Resignation as Thunderbird l10n contact
Simon Paquet
it's really hard for me, but I've decided to resign from my role as
Thunderbird l10n contact as of today (Monday).
Within the last six months it has become clear to me, that I'm not
ableto do the job adequately anymore, as my time has been more and
more occupied with matters related to my private life and my day
job. Therefore I've not been able to dedicate as much volunteer
time to this role as I would have liked or hoped.
I don't want to fill a role any longer, where I'm not satisfied
with my performance and where a motivated person with more time on
his/her hands could really make the difference, that I can't make
anymore.
Right now I'm working on a transition plan with the folks of Mozilla
Messaging. Once a new person takes over, I'll make sure to be
available and help him/her with ramping up in the new role.
If anybody is interested in picking up some or all of this work, we
(meaning Mozilla Messaging or me) would love to talk to you.
I've written up a list of things, that I've performed regularly in
this role to give people an impression of what's involved. The list
is available here: https://wiki.mozilla.org/User:Sipaq#Thunderbird
If you are thinking about taking on this job, let me tell you in
short what makes it so rewarding:
I think being part of a team and being responsible for bringing TB to
new people in new markets is particularly rewarding. When I look back
and see that we had 38 locales with TB2, are now at 52 and have the
potential to reach 80 locales, I see a lot of potential new TB users,
which the l10n coordinator would at affect. Working with so many
different people (localizers, developers, users) is also something
that I've always thrived on.
So please get in touch!
It's been a real pleasure working with all of you
Simon
PS: I will also resign from my different roles in the Calendar
Project. Please see the related thread in mozilla.dev.apps.calendar
for more information.
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Thunderbird Localisation (L10n) Coordinator
Thunderbird l10n blog: http://thunderbird-l10n.blogspot.com
Axel Hecht
I'd like to chime in with a Thanks to Simon.
You have taken quite a bit of work, for quite some time, and I'm not
only thankful for not having to worry about those two of our apps, but
also for a ton of helpful insight and alternative approaches to
localizing mozilla apps, all in the spirit to serve our communities.
"Gutes Gelingen" for the things going on in life and day job to Simon,
and I hope to see you around
Axel
Seth Bindernagel
I would also like to add my thanks to Sipaq for his leadership over the
past couple years. Sipaq worked diligently with the l10n-drivers team
early on to take over the communication for the l10n of Thunderbird.
After that graceful hand off, he checked in with the l10n-drivers team
regularly to give us status updates and ask for any help when needed.
Sipaq, good luck on your work and thanks for your many months of
service. It's been great working with you. Hope to keep in touch.
Warm regards,
-Sethb
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