Re: [User Docs] End of effort to get AOO v3.4 Getting Started Guide finished

2012-12-03 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
On 12/03/2012 12:14 PM, Rob Weir wrote: On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 1:24 AM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: On 12/02/2012 10:29 AM, Rob Weir wrote: I can help drive steps 1-4, but I cannot do 5 by myself. I'd need the commitment of 3-4 other project members to help mentor the new volunteers, to vo

Re: [User Docs] End of effort to get AOO v3.4 Getting Started Guide finished

2012-12-03 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Rob Weir wrote: On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 11:12 PM, Keith N. McKenna wrote: After 3 months of frustration it is time to end the effort to get The Getting Started Guide that had been started for AOO 3.4 completed. Despite repeated requests for help on the ODFAuthors list it is apparent that either

Re: [User Docs] End of effort to get AOO v3.4 Getting Started Guide finished

2012-12-03 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi Donald, 2012/12/3 Donald Whytock > On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 4:53 AM, Guy Waterval > wrote: > > Why not publish the documentation directly on Wikipédia, with a double > > licence, ALv2.0 and GFDL, for instance? Is it impossible for questions > of > > licences, organization, political reasons .

Re: [User Docs] End of effort to get AOO v3.4 Getting Started Guide finished

2012-12-03 Thread Rob Weir
On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 1:38 AM, Stan Helton wrote: > I am disappointed to see this. I tried to volunteer for this kind of thing > and did not receive a response a few months ago. It is a little frustrating > to see the first comment one of ending the initiative. If I can help I would > certainly l

Re: [User Docs] End of effort to get AOO v3.4 Getting Started Guide finished

2012-12-03 Thread Rob Weir
On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 1:24 AM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: > > On 12/02/2012 10:29 AM, Rob Weir wrote: >> >> I can help drive steps 1-4, but I cannot do 5 by myself. I'd need the >> commitment of 3-4 other project members to help mentor the new volunteers, >> to volunteer as list moderators, a

Re: [User Docs] End of effort to get AOO v3.4 Getting Started Guide finished

2012-12-03 Thread Donald Whytock
On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 4:53 AM, Guy Waterval wrote: > Why not publish the documentation directly on Wikipédia, with a double > licence, ALv2.0 and GFDL, for instance? Is it impossible for questions of > licences, organization, political reasons Wikipédia has a lot of good > contributors in

Re: [User Docs] End of effort to get AOO v3.4 Getting Started Guide finished

2012-12-03 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Stan Helton wrote: I am disappointed to see this. I tried to volunteer for this kind of thing and did not receive a response a few months ago. It is a little frustrating to see the first comment one of ending the initiative. If I can help I would certainly like to. I am a part-time programmer an

Re: [User Docs] End of effort to get AOO v3.4 Getting Started Guide finished

2012-12-03 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi Rob, Hi all, 2012/12/2 Rob Weir > > Let me describe a possible future, and maybe you (and others) can help > influence it. I'm not a documentation expert but I can help some. > But mostly I can help on the recruitment side. > > Imagine we do the following: > > 1) Create a new d...@openoffice

Re: [User Docs] End of effort to get AOO v3.4 Getting Started Guide finished

2012-12-02 Thread Andrew Douglas Pitonyak
On 12/02/2012 10:29 AM, Rob Weir wrote: I can help drive steps 1-4, but I cannot do 5 by myself. I'd need the commitment of 3-4 other project members to help mentor the new volunteers, to volunteer as list moderators, and to help encourage the relaunched documentation project to develop a docu

Re: [User Docs] End of effort to get AOO v3.4 Getting Started Guide finished

2012-12-02 Thread Rob Weir
On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 11:12 PM, Keith N. McKenna wrote: > After 3 months of frustration it is time to end the effort to get The > Getting Started Guide that had been started for AOO 3.4 completed. Despite > repeated requests for help on the ODFAuthors list it is apparent that either > the Authors

Re: [User Docs] End of effort to get AOO v3.4 Getting Started Guide finished

2012-12-02 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Alexandro Colorado wrote: On 12/1/12, Keith N. McKenna wrote: After 3 months of frustration it is time to end the effort to get The Getting Started Guide that had been started for AOO 3.4 completed. Despite repeated requests for help on the ODFAuthors list it is apparent that either the Authors

Re: [User Docs] End of effort to get AOO v3.4 Getting Started Guide finished

2012-12-02 Thread Alexandro Colorado
On 12/1/12, Keith N. McKenna wrote: > After 3 months of frustration it is time to end the effort to get The > Getting Started Guide that had been started for AOO 3.4 completed. > Despite repeated requests for help on the ODFAuthors list it is apparent > that either the Authors that had been workin

Re: [User Docs] End of effort to get AOO v3.4 Getting Started Guide finished

2012-12-01 Thread Stan Helton
I am disappointed to see this. I tried to volunteer for this kind of thing and did not receive a response a few months ago. It is a little frustrating to see the first comment one of ending the initiative. If I can help I would certainly like to. I am a part-time programmer and a writer. How c

[User Docs] End of effort to get AOO v3.4 Getting Started Guide finished

2012-12-01 Thread Keith N. McKenna
After 3 months of frustration it is time to end the effort to get The Getting Started Guide that had been started for AOO 3.4 completed. Despite repeated requests for help on the ODFAuthors list it is apparent that either the Authors that had been working on Open Office docs are either no longe