[SeasonOfDocs] Introduction to Felicity Brand

Jo Cook jo.k.cook at gmail.com
Wed Jun 12 02:09:25 PDT 2019


Hi Felicity,

Good to have you on board with Google Season of Docs! It sounds as if your
involvement is going to be really valuable!

Jo

On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 3:21 AM Felicity Brand <felicitybrand at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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