<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-5f57e589-7fff-6e89-a598-e93e96b5f334"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Summary from today's meeting:</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Introductions around the table</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Nelson Guya (tech writer with environmental science background) is volunteering to help write/update osgeolive docs</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Suggested that Quickstarts is probably a good focus area, following the audit, then write process that Felicity followed in 2019.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ankita (tech writer) is volunteering to help with reviewing docs, time permitting.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Cameron is volunteering to help get Nelson started with first couple of meetings, and then ramp back to answering specific getting stuck questions if needed. He might jump in occasionally when there is a cross over with </span><a href="https://thegooddocsproject.dev" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://thegooddocsproject.dev</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> , such as sharing templates.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Angelos will set up a meeting with the osgeolive docs team and introduce Nelson. First timeslot to be at 20:00 UTC (so Cameron can attend from Australia). After that the timeslot can change to something more convenient for others.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" role="presentation"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Angelos explained the current status of docs and people who should attend. Special call out for Vicky who has been driving docs initiatives.</span></p></li></ul></span></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 20 Jul 2021 at 06:09, 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"><div dir="ltr">Let's continue with today's meeting (It is a standard timeslot for The Good Docs Project).<div>I don't think we can find a timeslot of Africa/Europe/Americas/India/Australia that will work for all.</div><div>Once Nelson has been introduced to the OSGeoLive team, I can imagine him attending the standard OSGeoLive meeting timeslot (which is 5am for me at the moment and I likely won't attend).</div><div>Nelson, for your information, Vicky has been a dynamo contributor to docs (and translation) in the past and is a good person to know and team up with.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 19 Jul 2021 at 22:44, Angelos Tzotsos <<a href="mailto:gcpp.kalxas@gmail.com" target="_blank">gcpp.kalxas@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">Hi Cameron,<br>
<br>
Thanks for the invite.<br>
I am not sure if this time will work for Vicky (Mexico)<br>
<br>
On 7/18/21 11:05 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:<br>
> Thanks for your response Angelos,<br>
> I'm wondering what timezones you wish to cover from OSGeo Live's doc team?<br>
> I'm in Australia, Nelson is in Africa, I know you Astrid are in Europe. Is<br>
> there anyone you wish to loop in from America?<br>
> Ankita from The Good Docs Project might want to join. She is in India.<br>
><br>
> Nelson and I are already planning to have a video meeting (URL<br>
> <<a href="https://meet.google.com/nzy-hoks-cfb?authuser=0" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://meet.google.com/nzy-hoks-cfb?authuser=0</a>>) on Tuesday morning in<br>
> Europe/Africa as part of The Good Docs Project.<br>
><br>
> Would you be able to make this timeslot? I'll send Angelos and Astrid an<br>
> invite to the meeting. Others are welcome to come too if interested.<br>
><br>
> <a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2021&month=7&day=20&hour=7&min=0&sec=0&p1=22&p2=240&p3=47&p4=248&p5=102&p6=44&p7=26&p8=136&p9=179&p10=220&p11=224&p12=170" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2021&month=7&day=20&hour=7&min=0&sec=0&p1=22&p2=240&p3=47&p4=248&p5=102&p6=44&p7=26&p8=136&p9=179&p10=220&p11=224&p12=170</a><br>
> <<a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2021&month=7&day=20&hour=7&min=0&sec=0&p1=22&p2=240&p3=47&p4=248&p5=102&p6=44&p7=26&p8=136&p9=179&p10=220&p11=224&p12=170" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2021&month=7&day=20&hour=7&min=0&sec=0&p1=22&p2=240&p3=47&p4=248&p5=102&p6=44&p7=26&p8=136&p9=179&p10=220&p11=224&p12=170</a>><br>
> LocationLocal TimeTime ZoneUTC Offset<br>
> Auckland <<a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/new-zealand/auckland" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/new-zealand/auckland</a>> (New<br>
> Zealand - Auckland) Tuesday, 20 July 2021 at 7:00:00 pm NZST<br>
