Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Samson's proposal to SLOBs

2016-04-21 Thread Ifeanyi Peter
Hi all, Answering some of Dave's questions to Samson, based on experience. > Which provider/offer is this? :) There are numerous ISP's in Nigeria, but almost all of them are sluggish and annoying to use and I guess Samson is going for a fast broadband service that will serve its purpose and I

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Samson's proposal to SLOBs

2016-04-21 Thread samson goddy
I don't see why people are still debating on this issue. I raise a proposal where i chose Walter, Chris, Dave and Laura to help me in the proposal. I don't see why this issue is still on debate. Let me clear something to everyone, Nigeria is so different from any other country when it comes to

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Samson's proposal to SLOBs

2016-04-20 Thread Dave Crossland
On 20 April 2016 at 13:45, Chris Leonard wrote: > A hypothetical Translate Activity would be a > logical extension of the Sugar HIG concept of showing source code and > have substantial potential ot reach an even wider audience than we do > currently and by implementing

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Samson's proposal to SLOBs

2016-04-20 Thread Chris Leonard
On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 12:57 PM, Sebastian Silva wrote: > El 20/04/16 a las 01:15, Chris Leonard escribió: >> Such PO pre-conversion services are provided upon request and offered >> where appropriate as are the complementary re-conversion and upload >> services. >

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Samson's proposal to SLOBs

2016-04-20 Thread Sebastian Silva
El 20/04/16 a las 01:15, Chris Leonard escribió: > Such PO pre-conversion services are provided upon request and offered > where appropriate as are the complementary re-conversion and upload > services. Ideally we would have a proper Translate Activity that would work directly with git (even

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Samson's proposal to SLOBs

2016-04-20 Thread Chris Leonard
Laura, Certainly. Most of the discussion so far has been in a context of exchanging some very basic information about how i18n/L10n works in the Sugar context that could easily have been done on an open forum (although repetitive for many), but the lessons learned or conclusions reached will

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Samson's proposal to SLOBs

2016-04-20 Thread Laura Vargas
Dear Samson, As your helper in making this proposal I must insist and will help that we continue the discussion about your proposal development openly -only- with cc to the Committe. SLOBs, Localization List and IAEP. It will be an example for others to follow and therefore it's

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Samson's proposal to SLOBs

2016-04-20 Thread Laura Vargas
2016-04-20 21:33 GMT+08:00 Chris Leonard : > On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 9:12 AM, Dave Crossland wrote: > > (removed every cc but ieap) > > > > On 20 April 2016 at 02:15, Chris Leonard > wrote: > >> > >> As a practical matter,

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Samson's proposal to SLOBs

2016-04-20 Thread Chris Leonard
I worked with Samson to refine a narrower proposal that has been presented to the SLOB by email. It is for the SLOB or Samson to decide how / when to share it with the wider community. It is for the SLOB to determine the how / when of discussing the proposal. I am confident that all details

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Samson's proposal to SLOBs

2016-04-20 Thread Chris Leonard
On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 12:30 AM, Dave Crossland wrote: > Hi! > > Its been 2 weeks since this thread was last updated; has anything else > happened to move the proposal forward? Am I right that this will be decided > on at the next SLOB meeting? > > Samson, some more questions

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Samson's proposal to SLOBs

2016-04-20 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi! Its been 2 weeks since this thread was last updated; has anything else happened to move the proposal forward? Am I right that this will be decided on at the next SLOB meeting? Samson, some more questions below: On 6 April 2016 at 08:00, samson goddy wrote: >

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Samson's proposal to SLOBs

2016-04-20 Thread Chris Leonard
On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 9:12 AM, Dave Crossland wrote: > (removed every cc but ieap) > > On 20 April 2016 at 02:15, Chris Leonard wrote: >> >> As a practical matter, full-time internet connectivity is not required >> for effective L10n work. > > > I

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Samson's proposal to SLOBs

2016-04-20 Thread Dave Crossland
(removed every cc but ieap) On 20 April 2016 at 02:15, Chris Leonard wrote: > As a practical matter, full-time internet connectivity is not required > for effective L10n work. > I agree, and I think that generally more can be done to make "Sugar On A Stick" into

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Samson's proposal to SLOBs

2016-04-20 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi On 20 April 2016 at 08:59, Chris Leonard wrote: > Were it my proposal, I would be more than happy to do so, but it is > not. I think it is a matter for the proposer and the SLOB to make > that publication determination. > Sure :) > I will be creating suitable

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Samson's proposal to SLOBs

2016-04-20 Thread Chris Leonard
Were it my proposal, I would be more than happy to do so, but it is not. I think it is a matter for the proposer and the SLOB to make that publication determination. I will be creating suitable structure on the wiki for templates and yes, proposals in development, but we are still feeling our

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Samson's proposal to SLOBs

2016-04-20 Thread Dave Crossland
(removed all direct emails, only using iaep list) Hi Chris On 20 April 2016 at 01:39, Chris Leonard wrote: > I worked with Samson to refine a narrower proposal that has been > presented to the SLOB by email. It is for the SLOB or Samson to > decide how / when to

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Samson's proposal to SLOBs

2016-04-20 Thread samson goddy
> From: cjlhomeaddr...@gmail.com > Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 02:24:21 -0400 > Subject: Re: [Sugar-devel] Samson's proposal to SLOBs > To: d...@lab6.com > CC: samsongo...@hotmail.com; s...@unleashkids.org; > sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org; samsongo...@gmail.com; > sl...@lists.sugarlabs.org;

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Samson's proposal to SLOBs

2016-04-12 Thread samson goddy
Thanks for the question Dave, Let me explain why the Yoruba came with the price $6,000. Originally, The Yoruba come with a price of 1500 USD. About the Internet plan in Nigeria is quite expensive. Like i told Tony, getting a portable internet connection plus the device cost about $300 a

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Samson's proposal to SLOBs

2016-04-05 Thread James Cameron
I've reviewed the proposal. I like it. I've no further questions. On Tue, Apr 05, 2016 at 03:01:44PM +0100, samson goddy wrote: > Thank you very much Laura for the help you've giving me about my project in > Nigeria. Also i also grateful to Walter and Chris for their support too. I > have >

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Samson's proposal to SLOBs

2016-04-05 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi Samson Great proposal - and glad to hear you are feeling better :) I have 2 questions :) 1. You write in the proposal, the reason why the Yoruba was the most expensive, was because the logistics Portable internet and internet plan was included, two laptop was included too. I am curious