Application received from Sayamindu Dasgupta (sayamindu clai net)

[GNOME Foundation Membership Committee Script <gnome-membership gnome org>]

Contact Information:
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Name: Sayamindu Dasgupta
E-mail: sayamindu clai net
irc.gnome.org nickname (if any): unmadindu
cvs.gnome.org username (if any): 

Previous GNOME Foundation member: no

GNOME contributions:
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Summary:
Bengali translations, Bengali GNOME LiveCD

Detailed description:
A. Bengali (bn) Translator of the following GNOME packages.

        1. atk
        2. at-spi
        3. gnome-mime-data
        4. gnome-vfs 
        5. gtk+ (co translation with Progga)
        6. libgnomecanvas
        7. eog
        8. ggv (co translation with Khandakar Mujahidul Islam)
        9. gnome applets
        10. gnome mag
        11. gnome-media (co translation with Runa Bhattacharjee)
        12. gpdf
        13. gtksourceview
        14. gucharmap
        15. nautilus-cd burner
        16. gnome system monitor (final review done by  Khandakar Mujahidul Islam)

Also part of the general review and testing team for the Bengali translations.

B. Main developer of a Live CD project running Bengali localized version of GNOME 2.4 
(http://www.bengalinux.org/projects/distro)

C. (dunno if this counts) - Coordinator/developer in a project working on GPL'ed Open Type Bengali fonts. 
(These are the only Free (as in speech) Bengali OTFs around - and play a crucial role in the Bengali GNOME 
l10n process).

D. Other minor things such as GNOME fanaticism in local LUG (www.ilug-cal.org), occasional bug report 
madness, and a (p)review of GNOME 2.4 (http://www.ilug-cal.org/GNOME_2_4.html - some part of which was 
apparently used for the GNOME 2.4 release notes - see http://www.gnome.org/start/2.4/notes/rncredits.html)

Contacts:
Taneem Ahmed (taneem eyetap org) (Bengali l10n team coordinator)
http://www.bengalinux.org/projects/distro/  (for info on Bengali GNOME LiveCD)
http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gtp/status/gnome-2.4/bn/index.html
(For translation stats)

Other comments:
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Taneem seems to be a little busy at this moment. If you don't get reply from him quicly, please refer to 
http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gtp/status/gnome-2.4/bn/index.html 

[Application received at Wed Oct 15 3:35:13 2003 (Eastern time)]