[mapserver-dev] Proposal to form a documentation steering committee...

[Daniel Morissette]

Sounds like a good idea from my point of view, but I'd like to hear what 
Jeff, Howard and the other doc/website guys think before we make a call.

Daniel


Steve Lime wrote:
> We discussed this in passing a while back and I'd like to move it forward if there's still
> interest. I think an organized group of folks focused on just documentation would be
> a good idea. They would work under the PSC but could be relatively autonomous. I
> see the group being made up of regular users- not devs unless there is interest. We
> could ping the mapserver-users list for volunteers. The group could take on issues
> such as:
> 
>   - identifying and prioritizing documentation needs
>   - organizing multilingual docs (hence a multilingual committee)
>   - soliciting and coordinating the creation of documents
>   - ownership of the website
>   - migration of documents from the trac wiki to the website
> 
> If folks think this is a good idea then the first step would be to identify a chair for the
> group and then perhaps draft a basic RFC that outlines responsibilities, relationship to
> the PSC, etc... I'd be happy to participate as a member but don't want to lead the effort. 
> 
> Any volunteers?
> 
> Steve
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