<div dir="auto"><div><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jun 13, 2017 1:58 AM, "Laura Vargas" <<a href="mailto:laura@somosazucar.org">laura@somosazucar.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Samson,<br><div><br>It is so sad that you have decided not to second the motion to support an XO build that includes the Yoruba and Igbo translations. <br><br></div>After US$ 4,000, almost a year that translations were completed, and an extensive list of voluntary hours invested from many members of the community, such translations have reached 0 learners! please explain openly.<br></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div><div dir="auto">First, there was a motion. So we can't attend to both. One has to go first.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I second the motion. I have been working on getting the translations to the learners. But if we are to do this.. we should also focus on Sugar on Stick too.</div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div></div><div><br>I hope this is not the story you plan to share with other communities as it will make SL community sound like a group of crazy people.<br></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div><div dir="auto">I don't understand this statement, but if it is possible i would like to work with you to make this possible. We can come up with a better plan to market this build.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I and walter are already working on workshops in nigeria. So it is okay by me.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I second the motion.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div>Regards<br><br><div><br></div><div>Laura V<br></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div><div dir="auto">Thanks Laura.</div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div class="elided-text"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2017-06-06 15:05 GMT-05:00 Laura Vargas <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:laura@somosazucar.org" target="_blank">laura@somosazucar.org</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><br>Samson, <br></div><div><br></div><div>It is nice to hear there is interest in the build directly from Nigeria :D<br></div><div><br>I don't think there is any conflict of interest for you to second this motion so we can start defining the work to be done.<br></div><div><div><div><br><br></div><div>Regards and blessings<br><br></div><div>laura v<br><br></div><div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="m_-4840525551101520666gmail-h5"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2017-06-05 8:40 GMT-05:00 David Ally <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:david_ally@yahoo.com" target="_blank">david_ally@yahoo.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote"><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><div><div>Dear Samson,</div><div>Yes, I am a Nigerian, I grew up in<i> </i>Lagos and had all my schooling in Lagos, Primary, Secondary, Polytechnic and University in Lagos.</div><div><br></div><div>I left Lagos in 1993, and now based in Abuja.</div><div><br></div><div>I have a gmail account <a href="mailto:dade.ally@gmail.com" target="_blank">dade.ally@gmail.com</a>, we can link up on Hangout. It will be nice to talk about the proposed Sugar in Nigeria.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards!</div><span class="m_-4840525551101520666gmail-m_2431462576189273060gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div>David <br></div><div><br></div></font></span></div><div><div class="m_-4840525551101520666gmail-m_2431462576189273060gmail-h5"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="m_-4840525551101520666gmail-m_2431462576189273060gmail-m_460927380260053869yahoo_quoted" id="m_-4840525551101520666gmail-m_2431462576189273060gmail-m_460927380260053869yahoo_quoted_7463452005"><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><div>On Saturday, June 3, 2017, 5:33:44 PM GMT+1, Samson Goddy <<a href="mailto:samsongoddy@sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">samsongoddy@sugarlabs.org</a>> wrote:</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div id="m_-4840525551101520666gmail-m_2431462576189273060gmail-m_460927380260053869yiv3282217672"><div><div dir="ltr">Are you a Nigerian?<div><br clear="none"></div><div>Me too, this is going to be my third time coming to lagos. I have been living in Port Harcourt, how did you propose we discuss? i am mostly available via Google Hangout? i and walter are planning workshop around Sugar in Nigeria soon. Maybe you can be of help too then we will talk about other things.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Samson</div></div><div id="m_-4840525551101520666gmail-m_2431462576189273060gmail-m_460927380260053869yiv3282217672yqt06716" class="m_-4840525551101520666gmail-m_2431462576189273060gmail-m_460927380260053869yiv3282217672yqt6098324528"><div class="m_-4840525551101520666gmail-m_2431462576189273060gmail-m_460927380260053869yiv3282217672gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="m_-4840525551101520666gmail-m_2431462576189273060gmail-m_460927380260053869yiv3282217672gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 3, 2017 at 5:17 PM, David Ally <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:david_ally@yahoo.com" shape="rect" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">david_ally@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="m_-4840525551101520666gmail-m_2431462576189273060gmail-m_460927380260053869yiv3282217672gmail_quote"><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><div><div><div>I am based in Abuja, I hardly come around to Lagos, even though I grew up in Lagos. I plan to visit Lagos State University this month to meet with the President of Linguistic Association of Nigeria, I am not sure if I can plan the trip to coincide with your presence in Lagos, either way let's share some thought on this translation project please.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>I should be in the US in July for about 3weeks, if there is any important event relating to this I could find time to attend.<br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Regards!</div><div>David<br clear="none"></div> </div><div><br clear="none"></div></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div id="m_-4840525551101520666gmail-m_2431462576189273060gmail-m_460927380260053869yiv3282217672m_905999353196859692yahoo_quoted_7206968279" class="m_-4840525551101520666gmail-m_2431462576189273060gmail-m_460927380260053869yiv3282217672m_905999353196859692yahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(38,40,42)"><div><div class="m_-4840525551101520666gmail-m_2431462576189273060gmail-m_460927380260053869yiv3282217672h5"><div>On Saturday, June 3, 2017, 5:05:44 PM GMT+1, Chris Leonard <<a href="mailto:cjlhomeaddress@gmail.com" shape="rect" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">cjlhomeaddress@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div></div></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div class="m_-4840525551101520666gmail-m_2431462576189273060gmail-m_460927380260053869yiv3282217672h5">On Sat, Jun 3, 2017 at 10:02 AM, Laura Vargas <<a href="mailto:laura@somosazucar.org" shape="rect" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">laura@somosazucar.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">>> > So, I propose the following Motion:<br clear="none">>> ><br clear="none">>> > SL will allocate a budget of US$TBD for "professional services" required<br clear="none">>> > to<br clear="none">>> > create a fitable image for Samson's and Ibiam's young XO partners in<br clear="none">>> > Africa.<br clear="none">>> > SL will make an open call to the mailing list to find one or more<br clear="none">>> > professional to do it.<br clear="none">>> ><br clear="none">>> ><br clear="none">>> > Hope we can start using SL money to actually outreach Sugar learners!<br clear="none">>> ><br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> The PO files have been committed to the relevant repos and as new<br clear="none">>> Activity releases have been made (thanks Quozl for your recent<br clear="none">>> Fructose push) they have been made available via ASLO. It is true<br clear="none">>> that a build of the core UI strings would be needed, but I thought<br clear="none">>> that might come via a new SOAS release.<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> Are you proposing a custom build for Nigeria?<br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Yes.<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> If so, I would request that OLPC switch desktop PO file for Igbo be<br clear="none">>> completed before such an attempt was made.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> I understand there would be technical and academic considerations in order<br clear="none">> to detail the work to be done. I hope you can guide the execution from the<br clear="none">> translation's POV.<br clear="none">><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Of course, I would welcome the opportunity to assist.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> The objective of the motion is to define if it is worth to rescue all the<br clear="none">> work and investment (community's time and money) done last year by Sugar<br clear="none">> Labs on Samson's and Ibiam's line of work.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">A funded project for a single-purpose build would not be as valuable<br clear="none">as adding a component to it that included improving documentation (and<br clear="none">possibly toolchain) of the custom-build process in such a way that it<br clear="none">is more easily repeated by others. That way it is an investment in a<br clear="none">repeatable process, not a single product. 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