> <<a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/nzst" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/nzst</a>> UTC+12 hours<br>
> Sydney <<a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/australia/sydney" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/australia/sydney</a>> (Australia<br>
> - New South Wales) Tuesday, 20 July 2021 at 5:00:00 pm AEST<br>
> <<a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aest" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aest</a>> UTC+10 hours<br>
> Brisbane <<a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/australia/brisbane" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/australia/brisbane</a>> (Australia<br>
> - Queensland) Tuesday, 20 July 2021 at 5:00:00 pm AEST<br>
> <<a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aest" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aest</a>> UTC+10 hours<br>
> Tokyo <<a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/japan/tokyo" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/japan/tokyo</a>> (Japan) Tuesday,<br>
> 20 July 2021 at 4:00:00 pm JST<br>
> <<a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/jst" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/jst</a>> UTC+9<br>
> hours<br>
> Hong Kong <<a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/hong-kong/hong-kong" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/hong-kong/hong-kong</a>> (Hong<br>
> Kong) Tuesday, 20 July 2021 at 3:00:00 pm HKT<br>
> <<a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/hkt" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/hkt</a>> UTC+8 hours<br>
> Mumbai <<a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/india/mumbai" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/india/mumbai</a>> (India -<br>
> Maharashtra) Tuesday, 20 July 2021 at 12:30:00 pm IST<br>
> <<a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/ist" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/ist</a>> UTC+5:30 hours<br>
> Athens <<a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/greece/athens" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/greece/athens</a>> (Greece) Tuesday,<br>
> 20 July 2021 at 10:00:00 am EEST<br>
> <<a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/eest" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/eest</a>> UTC+3 hours<br>
> London <<a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/uk/london" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/uk/london</a>> (United Kingdom -<br>
> England) Tuesday, 20 July 2021 at 8:00:00 am BST<br>
> <<a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/bst" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/bst</a>> UTC+1 hour<br>
> New York <<a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/usa/new-york" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/usa/new-york</a>> (USA - New<br>
> York) Tuesday, 20 July 2021 at 3:00:00 am EDT<br>
> <<a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/edt" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/edt</a>> UTC-4 hours<br>
> Salt Lake City <<a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/usa/salt-lake-city" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/usa/salt-lake-city</a>> (USA<br>
> - Utah) Tuesday, 20 July 2021 at 1:00:00 am MDT<br>
> <<a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/mdt" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/mdt</a>> UTC-6 hours<br>
> San Francisco <<a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/usa/san-francisco" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/usa/san-francisco</a>> (USA<br>
> - California) Tuesday, 20 July 2021 at 12:00:00 midnight PDT<br>
> <<a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/pdt" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/pdt</a>> UTC-7 hours<br>
> Nairobi <<a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/kenya/nairobi" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/kenya/nairobi</a>> (Kenya) Tuesday,<br>
> 20 July 2021 at 10:00:00 am EAT<br>
> <<a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/eat" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/eat</a>> UTC+3<br>
> hours<br>
> Corresponding UTC (GMT) Tuesday, 20 July 2021 at 07:00:00<br>
> <<a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20210720T0700" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20210720T0700</a>><br>
><br>
> <<a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2021&month=7&day=20&hour=7&min=0&sec=0&p1=22&p2=240&p3=47&p4=248&p5=102&p6=44&p7=26&p8=136&p9=179&p10=220&p11=224&p12=170" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2021&month=7&day=20&hour=7&min=0&sec=0&p1=22&p2=240&p3=47&p4=248&p5=102&p6=44&p7=26&p8=136&p9=179&p10=220&p11=224&p12=170</a>><br>
><br>
><br>
