[OSGeoLive] Maintenance of OSGeo Live Docs

[Angelos Tzotsos]

Hi Cameron,

Thanks for the invite.
I am not sure if this time will work for Vicky (Mexico)

On 7/18/21 11:05 PM, Cameron Shorter 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
>>
>>


-- 
Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
President
Open Source Geospatial Foundation
http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos