[SeasonOfDocs] Introduction to Felicity Brand

Felicity Brand felicitybrand at gmail.com
Tue Jun 11 17:18:59 PDT 2019


Hi all,

Thanks for the introduction, Cameron.

This is all pretty new for me but I'm excited to dive in.

I applied for my wiki access, so I'll add my name to that page when I can.

Cheers
Felicity

On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 9:04 AM Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I'd like to introduce you to Felicity Brand, a technical writer who
> lives in Melbourne, Australia. She is interested in participating in
> SeasonOfDocs and learning about Open Source practices. She expects to
> have some spare time to get involved as a volunteer, but not enough to
> take on the leading role we are looking for in the paid writer. (She is
> also juggling being a mother and contracting on the side.)
>
> I've suggested she might want to look at reviewing all our OSGeoLive
> Quickstarts (and maybe Project Overviews) from a tech writer's
> perspective, with eye to bring a greater level of maturity and
> consistency between these Quickstarts, and maybe improve the templates
> we are using along the way. This could be a stepping stone into helping
> mentor techies from each project to keep their Quickstarts up to date,
> and helping techies write new Quickstarts.
>
> Hi Felicity,
>
> I suggest doing the following:
>
> * Subscribe to these osgeolive and seasonofdocs email lists:
>
> ** https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/osgeolive
>
> ** https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/seasonofdocs
>
> * Reply to this email and introduce yourself to the lists. (Who are you,
> what would you like to do with Open Source docs?)
>
> * Add your name to
>
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Season_of_Docs_Ideas_2019#People_keen_to_take_part
> (you will need to apply for wiki access. Tell me once you have applied,
> and I will process).
>
> * Look at OSGeoLive Quickstarts:
> https://live.osgeo.org/en/overview/overview.html
>
> * Download and run OSGeoLive, probably in a Virtual Machine:
> https://live.osgeo.org/en/quickstart/virtualization_quickstart.html
>
> * Setup your documentation development environment: Follow links from
>
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Season_of_Docs_Ideas_2019#New_OSGeoLive_Quickstarts_and_Overviews:
>
> (Ask questions, these howtos could be improved)
>
> * Keep in touch and as questions as you go
>
> * Good luck and welcome.
>
>
> --
> Cameron Shorter
> Technology Demystifier
> Open Technologies and Geospatial Consultant
>
> M +61 (0) 419 142 254
>
>
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