Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Libre Office Marketing activities in India

Rajesh, Kannan, Chandrakant,

Le Fri, 2 May 2014 12:50:49 -0700 (PDT),
Rajesh Ranjan <rajeshkajha@yahoo.com> a écrit :

> > On Friday, May 2, 2014 11:30 PM, Charles-H. Schulz
> > <charles.schulz@documentfoundation.org> wrote:
> > > Rajesh, Kannan, Chandrakant,
> >
> > This is getting interesting :-)
> >
> > May I suggest we work this in two "streams"?
> > - check who is currently working on Indic langages localizations,
> > what localization of constitutionally recognized language is
> > currently missing and who may work on it
> >  
>
> Here is the list who is who of Indian libreoffice l10n as per the
> language team list :-)
>
> Assamese - Nilamdyuti Goswami 
> Bengali (India) - Sankarshan/Runa 
> Bodo - Sanjib Narzary 
> English - Stuart Swales 
> Gujarati - Ankit Patel 
> Hindi - Rajesh Ranjan 
> Kannada - Vikram Vincent/Shankar Prasad 
> Maithili - Sangeeta Kumari 
> Malayalam - Manu Unni V G 
> Marathi - Sandeep Shedmake 
> Nepali - Saaz Rai 
> Oriya - Manoj Kumar Giri 
> Punjabi - A S Alam 
> Tamil - Ve. Elanjelian 
> Telugu - Arjuna Rao Chavala/Krishnababu Krothapalli
> Urdu - Khunshan Shabbir

Cool, thanks! It is an impressive list to be sure.

> On status page, all languages' translation are present though
> language teams are for only for the ^^ mentioned names. Teams need to
> be created for the following: Dogri, Kashmiri, Konkani, Manipuri,
> Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi. Chandrakant is eager to push the
> translation for these languages. Probably the previous translations
> done for openoffice (possibly by c-dac) are here with libreoffice.

yes, although it depends on what happened with how active the people
were in 2010-2011 though.


> Through English is not in official 22, but I have added en-GB as well
> as this is one official language and its important in India is not
> less. So for overall promotion purpose we can count this language
> also.

good point.

> > - on this mailing list, discuss and define a few concrete actions
> > to raise LibreOffice awareness in India and improve its
> > distribution. 
> >  
>
> Sure...I have not any problem start discussing here right now but
> would like to come here with inputs from other languages' team
> maintainers and possibly after a face-to-face cum irc meeting with
> the people mentioned from lo team. This will be a inclusive view and
> would be more helpful to work for the plan decided here on the on the
> mailing list later. 
>
> > What do you think?
>
>
> Hope this is okay?

Absolutely yes. Kannan has already explained the kind of wonderful work
they're doing on their side. Not knowing the Indian field reality
myself, I suggest you could discuss or even answer the following
questions:
- how do we raise brand awareness on LibreOffice in India
- are there specific approaches we can take to promote and have people
  download LibreOffice? Is the distribution of physical supports
  (cd-roms, usb keys) a better way ?
- LibreOffice is meant for pretty much everyone, but do we have to
  target a key population at first?
- LibreOffice is a community too: can we attract volunteers,
  developers, localizers, QA testers, documentation writers?
- let's run a local , small scale event somewhere in India and see who
  shows up. Repeat these events around the country.

Last but not least: do organize an IRC meeting or a physical meeting. I
think it's important.


What do you think?

best

Charles.

