On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 8:26 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > As a long-term user of both Apache web servers and OpenOffice, I feel > it's about time I contributed to the cause. So I would like to offer my > services as a technical author and editor. >
Hello Kevin, and welcome to the Apache OpenOffice project! We have a separate mailing list dedicated to documentation. I encourage you to subscribe to that mailing list and to post your note there as well. To subscribe, send a note to : [email protected]. Then you can post by sending an email to [email protected]. > In a career spanning 30 years in the field of Technical Communications > I have endeavored to become as good as I can be in what MIT define as , > "the art and science of preparing information so that it can be used by > human beings with efficiency and effectiveness". > Excellent. I like that definition. > During this career I have been fortunate to have been involved in the > processing and presentation of information for some of the best > hardware and software teams in industries as diverse as > telecommunications, computer networks, data processing, pharmaceutical, > biotech, aerospace and financial software. > > This experience has given me an extensive working knowledge of single- > source publishing, component content management, collaborative > authoring, and localization. In addition, through my studies for a > Masters in Online and Distance Learning at the Open University I have > gained extensive knowledge of Web, e-learning and social network > technologies and an understanding of the impact these technologies are > having on the Public and Corporate Education sectors, and the > opportunities for creative information products this presents. > If you have interest in the social networking side of things, this is a topic that our marketing team works with. Their mailing list is: [email protected]. > My ambition is to use, and share with others, my knowledge and > expertise in the technologies, tools and methods for the production of > documentation and other technical information products. So now is my > chance. > In addition to the mailing lists I mentioned above, where we do our work, you might want to look over our "New Volunteer Orientation" pages here: http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/ Especially if you are new to open source projects at Apache, the first few modules there will give you some useful background. Regards, -Rob > Regards > Kevin > > > Emmerkade 165, > 8921 CB > Leeuwarden > The Netherlands > > "It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most > intelligent. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.” Darwin
