<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Hello,<br><br></div>While no cost is indicated in the proposal, i expect that it should not have been too expensive to fund at ICANN level and wonder why this did not happen. I support this as well, however i think perhaps it could be done as a joint proposal to address that of AFRALO as well. <br><br></div>I note that the proposal indicated that the tool could be used by AFRALO (English <> French) but its not clear whether a new set of code development will not be required. So it may be be good if that part is updated to include the AFRALO region. Although i understand this is normally a regional thing, if what i suggest is not possible, perhaps AFRALO could also submit something similar and then it gets combined at a later time? I am available to take that up if required<br><br></div>Regards<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 1:43 PM, Dev Anand Teelucksingh <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:devtee@gmail.com" target="_blank">devtee@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear All,<br>
<br>
Today is the deadline for budget proposals to be submitted to the<br>
At-Large Finance and Budget Subcommittee (FBSC).<br>
<br>
One longstanding technology issue is the machine translation used on<br>
the LACRALO mailing list.<br>
This has been documented extensively by the TTF at<br>
<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/LACRALO/discussion-of-LACRALO-mailing-list-issues" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/LACRALO/discussion-of-LACRALO-mailing-list-issues</a><br>
<br>
Currently, the key issue is that ICANN doesn't have any dedicated<br>
persons to fix this software tool. There is only one person from ICANN<br>
IT staff who attempts to work on a new version of the translation tool<br>
in his spare time, outside of ICANN hours. As this ICANN IT person is<br>
very busy at ICANN and his volunteer efforts are appreciated, he has<br>
little to no spare time to work on fixing the outstanding bugs in the<br>
software. It is clear that a person is critically needed at ICANN with<br>
a mandate to fixing this software.<br>
<br>
Hence this budget request is for funding to be made available to ICANN<br>
IT staff for ICANN to hire a programmer to work on ICANN’s new machine<br>
translation tool and fix the remaining bugs so that the new software<br>
tool can be installed and ease the communication difficulties faced by<br>
LACRALO, the At-Large Community and ICANN Staff over the past 6 years.<br>
<br>
Although this proposal was submitted to LACRALO earlier in the week,<br>
it appears that LACRALO will not be considering any proposals for<br>
submission.<br>
<br>
Hence, the TTF will be submitting the attached proposal to the FBSC<br>
for their review.<br>
<br>
Kind Regards,<br>
<br>
Dev Anand Teelucksingh,<br>
TTF chair<br>
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