Hi Joe!
Many thanks for volunteering to facilitate DIG! It's a great group to
work with, and I agree that we do better when there is a facilitator on
hand to keep us focused. I also believe the "fine art of cat herding" is
much more important in this role than understanding the ins and outs of
documentation. What we need is someone to keep the meetings going and to
keep us focused on whatever goals we are working on at a particular
point in time. There are many of us on hand who can help bring you up to
speed on the documentation processes.
Would you be willing to put out a Doodle poll to schedule the next
meeting? We had traditionally met on the first Thursday of the month,
but I think it's a good time to also consider what the best regular
meeting date is for current participants. I'm sure one of the current
DIG participants (Jane, Remington, or me) could help you pull together
the meeting agenda, and we could further discuss the position then.
Thanks again for volunteering your time!
Kathy
On 06/05/2017 03:26 PM, Joe Knueven wrote:
Good day DIG members,
I am writing to volunteer as a potential DIG facilitator. There are a
couple of different reasons why I am interested.
First, I recently completed my responsibilities as chair of the 2017
conference local arrangements committee, and would like to stay active
in the broad Evergreen community. Second, between my work with that
committee as well as other collaborative projects I have worked on
more locally, I have some experience in the fine art of cat herding,
that such a role no doubt requires. Finally, I personally believe
that good documentation is a critical part of the long term success of
a project like Evergreen, and I believe that that cause will be
advanced more effectively with someone in the community facilitating
the interest group.
I will admit, that I make this offer coming from a place of having
only limited experience writing documentation, reformatting
documentation or committing in git, but these are skills that I am
interested in acquiring anyway, so it would dovetail nicely with that
goal.
With this in mind, how would you all like to proceed?
My thought is that it would be worthwhile for the DIG to hold a
meeting this month, discuss the situation and decide if I can provide
a useful contribution for DIG in this manner.
Thank you and have a good day.
Joe
Joseph Knueven, Director
Germantown Public Library
51 North Plum Street
Germantown, OH 45327
937-855-4001
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