Hi, This is great! Thanks!
I volunteer to be note taker to free up all of you to discuss things without having the distraction of writing things down. - Diane Ben Rockwood wrote: > Having received sufficient positive feedback I'm going to tenatively > schedule a "Docs Leadership Meeting" for Thursday, May 22nd at 1PM > PDT. This schedule is flexible and we can move it if enough people > deem it appropriate, but its always easier to work from a date than just > ask for input. > > I call this a leadership meeting because I think all of us currently > Core Contribs of Docs would like to improve our coordination, with Sun > and with eachother. However, this is a free software project... if you > _want_ to be a leader you have the ability to become one on your merit > and this meeting should provide an excellent opportunity to exert that > merit. Likewise, those who do not wish to be leaders of the Docs CG but > simply would like to coordinate with fellow authors, whether thats > someone helping in forums, or writing a blog, or working on traditional > techpubs professionally or otherwise. > > Speaking for myself, I first and foremost want to help others... I think > most authors do it for the same reason. But OpenSolaris provides us > also with an opportunity to learn with the pro's and seasoned authors > within Sun, thus allowing us not only to help others but also help > ourselves. New media and old media and the strange mix that has become > commonplace today, we can all learn from each other to produce something > better and more innovative. > > > So... one and all, please come and join us. Given that this is the > first meeting of its kind I don't expect attendance to be high but we'll > learn and adjust in future meetings. I'll act as a secretary if no one > else desires the job. The meeting will not be parliamentary, but we'll > find our own structure.... remember, chief among all, free software is > supposed to be about fun; everything else comes naturally out of that. > > benr. > _______________________________________________ > docs-discuss mailing list > docs-discuss at opensolaris.org -- Diane Plampin Manager, Information Products Group - Information Program Management - man Pages - Solaris Install - Open Solaris ph. 303-974-3290 (67793)
