Hi Marietta, don't worry :) I wish you a wonderful weekend, and I hope you'll see a lot of interesting new things during your trip :)
Please only work on this at times when you really want to, there's no pressure at all. (RV = motorhome? DH = husband?) Kind Regards, Maren Am 09.06.2017 um 19:21 schrieb Marietta Walker: > Maren, > > I have read all your messages and I am putting some heavy duty thoughts > into the organization. I do think there should be something per > chapter. Right now, I am planning on going back into each of the Section > Headings and add each Chapter. Under there I can add tasks for > everything we want to track. I am trying to squeeze in as I can during > the next few days. I have my dear sweet Aunt and Uncles 50th > Anniversary this weekend and it is eating my time. Then I have the RV > to get ready for a five day trip that has been planned awhile. During > that trip, I can catch up in the evenings. DH and I work out of the RV > all the time. > > Not complaining, just wanted to let everyone know where I am. Please > feel free to contact me if you need a task created so information can be > documented. Even if you have already completed the task, it can still > be documented. > > I won't have such a long day today, so tonight I can make some things > happen. > > Warm Regards to all and I am looking forward to working with everyone! > Marietta/ > > > > On 6/8/2017 6:53 PM, Maren Hachmann wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> after sending out the message about having felt a bit lonely while >> translating the manual, several people sent me some helpful tips on how >> to do it better :) (Thanks!) >> >> This update message is the incarnation of one of those. >> >> Also, I was very pleased to see that there are so many people still >> interested in helping, and to see some new people to join us on the >> Beginners' Guide project. Welcome again, Jabier, Jelle and Marietta! >> >> >> So, what happened this week? >> ----------------------------- >> >> >> - Brynn has worked on a friendly news item to get more contributors that >> will soon be published (find it here, if you're a website editor: >> https://inkscape.org/en/news/unpublished/812/) >> >> - CR posted a first draft (png) of a cover image, with a tasty Inkscape >> ice cream (find it here: >> https://www.dropbox.com/s/h4n88xpnc6declz/inkscape_cover_beginner_m) >> >> - Jabier has volunteered to work on the CSS a bit, and tested the pdf >> export, where he found an issue, which, fortunately, we were able to >> solve (see example pdf of draft from a couple of days ago: >> http://objavi.booktype.pro/data/books/startwithinkscape-en-2017.06.07 >> -01.46.42.pdf) >> >> - Jelle offered to help with proofreading, and possibly also with design >> >> - Marietta joined the team, and started out making a public task list >> (here: https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape-docs/manuals/issues/, more >> on that further down) and committed to help keeping it updated. She also >> proofread one chapter for language inaccuracies, and offered to help >> with the glossary and testing of the manual's effectiveness. >> >> - Martin (doctormo) helped by giving me permissions to manage the manual >> task list and members on gitlab >> >> - I have learnt a bit about managing a project this size (at least, I >> hope I have... let me know when I'm stepping on your toes, please), did >> some investigation on export formats, helped set up the gitlab issues >> section, coordinated with members to get them set up, reviewed the news >> article and translated and technically reviewed 17 chapters, also >> feeding back to Elisa for the original French version. >> There are 14 chapters left to be translated, I expect to be done with >> that in a week, if nobody else joins me there. >> >> - Together we had some good discussions here on the list, that show that >> work on the manual is very much alive :) >> >> Hope I haven't forgotten anyone, and didn't get the facts wrong - if I >> have, please blame it on the lack of: >> >> The new task tracker >> -------------------- >> >> Marietta suggested that we have a task tracker to follow up on tasks and >> to keep an overview about responsibilities. This is a good idea (while >> currently, I'm still able to keep most of it in my head, that is not a >> good place to keep records, and to allow people to self-assign and >> update tasks, and to be responsible ;-) - it may also loose some info >> here and there), and after a bit of searching, we settled on the *Gitlab >> issue tracker* for the *Manuals project* as our base. >> >> As Inkscape's code is currently in the process of moving there, website >> translation files and website code already reside there, and most people >> who will stay with the project long-term will need an account there >> anyway, and as it offers some project management functions, this is a >> good place for keeping log of our progress. >> >> We are still thinking a bit about the most useful way to organize issues >> there (because of interdependencies). >> >> Everyone in the Beginners' Guide group is invited to create a gitlab >> account at >> https://gitlab.com/users/sign_in >> and to sign up for the tasks Marietta is currently working on adding at >> https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape-docs/manuals/issues >> You can also add new tasks or request access to the team for helping to >> manage tasks. >> Please don't take on more tasks than you can work on in parallel. Only >> sign up for what you are really currently working on. If you want to >> work on a task in the future, but cannot yet, leave a comment there, so >> people know who to ask for help. >> >> Kind Regards, >> Maren >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most >> engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot >> _______________________________________________ >> Inkscape-docs mailing list >> Inkscape-docs@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-docs > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Inkscape-docs mailing list > Inkscape-docs@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-docs > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Inkscape-docs mailing list Inkscape-docs@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-docs
