On Tue, 16 Apr 2002, Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: <snip/>
> I've challenged her offering a 'documentation coordinator' job overhere. > Just like we have a 'release coordinator', I think it makes sense to > have a 'documentation coordinator'. great! > The job includes: > > 1) planning and proposing a better (as defined above) documentation > outline > > 2) coordinating the authoring effort (means: kicking some asses if > people commit code without committing docs that go along with them: we > might go as far as prohibiting code submissions, even in the scratchpad, > without appropriate documentation along) ups... we are approaching strict times... ;-) > 3) providing editing of existing docs (and future docs) > > 4) managing relationships between users and developers > > I personally think Diana is great for this job becuase: > > 1) she volunteered (in my book, this would be enough since nobody ever > did in one of my projects after 5 years of more of OSS... but there is > more) > > 2) her native language is English, but she has worked in many foreign > countries and she speaks several languages. > > 3) she has a medium understanding of Cocoon as a user. No developer can > have this job since he/she would loose the user's point of view. I think > Diana can be a mix between the two points of view and coordinate them so > that they converge. > > All right, at this point I stop and I ask Diana to chime in and present > herself. looking forward on that... > Ah, one more thing: she asked me if the community needed samples of her > skills to provide a vote and I admit it's a little strange to ask to > give commit access to somebody without having to do anything. > > Well, IMO, volunteering for such a critical yet hard job is enough of a > statement for my vote, so I vote +1 to have Diana 'documentation > coordinator' and grant commit access to her so that she can update the > docs directly. Well, IMO an introduction would be fine. ...but then - no problem. > Of course, we, as a dev community, must make all possible efforts to > help her in those situations where she requires help. of course... > At the end, I'm overly pleased by proposing (finally!) a women in the > Cocoon Development community. :)) > So, Diana, please, introduce yourself and introduce your plan of action > (as you did with me privately) so that the rest of the community can > vote. ..please do so.. cheers -- Torsten --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
