[SeasonOfDocs] Suggested slack message

Cameron Shorter cameron.shorter at gmail.com
Mon Jun 17 15:11:30 PDT 2019


Yes, looks good Jo, go for it.

On 18/6/19 1:24 am, Jo Cook wrote:
> Yes, very happy to go with Felicity's rewording- but I'll change that 
> final line to:
>
> Details (until we find a proper home for this project) at: 
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Season_of_Docs_Ideas_2019#Best_practice_templates
>
> Sound OK?
>
> Jo
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 2:29 AM Cameron Shorter 
> <cameron.shorter at gmail.com <mailto:cameron.shorter at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     I love your rewording Felicity. I'll leave it to Jo to make the
>     final call. Jo was planning to send the message out today, as she
>     was out for the weekend.
>
>     I agree that we need a name for the "DocTemplates" project, and
>     then we can create a landing page as <name>.github.org
>     <http://github.org> . We probably want to take a few weeks to
>     discuss and find the perfect name.
>     In the meantime, I suggest we continue using the OSGeo wiki link
>     for this first message. You might have ideas on how we can
>     temporarily improve the text at
>     https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Season_of_Docs_Ideas_2019#Best_practice_templates
>
>
>     On Mon, 17 Jun 2019 at 11:14, Felicity Brand
>     <felicitybrand at gmail.com <mailto:felicitybrand at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         Hi Cameron and Jo,
>
>         It looks like you haven't posted this in Slack yet, am I right?
>
>         I think it looks good. My only query is around the stipend
>         statement - I think it's muddying the water here.
>         My understanding of the stipend is that writers can choose to
>         either opt-in (or out) when they submit their proposal - and
>         will get paid upon successful completion of their project work.
>
>         This blurb could finish nicely at the word "momentum" and
>         follow up with the hyperlink.
>>         --------------------------------
>>
>>         Are you a tech writer keen to help build a suite of writing
>>         templates, technical instructions, and best-practice
>>         guidelines for open source projects? By making an open
>>         project in its own right we want to get the biggest reach we
>>         can.
>>         Are you interested? We already have 10+ techies and a few
>>         writers volunteering, and are building a good momentum.
>>         Details at:
>>         https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Season_of_Docs_Ideas_2019#Best_practice_templates
>         -----------------------------
>
>         Then I re-wrote it to the below - which may or may not hit the
>         mark:
>         ---------------------------------
>>
>>         Season of Docs is making us think bigger!
>>         We want to create an open source Documentation Project to
>>         establish a library of broadly applicable templates for the
>>         open source community.
>>         Are you a tech writer keen to help build a suite of writing
>>         templates, technical instructions, and best-practice
>>         guidelines for open source projects? We want to hear from you.
>>         We already have writers, techies and devs volunteering, so
>>         momentum is building. Come and get involved!
>>         Details at:
>>         https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Season_of_Docs_Ideas_2019#Best_practice_templates
>         ---------------------------------
>
>         It also makes me think that we need a hyperlink that isn't
>         embedded in the OSGeo ecosystem. So perhaps we create some
>         kind of lite landing page first before we spruik - to give
>         folks a place to register interest. Yes/No?
>
>         Also, if I have understood correctly about what we're trying
>         to do...we're gonna need a *name *for the thing.
>
>         On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 8:30 PM Cameron Shorter
>         <cameron.shorter at gmail.com <mailto:cameron.shorter at gmail.com>>
>         wrote:
>
>             Yes Jo, that looks good to send out. It will be
>             interesting to see if it attracts interest from the writer
>             community.
>
>             Cheers, Cameron
>
>             On 14/6/19 8:11 pm, Jo Cook wrote:
>>             Hi Cameron,
>>
>>             I'd suggest the following:
>>
>>             --------------------------------
>>
>>             Are you a tech writer keen to help build a suite of
>>             writing templates, technical instructions, and
>>             best-practice guidelines for open source projects? By
>>             making this an open project in it's own right we want to
>>             get the biggest reach we can.
>>             Are you interested? We already have 10+ techies and a few
>>             writers volunteering, and are building a good momentum,
>>             but we haven't heard from someone wanting to commit to
>>             the SeasonOfDocs stipend yet. Details at:
>>             https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Season_of_Docs_Ideas_2019#Best_practice_templates
>>
>>             Or reach out to me @jo or @cameronshorter.
>>
>>             -----------------------------------
>>
>>             Thoughts?
>>
>>             Jo
>>
>>             On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 1:18 PM Cameron Shorter
>>             <cameron.shorter at gmail.com
>>             <mailto:cameron.shorter at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>                 Hi Jo,
>>
>>                 What do you think of the message below to put on the
>>                 SeasonOfDocs
>>                 #discuss slack channel? You could also send to
>>                 seasonofdocs at lists.osgeo.org
>>                 <mailto:seasonofdocs at lists.osgeo.org>
>>
>>                 --
>>
>>                 Are you a tech writer keen to help build a suite of
>>                 writing templates
>>                 and instructions for open source projects? There
>>                 doesn't seem to be
>>                 broadly applicable templates, and we suspect they'll
>>                 need to be built as
>>                 an open project. Are you interested? We have 10+
>>                 techies and a few
>>                 writers volunteering. We haven't heard from someone
>>                 wanting to commit to
>>                 the SeasonOfDocs stipend yet. Details at:
>>                 https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Season_of_Docs_Ideas_2019#Best_practice_templates
>>
>>                 Or reach out to me @jo or @cameronshorter.
>>
>>
>>                 -- 
>>                 Cameron Shorter
>>                 Technology Demystifier
>>                 Open Technologies and Geospatial Consultant
>>
>>                 M +61 (0) 419 142 254
>>
>>
>>
>>             -- 
>>             ------------------------
>>             http://about.me/jocook
>
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