[OSGeoLive] Maintenance of OSGeo Live Docs

Sun Jul 18 23:13:53 PDT 2021

Hey Cameron,
I am in for this meeting. The time slot works for me.

Best Regards,

Ankita Tripathi

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On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 1:35 AM Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks for your response Angelos,
> I'm wondering what timezones you wish to cover from OSGeo Live's doc team?
> I'm in Australia, Nelson is in Africa, I know you Astrid are in Europe. Is
> there anyone you wish to loop in from America?
> Ankita from The Good Docs Project might want to join. She is in India.
>
> Nelson and I are already planning to have a video meeting (URL
> <https://meet.google.com/nzy-hoks-cfb?authuser=0>) on Tuesday morning in
> Europe/Africa as part of The Good Docs Project.
>
> Would you be able to make this timeslot? I'll send Angelos and Astrid an
> invite to the meeting. Others are welcome to come too if interested.
>
>
> https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2021&month=7&day=20&hour=7&min=0&sec=0&p1=22&p2=240&p3=47&p4=248&p5=102&p6=44&p7=26&p8=136&p9=179&p10=220&p11=224&p12=170
>
> <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2021&month=7&day=20&hour=7&min=0&sec=0&p1=22&p2=240&p3=47&p4=248&p5=102&p6=44&p7=26&p8=136&p9=179&p10=220&p11=224&p12=170>
> LocationLocal TimeTime ZoneUTC Offset
> Auckland <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/new-zealand/auckland> (New
> Zealand - Auckland) Tuesday, 20 July 2021 at 7:00:00 pm NZST
> <https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/nzst> UTC+12 hours
> Sydney <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/australia/sydney> (Australia
> - New South Wales) Tuesday, 20 July 2021 at 5:00:00 pm AEST
> <https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aest> UTC+10 hours
> Brisbane <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/australia/brisbane> (Australia
> - Queensland) Tuesday, 20 July 2021 at 5:00:00 pm AEST
> <https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aest> UTC+10 hours
> Tokyo <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/japan/tokyo> (Japan) Tuesday,
> 20 July 2021 at 4:00:00 pm JST
> <https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/jst> UTC+9 hours
> Hong Kong <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/hong-kong/hong-kong> (Hong
> Kong) Tuesday, 20 July 2021 at 3:00:00 pm HKT
> <https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/hkt> UTC+8 hours
> Mumbai <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/india/mumbai> (India -
> Maharashtra) Tuesday, 20 July 2021 at 12:30:00 pm IST
> <https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/ist> UTC+5:30 hours
> Athens <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/greece/athens> (Greece) Tuesday,
> 20 July 2021 at 10:00:00 am EEST
> <https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/eest> UTC+3 hours
> London <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/uk/london> (United Kingdom
> - England) Tuesday, 20 July 2021 at 8:00:00 am BST
> <https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/bst> UTC+1 hour
> New York <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/usa/new-york> (USA - New
> York) Tuesday, 20 July 2021 at 3:00:00 am EDT
> <https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/edt> UTC-4 hours
> Salt Lake City <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/usa/salt-lake-city>
>  (USA - Utah) Tuesday, 20 July 2021 at 1:00:00 am MDT
> <https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/mdt> UTC-6 hours
> San Francisco <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/usa/san-francisco> (USA
> - California) Tuesday, 20 July 2021 at 12:00:00 midnight PDT
> <https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/pdt> UTC-7 hours
> Nairobi <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/kenya/nairobi> (Kenya) Tuesday,
> 20 July 2021 at 10:00:00 am EAT
> <https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/eat> UTC+3 hours
> Corresponding UTC (GMT) Tuesday, 20 July 2021 at 07:00:00
> <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20210720T0700>
>
>
> <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2021&month=7&day=20&hour=7&min=0&sec=0&p1=22&p2=240&p3=47&p4=248&p5=102&p6=44&p7=26&p8=136&p9=179&p10=220&p11=224&p12=170>
>
>
> On Sun, 18 Jul 2021 at 19:03, Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Cameron,
>>
>> Thanks for the introductions.
>> There is no regular meeting around this time (after the 14.0 release)
>> but we could plan a meeting.
>> Since this is mainly related to documentation, I would like to hear the
>> availability of the documentation team before planning this meeting.
>>
>> Would this Tue 20 July at 17:00 UTC work for everyone?
>>
>> Best,
>> Angelos
>>
>> On 7/8/21 11:45 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>> > +Codrina Ilie <codrina at geo-spatial.org> +Ankita
>> > <ankitatripathi.2312 at gmail.com> +Nikos Lambrinos <labrinos at eled.auth.gr>
>> (Who
>> > have been involved with developing a proposed OSGeo-Live glossary and
>> would
>> > be good people to know.)
>> >
>> > Hi folks,
>> > As Nelson mentions, I was impressed with Nelson's stated background in
>> tech
>> > writing and environmental science, combined with his interest in getting
>> > involved in open source in a long term way, and suggested that
>> maintaining
>> > the quickstarts and project overviews would be a great place to start.
>> >
>> > I see this could be a building upon the prior work that Felicity did
>> with
>> > brining quickstarts up to date
>> > <https://flicstar.com/project-report-for-season-of-docs-2019>.
>> > A good starting point could be to audit all the existing quickstarts.
>> Run
>> > each of them. Make sure they are still up to date and work. Make sure
>> the
>> > screenshots are still valid.
>> >
>> > In a year or so, this could extend to updating our templates to align
>> with
>> > the emerging best practice doc templates which are being developed
>> within
>> > The Good Docs Project.
>> >
>> > I can provide Nelson with some mentoring from a tech writing
>> perspective,
>> > but will have limited capacity to help with the OSGeoLive side of
>> things,
>> > such as reaching out to each project asking for latest updates.
>> >
>> > I have been mostly inactive within OSGeo-Live for the last couple of
>> years.
>> > I'm interested to hear if this plan would work?
>> > There might be some changes which I'm not aware of?
>> > I assume there is still a periodic team meeting? Could you please share
>> > details with Nelson.
>> >
>> > On Thu, 8 Jul 2021 at 19:07, Nelson Guya <nelsonkimani63 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hello,
>> >>
>> >> My name is Nelson Guya, a technical writer from Nairobi, Kenya. I
>> recently
>> >> joined the Good Docs Project to help open source projects improve
>> >> the quality of their documentation.
>> >>
>> >> Earlier this week, I had a conversation with Cameron Shorter (cofounder
>> >> and coordinator of OSGeoLive and TheGoodDocsProject), who pointed me to
>> >> OSGeoLive, and we talked about my involvement with the project.
>> >> I am interested in helping out by reviewing and updating OSGeoLive
>> >> Quickstarts and project overviews. My educational background (BSc
>> >> Environmental Science) and years of writing experience will be useful
>> in
>> >> the project in the future.
>> >>
>> >> He, Cameron, has offered to help me get started with managing the OSGeo
>> >> Live Docs.
>> >>
>> >> I plan to be actively involved with the docs while using and
>> implementing
>> >> Cameron's invaluable insights and guidance - as he has worked with the
>> >> project since its inception.
>> >>
>> >> Looking forward to hearing from you.
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >> Nelson Guya
>> >>
>> >
>>
>>
>> --
>> Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
>> President
>> Open Source Geospatial Foundation
>> http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos
>>
>>
>
> --
> Cameron Shorter
> Technical Writer, Google
>
>
>
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