From mjr at phonecoop.coop  Mon Jul  1 10:36:30 2013
From: mjr at phonecoop.coop (MJ Ray)
Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2013 11:36:30 +0100
Subject: SPI resolution 2013-06-30.jmd.1: Swathanthra Malayalam Computing
	as an associated project
In-Reply-To: <20130630220953.GR27042@earth.li>
References: <20130630220953.GR27042@earth.li>
Message-ID: <51D15BAE.2030806@phonecoop.coop>

On 30/06/13 23:09, Jonathan McDowell wrote:
> Presented for the July 11th AGM; their website is at
> http://smc.org.in/ and while they already have a not-for-profit society
> registered in India since 2010 it doesn't help them with cross border
> donations such as payments from Google Summer of Code.
> 
> WHEREAS
> 
> 1. Swathanthra Malayalam Computing is a substantial and significant Free
>    Software project.

OK, great you say that, but what does it do?  Its website is blank
(seems to be wrapped entirely in <script> tags, bizarrely/invalidly), in
a language I don't understand (I apologise for my shortcoming, bt I
can't learn them all, sadly) and with an "English" link that does nothing.

I noticed that http://wiki.smc.org.uk/ uses the non-free-software FDL
and its "English" link does nothing either, then I gave up.

Thanks in advance for any clue,
-- 
MJ Ray (slef), member of www.software.coop, a for-more-than-profit co-op
http://koha-community.org supporter, web and library systems developer.
In My Opinion Only: see http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html
Available for hire (including development) at http://www.software.coop/

From anivar.aravind at gmail.com  Mon Jul  1 11:25:03 2013
From: anivar.aravind at gmail.com (Anivar Aravind)
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2013 16:55:03 +0530
Subject: SPI resolution 2013-06-30.jmd.1: Swathanthra Malayalam Computing
	as an associated project
In-Reply-To: <51D15BAE.2030806@phonecoop.coop>
References: <20130630220953.GR27042@earth.li> <51D15BAE.2030806@phonecoop.coop>
Message-ID: <CA+nuCJZpfuhf9Ko6+8Rj0uJ=uuF8QP0iGfptBYTciq1g+MLCPg@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 4:06 PM, MJ Ray <mjr at phonecoop.coop> wrote:

> On 30/06/13 23:09, Jonathan McDowell wrote:
> > Presented for the July 11th AGM; their website is at
> > http://smc.org.in/ and while they already have a not-for-profit society
> > registered in India since 2010 it doesn't help them with cross border
> > donations such as payments from Google Summer of Code.
> >
> > WHEREAS
> >
> > 1. Swathanthra Malayalam Computing is a substantial and significant Free
> >    Software project.
>
> OK, great you say that, but what does it do?  Its website is blank
> (seems to be wrapped entirely in <script> tags, bizarrely/invalidly), in
> a language I don't understand (I apologise for my shortcoming, bt I
> can't learn them all, sadly) and with an "English" link that does nothing.
>
>
Website: http://smc.org.in/
Wiki: http://wiki.smc.org.in (in malayalam language)
Developer Home: https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/smc
Sub Projects:
 1. http://silpa.org.in/ code: https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/silpa
 2. Pypdflib https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/pypdflib
 3. Dhvani http://dhvani.sourceforge.net/
 5. Github Mirrors http://github.com/smc/  https://github.com/Project-SILPA



> I noticed that http://wiki.smc.org.uk/ uses the non-free-software FDL
> and its "English" link does nothing either, then I gave up.
>

Wiki is at http://wiki.smc.org.in It is in malayalam language . The English
link is the ULS extension of media wiki for menu changes.

~ regards
Anivar Aravind
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From josh at postgresql.org  Mon Jul  1 22:37:25 2013
From: josh at postgresql.org (Josh Berkus)
Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2013 15:37:25 -0700
Subject: SPI resolution 2013-06-30.jmd.1: Swathanthra Malayalam Computing
	as an associated project
In-Reply-To: <20130630220953.GR27042@earth.li>
References: <20130630220953.GR27042@earth.li>
Message-ID: <51D204A5.8030603@postgresql.org>

On 06/30/2013 03:09 PM, Jonathan McDowell wrote:
> Presented for the July 11th AGM; their website is at
> http://smc.org.in/ and while they already have a not-for-profit society
> registered in India since 2010 it doesn't help them with cross border
> donations such as payments from Google Summer of Code.

So the idea is that SPI would be their US fund?

--Josh Berkus


From noodles at earth.li  Sun Jul  7 22:37:46 2013
From: noodles at earth.li (Jonathan McDowell)
Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2013 23:37:46 +0100
Subject: Reminder - Call for nominations - 2013 SPI Board Election
Message-ID: <20130707223746.GN27042@earth.li>

As per our by-laws[0] and resolution 2004-08-10-dbg.2[1], four board
seats are up for election[2] for a three-year term. These are currently
held by:

 * Joshua D. Drake
 * Bdale Garbee
 * Joerg Jaspert
 * Martin Zobel-Helas

Anyone who wishes to run for any of these seats, including any
interested incumbents, is asked to send a position statement to
secretary at spi-inc.org. PGP signed mail is preferred.

These position statements will be collected until the end of 13th July,
23:59 UTC.  Third-party nominations need to be endorsed by the candidate
and position statements are still required.