> On Sun, 18 Jul 2021 at 19:03, Angelos Tzotsos <<a href="mailto:gcpp.kalxas@gmail.com" target="_blank">gcpp.kalxas@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Hi Cameron,<br>
>><br>
>> Thanks for the introductions.<br>
>> There is no regular meeting around this time (after the 14.0 release)<br>
>> but we could plan a meeting.<br>
>> Since this is mainly related to documentation, I would like to hear the<br>
>> availability of the documentation team before planning this meeting.<br>
>><br>
>> Would this Tue 20 July at 17:00 UTC work for everyone?<br>
>><br>
>> Best,<br>
>> Angelos<br>
>><br>
>> On 7/8/21 11:45 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:<br>
>>> +Codrina Ilie <<a href="mailto:codrina@geo-spatial.org" target="_blank">codrina@geo-spatial.org</a>> +Ankita<br>
>>> <<a href="mailto:ankitatripathi.2312@gmail.com" target="_blank">ankitatripathi.2312@gmail.com</a>> +Nikos Lambrinos <<a href="mailto:labrinos@eled.auth.gr" target="_blank">labrinos@eled.auth.gr</a>><br>
>> (Who<br>
>>> have been involved with developing a proposed OSGeo-Live glossary and<br>
>> would<br>
>>> be good people to know.)<br>
>>><br>
>>> Hi folks,<br>
>>> As Nelson mentions, I was impressed with Nelson's stated background in<br>
>> tech<br>
>>> writing and environmental science, combined with his interest in getting<br>
>>> involved in open source in a long term way, and suggested that<br>
>> maintaining<br>
>>> the quickstarts and project overviews would be a great place to start.<br>
>>><br>
>>> I see this could be a building upon the prior work that Felicity did with<br>
>>> brining quickstarts up to date<br>
>>> <<a href="https://flicstar.com/project-report-for-season-of-docs-2019" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://flicstar.com/project-report-for-season-of-docs-2019</a>>.<br>
>>> A good starting point could be to audit all the existing quickstarts. Run<br>
>>> each of them. Make sure they are still up to date and work. Make sure the<br>
>>> screenshots are still valid.<br>
>>><br>
>>> In a year or so, this could extend to updating our templates to align<br>
>> with<br>
>>> the emerging best practice doc templates which are being developed within<br>
>>> The Good Docs Project.<br>
>>><br>
>>> I can provide Nelson with some mentoring from a tech writing perspective,<br>
>>> but will have limited capacity to help with the OSGeoLive side of things,<br>
>>> such as reaching out to each project asking for latest updates.<br>
>>><br>
>>> I have been mostly inactive within OSGeo-Live for the last couple of<br>
>> years.<br>
>>> I'm interested to hear if this plan would work?<br>
>>> There might be some changes which I'm not aware of?<br>
>>> I assume there is still a periodic team meeting? Could you please share<br>
>>> details with Nelson.<br>
>>><br>
>>> On Thu, 8 Jul 2021 at 19:07, Nelson Guya <<a href="mailto:nelsonkimani63@gmail.com" target="_blank">nelsonkimani63@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>>>> Hello,<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> My name is Nelson Guya, a technical writer from Nairobi, Kenya. I<br>
>> recently<br>
>>>> joined the Good Docs Project to help open source projects improve<br>
>>>> the quality of their documentation.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Earlier this week, I had a conversation with Cameron Shorter (cofounder<br>
>>>> and coordinator of OSGeoLive and TheGoodDocsProject), who pointed me to<br>
>>>> OSGeoLive, and we talked about my involvement with the project.<br>
>>>> I am interested in helping out by reviewing and updating OSGeoLive<br>
>>>> Quickstarts and project overviews. My educational background (BSc<br>
>>>> Environmental Science) and years of writing experience will be useful in<br>
>>>> the project in the future.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> He, Cameron, has offered to help me get started with managing the OSGeo<br>
>>>> Live Docs.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> I plan to be actively involved with the docs while using and<br>
>> implementing<br>
>>>> Cameron's invaluable insights and guidance - as he has worked with the<br>
>>>> project since its inception.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Looking forward to hearing from you.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Regards,<br>
>>>> Nelson Guya<br>
>>>><br>
>><br>
>> --<br>
>> Angelos Tzotsos, PhD<br>
>> President<br>
>> Open Source Geospatial Foundation<br>
>> <a href="http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos</a><br>
>><br>
>><br>
<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Angelos Tzotsos, PhD<br>
President<br>
Open Source Geospatial Foundation<br>
<a href="http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos</a><br>
<br>
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