L10n:Meetings/India hackathon
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Basic Info
- Where
- TAG Auditorium, Sardar Patel Road, Anna University
- Address: Anna University Campus, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600025, India.
- Google maps: https://www.google.co.in/maps/@13.0414607,80.2488488,15z
- When
- 20-22 November
- Local Contacts
- Arun: 94 88 000 707
- Chandrakant Dhutadmal: +91-9823050212
- Sibi: 98 40 670 143
- Lodging
- Community volunteers at The Iris Hotel
- L10n Drivers at Courtyard by Marriott
- Commuting between Chennai Airport and The Iris Hotel
- It's less than 15km between the airport and the hotel.
- Take a cab which costs about INR350. Wear a Mozilla gear so your fellow community member can recognize you on the plane or at the airport. Try to carpool to the hotel whenever possible.
- Commuting between The Irish Hotel and TAG Auditorium @ Anna University campus
- The distance is about 6.5km. Cab fare is approx INR150. One vehicle can carry four members.
- Commuting between Venue and Restaurant
- TBD
- Reimbursements
- We would also like to reimburse you the transport costs between the airport and the hotel. Process to be announced soon.
- Bring a hard copy of your flight itinerary. Some airports may require hard copy before allowing travelers to get into the airport.
Agenda
Friday 20 November
- FUEL
- Dinner: 7:30 The Iris Hotel, Chennai
Saturday 21 November
- Morning - 930AM
- Mozilla mission and org updates applied to your locales
- Introduction to Mozilla & the mission, for anyone unfamiliar with it.
- Organization changes introduced in Whistler.
- Virtuous participation cycle
- The role of your language localization within Mozilla's mission.
- Review Prod roadmaps, schedules and priorities to better understand and plan upcoming localization work
- iOS launch
- Seasonal Firefox releases -- Firefox 42
- Communication of timelines -- what's working, what isn't, how do l10n-drivers support your locales more?
- Firefox OS
- Tools, resources, and translation workflows at Mozilla
- Dashboards overview
- Pootle, hg, github & Pontoon tutorials
- Translation quality
- Lunch
- Lunch at Venue
- Afternoon
- Dashboard review & translation catch-up work where localization work has not been completed
- Discussion lead by l10n teams to share common practices between your languages & how they might be relevant to other localization teams.
- Dinner (7pm)
- Grill Box, 12, Raghavaiah Road, T.Nagar, Chennai
Sunday 22 November
- Morning -- 930AM
- Sustainability & succession
- How does each l10n team prioritize their active projects?
- How does each l10n team structure locale/project leadership?
- Does the team have a plan of succession? If so, what is it, where is it strong and where is it weak?
- Does the l10n team have linguistic resources (e.g., Firefox glossary, style guide, etc.) to sustain the project?
- If yes, how did they create them? Would they be willing to mentor other teams to create their own?
- Recruitment
- Does the l10n team need more localizers?
- If so, what has the team done to recruit and mentor new localizers?
- What can be improved?
- What has been successful in other l10n teams?
- Localizer recognition
- Does the l10n team feel like they receive enough recognition from Mozilla for their efforts?
- What form of recognition is most appreciated?
- Does the l10n team provide recognition to outstanding members of the team?
- Does the l10n team feel like they receive enough recognition from Mozilla for their efforts?
- L10n gatherings and Mozilla Reps
- How often does your l10n team get together physically?
- Do you know who your local Mozilla Rep l10n ally is?
- What makes a successful l10n gathering for your l10n community?
- How important do feel physical meetups are for your l10n community and the work you do?
- Communication -- what's working, what isn't, how do l10n-drivers support your locales more?
- Lunch
- Lunch at Venue
- Afternoon (Breakouts)
- Dashboard review, and translation catchup work where localization work has not been completed
- Discussion lead by l10n teams to share common practices between your languages & how they might be relevant to other localization teams.
- Update team wiki pages
- Take l10n hackathon survey.
- Group pictures
- Dinner
- TBD
Information
- Currency exchange: 1USD ~ 65INR (India Rupees); http://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/
- Expecting heavy rains: keep a raincoat or an umbrella; http://www.accuweather.com/en/in/chennai/206671/weather-forecast/206671
- Power
- Power sockets: type C / D / M
- Voltage: 230 V
- Frequency: 50 Hz
- http://www.power-plugs-sockets.com/india
Other
- Notes
- http://tinyurl.com/olfwnk2
- Resources