If sufficient nominations are received to require a vote this will take
place from the 15th to the 28th of July. At the time of writing 2
nominations have been received.

After the election results are posted, the Board will select from among
its number the officers (president, VP, treasurer, secretary).

J.

[0] http://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/by-laws/
[1] http://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/resolutions/2004/2004-08-10.dbg.2/
[2] http://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/votes/2012-board-election/

-- 
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vengeance. The house of the unbelievers shall be razed and they shall
be scorched to the earth. Their tags shall blink until the end of
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From noodles at earth.li  Sun Jul  7 22:49:45 2013
From: noodles at earth.li (Jonathan McDowell)
Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2013 23:49:45 +0100
Subject: SPI resolution 2013-06-30.jmd.1: Swathanthra Malayalam
	Computing as an associated project
In-Reply-To: <51D204A5.8030603@postgresql.org>
References: <20130630220953.GR27042@earth.li> <51D204A5.8030603@postgresql.org>
Message-ID: <20130707224945.GP27042@earth.li>

On Mon, Jul 01, 2013 at 03:37:25PM -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
> On 06/30/2013 03:09 PM, Jonathan McDowell wrote:
> > Presented for the July 11th AGM; their website is at
> > http://smc.org.in/ and while they already have a not-for-profit society
> > registered in India since 2010 it doesn't help them with cross border
> > donations such as payments from Google Summer of Code.
> 
> So the idea is that SPI would be their US fund?

Yes, in a similar manner to the way Debian use SPI in the US but FFIS in
Europe. They have an existing organisation that suits their local needs
well, but doesn't interoperate well with global donor requirements.

J.

-- 
Web [        If we sleep together, will you like me better?        ]
site: http:// [                                          ]       Made by
www.earth.li/~noodles/  [                      ]         HuggieTag 0.0.24

From anivar.aravind at gmail.com  Mon Jul  8 02:27:50 2013
From: anivar.aravind at gmail.com (Anivar Aravind)
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 07:57:50 +0530
Subject: SPI resolution 2013-06-30.jmd.1: Swathanthra Malayalam Computing
	as an associated project
In-Reply-To: <20130707224945.GP27042@earth.li>
References: <20130630220953.GR27042@earth.li> <51D204A5.8030603@postgresql.org>
	<20130707224945.GP27042@earth.li>
Message-ID: <CA+nuCJZEeUoMSws3gQ8JXgjs5kgkAs5j+tWJhQBxbN1C2D_MdA@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Jonathan,

We, swathanthra Malayalam Computing are very happy to be listed as one of
the "Associated Projects" of SPI.
In case if you need this protected wiki page lists  contact details of
liaison and backups for SPI http://wiki.smc.org.in/SPI-contact.


~ regards
Anivar Aravind
Secretary and Project Admin
Swathanthra Malayalam Computing.
http://smc.org.in
https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/smc/
http://silpa.org.in



On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 4:19 AM, Jonathan McDowell <noodles at earth.li> wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 01, 2013 at 03:37:25PM -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
> > On 06/30/2013 03:09 PM, Jonathan McDowell wrote:
> > > Presented for the July 11th AGM; their website is at
> > > http://smc.org.in/ and while they already have a not-for-profit
> society
> > > registered in India since 2010 it doesn't help them with cross border
> > > donations such as payments from Google Summer of Code.
> >
> > So the idea is that SPI would be their US fund?
>
> Yes, in a similar manner to the way Debian use SPI in the US but FFIS in
> Europe. They have an existing organisation that suits their local needs
> well, but doesn't interoperate well with global donor requirements.
>
> J.
>
> --
> Web [        If we sleep together, will you like me better?        ]
> site: http:// [                                          ]       Made by
> www.earth.li/~noodles/  [                      ]         HuggieTag 0.0.24
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From robert at spi-inc.org  Mon Jul  8 12:52:43 2013
From: robert at spi-inc.org (Robert Brockway)
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 22:52:43 +1000 (EST)
Subject: SPI resolution 2013-06-30.jmd.1: Swathanthra Malayalam Computing
	as an associated project
In-Reply-To: <CA+nuCJZEeUoMSws3gQ8JXgjs5kgkAs5j+tWJhQBxbN1C2D_MdA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <20130630220953.GR27042@earth.li> <51D204A5.8030603@postgresql.org>
	<20130707224945.GP27042@earth.li>
	<CA+nuCJZEeUoMSws3gQ8JXgjs5kgkAs5j+tWJhQBxbN1C2D_MdA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1307082250430.21895@castor.opentrend.net>

On Mon, 8 Jul 2013, Anivar Aravind wrote:

> Dear Jonathan,
>
> We, swathanthra Malayalam Computing are very happy to be listed as one of
> the "Associated Projects" of SPI.
> In case if you need this protected wiki page lists  contact details of
> liaison and backups for SPI http://wiki.smc.org.in/SPI-contact.

Hi Anivar.  Please note that Swathanthra Malayalam Computing hasn't been 
accepted as an SPI associated project yet.  The vote is due to occur at 
the next board meeting, which will be held at Thursday, 11th July, 2013 at 
20:00 UTC.

