[OSGeoLive] Maintenance of OSGeo Live Docs

[Angelos Tzotsos]

Hi Nelson,

Sorry for the late reply.

I see the first PR:
https://github.com/OSGeo/OSGeoLive-doc/pull/724

Lets get this reviewed and merged. I will have a look during the weekend.

Best,
Angelos

On 10/12/21 12:22 PM, Nelson Guya wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> Our quickstarts team (Chris Ganta, Gayathri Krishnaswamy, and I) at the
> Good Docs Project has been reviewing OSGeoLive Quickstarts.
> We have reviewed and completed the first quickstart (virtualization)
> updates and we're looking forward to using the template to clean up and
> update all the other quickstarts.
>
> We are proposing a meet-up so that our quickstart team can update the
> OSGeoLive members and discuss the document with you!
>
> Looking forward to hearing from you soon!
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 7:54 PM <labrinos at eled.auth.gr> wrote:
>
>> Hi Angelos,
>>
>> I will do my best to join the meeting.
>> Thank you
>> Nikos
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Παραθέτοντας από Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> 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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