later. Very strange. Adam, I added you to the subscribers' list for [EMAIL PROTECTED] best Louis - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PR

[native-lang] OEM Project Revives

2005-04-17 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
HI *, We are creating the OEM (sub) project in Distribution, and would like the input from NLC leads. The OEM project lists OEMs distributing OOo plus lists *what* they should be distributing; the model is the cdrom project. Lars NoodÃn and Anthony Long are the leads. Many of the NLC leads alrea

Re: [native-lang] Integrating OOo Online Glossary Management to xy.openoffice.org

2005-04-20 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
>Hello David, > >On Tue, 2005-04-19 at 13:10 +0200, David Fraser wrote: > >> > >> Cool. Where do we find out what kinds of web apps are possible to >> support on CollabNet / OOo websites and who do we talk to about such things? > >Louis, in the first place. My company (Ars Aperta) can, in theory,

[native-lang] Apps for server [WAS: Re: [native-lang] Integrating OOo Online Glossary Management to xy.openoffice.org

2005-04-21 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
>Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: > >>Even if this very generous offer is not realizable, I think it makes >>sense to start compiling a list of things we would like on a >>non-SourceCast server--what technologies, etc. >> >> >1) PHP + MySQL (for web forms, and

Re: [native-lang] Spreading OpenOffice Tamil

2005-04-22 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
ra parter described the scene as a near riot and that OOo was not only popular but--he he--so much more popular and interesting than that other suite. Congratulations and again, please send me a link. best Louis -- Louis Suarez-Potts Community Manager OpenOffice.org

[native-lang] add ons and ISVs

2005-04-24 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hi Erwin and I are trying to gather information about all the add ons, plug ins, and ISVs out there for or distributing OOo. I opened two issues for this purpose: 1. Add ons: 2. ISVs:

[native-lang] media events

2005-04-28 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hi You will all rejoice in the near riot encountered by the brave distributors of BharaateeyOO Tamil in Chennai. (See the OOo homepage.) So, what this tells me is a couple of things. One is that media events do work. Second, that they need to announced to the overall OOo project. That way, Deepa

Re: [native-lang] Adding information for Albanian native-lang project

2005-04-28 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hi, >Charles-H.Schulz wrote: > >> Hello Shkumbin, >> >> congratulations for your site! Would you like me to announce it >> publicly? I can draft an announcement that can be included in the >> OpenOffice.org Monthly newsletter, and elsewhere. >> Stefan, could you please add the Albanian NL projec

[native-lang] Update: Sun/NLC meeting

2005-05-03 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Friends, Earlier this year,[1] we held an emergency meeting whose purpose was to clarify the position of the NLC leads regarding changes made to OOo and to see about being included as early as possible in the process deciding those changes. It was understood by all that as Sun largely determines

Re: [native-lang] Update: Sun/NLC meeting

2005-05-04 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
>Hello Louis, > >On Tue, 2005-05-03 at 23:55 -0700, Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: > > >> What to do now? >> >> I'd like for the NLC leads to consider this proposal. For number 1, >> we--the entire project but especially the proddev team--needs to >>

Re: [native-lang] Update: Sun/NLC meeting

2005-05-04 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
>Hi Louis, Hi Christian, * I think your comments address the larger issue of handling RFEs generally, not the particular one of getting representative NLC leads early into discussions with Sun on the app's direction. However, the point you repeatedly made, that "Sun's decision making process is j

Re: [native-lang] Re: Update: Sun/NLC meeting

2005-05-04 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
>[Hi all, > >This is the 7th time I try to post on the list, I put Charles in copy >in case he could forward it, thanks] As I explained to Sophie directly, she was not subscribed; now she is, as an allowed poster. Best, Louis -

Re: [native-lang] Update: Sun/NLC meeting

2005-05-04 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
>What would the NLC and Sun's management could debate on if not what new >features to implement? Whom to listen to. Sun SO listens now to its StarOffice clients and hardly at all, we believe, to OOo's. StarOffice clients pay money, OOo's do not. Christian, I'm not opposed and am in favor of

Re: [native-lang] Update: Sun/NLC meeting

2005-05-04 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hi Andre, On Thursday, May 5, 2005, at 8:24 AM GMT +0200, Andre Schnabel wrote: >Hi Louis, > > >>Whom to listen to. >> >> >Thos who might raise profit? > >>Sun SO listens now to its StarOffice clients and hardly at all, we >>believe, to OOo's. StarOffice clients pay money, OOo's do not. >>

