[Board] Proposing OSGeo apply for a Google Season of Docs grant

[Cameron Shorter]

Okay,
Here is a draft Glossary Season of Docs Proposal.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1enUFAZX1srNmZ3oy4rt_gqv8AeCx2tL5bM6ej8kq9N4/edit

This is based on the following template:
https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/docs/org-proposal-template

Comments and feedback welcomed.

On Sun, 14 Mar 2021 at 06:33, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Sending again - this time while subscribed to the OSGeo board list.
>
> On Sat, 13 Mar 2021 at 11:20, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> TL;DR We are looking for OSGeo board approval to apply for a Google
>> Season of Docs grant. Approval is required in less than a fortnight.
>> Submission is due 26 March 2021.
>>
>> OSGeo board,
>> A bunch of us within the OSGeo Lexicon committee
>> <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Lexicon_Committee> would like to apply for
>> a Google Season of Docs
>> <https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/docs/timeline> grant. This
>> would result in us being able to hire a tech writer for ~ 3 months.
>>
>> We're still fleshing out details for the application and scope of work,
>> but it is anticipated to involve describing "How to set up an interoperable
>> glossary" as well as setting up a few exemplar OSGeo glossaries, such as
>> for OSGeo-Live and Geo For All, and ideally a few project specific ones too.
>>
>> Over the next week I'll be drafting a proposal.
>>
>> As the board, can you please discuss and provide tentative approval,
>> pending having a final proposal ready.
>>
>> --
>> Cameron Shorter
>> Technical Writer, Google
>>
>>
>>
>
> --
> Cameron Shorter
> Technical Writer, Google
>
>
>

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Cameron Shorter
Technical Writer, Google
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