Cheers,

Rob

-- 
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Email: robert at spi-inc.org		Linux counter ID #16440
IRC: Solver (OFTC & Freenode)
Web: http://www.spi-inc.org
Free and Open Source: The revolution that quietly changed the world

From anivar.aravind at gmail.com  Mon Jul  8 15:32:20 2013
From: anivar.aravind at gmail.com (Anivar Aravind)
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 21:02:20 +0530
Subject: SPI resolution 2013-06-30.jmd.1: Swathanthra Malayalam Computing
	as an associated project
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1307082250430.21895@castor.opentrend.net>
References: <20130630220953.GR27042@earth.li> <51D204A5.8030603@postgresql.org>
	<20130707224945.GP27042@earth.li>
	<CA+nuCJZEeUoMSws3gQ8JXgjs5kgkAs5j+tWJhQBxbN1C2D_MdA@mail.gmail.com>
	<alpine.DEB.2.00.1307082250430.21895@castor.opentrend.net>
Message-ID: <CA+nuCJZQQEbav1m-Orm1+upRPJKzGXJNc2+1GAuhD51G0h3Z6A@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 6:22 PM, Robert Brockway <robert at spi-inc.org> wrote:

> On Mon, 8 Jul 2013, Anivar Aravind wrote:
>
>  Dear Jonathan,
>>
>> We, swathanthra Malayalam Computing are very happy to be listed as one of
>> the "Associated Projects" of SPI.
>> In case if you need this protected wiki page lists  contact details of
>> liaison and backups for SPI http://wiki.smc.org.in/SPI-**contact<http://wiki.smc.org.in/SPI-contact>
>> .
>>
>
> Hi Anivar.  Please note that Swathanthra Malayalam Computing hasn't been
> accepted as an SPI associated project yet.  The vote is due to occur at the
> next board meeting, which will be held at Thursday, 11th July, 2013 at
> 20:00 UTC.
>
>
mea culpa . We will wait for that  .

~ regards
Anivar
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From schultmc at spi-inc.org  Thu Jul 11 01:24:30 2013
From: schultmc at spi-inc.org (Michael Schultheiss)
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 21:24:30 -0400
Subject: Treasurer's Report as of 2013-06-30
Message-ID: <20130711012430.GI27075@amellus.com>

This report uses a cash-based method of accounting, recording donations
when deposited (not when the check was written or received by us) and
recording expenses when sent or scheduled for payment (not when
incurred).

Income Statement
for the Period June 01, 2013 - June 30, 2013

 Income
   Ordinary Income
        0 A.D.                              25.00
        Arch Linux                         448.66
        DebConf 13 Sponsorship          22,063.00
        Debian                           5,825.00
        FFmpeg                              40.00
        freedesktop.org                     34.00
        Gallery                             40.00
        Jenkins                             36.80
        LibreOffice                         35.00
        MinGW                              600.00
        Open BioInformatics Foundation     121.36
        OpenWrt                            101.00
        PostgreSQL                          20.00
        SPI General                        640.00
        SPI 5%                             128.49
        The HeliOS Project                 181.99
        TideSDK                             61.00

        Total Ordinary Income           30,401.30
                                        ---------

   Interest Income
        Key Business Platinum MM Savings     2.68
        Chase BusinessClassic Checking       0.13
        Chase Bus Select High Yield Savings 31.95

        Total Interest Income               34.76
                                            -----

   Gross Income                         30,436.06
                                        ---------

 Expenses
  Ordinary Expenses

        0 A.D.
          Processing Fees             1.70
          SPI 5%                      1.25

          Total 0 A.D. Exp            2.95
                                      ----

        Arch Linux
          Processing Fees            24.33
          SPI 5%                     22.43

          Total Arch Linux Exp       46.76
                                     -----

        DebConf 13
          Processing Fees             2.18

          Total DC13 Exp              2.18
                                      ----

        Debian
          Debit Card Fee              3.00
          Processing Fees            27.07
          SPI 5%                     41.25
          Travel Reimbursement      673.01

          Total Debian Exp          744.33
                                    ------

        FFmpeg
          Processing Fees             1.73
          SPI 5%                      2.00

          Total FFmpeg Exp            3.73
                                      ----

        freedesktop.org
          Processing Fees             1.62
          Server Maintenance        720.00
          SPI 5%                      1.70

          Total fd.o Exp            723.32
                                    ------

        Gallery
          Processing Fees             1.25
          SPI 5%                      2.00

          Total Gallery Exp           3.25
                                      ----

        Haskell
          Hosting Fees               55.79

          Total Haskell Exp          55.79
                                     -----

        Jenkins
          Processing Fees             1.91
          SPI 5%                      1.84

          Total Jenkins Exp           3.75
                                      ----

        LibreOffice 
          Processing Fees             1.76
          SPI 5%                      1.75
          Travel Reimbursement      874.69

          Total LibreOffice Exp     878.20
                                    ------

        MinGW
          Processing Fees            24.35
          SPI 5%                     30.00

          Total MinGW Exp            54.35
                                     -----

        Open Bioinformatics
          SPI 5%                      6.07

          Total Open Bio Exp          6.07
                                      ----

        OpenWrt
          Processing Fees             4.46
          SPI 5%                      5.05

          Total OpenWrt Exp           9.51
                                      ----

        PostgreSQL
          Processing Fees             0.80
          SPI 5%                      1.00

