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Subject: RE: Dealing with a large and diverse project - Native Languages and
 project teams
Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 13:37:44 -0700
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It seems to me that the volunteers can do what those volunteers wish to =
do.  As long as there is no contribution to materials and code under the =
custody of the project, it doesn't matter. =20

So is something else wanted, such as identification with Apache =
OpenOffice?  Some sort of "official" designation?  Then it is difficult =
to avoid the need to fit into the governance and oversight requirements =
of ASF and AOO.  Perhaps an "Apache OpenOffice Partner" or "Supporter" =
or "Affiliate" arrangement might be easier.  Probably not.

For those cases involving sites and materials that are under ASF =
custody, ASF governance must be considered.  To "have the keys" to =
administration and the code base, it is necessary to submit bugs and =
patches and establish a pattern of contribution first.  And for those =
who are so privileged, it seems to me that the English working language =
requirement is part of the accountability.

 - Dennis =20

-----Original Message-----
From: Paulo de Souza Lima [mailto:paulo.s.lima@varekai.org]=20
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 12:37
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Subject: Re: Dealing with a large and diverse project - Native Languages =
and project teams

[ ... ]
> What do the volunteers want to do?
[ ... ]

They can help in spreading AOO, writing articles, helping user support,
lectures, making AOO present in events (soon there will be FISL, and =
other
large events). All of those things have to be made in Brazil and in
Portuguese. I thought the example we showed yesterday from that guy who
will install AOO in tens of thousands machines for a govenment digital
inclusion project should be enough.

Most of brazilian volunteers have no programming skills, but there are =
many
other ways they can help. Including some existing ones like UX, wiki, =
bug
hunting, and so on. Just one example: Miss Fatima Conti is a teacher at
Par=C3=A1 Federal University. She is a respectable figure in Brazilian =
Open
Source environment. She's more than 70 years old, she's not a =
programmer,
but many many users read her blog. She used to write articles for our =
old
BrOffice.org Magazine, but now she's helping to test AOO within her
possibilities. She can do a lot more for AOO, in terms of marketing. But
wait! We have no "marketing" yet. And she doesn't want to join a English
mailing list because she has difficulties with this language. There are =
a
lot of other examples. Most of people who wish to help are phisicians,
administrators (I am an administrator with some technical skills), =
lawyers,
teachers, account managers, and so on.


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