[IAEP] MOTION to budget professional services for a Yoruba-Igbo XO build WAS [Re: Yoruba localization contract completed

[Samson Goddy]

Hi David,

Thanks for reaching out, are you currently in Africa(Nigeria)?, because i
stay in Port Harcourt and i will be coming to lagos in few weeks for my
visa so we could meet up if you are in Nigeria.


Samson G

On Sat, Jun 3, 2017 at 11:47 AM, David Ally <david_ally at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Dear IAEP community,
> Good to hear about all these efforts. I once requested for handle on the
> recently Yoruba translation of Sugar Activities but could not make any
> headway. My reason for requesting for the translation was because I was
> trying to assemble some translators and contents remixers in the country to
> work on 3 major languages for current academic curriculum.
>
> I am still pressing on this front however, this work is too resource
> consuming and requires almost full time work to make significant progress.
> I am presently engaged on many fronts and so could only spare time for
> this, however, if there is a way to link up with Samson to work out some
> level collaborations, may be we can be make better progress.
>
> So @SamsonGoddy, is there anyway we can link up on these activities?
>
> Please keep me informed of all Nigerian/West African related translation
> activities, I am keen on this area.
>
> Regards!
> David
>
>
>
> On Friday, June 2, 2017, 11:11:54 PM GMT+1, Samson Goddy <
> samsongoddy at sugarlabs.org> wrote:
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Thanks laura for bringing this up. I have working on bringing sugar to
> Nigeria schools, because the people that use Sugar currently are just the
> xo-1 users.
>
> As i told Chris Leonard last time when he reach me about getting
> translators. I am working on getting a group of developers in Port Harcourt
> and also translators. These people are eager to contribute to open source,
> which is good because of project like Google Summer of Code.
>
> I was thinking about doing something like "Sugar Labs summit" in Nigeria
> to connect to all these category of people mentioned. But funds is a
> problem, i have been trying to reach out to local sponsors. But definitely
> Scratch Conference in Bordeaux will become more productive if i connect to
> sponsors for workshops.
>
> On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 9:26 PM, Laura Vargas <laura at somosazucar.org>
> wrote:
>
> Hi SLOBs,
>
> Some time has passed and this wonderful translations haven't reach the
> children yet!
>
>
> They have but in a small scale, because people are still using the xo
> laptops. But not as before.
>
>
> The PO files exists, but there is an urgent need to create a build that
> includes them so that Samson and Ibiam can get it distributed among their
> young XO learners partners.
>
> So, I propose the following Motion:
>
> SL will allocate a budget of US$TBD for "professional services" required
> to create a fitable image for Samson's and Ibiam's young XO partners in
> Africa. SL will make an open call to the mailing list to find one or more
> professional to do it.
>
> +1, i am very support of this. I have been trying to work something out.
> At least, i and walter are planning a workshop in Nigeria, which will serve
> as introducing sugar to new schools. And also help create a small
> deployment to help support the schools with xos(2,000 machines).
>
>
>
> Hope we can start using SL money to actually outreach Sugar learners!
>
> Blessings and happy Friday!
>
> Laura V
>
>
>
> 2016-09-24 16:01 GMT-05:00 Chris Leonard <cjlhomeaddress at gmail.com>:
>
> Dear Sugar Labs,
>
> Per the Yoruba localization contract undertaken by Samson Goddy,
> Milestones 2 and 3 have been completed and all requested revisions
> have been made.
>
> http://translate.sugarlabs.org /yo/ <http://translate.sugarlabs.org/yo/>
>
> As Translation Community Manager (and in the oversight role defined in
> the contract), I am approving payment of Milestones 2 and 3.
>
> Adam Holt as Sugar Lab's contact with the SFC is requested to
> communicate Samson's invoicing to the SFC for payment.
>
> Milestone 2 PO files (Glucose) $1,350
>
> sugar
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>
>
> Milestone 3 PO files (Fructose) $2,300
>
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