[technology taskforce] TTF proposal to ICANN for FY17 - Fixing the bugs in ICANN’s machine translation tool used for the LACRALO mailing lists

[Dev Anand Teelucksingh]

Thanks Gordon, I think we can certainly update the language to
emphasize the value of this to other regions in the FBSC call next
week.

Dev Anand

On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 11:18 AM, Gordon Chillcott <gordontc at look.ca> wrote:
> Dev:
>
> Bill and I both support this proposal.
>
> I would only suggest a bit more firm statement about the fact that this
> tool is needed by other regions as well - in particular Africa and the
> Asia Pacific regions.
>
> Gordon Chillcott
>
>
> On Fri, 2016-01-22 at 08:43 -0400, Dev Anand Teelucksingh wrote:
>> Dear All,
>>
>> Today is the deadline for budget proposals to be submitted to the
>> At-Large Finance and Budget Subcommittee (FBSC).
>>
>> One longstanding technology issue is the machine translation used on
>> the LACRALO mailing list.
>> This has been documented extensively by the TTF at
>> https://community.icann.org/display/LACRALO/discussion-of-LACRALO-mailing-list-issues
>>
>> Currently, the key issue is that ICANN doesn't have any dedicated
>> persons to fix this software tool. There is only one person from ICANN
>> IT staff who attempts to work on a new version of the translation tool
>> in his spare time, outside of ICANN hours. As this ICANN IT person is
>> very busy at ICANN and his volunteer efforts are appreciated, he has
>> little to no spare time to work on fixing the outstanding bugs in the
>> software. It is clear that a person is critically needed at ICANN with
>> a mandate to fixing this software.
>>
>> Hence this budget request is for funding to be made available to ICANN
>> IT staff for ICANN to hire a programmer to work on ICANN’s new machine
>> translation tool and fix the remaining bugs so that the new software
>> tool can be installed and ease the communication difficulties faced by
>> LACRALO, the At-Large Community and ICANN Staff over the past 6 years.
>>
>> Although this proposal was submitted to LACRALO earlier in the week,
>> it appears that LACRALO will not be considering any proposals for
>> submission.
>>
>> Hence, the TTF will be submitting the attached proposal to the FBSC
>> for their review.
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>>
>> Dev Anand Teelucksingh,
>> TTF chair
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