Hello everyone. You'll excuse me if I don't know the etiquette here. I bothered Andreas earlier, thinking that the website might be broken because I wasn't seeing the options described, then I realised that the most likely explanation is that I need "author role" permissions. I hadn't asked for them because, with a title like that, I assumed that they wouldn't be needed if I were only reviewing documents (I have no intention of trying to write anything from scratch yet!).
So I'm here asking for author rights, if that is what I need in order to access the website as described in the contributor help. I guess one of my first tasks might also be to rewrite the instructions for beginners, too! Am I supposed to introduce myself? Do you want to know who's addressing you? Hmm. I'm from northern Britain but well travelled around the world. I've been in the IT business for over ten years, spending most of it either helpdesking or sysadmining [?], so I'm accustomed to explaining the workings and concepts of software to users. I spent five years at a community college, where older people would come for computer classes, at about the time the internet went mainstream. That really honed my ability to simplify things and make things accessible for people. I hope you'll accept me into your group. Cheers. -- James
