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

[Cameron Shorter]

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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
>
>
>

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Cameron Shorter
Technical Writer, Google
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