<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi all,</div><div>Please see below my initial conversation with Cameron regarding a plan to start working on the OSGeo Live QuickStarts for my Season of Docs project.</div><div><br></div><div>Basically, this month I want to:</div><div>- collate the list of QuickStarts</div><div>- prioritize them to work out which ones to work on first</div><div>- establish points of contact</div><div>- establish preferred comms method and frequency to keep people updated with my progress. </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div>Felicity</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 9:16 PM Cameron Shorter <<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Hi Felicy,</p>
<p>Sounds like a good plan, more inline.</p>
<p>I suggest we move this email thread to the public
<a class="gmail-m_1915504559622461717moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:osgeolive@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">osgeolive@lists.osgeo.org</a> email list. (Feel free to include my
comments publicly).<br>
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<div class="gmail-m_1915504559622461717moz-cite-prefix">On 12/8/19 11:02 am, Felicity Brand
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<div dir="ltr">Hi Cameron,
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<div>Here's my immediate plan:</div>
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<div> 1. Look at OSGeo-Live Packages spreadsheet to see which
packages have changed between releases.<br>
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<p>It will also be worth checking the currency of each of the
quickstarts. I expect that at least half haven't been updated for
2+ years, and will likely be out of date.</p>
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<div> 2. Ask the OSGeo Live mailing list if they have
suggestions for specific Quickstarts to start with. I will
draft this email and send to Cameron for review first.<br>
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<p>We should also prioritise based on how big the project is (more
widely used = more impact).</p>
<p>We can get an indication of use from: <a href="https://live.osgeo.org/en/metrics.html" target="_blank">https://live.osgeo.org/en/metrics.html</a></p>
<p>Also, how much help you get from a volunteer from each project.
We have a list of points of contact which I can share with you.
Me, Astrid and possibly Angelos can help introduce you to people
too.</p>
<p>We want to ensure that your work is sustained long term, and that
happens by getting engagement from each project, who will pick up
from where you leave.</p>
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<div> 3. 13 August release OSGeoLive - I need to install this on
my VM after release.<br>
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Yes, make sure you get the latest release. I think the last release
candidate will become the final release.<br>
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<div>By September I should know which ones to start with, and
have a plan of attack.<br>
By mid-September I should know roughly how long it's taking me
to do each one - so I can extrapolate timings.<br>
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Sounds good.<br>
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The FOSS4G conference sounds like a great opportunity to
possibly get some help. Let's talk about how we can handle
that. <br>
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Yes, we should discuss this on the email list.<br>
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<b>Comms</b><br>
- Besides yourself, is there anyone else I should be keeping
in the loop? <br>
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<p>Talk on the OSGeo-Live email list, and there is a weekly IRC chat
(at 6:00am Wednesdays for us). We might move to a different
timeslot.</p>
<p>We should reach out to the point of contact for each project.
Astrid has been reaching out to points of contact of late, and
should be able to help quite a bit here.</p>
<p>Also likely to help with the technical side of docs and
translation are Nicolas Roelandt and Vicky Vergara.<br>
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<div>- Do you want fortnightly updates of progress? What sort of
frequency?</div>
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<p>I think weekly updates to our osgeolive list would be handy. Keep
them very light. A sentence of two should suffice. A large part
will be to help inspire others to get involved based on what your
are doing. It will be better for you to do less and get
engagement, than do more, and then for docs to be unmaintained in
the future.</p>
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<div>- What method? Be good if I could have a public project
plan and you could just look at that to see my progress - how
could I do that? Hmm, how about a Trello board? That might
work... How do you feel about Trello? I've made a board for
myself but if you are not a fan I can always report progress
to you in some other way. <a href="https://trello.com/b/nLd70AJX" target="_blank">https://trello.com/b/nLd70AJX</a> <br>
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We haven't used Trello with OSGeoLive yet, but I think it would be
good. Lets float on the OSGeoLive email list and hear what others
have to say.<br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 9:32
AM Cameron Shorter <<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com" target="_blank">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi
Felicity,<br>
<br>
As you are now an official SeasonOfDocs writer, and in the
"getting to <br>
know the community" period, I thought it might be a good idea
to plan <br>
out how you might want to progress.<br>
<br>
In particular, I want to know how I can help you best, likely
by <br>
reaching out to people in the community and nudging them to
work with you.<br>
<br>
Of note:<br>
<br>
* OSGeoLive release is due 13 August, (so we likely won't get
much <br>
engagement from them till later in the week at the earliest)<br>
<br>
* But the international FOSS4G conference (free and open
source software <br>
for geospatial) starts on 27 August in Europe, and we can
potentially <br>
have someone announce your work and attract volunteers to work
with you. <br>
So we should discuss that.<br>
<br>
* Feel free to reach out to me when you are free next. You can
try <br>
slack, but I'm not very good at noticing. I do notice my SMS.<br>
<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Cameron Shorter<br>
Technology Demystifier<br>
Open Technologies and Geospatial Consultant<br>
<br>
M +61 (0) 419 142 254<br>
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Cameron Shorter
Technology Demystifier
Open Technologies and Geospatial Consultant
M +61 (0) 419 142 254</pre>
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