[SeasonOfDocs] Suggested slack message

Tue Jun 18 01:20:12 PDT 2019

Done!

Jo

On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 11:11 PM Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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>
> 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 . 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>
>> 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> 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> 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
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Cameron Shorter
>>>> Technology Demystifier
>>>> Open Technologies and Geospatial Consultant
>>>>
>>>> M +61 (0) 419 142 254
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> SeasonOfDocs mailing list
>>>> SeasonOfDocs at lists.osgeo.org
>>>> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/seasonofdocs
>>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> SeasonOfDocs mailing list
>>> SeasonOfDocs at lists.osgeo.org
>>> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/seasonofdocs
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Cameron Shorter
>> Technology Demystifier
>> Open Technologies and Geospatial Consultant
>>
>> M +61 (0) 419 142 254
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> SeasonOfDocs mailing list
>> SeasonOfDocs at lists.osgeo.org
>> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/seasonofdocs
>>
>
>
> --
> ------------------------
> http://about.me/jocook
>
> --
> Cameron Shorter
> Technology Demystifier
> Open Technologies and Geospatial Consultant
>
> M +61 (0) 419 142 254
>
>

-- 
------------------------
http://about.me/jocook
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/seasonofdocs/attachments/20190618/44e899ee/attachment-0001.html>