[SeasonOfDocs] TheGoodDocsProject: Kickstarting house keeping tasks

[Jo Cook]

Since I won't be at the meeting, my suggestions are in line:

On Sun, Jun 30, 2019 at 11:52 PM Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Now TheGoodDocsProject is gaining momentum, we should start bootstrapping
> core open source organisational tasks.
>
> Things to agree upon:
> 1. How will we make decisions? I propose to set up a Project Steering
> Committee (PSC), and base our processes upon best practices. Let's start
> from here: https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeolive/wiki/OSGeoLive%20PSC (We can
> revisit this later).
>

Yes, and I would like to be on it

>
> 2. We will need to decide whether we create a new project or join an
> existing one. (PSC to decide).
>

See other discussions, particularly around whether WriteTheDocs would be a
good fit

>
> 3. We need to agree on a name. Googleing "gooddocs" I found:
> https://www.gooddocs.net/ . Are we ok with potential clash? Should we
> pick another name?
>

I like the name we've chosen and don't see it being a problem as long as we
are consistent with naming, eg don't shorten it. See the steps OSGeo goes
to to ensure the "brand" is not confused with other open source efforts

>
> 4. We should select a license that the material is created under. I think
> that we want a very permissive license for templates, so they can be used
> as widely as possible. Maybe:
> https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/
>

Agreed- I was wondering about CC-By for attribution
https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/licensing-types-examples/#by?
Simply so we have a feel for where our templates get used. I'm not wedded
to this though.

>
> 5. We should agree on source location, email list, slack channel (Felicity
> has made a start here).
>

How about hosting the website on GitHub- this works well (in my opinion-
it's how we do http://uk.osgeo.org). The downside is that you don't
currently get https but no doubt that will be resolved. It does stop the
burden and cost of administering and owning the hosting and makes it easy
for multiple people to contribute to it.

>
> And probably a few more things.
>
> It is ~ 10 years since I set up a project from scratch, so while I
> understand the process, I'm a bit out of touch with the latest tools.
> Suggestions would be welcomed, and we can touch on this in our online
> meeting tomorrow.
>
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