OSGeo-Board WIki Users update

[Markus Neteler]

On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 11:47:07AM -0500, Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> Gary Lang wrote:
> >OK.
> >
> >I like the approach here, if I understand it:
> >
> >a) edit on the Wiki - much easier for collaboration on the net (hmm)
> >than editing HTML and submitting it through svn.
> >
> >b) submitting the finished copy at the end.
> >
> >Do I have this right?
> 
> Gary,
> 
> Yes, this is my theory at least.
> 
> Of course some documents (ie. user hints, suggestions never adopted
> as policy, committee notes, etc) might never make it to the official
> web site.  That's fine.  Basically we enforce a reasonable degree of
> professionalism and formality on the web site, but the Wiki is a
> more freewheeling location for folks to collaborate.
> 
> The assigned web team might eventually hand some web documents differently.
> But for us (as a board) I think being able to hack up a document without
> it being on the official web site is helpful.

A major advantage is that people can collaborate while
living in different time zones. This lowers in fact the
possibility that a user blocks a page...
We use it a lot for rapid prototyping of proposals.

Markus