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Logistics

where

Room: D107

Canolfan Bedwyr wing (within The Management Centre)

Bangor University

Bangor, Wales

Google maps: http://bit.ly/1EJaGFy

when: 8-9 March
travel: Travel days are 7 & 10 March

National Rail is the best place to look for trains from Manchester to Bangor.

arriving at hotel: The Management Centre is within walking distance from the Bangor train station.

Google map: http://bit.ly/1yRdqMS

accommodation

The Management Centre

Bangor Business School

College Road

Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2DG

Agenda

Sunday 8 March

Morning - 930AM - Canolfan Bedwyr wing (within The Management Centre)

Mozilla mission and org updates applied to Celtic locales
- Introduction to Mozilla & the mission, for anyone unfamiliar with it.
- Organization changes introduced in Portland.
- Virtuous participation cycle
- The role of Celtic & minority language localization within Mozilla's mission.
Tools, resources, and translation workflows at Mozilla
- Dashboards overview -- flod
- Pootle, hg, & SVN tutorials -- Dwayne & flod
- Kevin's quality evaluation script tutorials
Review Prod roadmaps, schedules and priorities to better understand and plan upcoming localization work
- iOS in the UK
- Seasonal Firefox releases -- Firefox 38
- Communication of timelines -- what's working, what isn't, how do l10n-drivers support Celtic locales more?
- Firefox OS -- will it be coming to the UK?

Lunch -- catered by The Management Centre
Afternoon

Dashboard review & translation catchup work where localization work has not been completed
- Discussion lead by l10n teams to share common practices between Celtic languages & how they might be relevant to other small languages.
- Produce first language packs for Manx and Scots.

Dinner -- The Prys home - Within 5 minutes walking distance from the Management Centre. The address is Teg Annedd, 63 Ffordd Garth Uchaf/Upper Garth Road – nice big house name on wall to help pizza delivery men ;).

Monday 9 March

Morning -- 930AM

L10n community stability in Celtic locales
- Project priorities
  - How does each l10n team prioritize their active projects?
- Leadership & succession
  - 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?
- 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?
- Sustainability
  - 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?
- 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?
Discuss localized product use in the UK.
- Use of localized software in education in UK.
  - How, where, and why?
- Brainstorm possible initiatives to increase locale usage and market share in UK.

Lunch -- catered by The Management Centre
Afternoon (Breakouts)

Dashboard review, and translation catchup work where localization work has not been completed
- Share common practices between Celtic languages and how they might be relevant to other small languages.
- Ship first Manx & Scots language packs on addons.mozilla.org.
Update team wiki pages
Take l10n hackathon survey.
Group pictures

Dinner -- Location TBD

Other

Notes: https://l10n.etherpad.mozilla.org/celtic-language-meetup-notes
Resources

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 ==Logistics==
 ;where:
+Room: D107
 Canolfan Bedwyr wing (within The Management Centre)
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 ;when: 8-9 March
 ;travel: Travel days are 7 & 10 March
+[http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/ National Rail] is the best place to look for trains from Manchester to Bangor.
 ;arriving at hotel: The Management Centre is within walking distance from the Bangor train station.
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 ;Morning - 930AM - Canolfan Bedwyr wing (within The Management Centre)
 *Mozilla mission and org updates applied to Celtic locales
+** Introduction to Mozilla & the mission, for anyone unfamiliar with it.
+** Organization changes introduced in Portland.
+** Virtuous participation cycle
+** The role of Celtic & minority language localization within Mozilla's mission.
 *Tools, resources, and translation workflows at Mozilla
-**Pootle and hg tutorials
+**Dashboards overview -- flod
+**Pootle, hg, & SVN tutorials -- Dwayne & flod
 **Kevin's quality evaluation script tutorials
 *Review Prod roadmaps, schedules and priorities to better understand and plan upcoming localization work
 **iOS in the UK
-**Seasonal Firefox releases
+**Seasonal Firefox releases -- Firefox 38
 **Communication of timelines -- what's working, what isn't, how do l10n-drivers support Celtic locales more?
-**Firefox OS
+**Firefox OS -- will it be coming to the UK?
 ;Lunch -- catered by The Management Centre
 ;Afternoon
-*Dashboard review, and translation catchup work where localization work has not been completed
+*Dashboard review & translation catchup work where localization work has not been completed
-**Share common practices between Celtic languages and how they might be relevant to other small languages.
+**Discussion lead by l10n teams to share common practices between Celtic languages & how they might be relevant to other small languages.
 **Produce first language packs for Manx and Scots.
 ;Dinner -- The Prys home - Within 5 minutes walking distance from the Management Centre. The address is Teg Annedd, 63 Ffordd Garth Uchaf/Upper Garth Road – nice big house name on wall to help pizza delivery men ;).
@@ Line 47: / Line 55: @@
 *L10n community stability in Celtic locales
 **Project priorities
+*** How does each l10n team prioritize their active projects?
 **Leadership & succession
+*** 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?
 **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?
+*** [http://people.mozilla.org/~jbeatty/Survey_Responses/L10n_Comm_Building_Survey.pdf What has been successful in other l10n teams?]
 **Sustainability
+*** 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?
 **Localizer recognition
-*Review locale usage stats and discuss localized product use in the UK.
+*** 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?
+*Discuss localized product use in the UK.
 **Use of localized software in education in UK.
-**Possible initiatives to increase locale usage and market share in UK.
+*** How, where, and why?
+**Brainstorm possible initiatives to increase locale usage and market share in UK.
 ;Lunch -- catered by The Management Centre
 ;Afternoon (Breakouts)
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 **Ship first Manx & Scots language packs on addons.mozilla.org.
 *Update team wiki pages
+*Take [http://bitly.com/1zKpeE1 l10n hackathon survey].
 *Group pictures
 ;Dinner -- Location TBD