          Total PostgreSQL Exp        1.80
                                      ----

        SPI
          PaySimple Monthly Fee      29.95
          Transaction Fees           48.55

          Total SPI Exp              78.50
                                     -----

        The HeliOS Project
          Expense Reimbursement     187.45
          Processing Fees            12.53
          SPI 5%                      9.10

          Total HeliOS Exp          209.08
                                    ------

       TideSDK
         Processing Fees              2.42
         SPI 5%                       3.05
         Travel Expenses            724.79

         Total TideSDK Exp          730.26
                                    ------

        Total Expenses            3,553.83
                                  --------

        Net Income               26,882.23
                                 =========


Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2013

   ASSETS
     Current Assets
        Chase BusinessClassic Checking with Interest      16,952.45
        Chase Business Select High Yield Savings         208,665.80
        KeyBank Basic Business Checking                    1,068.73
        Key Business Reward Checking                      70,971.79
        Key Business Platinum Money Market Savings       162,802.34
        Key Express Checking                               5,555.76
        Ameriprise Cash Mgmt Acct                         13,406.15
        Debian Debit Card                                    266.00

     Total Current Assets                                479,689.02


   TOTAL ASSETS                                          479,689.02


   LIABILITIES & EQUITY

     General and current liabilities                           0.00

     Equity
        Reserves held in trust
           0 A.D. Earmark                       140.58
           ankur.org.in                       1,000.00
           aptosid Earmark                      181.06
           Arch Linux Earmark                10,567.97
           Debian Earmark                   107,618.94
           DebConf 13 Earmark                56,492.18
           Drizzle                            4,311.30
           FFmpeg                               656.39
           Fluxbox                              995.00
           Freedesktop.org Earmark           18,334.67
           FreedomBox Foundation Earmark     24,420.13
           Gallery Earmark                    8,161.26
           GNU TeXmacs Earmark                  274.02
           Haskell Earmark                   16,070.61
           Jenkins Earmark                    9,938.91
           LibreOffice Earmark               69,333.39
           madwifi-project.org Earmark        1,494.90
           MinGW Earmark                        545.65
           OpenVAS                               56.21
           OpenWrt                            3,061.51
           Open Bioinformatics Earmark       37,556.78
           Open Voting Foundation Earmark       158.74
           OSUNIX                                 2.92
           Path64                                14.40
           Plan 9 Earmark                     6,500.00
           PostgreSQL Earmark                23,023.54
           Privoxy Earmark                      796.77
           The HeliOS Project Earmark            22.54
           TideSDK Earmark                      230.91
           Tux4Kids Earmark                  16,277.50
           YafaRay Earmark                    4,884.73

        Total held in trust                              423,123.51

        General reserves                                  56,565.51

     Total Equity                                        479,689.02

   TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY                            479,689.02

-- 
----------------------------
Michael Schultheiss
E-mail: schultmc at spi-inc.org
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From noodles at earth.li  Thu Jul 18 03:36:13 2013
From: noodles at earth.li (Jonathan McDowell)
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 04:36:13 +0100
Subject: Amended: SPI resolution 2013-06-30.jmd.1: Swathanthra Malayalam
	Computing as an associated project
In-Reply-To: <20130630220953.GR27042@earth.li>
References: <20130630220953.GR27042@earth.li>
Message-ID: <20130718033613.GI11788@earth.li>


This is an amended version of the resolution presented for the July 11th
AGM; I have altered paragraph 1 to include reference to the SMC mission
statement and some examples of how this ties in with the purposes listed
in article 2 of our by-laws.

We're on a tight deadline if SMC are to be able to use us to handle
their GSoC funds (Josh has indicated he needs to know within the next
week). If you have an objection to the resolution below please suggest
updated text that would alleviate your concerns.

I'm presenting this for an email vote by the board (which requires
unanimous approval).

WHEREAS

1. Swathanthra Malayalam Computing is a substantial and significant Free
   Software project, engaged in the development, localization,
   standardization and popularization of various Free and Open Source
   Softwares in Malayalam language. This aligns with SPI's stated purposes
   such as "support, encourage and promote the creation and development of
   software available to the general public", "endeavor to monitor and
   improve the quality of currently existing publicly available software"
   and "foster, promote and increase access to software systems available
   to the general public"

2. The Swathanthra Malayalam Computing developers would like SPI's support
   and assistance, including taking donations.

THE SPI BOARD RESOLVES THAT

3. Swathanthra Malayalam Computing is formally invited to become an SPI
   Associated Project, according to the SPI Framework for Associated
   Projects, SPI Resolution
   1998-11-16.iwj.1-amended-2004-08-10.iwj.1, a copy of which can be found
   at http://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/resolutions/2004/2004-08-10.iwj.1/

4. Anivar Aravind is recognised by SPI as the liaison to SPI for Swathanthra
   Malayalam Computing and is responsible in the first instance for
   communicating the wishes of Swathanthra Malayalam Computing to SPI. In
   the event of the need for a replacement Santhosh Thottingal and/or Praveen
   Arimbrathodiyill will act as backups.

5. This invitation will lapse, if not accepted, 60 days after it is
   approved by the SPI Board.

J.

