Hi All! A few comments below... On Fri, 2005-09-02 at 00:51 +1000, Colin Charles wrote: > On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 11:27 +1000, David Barzilay wrote: > > > That's exactly the point I am trying to make. I was asked for input on > > the idea of Community Marketing Contacts being enough for global input. > > We want a CMC to be of a global nature. I.e. we expect a CMC in /every/ > country. Be it RH or not. 2, having a lead and a co-lead will help > > > Well, how many fluent languages are represented within the current > > selected group? What's the possible global coverage by these people? > > This current group is expected to grow Great! I thought so ;) > > > Whoever the spokespeople are, how do you intend to overcome the language > > barriers to keep them well informed? > > I am presuming that a CMC will be bilingual at least - she will be able > to speak English (converse with us) as well as her own community. And if > her community is large and wants to converse in their own language, they > can get their own mailing list (we have support for this already) Yep! FWIW, we already have several existing mailing lists for translation purposes (see http://fedora.redhat.com/projects/translations/) > > > The important thing is that we are in sync with RH on what the core > > > message is, and how to speak about RHs involvement. If we trust the > > > message, we can trust the messenger. > > > > You probably can. But, do you intend to spread the message only in > > English? > > No. But baby steps, we will start with whats most common. After that, > translations are dependent on CMCs or their leverages with translators What if the CMCs were one or two translators within their already established communities? As I said before, I'm up for it, and guess some other members of my team might also be interested.. > > > Who would you trust to adapt the message into different languages, and > > make sure it is in sync with RH? > > We have to localise. And we'd have to hope that its in sync with what we > say. How are we going to QA it? Well, this is where we let OSS take its > stand, and its called "RH letting go of some control" > > Some malicious CMC can do something bad, but why volunteer for a job > that you want to sabotage? Its like a malicious Fedora Extras > contributor we're worried about... all possible, but realistically, > let's be a bit more trusting Totally agree. I am just suggesting to face Fedora's worldwide marketing challenges on a more professional basis. I trust many of the contributors, but realistically I cannot always *count on* them... > > > Thanks for listening! > > Thanks for sharing! Can we count you as a CMC in your region? Thumbs up! -- David Barzilay Brazilian Portuguese Technical Translator Red Hat Asia-Pacific -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
