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From: Seth Bindernagel <sethb@mozilla.com>
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Subject: Welcome to the Fennec Localization Strategy Team
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Hi Guys:

The L10n-drivers team has sketched out a rough strategy for the 
localization plan for the Fennec mobile browser.  Because you are one of 
the the early localization teams who made the effort to experiment with 
the translation of Fennec, we would love to include you in our early 
testing group.  This group of about 10 teams will work directly with the 
Fennec developers to report bugs and with the l10n-drivers to get 
localizations ready for the upcoming beta release.

First off, are you the individual on your team who will be resonsible 
for translating Fennec?  Or, is there another member of your community?  
Can you please confirm the contact by replying to this email with that 
person's name and email?  If it is you, then please let me know.

Also, I thought I would let you know who from the l10n-drivers team will 
be guiding different aspects of the process:

**  Axel (aka Pike) will be in charge of all the build and release 
engineering related to Fennec.  He is presently working on landing a 
large patch to our build system that will enable Fennec builds.  Within 
the coming days and weeks, Pike will have Fennec builds visible on the 
L10n dashboard.  Axel is copied here and will add any comments to 
further explain the leadership he is taking.

**  Stas will be leading the web services and productization, working 
closely with localizers and the UI developers on Fennec.  He will soon 
release a productization guideline for localizers via his blog and posts 
to the L10n newsgroup.  Stas will also help your file any bugs related 
to productization and UI that you might encounter.

**  Gandalf will be the main point of contact for all questions on how 
to localize Fennec.  He has already localized the browser using an 
emulator on his machine.  He can walk you through any technical pain 
points you might face as you localize.  In addition, he will really be 
guiding the localizers in filing bugs that each of you find as you begin 
to experiment.

**  Look for me about communication on scheduling and larger issues 
directly related to the mobile team's strategy.  Together (the 
l10n-drives and you), we will be able to launch a localized beta with 
the Fennec developers when they are ready to release.

Each of the team member above will likely email you with some specific 
information as we get closer to releasing the beta.  The Fennec beta is 
scheduled to be released sometime this quarter, likely around early March.

Finally, if I somehow missed someone in the community who you know is 
working on localizing Fennec, please do let me know and I will quickly 
send them the email.

Hope you are able to join the fun!  Please send us your initial feedback 
and let us know if you are able to participate.

Warm regards,

Seth, Pike, Stas, and Gandalf
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