Hi Felicity, Good to have you on board with Google Season of Docs! It sounds as if your involvement is going to be really valuable!
Jo On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 3:21 AM Felicity Brand <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Thanks for the introduction, Cameron. > > This is all pretty new for me but I'm excited to dive in. > > I applied for my wiki access, so I'll add my name to that page when I can. > > Cheers > Felicity > > On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 9:04 AM Cameron Shorter <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi folks, >> >> I'd like to introduce you to Felicity Brand, a technical writer who >> lives in Melbourne, Australia. She is interested in participating in >> SeasonOfDocs and learning about Open Source practices. She expects to >> have some spare time to get involved as a volunteer, but not enough to >> take on the leading role we are looking for in the paid writer. (She is >> also juggling being a mother and contracting on the side.) >> >> I've suggested she might want to look at reviewing all our OSGeoLive >> Quickstarts (and maybe Project Overviews) from a tech writer's >> perspective, with eye to bring a greater level of maturity and >> consistency between these Quickstarts, and maybe improve the templates >> we are using along the way. This could be a stepping stone into helping >> mentor techies from each project to keep their Quickstarts up to date, >> and helping techies write new Quickstarts. >> >> Hi Felicity, >> >> I suggest doing the following: >> >> * Subscribe to these osgeolive and seasonofdocs email lists: >> >> ** https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/osgeolive >> >> ** https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/seasonofdocs >> >> * Reply to this email and introduce yourself to the lists. (Who are you, >> what would you like to do with Open Source docs?) >> >> * Add your name to >> >> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Season_of_Docs_Ideas_2019#People_keen_to_take_part >> (you will need to apply for wiki access. Tell me once you have applied, >> and I will process). >> >> * Look at OSGeoLive Quickstarts: >> https://live.osgeo.org/en/overview/overview.html >> >> * Download and run OSGeoLive, probably in a Virtual Machine: >> https://live.osgeo.org/en/quickstart/virtualization_quickstart.html >> >> * Setup your documentation development environment: Follow links from >> >> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Season_of_Docs_Ideas_2019#New_OSGeoLive_Quickstarts_and_Overviews: >> >> (Ask questions, these howtos could be improved) >> >> * Keep in touch and as questions as you go >> >> * Good luck and welcome. >> >> >> -- >> Cameron Shorter >> Technology Demystifier >> Open Technologies and Geospatial Consultant >> >> M +61 (0) 419 142 254 >> >> _______________________________________________ > SeasonOfDocs mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/seasonofdocs > -- ------------------------ http://about.me/jocook
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