[SeasonOfDocs] Introduction to Felicity Brand

[Jo Cook]

Hi Felicity,

Good to have you on board with Google Season of Docs! It sounds as if your
involvement is going to be really valuable!

Jo

On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 3:21 AM Felicity Brand <felicitybrand at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Thanks for the introduction, Cameron.
>
> This is all pretty new for me but I'm excited to dive in.
>
> I applied for my wiki access, so I'll add my name to that page when I can.
>
> Cheers
> Felicity
>
> On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 9:04 AM Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I'd like to introduce you to Felicity Brand, a technical writer who
>> lives in Melbourne, Australia. She is interested in participating in
>> SeasonOfDocs and learning about Open Source practices. She expects to
>> have some spare time to get involved as a volunteer, but not enough to
>> take on the leading role we are looking for in the paid writer. (She is
>> also juggling being a mother and contracting on the side.)
>>
>> I've suggested she might want to look at reviewing all our OSGeoLive
>> Quickstarts (and maybe Project Overviews) from a tech writer's
>> perspective, with eye to bring a greater level of maturity and
>> consistency between these Quickstarts, and maybe improve the templates
>> we are using along the way. This could be a stepping stone into helping
>> mentor techies from each project to keep their Quickstarts up to date,
>> and helping techies write new Quickstarts.
>>
>> Hi Felicity,
>>
>> I suggest doing the following:
>>
>> * Subscribe to these osgeolive and seasonofdocs email lists:
>>
>> ** https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/osgeolive
>>
>> ** https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/seasonofdocs
>>
>> * Reply to this email and introduce yourself to the lists. (Who are you,
>> what would you like to do with Open Source docs?)
>>
>> * Add your name to
>>
>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Season_of_Docs_Ideas_2019#People_keen_to_take_part
>> (you will need to apply for wiki access. Tell me once you have applied,
>> and I will process).
>>
>> * Look at OSGeoLive Quickstarts:
>> https://live.osgeo.org/en/overview/overview.html
>>
>> * Download and run OSGeoLive, probably in a Virtual Machine:
>> https://live.osgeo.org/en/quickstart/virtualization_quickstart.html
>>
>> * Setup your documentation development environment: Follow links from
>>
>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Season_of_Docs_Ideas_2019#New_OSGeoLive_Quickstarts_and_Overviews:
>>
>> (Ask questions, these howtos could be improved)
>>
>> * Keep in touch and as questions as you go
>>
>> * Good luck and welcome.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Cameron Shorter
>> Technology Demystifier
>> Open Technologies and Geospatial Consultant
>>
>> M +61 (0) 419 142 254
>>
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