FAD G11N 2015

This is the main page for the 2015 Globalization Group FAD, which is a FAD (a mini-conference) focused on working on Fedora 24 development plans, brainstorming on Fedora globalization workflow and deciding strategy for different Fedora products.

Purpose

Fedora Globalization group involves 4 project Internationalization, Localization, Language Testing Group and Zanata. These group has spread across the regions. We are proposing 3 days of FAD and we would like to do following activities/tasks.

Task list:

• Fedora globalization
  • synchronize l10n, i18n, Zanata and FLTG.
• Deciding g11n mission in the rise of Fedora.Next products. Workstation, Server and Cloud.
• Fedora 24
  • Development plans
  • Change proposals
• Test day improvements plan.
• Listing out Fedora language support status. Crosscheck with CLDR or Wikipedia list.
• Deciding on Fedora locale related default fonts selection procedure.
• Working on Glibc locale-archive split into different locales.
• L10n Sprints planning for Fedora releases.
• Fedora language spins - Defining process to get requests.
• What should mentors for G11N do? Reviewing quick start documents.
• Identifying and Filling missing bits of "How to loosely organize a community"

Impact

The completion of these goals will create the following positive change within the project.

• Fedora G11N activities are going very silently, with FAD dedicated on G11N will help to create buzz and help to get more activities and more contribution in this domain.
• Synchronization between 4 groups i18n, Zanata, l10n and FLTG under the globalization initiative.
• Getting mentors and quick start guide will attract new contributors to G11N.
• Test day improvement. Better planning, more relevant test case and more contribution on testday.
• Globalization plans for Fedora products Workstation, Server and Cloud by understanding there requirements.
• Completion of long time pending task from Globalization.

These outcomes connect with the following Fedora Community Objectives by:

• Fedora.Next initiative :- Understanding and planning for globalization requirement of different products.
• Creating a Free (as in Freedom) distribution
  • Produce robust time-based releases every six months :- Development plans just after F23 will help to complete change proposals well in F24 release cycle.
• Building open source software communities
  • Be on the leading edge of free and open source technology :- Fedora distribution has been remained leading the globalization development. Most of innovations first happens into Fedora and then other distribution adopts it. Example. IBus, Locales, Predictive text input method and Various fonts.
  • Getting mentors and quick start guides will motivate and ease contribution from community members.
• Promote a global perspective by supporting as many languages and geographic locales as possible
  • We will identify Fedora present situation from language support and will plan to cover more languages.
• Developing the science and practice of building communities
  • Use existing models that work, (re)building on them only as needed in each case :- i18n, l10n, zanata and FLTG groups already doing most of the things out of this. Going through this can provide more inputs on how can we build more community around it.

Detailed Work Items & Final Attendees

Name	Remote/Local/Travel	Thu	Fri	Sat	Core Tasks
Pravin Satpute	Travel				Organizer + Documentation + Development
Akira TAGOH	Local				Organizer + Development
Michelle Kim	Travel				Organizer + Zanata + G11n Operation
Jens Petersen	Travel				Development
Peng Wu	Travel				Development
Parag Nemade	Travel				Development
Alex Eng	Travel				Zanata + G11n Operation
Carlos Munoz	Remote/Travel(will be in Tokyo around those dates for OpenStack summit)				Zanata
Takao Fujiwara	Local				Development
Mike Fabian	Remote/(Travel if possible)				Development
Mohamed Fawzy	Remote				new member, Localization
anish	Travel				Development
Daiki Ueno	Local				Development
Noriko Mizumoto	Travel				Localization
Ani Peter	Travel				Zanata & FLTG

Planning Prerequisites

See the How to organize a FAD list; you can keep your to-do list here.

• Completed work item
• Decide on Dates and Location
• Work out budget
• Arrange Facilities
• List Resources
• Be Somewhat Structured
• Arrange Lodging
• Arrange Refreshments
• Arrange a Social Event

Plan

1. Location: Tokyo, Japan
2. Date: 2-4th November, 2015
3. Schedule TBD
4. Thursday Schedule

Time	Scheduled activity

1. Friday Schedule

Time	Scheduled activity

1. Saturday Schedule

Time	Scheduled activity

1. • Participants arrive at THIS_TIME_AND_DATE
   • PravinS arrive on xyz date
   • Will add other people who are traveling
   • Participants leave at THIS_TIME_AND_DATE
   • PravinS leave on xyz date
2. Important skills (any of the following)
   • Fonts
   • IME (IBus, SCIM)
   • Encoding (Unicode)
   • CLDR.
   • Language experts.
3. Personnel (people who might fit the bill)
   • Name (location, role) Confirmed? (Y/N)
   • Name (location, role) Confirmed? (Y/N)
   • Name (location, role) Confirmed? (Y/N)
   • others?
4. Other considerations
   • Contributor V can offer a living room for evening social gatherings.
   • Contributor W has a car and is willing to do airport pick-ups.
   • Contributor X needs as much advance notice as possible.
   • Contributor Y has a schedule that is better on Fridays than on Tuesdays, and prefers weekend times after 4:28 AM.
   • Contributor Z is allergic to peanuts.

Logistics

Snacks/Beverages: Details go here.

Lunch: Details go here.

Dinner: Details go here.

Budget

If you want funding from Red Hat, ask the OSAS team. If you can find other ways to fund your FAD, that's great too! Ticket for Fedora Council trac

Attendee	Status	Arrival	Departure	~Travel cost	Hotel	Notes	Funding request (US $)
1. Carlos Munoz	NA	TBD	TBD	0	265		0
2. Pravin Satpute	NA	TBD	TBD	700	265		700
3. Jens Petersen	NA	TBD	TBD	235	265		235
4. Peng Wu	NA	TBD	TBD	450	265		450
5. Parag Nemade	NA	TBD	TBD	700	265		700
6. Alex Eng	NA	TBD	TBD	0	265		0
7. Michelle Kim	NA	TBD	TBD	770	265		770
8. Mike Fabian	NA	TBD	TBD	650	265		650
9. anish	NA	TBD	TBD	700	265		700
10. Noriko Mizumoto	NA	TBD	TBD	770	265		770
11. Ani Peter	NA	TBD	TBD	700	265		700
Total				5675	2915		5675

1. Travel: $A $5675 for airfare, bus, train, etc. funding needed to get attendees to the FAD
2. Housing: $B $2915 for hotel, etc. needed to have attendees sleep during the FAD. We are looking for this Funding from Red Hat G11N group.
   • link to hotel room booking website, if applicable
3. Space: Will use redhat facility in planned location.
   • address and travel details for the space
4. Social Events: $C 1 Lunch + 1 Dinner for FAD participants. $555
5. Supplies:
   • Not presently.

Total budget: $(A+C) = 5675 + 555 = $6230