<div dir="ltr"><div>Reviewing our "getting started page" and looking for suggestions/improvements...</div><div><br></div><div>Our "<a href="https://www.osgeo.org/community/getting-started-osgeo/" target="_blank">getting starting</a>" page recommends the following:<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">1) Get Oriented - FAQ </blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Have a look the FAQ and join the discuss list.</blockquote><div><div><div class="gmail-m_6288203223776129448gmail-m_-482753070135253248gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>This seems like a sensible place to start, could we change it to "join the discussion list and introduce yourself?</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">2) Add Yourself to the Member List</blockquote><div><br></div><div>This is actually instructions for login into the wiki, not bad...</div><div><br></div><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">3) Become a Charter Member of OSGeo</blockquote><div><br></div><div>This is probably not a realistic 3rd step, could we consider "Join a Local Chatper"?</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">4) Find a Project to Work On</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Links to volunteers needed page, which is more focused on committees (including the defunct web committee).</div><div><br></div><div>Could we change this to "Join our contributors".</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">5) Join a Mailing List</blockquote><div><br></div><div>... this could probably be added further up the page </div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">6) Help Curate the Wiki</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Could this be listed as a good example of "Join our contributors"?</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">7) Jump on IRC </blockquote><div><br></div><div>IRC is not as active as it once was, but still useful.</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">8) Translating pages of this OSGeo portal </blockquote><div><br></div><div>I think this references the drupal website and could be removed.</div></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">9) Access to OSGeo services (OSGeo user ID)</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Good information, but the forms are a little confusing to get started with. </div><div><br></div><div>--</div><div>Jody Garnett</div></div></div></div></div>
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