-- 
Revd Jonathan McDowell, ULC | You non-conformists are all alike.
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From mjr at phonecoop.coop  Mon Jul 22 16:24:22 2013
From: mjr at phonecoop.coop (MJ Ray)
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 17:24:22 +0100
Subject: SPI resolution 2013-06-30.jmd.1: Swathanthra Malayalam Computing
	as an associated project
In-Reply-To: <CA+nuCJZpfuhf9Ko6+8Rj0uJ=uuF8QP0iGfptBYTciq1g+MLCPg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <20130630220953.GR27042@earth.li> <51D15BAE.2030806@phonecoop.coop>
	<CA+nuCJZpfuhf9Ko6+8Rj0uJ=uuF8QP0iGfptBYTciq1g+MLCPg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <51ED5CB6.6000904@phonecoop.coop>

On 01/07/13 12:25, Anivar Aravind wrote:
> Website: http://smc.org.in/
> Wiki: http://wiki.smc.org.in (in malayalam language)

I had seen those, but these other ones are invaluable:

> Developer Home: https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/smc
> Sub Projects:
>  1. http://silpa.org.in/ code: https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/silpa
>  2. Pypdflib https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/pypdflib
>  3. Dhvani http://dhvani.sourceforge.net/
>  5. Github Mirrors http://github.com/smc/  https://github.com/Project-SILPA

Thank you for the additional information.  Web searches did not reveal them.

>> I noticed that http://wiki.smc.org.uk/ uses the non-free-software FDL
>> and its "English" link does nothing either, then I gave up.
> 
> Wiki is at http://wiki.smc.org.in It is in malayalam language . The English
> link is the ULS extension of media wiki for menu changes.

I apologise for mistyping the URL but I had it correct before and that
English link does not seem to work in Firefox 22+NoScript.

Sorry for the delay in replying,
-- 
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http://koha-community.org supporter, web and library systems developer.
In My Opinion Only: see http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html
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From anivar.aravind at gmail.com  Tue Jul 23 02:12:41 2013
From: anivar.aravind at gmail.com (Anivar Aravind)
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 07:42:41 +0530
Subject: SPI resolution 2013-06-30.jmd.1: Swathanthra Malayalam Computing
	as an associated project
In-Reply-To: <51ED5CB6.6000904@phonecoop.coop>
References: <20130630220953.GR27042@earth.li> <51D15BAE.2030806@phonecoop.coop>
	<CA+nuCJZpfuhf9Ko6+8Rj0uJ=uuF8QP0iGfptBYTciq1g+MLCPg@mail.gmail.com>
	<51ED5CB6.6000904@phonecoop.coop>
Message-ID: <CA+nuCJY4oM-s-qTQ6SnK0BUCD=WcjW-dLsbcNM46Fypc28=oHg@mail.gmail.com>

On 7/22/13, MJ Ray <mjr at phonecoop.coop> wrote:
> On 01/07/13 12:25, Anivar Aravind wrote:
>> Website: http://smc.org.in/
>> Wiki: http://wiki.smc.org.in (in malayalam language)
>
> I had seen those, but these other ones are invaluable:
>
>> Developer Home: https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/smc
>> Sub Projects:
>>  1. http://silpa.org.in/ code: https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/silpa
>>  2. Pypdflib https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/pypdflib
>>  3. Dhvani http://dhvani.sourceforge.net/
>>  5. Github Mirrors http://github.com/smc/
>> https://github.com/Project-SILPA
>
> Thank you for the additional information.  Web searches did not reveal
> them.
>
>>> I noticed that http://wiki.smc.org.uk/ uses the non-free-software FDL
>>> and its "English" link does nothing either, then I gave up.
>>
>> Wiki is at http://wiki.smc.org.in It is in malayalam language . The
>> English
>> link is the ULS extension of media wiki for menu changes.
>
> I apologise for mistyping the URL but I had it correct before and that
> English link does not seem to work in Firefox 22+NoScript.

it is a jquey based script library . It is a good library to handle
multilingual links with equal weight to languages . The library will
identify user language based on your browser language settings.

~ regards
Anivar

~ regards
Anivar Aravind

From bignose+hates-spam at benfinney.id.au  Tue Jul 23 04:05:49 2013
From: bignose+hates-spam at benfinney.id.au (Ben Finney)
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 14:05:49 +1000
Subject: SPI resolution 2013-06-30.jmd.1: Swathanthra Malayalam Computing
	as an associated project
References: <20130630220953.GR27042@earth.li> <51D15BAE.2030806@phonecoop.coop>
	<CA+nuCJZpfuhf9Ko6+8Rj0uJ=uuF8QP0iGfptBYTciq1g+MLCPg@mail.gmail.com>
	<51ED5CB6.6000904@phonecoop.coop>
	<CA+nuCJY4oM-s-qTQ6SnK0BUCD=WcjW-dLsbcNM46Fypc28=oHg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <7wsiz5ex9e.fsf@benfinney.id.au>

Anivar Aravind <anivar.aravind at gmail.com> writes:

> On 7/22/13, MJ Ray <mjr at phonecoop.coop> wrote:
> > I apologise for mistyping the URL but I had it correct before and
> > that English link does not seem to work in Firefox 22+NoScript.
>
> it is a jquey based script library . It is a good library to handle
> multilingual links with equal weight to languages . The library will
> identify user language based on your browser language settings.

Nevertheless, running a remote program on one's local computer should
not be necessary to get essentially static information from the site.

