[OSGeoLive] Maintenance of OSGeo Live Docs

[Nelson Guya]

Hi Angelo,

Yes, it works for me.

On Sun, 25 Jul 2021 at 15:51, Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Next meeting is on Tue 27 July 20:00 UTC on Jitsi
> https://meet.jit.si/OSGeoLive
>
> Does that work for everyone?
>
> Best,
> Angelos
>
> On 7/20/21 10:45 AM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
> > Summary from today's meeting:
> >
> >     -
> >
> >     Introductions around the table
> >     -
> >
> >     Nelson Guya (tech writer with environmental science background) is
> >     volunteering to help write/update osgeolive docs
> >     -
> >
> >     Suggested that Quickstarts is probably a good focus area, following
> the
> >     audit, then write process that Felicity followed in 2019.
> >     -
> >
> >     Ankita (tech writer) is volunteering to help with reviewing docs,
> time
> >     permitting.
> >     -
> >
> >     Cameron is volunteering to help get Nelson started with first couple
> of
> >     meetings, and then ramp back to answering specific getting stuck
> questions
> >     if needed. He might jump in occasionally when there is a cross over
> with
> >     https://thegooddocsproject.dev , such as sharing templates.
> >     -
> >
> >     Angelos will set up a meeting with the osgeolive docs team and
> introduce
> >     Nelson. First timeslot to be at 20:00 UTC (so Cameron can attend from
> >     Australia). After that the timeslot can change to something more
> convenient
> >     for others.
> >     -
> >
> >     Angelos explained the current status of docs and people who should
> >     attend. Special call out for Vicky who has been driving docs
> initiatives.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 20 Jul 2021 at 06:09, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Let's continue with today's meeting (It is a standard timeslot for The
> >> Good Docs Project).
> >> I don't think we can find a timeslot of
> >> Africa/Europe/Americas/India/Australia that will work for all.
> >> Once Nelson has been introduced to the OSGeoLive team, I can imagine him
> >> attending the standard OSGeoLive meeting timeslot (which is 5am for me
> at
> >> the moment and I likely won't attend).
> >> Nelson, for your information, Vicky has been a dynamo contributor to
> docs
> >> (and translation) in the past and is a good person to know and team up
> with.
> >>
> >> On Mon, 19 Jul 2021 at 22:44, Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> 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
> >>>
> >>>
> >> --
> >> Cameron Shorter
> >> Technical Writer, Google
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
> --
> Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
> President
> Open Source Geospatial Foundation
> http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos
>
>
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