India/Indic FirefoxOS L10n Sprint 2014

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Indic FirefoxOS L10n Sprint 2014

Pune, 7-8 June 2014

Overview

An invitation only event hosted by Mozilla Community in India with active and core contributors to Mozilla L10n for 13 Indian languages - Assamese, Bengali-India, Gujarati, Kannada, Hindi, Maithili, Malayalam, Marathi, Odiya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu.

Red Hat Software Services (India) Pvt. Ltd. will host the Indic Firefox OS Localization Workshop, which will focus on the translation of Firefox OS into the major Indic languages, as well as translation quality review and testing on Firefox OS reference devices. This is the first Mozilla organized exclusive event for L10n.

Participants

• 2-3 members per 13 Indian languages

Staff Participants:

• Arky
• Peiying Mo

Venue Details

The events on 7th and 8th June will be organised at:

Red Hat Software Services Pvt (I) Ltd,
Level 1, Tower-X, Magarpatta City,
Hadapsar, Pune. 411013
Maharashtra

Travel & Accommodation

Hotel

Everyone will be staying at The Cocoon Hotel. Below are the hotel details:

Cocoon Hotel, 
Magarpatta City, 
Pune- 411013    
Tel.: +91 20 6624 4444 

More information regarding the hotel is available here.

• Rooms are booked for everyone on a twin sharing basis.
• Note: If you would like to arrive earlier or stay extra days, you have to make your own booking arrangements.

If you have any questions, please contact us

Transportation

From Home to Airport

Participants are requested to take care of your transportation from home to airport in your own cities. Mozilla will cover this travel.

NOTE: Kindly ensure you get an invoice or receipt for all your travel from home to airport for Mozilla reimbursement.

From Airport to Hotel

Mozilla is arranging airport pickup and drop for all participants via Hotel cab. The travel desk will contact you soon with all relevant details.

About Event city

Food

• • All participants will enjoy traditional, as well as continental foods throughout the event. The following meals will be organized and paid by Mozilla:
    • Friday (6 June): Dinner
    • Saturday (7 June): Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner.
    • Sunday (8 June): Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner.
    • Monday (9 June): Breakfast

Weather

• • Max temp: 37 Degree Centigrade
  • Min temp: 23 Degree Centigrade

More info here.

Language

• Most spoken languages are: Marathi, Hindi and/or English.
• English signs are common.
• Most shopkeepers/ drivers understand basic English and Hindi

Communications Channels

IRC

• IRC: Server - irc.mozilla.org at channel: #mozilla.in.Learn more about IRC here.

Local Contacts

If you have any questions about the event contact us through IRC or if you need more information, please don't hesitate to contact:

Ani Peter - peter dot ani at gmail dot com - (+91) 99609 49190
Rajesh Ranjan - rajeshkajha at yahoo dot com (+91) 98605 76239