Some users quite sensibly do not enable running scripts from every site
indiscriminately, and sites should be designed so they gracefully fall
back to pages which don't require scripts.

-- 
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_o__)                                                                  |
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From josh at postgresql.org  Tue Jul 23 04:59:14 2013
From: josh at postgresql.org (Josh Berkus)
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 21:59:14 -0700
Subject: SPI resolution 2013-06-30.jmd.1: Swathanthra Malayalam Computing
	as an associated project
In-Reply-To: <7wsiz5ex9e.fsf@benfinney.id.au>
References: <20130630220953.GR27042@earth.li> <51D15BAE.2030806@phonecoop.coop>
	<CA+nuCJZpfuhf9Ko6+8Rj0uJ=uuF8QP0iGfptBYTciq1g+MLCPg@mail.gmail.com>
	<51ED5CB6.6000904@phonecoop.coop>
	<CA+nuCJY4oM-s-qTQ6SnK0BUCD=WcjW-dLsbcNM46Fypc28=oHg@mail.gmail.com>
	<7wsiz5ex9e.fsf@benfinney.id.au>
Message-ID: <51EE0DA2.6070607@postgresql.org>

Ben,

> Nevertheless, running a remote program on one's local computer should
> not be necessary to get essentially static information from the site.
> 
> Some users quite sensibly do not enable running scripts from every site
> indiscriminately, and sites should be designed so they gracefully fall
> back to pages which don't require scripts.

They are looking to join SPI in order to receive funds in the US, not
for an accessible website evaluation.  Have a sense of proportion, please.

--Josh Berkus


From mjr at phonecoop.coop  Tue Jul 23 11:24:48 2013
From: mjr at phonecoop.coop (MJ Ray)
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 12:24:48 +0100
Subject: SPI resolution 2013-06-30.jmd.1: Swathanthra Malayalam Computing
	as an associated project
In-Reply-To: <51EE0DA2.6070607@postgresql.org>
References: <20130630220953.GR27042@earth.li>
	<51D15BAE.2030806@phonecoop.coop>	<CA+nuCJZpfuhf9Ko6+8Rj0uJ=uuF8QP0iGfptBYTciq1g+MLCPg@mail.gmail.com>	<51ED5CB6.6000904@phonecoop.coop>	<CA+nuCJY4oM-s-qTQ6SnK0BUCD=WcjW-dLsbcNM46Fypc28=oHg@mail.gmail.com>	<7wsiz5ex9e.fsf@benfinney.id.au>
	<51EE0DA2.6070607@postgresql.org>
Message-ID: <51EE6800.3010403@phonecoop.coop>

On 23/07/13 05:59, Josh Berkus wrote:
> They are looking to join SPI in order to receive funds in the US, not
> for an accessible website evaluation.  Have a sense of proportion, please.

Sure.  Access to the information on that website was desirable to help
SPI members fulfil their oversight responsibility if they'd not heard of
SMC before.

Happily, useful information was offered by email, for which I thanked
people.  So I consider the SPI-relevant part of this concluded and ask
others to be cautious about continuing this discussion on-list ;-)

Regards,
-- 
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From jimmy at spi-inc.org  Thu Jul 25 06:50:08 2013
From: jimmy at spi-inc.org (Jimmy Kaplowitz)
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 02:50:08 -0400
Subject: Amended: SPI resolution 2013-06-30.jmd.1: Swathanthra Malayalam
	Computing as an associated project
In-Reply-To: <20130725064721.GA4290@quicksilver.kaplowitz.org>
References: <20130630220953.GR27042@earth.li> <20130718033613.GI11788@earth.li>
	<20130725064721.GA4290@quicksilver.kaplowitz.org>
Message-ID: <20130725065008.GY27401@kaplowitz.org>

(And, yes, I did bounce a signed copy to the SPI board email address with the
typo fixed.)

- Jimmy Kaplowitz
jimmy at spi-inc.org

On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 02:47:22AM -0400, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 04:36:13AM +0100, Jonathan McDowell wrote:
> > I'm presenting this for an email vote by the board (which requires
> > unanimous approval).
> 
> I vote YES on the resolution quoted below.
> 
> > WHEREAS
> > 
> > 1. Swathanthra Malayalam Computing is a substantial and significant Free
> >    Software project, engaged in the development, localization,
> >    standardization and popularization of various Free and Open Source
> >    Softwares in Malayalam language. This aligns with SPI's stated purposes
> >    such as "support, encourage and promote the creation and development of
> >    software available to the general public", "endeavor to monitor and
> >    improve the quality of currently existing publicly available software"
> >    and "foster, promote and increase access to software systems available
> >    to the general public"
> > 
> > 2. The Swathanthra Malayalam Computing developers would like SPI's support
> >    and assistance, including taking donations.
> > 
> > THE SPI BOARD RESOLVES THAT
> > 
> > 3. Swathanthra Malayalam Computing is formally invited to become an SPI
> >    Associated Project, according to the SPI Framework for Associated
> >    Projects, SPI Resolution
> >    1998-11-16.iwj.1-amended-2004-08-10.iwj.1, a copy of which can be found
> >    at http://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/resolutions/2004/2004-08-10.iwj.1/
> > 
> > 4. Anivar Aravind is recognised by SPI as the liaison to SPI for Swathanthra
> >    Malayalam Computing and is responsible in the first instance for
> >    communicating the wishes of Swathanthra Malayalam Computing to SPI. In
> >    the event of the need for a replacement Santhosh Thottingal and/or Praveen
> >    Arimbrathodiyill will act as backups.
> > 
> > 5. This invitation will lapse, if not accepted, 60 days after it is
> >    approved by the SPI Board.
> 
> - Jimmy Kaplowitz
> jimmy at spi-inc.org



