[libreoffice-marketing] [Localisation groups] Projects and communication

I am getting a little worried that some of our discussion results may 
not be getting back to the localisation groups. For example: we have the 
Drupal Website Development Team with a list of tasks that need to be 
filled; the new LibreOffice Release Party page where people can sign up 
their names to sponsor a party for when the LO is newly released.

I know these are just two examples and, yes, I am closely involved in 
both, but, I wonder how the localisation groups hear of these projects 
and whether they understand that they may join these regardless of the 
language barriers.

I wonder if there is a method in place where these projects can be piped 
and announced directly into each localised mailists where members can 
decide whether to join in or not. I am sure there are Drupal experts in 
Spain or S.America who could join the team. I am sure there are members 
in Russia, Portugal, Costa Rica, Japan that could host a release party 
and etc. What about the dev's mailist? I am sure the are some competent 
non-English-speaking coders who could join in.

I am concerned that, right at the very start of LO community building, 
there seems, to me, no method to inform the mailists of projects that 
have gone through the rigours of discussion, consensus, formulation and 
adoption. We are all working in our own little islands.

Even worse, we are completely blind as to what is being debated and 
decided in the localisation groups. For example, I am on the French 
mailist, and, by and large, there is a certain amount of discussion 
going on. I am also on the Spanish mailist, but there is very little 
discussion going on this mailist, which, to me, is surprising given the 
amount of Spanish speaking population/countries on earth. Is this pretty 
typical of the past OOo mailist banter?

Christoph's Work Items wiki page is a step in the right direction, but 
it still doesn't address the problem with communicating to the different 
localised mailists of these projects. They need to know that they may 
participate in larger non-localised projects and we will try to deal 
with the language barrier (google translate is a good choice).

Would there be any idea on how to do this efficiently?

Marc


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