[advocacy-discuss] Project proposal v2

[Rafael Vanoni]

Thiago Pereira wrote:
> Rafael,
> 
> So I think that the best option here is get sponsor of the two groups. 
> BR and Advocacy, since we're gonna publicate step by step in English and 
> Portuguese.

The BR portal is a project, not a community, so it can't sponsor other 
projects. I don't think advocacy is the right place for documentation 
geared projects, such as the one you are proposing (please, correct me 
if I'm wrong). The documentation community seems the right place, you 
could also get sponsorship from l10n and i18n if you plan on localizing 
it later.

I have two (exclusive) suggestions:

a. your proposal has quite a lot of focus on the localized (to Brazil) 
aspect of the project. If that's where you'd like to focus, we can do 
this without an extra project and use the portal and an existing (or a 
new) user group.

or

b. modify your proposal so it will develop content primarily in English 
and bring it to the documentation community. We can work at the BR 
portal level later on to localize/translate it to Pt-BR.

What do you think ?

Rafael


> In my point of view, BR portal is the head of OpenSolaris in Brazil, and 
> the communites are the arms, chest,.......
> 
> I really like our option, and if we work together we can grow together!
> 
> Thanks
> 
> TaP
> 
> On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Rafael Vanoni <Rafael.Vanoni at sun.com 
> <mailto:Rafael.Vanoni at sun.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi Thiago
> 
>     I'm all in favor of what you are proposing, your motivations and
>     objectives are in line with what the BR community needs and is
>     definitely something we can do to grow adoption.
> 
>     However, I think we already have the necessary infra structure to do
>     this. The Brazilian portal can host this content and is the right
>     place to do so since what you're proposing will generate localized
>     content.
> 
>     In terms of mailing lists, I believe we can get a better volume of
>     both users and content by using an existing (or starting a new) user
>     group.
> 
>     I'd like to hear your opinions on this, but I don't think advocacy
>     would be the right sponsor or place for this project.
> 
>     Rafael
> 
> 
>     Thiago Pereira wrote:
> 
>         Hey guys,
> 
>         Here is my v2 of the Newbies on OpenSolaris
> 
>         ============================================
>         Proposal for OpenSolaris Project: BR-Newbies on OpenSolaris
> 
> 
>         *Description: *  --   How can we bring new users to OpenSolaris,
>         without teach the bases of Unix/Solaris (day by day
>         utilization)? These information are spread over the internet,
>         sometimes in a very technical language, so we would like to make
>         a centralized point to users (in English and Portuguese) using
>         easier expressions.
> 
>         *Location:* Sao Paulo, Brazil
> 
>         ***List of initial project team members:*
> 
>         - Thiago Pereira  (Program Coordinator), primary contact - IT
>         Operations, Sun Microsystems - OpenSolaris ID: tap
>         - Valdinei Barbosa - Second contact - OpenSolaris ID: vbarbosa
> 
>         The project will archive its contributions, presentations, and
>         other material to the project space on the OpenSolaris site.
> 
>         *Project Needs:* This project requires project space on
>         OpenSolaris.org  site. The project also requires a mailing list.
>         Suggested list name is  br-newbies at opensolaris dot org
>         <mailto:opensolaris-champions%20at%20opensolaris%20dot%20org
>         <mailto:opensolaris-champions%2520at%2520opensolaris%2520dot%2520org>>.
> 
>         *Proposed activities:*
> 
>         - This group has the intention to make basic utilization
>         tutorials about the system, like "How I install Flash Player?",
>         "How I update my JAVA?", "How I install packages?" or even "What
>         is the command to change the ownership of one folder?" (day by
>         day utilization);
>         - Make basic step by step in English and Portuguese;
>         - Be in touch with another Brazilian communities;
>         - Help Brazilians OpenSolaris ambassadors with their
>         communities, conferences,...
> 
>         Thanks guys
> 
>         Thiago Pereira
> 
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