L10n:Meetings/Celtic language hackathon


Logistics

where

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
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 applied to Celtic languages
  • Tools, resources, and translation workflows at Mozilla
    • Pootle and hg tutorials
    • 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
    • Communication of timelines -- what's working, what isn't, how do l10n-drivers support Celtic locales more?
    • Firefox OS
Lunch -- catered by The Management Centre
Afternoon
  • 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.
    • Produce first language packs for Manx and Scots.
Dinner -- location TBD

Monday 9 March

Morning -- 930AM
  • L10n community stability in Celtic locales
    • Project priorities
    • Leadership & succession
    • Recruitment
    • Sustainability
    • Localizer recognition
  • Review locale usage stats and 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.
Lunch -- Location TBD
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
  • Group pictures
Dinner -- Location TBD

Other

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