Re: [native-lang] Update: Sun/NLC meeting

2005-05-05 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
HI, On Wednesday, May 4, 2005, at 3:30 PM GMT +0100, Sophie Gautier wrote: >Hi Louis, all > >Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: > >> Friends, >> >> Earlier this year,[1] we held an emergency meeting whose purpose was >> to clarify the position of the NLC leads reg

Re: [native-lang] Update: Sun/NLC meeting

2005-05-06 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
On Thursday, May 5, 2005, at 8:53 PM GMT +0900, Kazunari Hirano wrote: >Hi Louis and all, >What is NDA? >NonDisclosure Agreement? Yes. Customarily used by corporations to preserve secrets. The point would be that StarOffice is a proprietary product manufactured for a profit. To gain access to ear

Re: [native-lang] Scots Gaelic

2005-05-07 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hi All, On Thursday, May 5, 2005, at 10:15 PM GMT +0100, John McCreesh wrote: >I've just been told that the Scots Gaelic version of OOo 1.1.4 funded >by the Scottish Executive is now complete, and work is underway on >producing CDs for distribution to schools. The official launch is next >month.

[native-lang] updating the NLC projects page

2005-05-17 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hi I'm a little behind in updating the projects page for NLC, but am getting to it now. I've just added a couple but please review the page and let me know (preferably via http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi? id=49417) if I have missed your project. Also, and just as important, I am

Re: [native-lang] updating the NLC projects page

2005-05-18 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hi, * On May 18, 2005, at 11:25 AM, John McCreesh wrote: On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 13:24 -0700, Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: Hi I'm a little behind in updating the projects page for NLC, but am getting to it now. I've just added a couple but please review the page and let me know (preferabl

[native-lang] OOoCon 2005

2005-05-21 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
All, The third international OOoCon will be held this year from 28 to 30 September in Koper (Capodistria), Slovenia. Make your plans now! As in previous years, the conference will bring together developers and distributors, users, businesses, and governments from all parts of the globe.

[native-lang] Community Contributor Representative Election!

2005-06-10 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
hedule. Cheers, Louis PS Note that this is but one of several other elections being run concurrently. -- Louis Suarez-Potts Community Manager OpenOffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[native-lang] OOoCon 2005 Call For Papers

2005-06-11 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
All, The third international OpenOffice.org Conference, OOoCon 2005, will be held in Koper-Capodistria, Slovenia, this year, from 28-30 September, and you are invited! Promoted this year as a joint effort by the Slovenian and Italian OpenOffice.org language projects, the conference provides the o

[native-lang] Vote for Community Contributor Representative

2005-07-10 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
ime and resources to provide for OpenOffice.org's votes and surveys! -Louis Suarez-Potts Community Manager smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature

Re: [native-lang] New co-lead of the FR project

2005-08-23 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hello! On Aug 20, 2005, at 4:55 AM, Charles-H.Schulz wrote: Hello, I'd like to introduce Mr Tony Galmiche as the new Co-Lead of the Francophone Native-Lang Project. Tony has been contributing on all the FR lists for a long time and has been hence assisting Sophie in her daily taks of project a

Re: [native-lang] New co-lead of the FR project

2005-08-23 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Bonjour, Tony! On Aug 21, 2005, at 2:14 PM, Tony GALMICHE wrote: Hello Charles, Sophie and all, Hi Charles, all, Charles-H.Schulz wrote: Hello, I'd like to introduce Mr Tony Galmiche as the new Co-Lead of the Francophone Native-Lang Project. Tony has been contributing on all the FR list

[native-lang] OpenOffice.org 2.0 Beta 2

2005-08-29 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
he sooner we can resolves issues found, the sooner we can come out with a production-ready 2.0 :-) As to what 2.0 does: <http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/features/2.0/ index.html> Spread the word, Louis -- Louis Suarez-Potts Community Mana

Re: [native-lang] OPENOFFICE.ORG ANNOUNCES VERSION 2.0 PUBLIC BETA 2

2005-08-31 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hi, On Aug 31, 2005, at 5:49 AM, Görkem Çetin wrote: Charles-H.Schulz wrote: Cool! say, is your company listed as a distributor of OOo? (http:// distribution.openoffice.org) Best, Charles. My company does not distribute OOo, but we (Openoffice.org Turkey) distribute various OpenOffi