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From jimmy at spi-inc.org  Thu Jul 25 06:47:22 2013
From: jimmy at spi-inc.org (Jimmy Kaplowitz)
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 02:47:22 -0400
Subject: Amended: SPI resolution 2013-06-30.jmd.1: Swathanthra Malayalam
	Computing as an associated project
In-Reply-To: <20130718033613.GI11788@earth.li>
References: <20130630220953.GR27042@earth.li> <20130718033613.GI11788@earth.li>
Message-ID: <20130725064721.GA4290@quicksilver.kaplowitz.org>

On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 04:36:13AM +0100, Jonathan McDowell wrote:
> I'm presenting this for an email vote by the board (which requires
> unanimous approval).

I vote YES on the resolution quoted below.

> WHEREAS
> 
> 1. Swathanthra Malayalam Computing is a substantial and significant Free
>    Software project, engaged in the development, localization,
>    standardization and popularization of various Free and Open Source
>    Softwares in Malayalam language. This aligns with SPI's stated purposes
>    such as "support, encourage and promote the creation and development of
>    software available to the general public", "endeavor to monitor and
>    improve the quality of currently existing publicly available software"
>    and "foster, promote and increase access to software systems available
>    to the general public"
> 
> 2. The Swathanthra Malayalam Computing developers would like SPI's support
>    and assistance, including taking donations.
> 
> THE SPI BOARD RESOLVES THAT
> 
> 3. Swathanthra Malayalam Computing is formally invited to become an SPI
>    Associated Project, according to the SPI Framework for Associated
>    Projects, SPI Resolution
>    1998-11-16.iwj.1-amended-2004-08-10.iwj.1, a copy of which can be found
>    at http://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/resolutions/2004/2004-08-10.iwj.1/
> 
> 4. Anivar Aravind is recognised by SPI as the liaison to SPI for Swathanthra
>    Malayalam Computing and is responsible in the first instance for
>    communicating the wishes of Swathanthra Malayalam Computing to SPI. In
>    the event of the need for a replacement Santhosh Thottingal and/or Praveen
>    Arimbrathodiyill will act as backups.
> 
> 5. This invitation will lapse, if not accepted, 60 days after it is
>    approved by the SPI Board.

- Jimmy Kaplowitz
jimmy at spi-inc.org
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From jd at commandprompt.com  Thu Jul 25 16:43:38 2013
From: jd at commandprompt.com (Joshua D. Drake)
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 09:43:38 -0700
Subject: Amended: SPI resolution 2013-06-30.jmd.1: Swathanthra Malayalam
	Computing as an associated project
In-Reply-To: <20130725064721.GA4290@quicksilver.kaplowitz.org>
References: <20130630220953.GR27042@earth.li> <20130718033613.GI11788@earth.li>
	<20130725064721.GA4290@quicksilver.kaplowitz.org>
Message-ID: <51F155BA.5030204@commandprompt.com>


On 07/24/2013 11:47 PM, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 04:36:13AM +0100, Jonathan McDowell wrote:
>> I'm presenting this for an email vote by the board (which requires
>> unanimous approval).
>
> I vote YES on the resolution quoted below.

Yes.

>
>> WHEREAS
>>
>> 1. Swathanthra Malayalam Computing is a substantial and significant Free
>>     Software project, engaged in the development, localization,
>>     standardization and popularization of various Free and Open Source
>>     Softwares in Malayalam language. This aligns with SPI's stated purposes
>>     such as "support, encourage and promote the creation and development of
>>     software available to the general public", "endeavor to monitor and
>>     improve the quality of currently existing publicly available software"
>>     and "foster, promote and increase access to software systems available
>>     to the general public"
>>
>> 2. The Swathanthra Malayalam Computing developers would like SPI's support
>>     and assistance, including taking donations.
>>
>> THE SPI BOARD RESOLVES THAT
>>
>> 3. Swathanthra Malayalam Computing is formally invited to become an SPI
>>     Associated Project, according to the SPI Framework for Associated
>>     Projects, SPI Resolution
>>     1998-11-16.iwj.1-amended-2004-08-10.iwj.1, a copy of which can be found
>>     at http://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/resolutions/2004/2004-08-10.iwj.1/
>>
>> 4. Anivar Aravind is recognised by SPI as the liaison to SPI for Swathanthra
>>     Malayalam Computing and is responsible in the first instance for
>>     communicating the wishes of Swathanthra Malayalam Computing to SPI. In
>>     the event of the need for a replacement Santhosh Thottingal and/or Praveen
>>     Arimbrathodiyill will act as backups.
>>
>> 5. This invitation will lapse, if not accepted, 60 days after it is
>>     approved by the SPI Board.
>
> - Jimmy Kaplowitz
> jimmy at spi-inc.org
>
>
>
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From robert at spi-inc.org  Thu Jul 25 22:21:17 2013
From: robert at spi-inc.org (Robert Brockway)
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 08:21:17 +1000 (EST)
Subject: Amended: SPI resolution 2013-06-30.jmd.1: Swathanthra Malayalam
	Computing as an associated project
In-Reply-To: <20130718033613.GI11788@earth.li>
References: <20130630220953.GR27042@earth.li> <20130718033613.GI11788@earth.li>
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1307260819420.22180@castor.opentrend.net>

On Thu, 18 Jul 2013, Jonathan McDowell wrote:

>
> This is an amended version of the resolution presented for the July 11th
> AGM; I have altered paragraph 1 to include reference to the SMC mission
> statement and some examples of how this ties in with the purposes listed
> in article 2 of our by-laws.
>
> We're on a tight deadline if SMC are to be able to use us to handle
> their GSoC funds (Josh has indicated he needs to know within the next
> week). If you have an objection to the resolution below please suggest
> updated text that would alleviate your concerns.
>
> I'm presenting this for an email vote by the board (which requires
> unanimous approval).
>
> WHEREAS
>
> 1. Swathanthra Malayalam Computing is a substantial and significant Free
>   Software project, engaged in the development, localization,
>   standardization and popularization of various Free and Open Source
>   Softwares in Malayalam language. This aligns with SPI's stated purposes
>   such as "support, encourage and promote the creation and development of
>   software available to the general public", "endeavor to monitor and
>   improve the quality of currently existing publicly available software"
>   and "foster, promote and increase access to software systems available
>   to the general public"
>
> 2. The Swathanthra Malayalam Computing developers would like SPI's support
>   and assistance, including taking donations.
>
> THE SPI BOARD RESOLVES THAT
>
> 3. Swathanthra Malayalam Computing is formally invited to become an SPI
>   Associated Project, according to the SPI Framework for Associated
>   Projects, SPI Resolution
>   1998-11-16.iwj.1-amended-2004-08-10.iwj.1, a copy of which can be found
>   at http://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/resolutions/2004/2004-08-10.iwj.1/
>
> 4. Anivar Aravind is recognised by SPI as the liaison to SPI for Swathanthra
>   Malayalam Computing and is responsible in the first instance for
>   communicating the wishes of Swathanthra Malayalam Computing to SPI. In
>   the event of the need for a replacement Santhosh Thottingal and/or Praveen
>   Arimbrathodiyill will act as backups.
>
> 5. This invitation will lapse, if not accepted, 60 days after it is
>   approved by the SPI Board.

I vote "yes" for the resolution quoted above.

Thanks,

Rob

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From noodles at earth.li  Mon Jul 29 21:19:44 2013
From: noodles at earth.li (Jonathan McDowell)
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 14:19:44 -0700
Subject: Amended: SPI resolution 2013-06-30.jmd.1: Swathanthra Malayalam
	Computing as an associated project
In-Reply-To: <20130718033613.GI11788@earth.li>
References: <20130630220953.GR27042@earth.li> <20130718033613.GI11788@earth.li>
Message-ID: <20130729211944.GC14643@earth.li>

On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 04:36:13AM +0100, Jonathan McDowell wrote:
> 
> This is an amended version of the resolution presented for the July 11th
> AGM; I have altered paragraph 1 to include reference to the SMC mission
> statement and some examples of how this ties in with the purposes listed
> in article 2 of our by-laws.
> 
> We're on a tight deadline if SMC are to be able to use us to handle
> their GSoC funds (Josh has indicated he needs to know within the next
> week). If you have an objection to the resolution below please suggest
> updated text that would alleviate your concerns.
> 
> I'm presenting this for an email vote by the board (which requires
> unanimous approval).

For the avoidance of any doubt I vote "Yes" to this resolution and have
seen "Yes" votes from all other board members, thus meeting the
requirement of a unanimous vote in order to accept SMC as an associated
project.

> WHEREAS
> 
> 1. Swathanthra Malayalam Computing is a substantial and significant Free
>    Software project, engaged in the development, localization,
>    standardization and popularization of various Free and Open Source
>    Softwares in Malayalam language. This aligns with SPI's stated purposes
>    such as "support, encourage and promote the creation and development of
>    software available to the general public", "endeavor to monitor and
>    improve the quality of currently existing publicly available software"
>    and "foster, promote and increase access to software systems available
>    to the general public"
> 
> 2. The Swathanthra Malayalam Computing developers would like SPI's support
>    and assistance, including taking donations.
> 
> THE SPI BOARD RESOLVES THAT
> 
> 3. Swathanthra Malayalam Computing is formally invited to become an SPI
>    Associated Project, according to the SPI Framework for Associated
>    Projects, SPI Resolution
>    1998-11-16.iwj.1-amended-2004-08-10.iwj.1, a copy of which can be found
>    at http://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/resolutions/2004/2004-08-10.iwj.1/
> 
> 4. Anivar Aravind is recognised by SPI as the liaison to SPI for Swathanthra
>    Malayalam Computing and is responsible in the first instance for
>    communicating the wishes of Swathanthra Malayalam Computing to SPI. In
>    the event of the need for a replacement Santhosh Thottingal and/or Praveen
>    Arimbrathodiyill will act as backups.
> 
> 5. This invitation will lapse, if not accepted, 60 days after it is
>    approved by the SPI Board.

J.

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