The background. We usually do localization weekends every month or so, when we cleanup the Hungarian translations in Rosetta a bit, and also send some stuff upstream. In our last IRC meeting we had the idea to do all this IRL, so we can discuss things face-to-face, working more effectively and also to socialize a bit :) So we were looking for a place that could host approximately 10-15 people with notebooks, and of course provide some broadband connection…

The story. A really surprising thing has happened yesterday. It all begun with an instant message from Kálmán Kéménczy (Novell Hungary fame). He asked me how the Hungarian Ubuntu Community would feel about Novell Hungary hosting the localization weekend. I replied with the question: how would Novell Hungary feel about hosting the Hungarian LoCo’s localization weekend? Kálmán said it would be fine, so did I :) He asked for my patience, because he had to set up a plan, and ask for the directors’ permission.

Happy End. Today I can announce, that the Hungarian Ubuntu LoCo will hold its first LIVE Localization Weekend on the March 31 and April 1 at the Novell Hungary HQ in Budapest.

I think that’s what open source is all about…