[native-lang] License Simplification

2005-09-02 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
All, On 2 September 2005 Sun Microsystems announced that it was retiring the Sun Industry Standards Source License (SISSL), an Open Source Initiative (OSI)-approved software license. In recent weeks, the OSI, which authorises open-source licenses, has been discussing limiting license pro

[native-lang] OpenOffice.org 2.0 Release Candidate

2005-09-29 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
All, OpenOffice.org 2.0 has gone from being a Beta to a Release Candidate (RC). Congratulations to all who made this possible! As an RC, OpenOffice.org 2.0 RC still--even more so--needs to be downloaded and tested by the community. So we urge you to go to download.openoffice.org/2.0.0rc/

[native-lang] Happy Birthday OpenOffice.org!

2005-10-13 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Co-Lead [EMAIL PROTECTED] +44 (131) 523-9218 Louis Suarez-Potts OpenOffice.org Community Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1 (416) 625-3843 Copyright © 2005 - OpenOffice.org ---///--- - To unsubscribe,

[native-lang] Docs and Files

2005-10-20 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
All, The site is getting hammered. We need for you to help out. Please do not link directly to public images, guides, how-tos in the Docs/Files section. Place those high-visibility files in CVS and ask that they be staticised. Now. Same goes for Issue Tracker objects. Thanks louis

[native-lang] OpenOffice.org 2.0 Is Here

2005-10-20 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
All, OpenOffice.org 2.0 Is Here 20 October, 2005 OpenOffice.org 2.0 is the productivity suite that individuals, governments, and corporations around the world have been expecting for the last two years. Easy to use and fluidly interoperable with every major office suite, OpenOffice.org 2.

[native-lang] Thanks!

2005-10-22 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Thanks to all who made the launch of 2.0 so successful! As of this writing, I expect at least a million people have downloaded the application and have begun to use it. The launch was brilliant. it would not have been possible without the contributions of the mirrors (over 100!), without t

Re: [native-lang] [Fwd: [discuss] OOo2 final swedish: when/where]

2005-11-08 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hi On 2005-11-01, at 07:10 , Charles-H.Schulz wrote: Hello Morgan, First I'd like to thank Sophie for forwarding your question. We have a swedish native-language project in the work: http://sv.openoffice.org His lead is Jimi Arvidsson. I don't think he's doing QA on the swedish builds yet, but

Re: [native-lang] Bengali OOo distribution.

2005-11-08 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hi On 2005-11-08, at 12:02 , Jamil Ahmed wrote: Hello, I am not sure, is it the right place to ask this question. If it is not then please direct me to the right list. :-) We [bn.openoffice.org] were working for Bengali in OpenOffice.org. Bengali locales [bn-BD and bn-IN] are already inc

Re: [native-lang] Opinions about OOo future

2005-11-08 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hi On 2005-11-08, at 13:58 , Laurent Godard wrote: I too think that it makes sense to separate an OOo entity (foundation or not) from an OpenDocument one. I wish things were clear and simple and that what we wished were always so. For now, I think that the status quo wrt OOo will continue

Re: [native-lang] Opinions about OOo future

2005-11-09 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hello, On 2005-11-09, at 06:31 , Charles-H.Schulz wrote: Hello Louis, Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: Hi On 2005-11-08, at 13:58 , Laurent Godard wrote: I too think that it makes sense to separate an OOo entity (foundation or not) from an OpenDocument one. I wish things were clear and simple

Re: [native-lang] Opinions about OOo future

2005-11-09 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hi On 2005-11-09, at 15:37 , Bernhard Dippold wrote: Hello Charles, all, Charles-H.Schulz wrote: [...] Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: [...] the point I was making regarding you was that people talked about some ideas in Koper that were highly different from the add-on foundation. And in this I

Re: [native-lang] Opinions about OOo future

2005-11-09 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
hi On 2005-11-09, at 13:15 , Daniel Carrera wrote: Just my 2 cents... Charles-H.Schulz wrote: No, it was a rather general statement. But the point I was making regarding you was that people talked about some ideas in Koper that were highly different from the add-on foundation. And in this I

Re: [native-lang] Opinions about OOo future

2005-11-09 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
hello, On 2005-11-09, at 17:28 , Daniel Carrera wrote: Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: Novell, for instance, was opposed to the idea. And it makes sense it should be: the current set up benefits Novell. Novell was not opposed. *Michael Meeks* was opposed. He was not speaking for Novell

