[OSGeoLive] Maintenance of OSGeo Live Docs

[Angelos Tzotsos]

Hi Cameron,

We are currently on a quiet period, so no regular weekly meetings.
Perhaps we should plan a specific meeting for this issue: would Tue Nov 
2nd be ok to meet?

Best,
Angelos


On 10/16/21 10:35 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
> Hi Angelos,
> If the OSGeo-Live folks are up for it, I think it will be valuable for the
> tech writers to show what they have done, and collect any feedback or
> thoughts before going and applying across all quickstarts.
>
> It will also provide the team with some experience working with a friendly
> audience within the OSGeo community before starting the process of reaching
> out to the 50 other OSGeo projects.
>
> When is the next OSGeo-Live meeting planned? Could our tech writers come
> along?
>
> On Sat, 16 Oct 2021 at 00:57, Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>> President
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>>>>>>>> http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Cameron Shorter
>>>>>>> Technical Writer, Google
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>> President
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