Pune

We will be organizing a MozCafe on Sunday, the 6th of May for all volunteers and Reps from in and around Pune. The discussions would be about the future activities/events which could be organized in and around Pune in the upcoming months.

Also as discussed in the last meetup, we would also be focusing on the creation of a possible Pune Mozilla group to enable better interaction and communication between all volunteers in Pune. The group would be formalized so that all volunteers can be more actively involved and work together on all Mozilla related activities.

The timings of event has been primarily planned as 4.30pm - 7pm. However, since it may not be convenient for all to reach within 4.30pm, hence we have kept a buffer time of half an hour as we plan to start the discussions by 5.00pm.

Also, since the event has been planned in a very short time period, we would not be having any sponsorship for the expenses. We are primarily planning to share it, as a a cup of coffee for each is all that we need. However, if the event goes awesome, and there are too much expenses, then we can file a budget request.
 

You can say, one of the reasons why Mozilla has been hugely successful in its marketing, is because of Localization –Making software products available in local languages. Not many of them are good at English. And Localization gives a chance for people to use the software with local flavor and taste.

Sadly though, in a country like India, with many languages, there hasn’t been a very active contribution towards localization of Mozilla’s products.  So, in an attempt to bring in more contributors, Mozilla is organizing a series of L10N sprints across the country in various cities.  One such event happened in Pune last Sunday as a part of GNUnify’12 and Mozilla India Meet up.  Coming weekend, events are scheduled to take place, one in Bangalore (Saturday) and in Chennai (Sunday).

Brainchild behind this is, Rakesh ‘Arky’ Ambati, Mozilla’s Localization Community Manager, who will be visiting the cities and leading the events. Also expected are contributors from various local Linux Users’ Groups. Going by the way things happened at Pune, I can assure you that this is going to be really exciting!  Apart from people who are already into localization, this will be a great opportunity for budding enthusiasts and students who would like to contribute and get involved with Mozilla.