[native-lang] A genuine open-standard format

2005-11-25 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Jacqueline McNally (UTC +08h00) OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Lead [EMAIL PROTECTED] +61 (8) 9474-3021 John McCreesh (UTC +00h00) OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Co-Lead [EMAIL PROTECTED] +44 (0)7 810 278 540 Louis Suarez-Potts (UTC -05h00) OpenOffice.org Community Manager [EMAIL PROT

Re: [native-lang] list of major OOo deployments

2005-12-04 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hi Christian, On 2005-12-03, at 09:57 , Christian Lohmaier wrote: Hi Louis, *, On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 07:19:52PM -0500, Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: I'm once again compiling my informal list of major OOo deployments and need help. I'd also like to make the list public and easily e

[native-lang] P2P Project

2005-12-13 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Everyone! The P2P project needs you :-) See http://distribution.openoffice.org/p2p/ Deepankar Datta, who helped to put the project into shape and who initially created and maintained the Web pages, no longer has the time to manage the project. Adrian Mcneil and Mike Niblett (who does the tech

[native-lang] OpenOffice.org 2.0.1

2005-12-21 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
) OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Co-Lead [EMAIL PROTECTED] +44 (131) 523-9218 Louis Suarez-Potts (UTC -04h00) OpenOffice.org Community Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1 (416) 625 3843 Worldwide Marketing Contacts http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic

[native-lang] download list...

2005-12-21 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hi, Lots of new projects... and in the new wealth, some projects have not been added to http://projects.openoffice.org/native-lang.html or to the download list at http://download.openoffice.org/2.0.1/index.html . If you need your project added, please file an issue, www component, general

[native-lang] Re: Map of OOo developers around the world

2005-12-21 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Eike Rathke has created a map of OOo developers around the world. He announced this on [EMAIL PROTECTED] The map includes (or will) not just coders but others involved in making OOo. See http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=dev&msgNo=15618 (or http://tinyurl.com/cp7ju) for more i

Re: [native-lang] [Fwd: [pr] OpenOffice.org Announces Version 2.0.1 (Final)]

2005-12-22 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hi, On 2005-12-22, at 06:17 , Charles-H.Schulz wrote: Hello Rajesh, I've put Louis in copy as he's updating those pages at the moment. Thanks, Charles. Rajesh Ranjan wrote: Hi, Three Indian Languages Hindi, Punjabi and Gujrati has passes test QA - http://qa.openoffice.org/localized/status

[native-lang] localisation qa process and webpages

2005-12-22 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
hi all, First, thanks all for using, when you can, the localisation qa process! In case you are not yet familiar with it, it is here, http:// qa.openoffice.org/localized/index.html Some important points: * Once a localized build has been tested and it has passed the tests, then its entry

Re: [native-lang] [Fwd: [pr] OpenOffice.org Announces Version 2.0.1 (Final)]

2005-12-23 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
etime today. Cheers, Louis Regards, Rajesh Ranjan --- Louis Suarez-Potts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, On 2005-12-22, at 06:17 , Charles-H.Schulz wrote: Hello Rajesh, I've put Louis in copy as he's updating those pages at the moment. Thanks, Charles. Rajesh Ranja

[native-lang] GPLv3

2006-01-15 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
please respond on dev@openoffice.org Hi *, I'm here at MIT in Boston representing OOo at the GPLv3 meeting and I'd like for the NLC leads and developers on dev@openoffice.org to tell me what you are interested in. Yes, OOo uses LGPL but that's not at issue here. Let me know on the [EMAIL

[native-lang] new members

2006-01-24 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hi I've just created the NE project (Nepali) and would like to welcome Subir and Paras! In creating the project, I realized that we need to update the welcome package ;-) So... what do you think I (and Charles) should tell new members when they start a project? I point them already to ou

Re: [native-lang] new members

2006-01-25 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hi On 2006-01-25, at 05:07 , Charles-H.Schulz wrote: I think we do have some guidelines, however, for the design of web pages, don't we? We do, cited in /styles/ . But the download pages need to be updated, and I am not sure we have current download page templates. Those are important.

Re: [native-lang] using the wiki

2006-01-25 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
Hi, On 2006-01-25, at 05:17 , Charles-H.Schulz wrote: Hi, this is question to Louis but also to the NL project leads. What do you think about using the OOo wiki? It is already used for development, for marketing to some extent, and for other works. I do not have anything anything particula

[native-lang] Brief downtime today 21:45 UTC for 30 minutes

2006-01-26 Thread Louis Suarez-Potts
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