Hello Sarah, 

On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 21:11:00 -0500
Sarah Grover <sarah.grove...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello!
> I am interested in writing tutorials, guides, FAQs, or anything else.  I am
> 29 considering a career change into technical writing and/or technical
> editing.  My online research lead me to 2 different sources (Jean Weber's
> website, as well as docsymmetry.com) both converging on OpenOffice
> suggesting I get involved.

Welcome to the team! 

> Be forewarned, I am probably as green as they come as far as HTML and web
> software.  What kinds of contributions are you looking for?  I have a degree
> in environmental engineering from Northwestern University, and have working
> for 8 years in 3 different environmental health and safety professions.  I
> have a good deal of experience reading federal, state, and city
> environmental or health regulations (think EPA, OSHA, DOT).  I can give you
> more details if you'd like.
> Clayton Cornell replied to my initial email to
> d...@documentation.openoffice.org and gave me the guidance to subscribe to
> this list.  He also suggested I read the ODFAuthors page and the wiki page
> introducing ODFAuthors.

I have setup an account for you on odfauthors.org. You should have received an 
email with a link to change the password. 

Don't worry about having no experience, when I started, I had none either. But 
you will get it over time. And as long as you're willing to learn everything is 
fine. 

Again, welcome to the team and have fun.

Sigrid
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