[Qgis-community-team] Hello

[Niall Conway]

Harrissou. apologies for the delayed response - I had check the wrong
thread for a response.

My skype is njmc25.

Perhaps we can chat and follow up some time.

Niall


On Sun, Oct 1, 2017 at 11:22 AM, DelazJ <delazj at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Niall,
> Sorry for the late reply.
>
>
> 2017-09-24 23:39 GMT+02:00 Niall Conway <conwayniall at gmail.com>:
>
>> Hi Harrissou,
>> Thanks for the getting back to me and for filling me in on the challenges
>> which your team faces. I had a look at the list and I agree, it seems like
>> there's a lot of work there. QGIS project is obviously a pretty complex
>> beast!
>>
>> Yes there's a lot to do if we want a doc that's better integrated with
> QGIS Desktop with release better synced with application's. But what to do
> are of different levels/types:
> - some are easy to fix and "just" need someone to pick them, others
> require an advanced knowledge of the doc structure and contents
> - some require a discussion to setup a guideline and then, it could be
> straightforward
> - some are infrastructure issues and require development skills but most
> of the challenges are of writing skills.
>
>
>> I don't have much document management experience myself but it seems as
>> if you have a Github repo system that works for you - I imagine that you
>> are using an xml to pdf conversion system when it comes to updating the
>> document?
>>
>> Not sure that I understand what you mean but you do not need to worry
> about doc management and format conversion. What often writers have to
> focus on is to change text/images in the source folder [0]. Then, there are
> prepared scripts that are in charge of conversion (pdf, html) and push the
> changes online. I'd not go into details to avoid saying rubbish. If ever
> you want to delve into details, Richard Duivenvoorde might be your man :-)
> https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Documentation/tree/master/source
>
> I was wondering if you or one of your team would like to Skype some
>> evening so that I could get a rundown on what's involved and to maybe see
>> where I could help. I would probably be of little use in terms of document
>> management, however I might be able to help on the training side. Content
>> development is more of my strong side and I'm always interested in trying
>> to break down concepts and processes graphically. I use a lot of graphic
>> design and video software especially.
>>
>> It could be possible for me in the upcoming week. Let's organize that.
> As said above, fiiling content (either text or graphics) is what we need
> the most so, for sure, your skills are more than welcome.
>
> I'd be happy to tell you more about what i am hoping to achieve (re.
>> corporate online training) and hopefully there could be some overlap with
>> my efforts. I expect that making the QGIS documentation process more
>> manageable and sustainable will be a priority in advance of the 3.0
>> release..
>> Speak soon,
>>
>> Let's chat and see how we can improve QGIS Documentation.
>
> Regards,
> Harrissou
>
> Niall
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 11:11 PM, Niall Conway <conwayniall at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for the message. Will have a look and be in touch soon. Cheers,
>>> Niall
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, 22 Sep 2017 at 1:09 pm, Niall Conway <conwayniall at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi QGIS community team,
>>>>
>>>> I'm a regular user and big fan of QGIS software - I realise that that
>>>> the project may not receive the thanks that it deserves however your
>>>> efforts are appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately, I haven't had a whole lot of time to built into the
>>>> community in the past but I now's as good a time as any I suppose. A little
>>>> about myself - I'm from Cork in Ireland and have a background in geography,
>>>> sustainability, planning and online education however I spend many years in
>>>> consultancy learning (through trial and error) how to use GIS and how not
>>>> to use GIS.
>>>>
>>>> So this has brought me to the current point of starting a business in
>>>>  developing the type of online resources which were missing when I
>>>> needed it most.
>>>>
>>>> So with all this said, I'd be interested in learning about some of the
>>>> challenges which your documentation team faces in keeping training material
>>>> up-to-date coming up to version 3.0. I realise that it's early discussions
>>>> but I'd like to perhaps see if I could tie in what I'm doing with the
>>>> efforts of the QGIS project and try to give something back also.
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, thanks for reading and I'm glad to make contact.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>>
>>>> Niall
>>>>
>>>
>>
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