I forgot to mention also, that this would clear up the issue about user names. Instead of every author having to set up their computers with a fake persona (user name), only a small group would have to. The rest of the authors/editors could just use their normal accounts to do their chapters/sections.
Have a great day:) Patrick. On Wed, 2012-08-08 at 18:14 -0500, Patrick Dickey wrote: > Hi Kevin, et al. > > I think the idea of Screenshot Editors (or at least people who are > solely responsible for getting screenshots for the manuals) is a great > idea. First off, it will ensure that we have consistent screenshots > throughout. And secondly, it will reduce some of the workload on the > authors/editors. And, if/when we get more languages available for > translation, we can have a person from each language who's responsible > for getting the screenshots in their language. > > Also, adding the position to the website won't be an issue. Essentially > it's just a rewording of the Author's page (or the Editor's page), > specifying screenshots, and a separate button for the link. > > Just wanted to toss my .02 worth in on this. > > Have a great day:) > Patrick. > > On Wed, 2012-08-08 at 17:33 -0500, Kevin Godby wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 1:35 PM, c7p <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 1) > > > it's time to re-organize our author team as the authoring period has > > > started > > > according to the proposed schedule [1]. > > > A safe date to start writing content is 23-30 of August, when there is > > > FeatureFreeze and UserInterface Freeze [2] > > > Now you can make an outline of your chapter/section, in case you think > > > that > > > your part needs to be re-designed. > > > > > > If you aren't ok with this schedule we can re-arrange it. > > > > Also, if there are any further changes that need to be made to the > > second edition of 12.04, then we need to get this committed soon. I'd > > like the final draft to be ready by 20 August so that I can publish > > the final version by the time 12.04.1 is released. > > > > > 2) > > > Some authors of the previous release have stepped down so we have some > > > openings. > > > Here is the openings [3], check the "Authors 12.10" column. > > > > I've updated our website with these openings: > > <http://ubuntu-manual.org/jobs>. Let me know if any other openings > > need to be listed there. > > > > > 5) > > > Let me know if you have any warnings, suggestions, recommendations, and be > > > very frank :). > > > > I'll comment on this in a separate email. > > > > Thanks, John! > > > > --Kevin > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > > Post to : [email protected] > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
