[Board] Google Season of Docs initiative

Wed Mar 27 13:47:41 PDT 2019

Usual advice, ask the appropriate committee to make a motion to start your
new initiative (the board is also one such committee).

If it is time sensitive the board does have electronic voting and can act
reasonably quickly.

I wonder if we should list google on the partners and friends page in order
to describe our involvement in activities like GSOC and this.
--
Jody Garnett

On Wed, 27 Mar 2019 at 13:16, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Helmut, other admins,
>
> Sorry for my slow response, I had a half written email which I didn't seem
> to send.
>
> I've had a quick look over your Summer of Code wiki pages and you have
> some good material in there which I think I'll draw upon.
>
> With regards to sign off, do you have any tips with regards to getting
> official endorsement from the OSGeo Foundation? Any steps that I should put
> in place? (I'm looping in the OSGeo-Board, who might want to add
> suggestions?)
>
> Warm regards, Cameron
> On 24/3/19 8:02 am, Helmut Kudrnovsky wrote:
>
> Hi Cameron,
>
> *>I think you have been involved in previous Google Summer of Code
> initiative(s) on behalf of OSGeo?*
>
> yes; also this year [1] (OSGeo GSoC admins cc'ed).
>
> *>I'm keen to play a role in Google's upcoming Season of Docs initiative.*
>
> good to see your effort for the Google's Season of Docs initiative!
>
> *>I'm wondering if you, or others, would like to join me*
>
> due to time constraints I'm not able to join.
>
> *>and/or provide me with some mentoring with regards to what I should do
> from an OSGeo perspective.*
>
> see [1] for a possible starting point. it may be a good idea to ask OSGeo
> projects if they want to join the Season of Docs under OSGeo'S umbrella and
> if they are capable to provide mentor capacity for this period. then start
> to outline some framework of rules etc.
>
> kind regards
> Helmut
>
> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2019_Administrative
> [2]
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_Recommendations_for_Students
>
> *Gesendet:* Freitag, 22. März 2019 um 21:11 Uhr
> *Von:* "Cameron Shorter" <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
> <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
> *An:* "Helmut Kudrnovsky" <hellik at web.de> <hellik at web.de>
> *Cc:* "Vicky Vergara" <vicky at georepublic.de> <vicky at georepublic.de>
> *Betreff:* Google Season of Docs initiative
>
> Hi Helmut,
>
> I think you have been involved in previous Google Summer of Code
> initiative(s) on behalf of OSGeo?
>
> I'm keen to play a role in Google's upcoming Season of Docs initiative.
> I'm wondering if you, or others, would like to join me, and/or provide me
> with some mentoring with regards to what I should do from an OSGeo
> perspective.
>
> Feel free to loop in others when you respond.
>
> Warm regards, Cameron
> On 12/3/19 12:46 pm, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>
> OSGeo education folks,
> I'm aware that many of you have expertise which crosses across education,
> writing and geospatial software. I'd be interested to hear who might be
> interested in bringing that expertise into an OSGeo "Season of Docs"
> initiative, as per below? (I'm personally keen to get involved).
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 at 12:36
> Subject: Fwd: Announcement and thanks to Season of Docs survey
> respondents: Season of Docs has launched
> To: OSGeo Discussions <discuss at lists.osgeo.org>
>
> As per below, Google has just launched a Season of Docs program, designed
> to bring open source and technical writer communities together, to the
> benefit of both. Awesome! I reckon our OSGeo projects should get involved,
> and I'm personally keen to be part of it. Anyone else want to join me?
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Sarah Maddox <sarahmaddox at google.com>
> Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 at 08:56
> Subject: Announcement and thanks to Season of Docs survey respondents:
> Season of Docs has launched
> To:
>
>
> Thank you for your feedback on the initial proposal of Google’s Season of
> Docs program! You’re receiving this email because you indicated that you’d
> like us to send you updates about the program.
>
>
> We’re delighted to announce that we’ve launched the 2019 pilot of Season
> of Docs. Details are on our website: g.co/seasonofdocs
> <https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/>.
>
>
> Season of Docs is a Google program that fosters collaboration between open
> source projects and technical writers. It’s similar to Summer of Code, but
> with a focus on documentation and technical writers.
>
>
> Would you like to take part as a mentor in the inaugural year of Season of
> Docs? Organization applications open on April 2, 2019. See the full
> timeline <https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/docs/timeline> and
> join the announcement group at season-of-docs-announce
> <https://groups.google.com/group/season-of-docs-announce> to stay
> informed.
>
>
> Please do tweet and blog about Season of Docs if you’d like to share the
> news. We want as many people to know about it as possible. We’ve provided
> logos that you can download and some example content on the press page
> <https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/docs/press>.
>
>
> If you have any questions, please email
> season-of-docs-support at googlegroups.com.
>
>
> Many thanks again for your valuable feedback on the initial proposal.
>
>
> Sarah Maddox, Andrew Chen, and the Season of Docs team
>
>
>
> --
> Cameron Shorter
> Technology Demystifier
> Open Technologies and Geospatial Consultant
>
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