[Qgis-community-team] Hello

[Niall Conway]

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!

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?

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.

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,

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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