Gervase Markham wrote: > Alexander J. Vincent wrote: > >> Although I have not officially assumed any title of management for our >> Documentation efforts, John Keiser has been kind enough to dub me the >> "de facto coordinator" of Documentation. Unless someone else wants >> the position, I would like to officially assume leadership of the >> Mozilla.org Documentation effort. > > > If you would like to _officially_ assume leadership of the mozilla.org > (note small "m") Documentation effort, then the ideal first step would > have been a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Still, it's never too late. We > look forward to hearing from you :-)
It might be good, though, if Mozilla had an official Documentation Module. The module owner system works well in the rest of Moz, it's established and, and, what is exceptionally important in a culturally driven project like this, recognized as a useful entity. For the rest, it would be a Very Good Thing if someone could just keep track of what people have said they are interested in writing about, when they said it, and what happened to them. I'm not at all sure there's anyone who can *decide* in advance what *needs* to be written and/or not written - people's time and expertise is so wide-ranging that the process probably needs to be flexible enough to embrace whatever folks are willing and able to produce. But if there were a publically available list of what people have said they are interested in doing, it would a) keep people from duplicating work and b) give those who are considering contributing a sense of what's in play and what might be of use. Whatever happens, it's really important that what gets put in place has some "organic" relationship with the culture and history of Mozilla so far. It might be nice to think that someone can sweep into the organization and wave a wand and make the right thing happen. But the Moz commmunity is large and always changing and filled with creativity that is gratifyingly rich but not particularly conducive to top-down management. In the long run, keeping the lines of communication open among the various parties concerned is probably the most useful thing that can be done. Ellen
