Language barrier to participation and efforts to lower it
Pirate Praveen Fri 17 Jul 2015 5:02AMPublicSeen by 363Currently access to internet and fluency in English is a requirement to participate here. We should try and lower those barriers. Share your ideas.
Lets start with translating our basic principles to all Indian languages. In parallel we should build technical infrastructure to make our website translatable.
Create sub groups for states
proposal by Pirate Praveen Closed Sat 4 Jun 2016 10:03AM
We can create new sub groups for states.
This will allow us to focus on local issues and come up with local manifestos. We can have discussions in local languages in these sub groups.
Results
| Results | Option | Votes | % of votes cast | % of eligible voters | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agree | 8 | 100 | 6 |     | |
| Abstain | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Disagree | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Block | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Undecided | 125 | 94 |                 |
8 of 133 votes cast (6% participation)
Pirate Praveen
Sat 28 May 2016 9:57AM
We should go local to go deeper and include people who are not fluent in English.
Pirate BadySat 28 May 2016 2:37PM
Language shouldn't be a barrier. We should translate our website as well.
Anand JagadeeshSun 29 May 2016 4:55AM
I agree with it. Local Groups help improve communication and reduce the efforts to reach people of different regions.
Sooraj KenothWed 1 Jun 2016 3:10PM
I have serious language barrier problem... :sweat_smile:
Pirate PraveenSat 23 Apr 2016 3:02AM
I have started a subgroup to coordinate malayalam translations here https://codema.in/g/RYjKsWGz
Pirate PraveenSat 28 May 2016 9:53AM
I think we should create sub group for each state where we have a presence and start discussing local issues in local languages. The aim should be to come up with local manifestos.
Pirate PraveenSat 4 Jun 2016 10:40AM
I think we should create a sub group for a state when at least 2 associates request it. I will propose a new article so this is documented in the constitution.
- A new sub group may be requested for a state by a minimum of two associates.
- These sub groups may discuss local issues and propose items for state level manifesto.
- These sub groups may use local language to address language barrier.
Also another article specifically for language barrier (how can people who are not fluent can participate in the national policy making?)
- A new sub group for a local language may be requested by minimum two associates who know that language.
- These groups may be used for translating constitution, manifesto, policies etc.
- These groups may also be used to propose changes to those documents, but all such discussions should be translated to English and re-posted to main group, so we don't end up like islands divided by language.
Pirate PraveenSat 4 Jun 2016 10:41AM
Everyone suggest changes to the previous proposal.
michael john sinclair. ·Wed 29 Jul 2015 5:08AM
Certainly agree on this, Inclusion is important