Hi everyone, I'm pleased to share this update on the progress of the community's current book project, tentatively titled the "Open Organization Workbook."
The book now has a near-final table of contents [1]. The list of proposed topics and involved organizations is staggering and inspiring. It's going to be a wonderful (and wonderfully useful) book. Last Friday we traversed our first project milestone and are now in "table of contents freeze." This means that we're closing the window for receiving formal pitches and shifting our energies to the community of writers who'll be composing these amazing case studies, exercises, and introduction. However, we're still in need of just a handful of high-priority chapters that no one has yet volunteered to write. You'll see those gaps in the working table of contents, but I can summarize them below. In short, we'd still like to have: - One or two EXERCISES related to transparency - One CASE STUDY related to inclusivity - An INTRODUCTION about adaptability - A CASE STUDY and an EXERCISE related to adaptability - An EXERCISE related to collaboration - An EXERCISE related to community If you (or anyone you know) are in a position to compose these materials, please do get in touch. Our goal here is a diversity and plurality of voices, so when proposing a chapter for a particular unit, just make sure that someone else from your organization hasn't already agreed to compose something. Our next project milestone is October 6 [2]. That's the date by which we expect authors to submit their full chapter drafts for initial editing. Early submissions, of course, are always fine (and welcome!). As we did with the previous book project [1], we'll push galley proofs to the project repository on a regular basis, so everyone can see how the work is going. In fact, we'll be publishing an initial set of proofs (containing sample content and a prototyped interior design) very soon. Please let me know if you have questions! Sincerely, Bryan ----- [1] <https://github.com/open-organization-ambassadors/open-org-workbook/blob/master/open_org_workbook_toc.md> [2] <https://github.com/open-organization-ambassadors/open-org-workbook/blob/master/README.md> _______________________________________________ Openorg-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/openorg-list