> regards,
> Rajesh
>
> > Best,
> >
> > Charles. 
> >
> > On 2 mai 2014 19:08:15 CEST, Rajesh Ranjan <rajeshkajha@yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> > > Charles, Chandrakant and Kannan,
> > >
> > > It is good to see the activity related to Libreoffice for India.
> > > libreoffice is one of the most important flagship product of foss
> > > but in India the activity of promoting the lo is almost
> > > negligible. Its sad and we should certainly do some concrete
> > > effort regarding the same.
> > >
> > > I would also like to be part of it actively and would like to work
> > > a lot for libreoffice in India.  I am working for Hindi language
> > > since ten years in FOSS localization world. Earlier, I was
> > > associated with openoffice as well. I know lot of localization
> > > contributors/coordinators of different Indian language. I think
> > > they can also help us out to do organized marketing activity
> > > related to libreoffice in India.
> > >
> > > thanks!
> > >
> > > ------------------------ 
> > > Regards, 
> > > Rajesh Ranjan 
> > >
> > > www.rajeshranjan.in
> > > twitter: @kajha 
> > > facebook: rajeshkajha 
> > >
> > >
> > >  
> > >
> > > >  On Friday, May 2, 2014 6:40 PM, Kannan Moudgalya 
> > <kannan@iitb.ac.in>
> > > wrote:
> > > >  > Dear Chandrakant,
> > > >
> > > >  I am delighted to see your mail.
> > > >
> > > >  Our team has been conducting Spoken Tutorial based SELF
> > > > workshops on LibreOffice, mainly in academia, training tens of
> > > > thousands of
> > > people.  
> > > >  Lately, I have been trying to come up with a print edition of 
> > > >  LibreOffice Manuals (500 copies) to promote LibreOffice in
> > > > colleges,
> > > who 
> > > >  need a "printed book" for the software to be included in 
> > their 
> > > >  curriculum.  This project has taken a lot longer than what I
> > > expected, 
> > > >  because I seem to have not followed some "procedures".  I 
> > hope to 
> > > >  close 
> > > >  this activity soon.
> > > >
> > > >  Next time when you come to Mumbai, please drop by at IIT and we
> > > > can discuss how to take things forward in India.  I believe that
> > > > you can contribute quite a bit on the Indic language front.  Best
> > > > wishes,
> > > >
> > > >  Kannan
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >  On 02/05/14 6:13 PM, chandrakant dhutadmal wrote:
> > > > >   Hi Charles.
> > > > >
> > > > >   Thanks for welcoming me in the community.
> > > > >
> > > > >   Yes. C-DAC is one of the organization which has been into
> > > Localization and 
> > > >  its marketing since quite some time now.
> > > > >   I have personally  been active in some other open source
> > > communities and i 
> > > >  have noticed that there are no Libre Office promotional
> > > > activities
> > > being carried 
> > > >  out as a community.
> > > > >   I personally would like to contribute in this community driven
> > > promotional 
> > > >  activity in a better way.
> > > > >   Regards,
> > > > >   Chandrakant Dhutadmal
> > > > >   Pune, India.
> > > > >    
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >   On Friday, May 2, 2014 5:44 PM, Charles-H. Schulz 
> > > >  <charles.schulz@documentfoundation.org> wrote:
> > > > >    
> > > > >   Dear Chandrakant,
> > > > >
> > > > >   Welcome to the LibreOffice project! I have seen your earlier
> > > > > posts
> > > on
> > > > >   the L10N mailing list and it's great to see that more 
> > localizations
> > > can
> > > > >   be created. On top of that C-DAC has been a long standing
> > > contributor to
> > > > >   the old Openoffice.org project :-)
> > > > >
> > > > >   It is a bit unclear to me whether there are active teams
> > > > > promoting LibreOffice around India though. We have various
> > > > > contacts with
> > > public
> > > > >   institutions there however. Given the scope of your
> > > > > involvement, I
> > > guess
> > > > >   you have a team working with you on LibreOffice localizations
> > > > > and marketing?
> > > > >
> > > > >   Best,
> > > > >
> > > > >   Charles.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >   Le 2014-05-02 12:56, chandrakant dhutadmal a écrit :
> > > > > >   Hello All.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >   My name is Chandrakant Dhutadmal. I am from Pune, India. 
> > Currently
> > > i
> > > > > >   am working as senior technical officer, at Centre for 
> > Development
> > > of
> > > > > >   advanced computing (C-DAC), Pune.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >   I have been working in Localization domain since about last 8
> > > years. I
> > > > > >   had earlier used Open Office and conducted training and spread
> > > > > >   awareness about open office among lot of people from various
> > > sectors
> > > > > >   like Academics, Govt, NGO's, and SME's. I have also 
> > been 
> > > >  attending
> > > > > >   various meeting and conferences to spread the word.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >   I have also been using Libre Office since quite some time
> > > > > > now. 
> > I
> > > think
> > > > > >   i can be a good contributor as a Member of Marketing team and 
> > take
> > > > > >   this product to newer heights of success.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >   I would also like to know if there is any marketing group 
> > active
> > > in
> > > > > >   India who promotes Libre Office in India and let me know how 
> > can i
> > > > > >   participate.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >   Cheers,
> > > > > >   Chandrakant Dhutadmal
> > > > > >   Senior Technical Officer
> > > > > >   C-DAC, Pune, India.
> > > >
> > > >
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