[SeasonOfDocs] Suggested slack message
Cameron Shorter
cameron.shorter at gmail.com
Mon Jun 17 15:11:30 PDT 2019
Yes, looks good Jo, go for it.
On 18/6/19 1:24 am, Jo Cook wrote:
> Yes, very happy to go with Felicity's rewording- but I'll change that
> final line to:
>
> Details (until we find a proper home for this project) at:
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Season_of_Docs_Ideas_2019#Best_practice_templates
>
> Sound OK?
>
> Jo
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 2:29 AM Cameron Shorter
> <cameron.shorter at gmail.com <mailto:cameron.shorter at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> I love your rewording Felicity. I'll leave it to Jo to make the
> final call. Jo was planning to send the message out today, as she
> was out for the weekend.
>
> I agree that we need a name for the "DocTemplates" project, and
> then we can create a landing page as <name>.github.org
> <http://github.org> . We probably want to take a few weeks to
> discuss and find the perfect name.
> In the meantime, I suggest we continue using the OSGeo wiki link
> for this first message. You might have ideas on how we can
> temporarily improve the text at
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Season_of_Docs_Ideas_2019#Best_practice_templates
>
>
> On Mon, 17 Jun 2019 at 11:14, Felicity Brand
> <felicitybrand at gmail.com <mailto:felicitybrand at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Hi Cameron and Jo,
>
> It looks like you haven't posted this in Slack yet, am I right?
>
> I think it looks good. My only query is around the stipend
> statement - I think it's muddying the water here.
> My understanding of the stipend is that writers can choose to
> either opt-in (or out) when they submit their proposal - and
> will get paid upon successful completion of their project work.
>
> This blurb could finish nicely at the word "momentum" and
> follow up with the hyperlink.
>> --------------------------------
>>
>> Are you a tech writer keen to help build a suite of writing
>> templates, technical instructions, and best-practice
>> guidelines for open source projects? By making an open
>> project in its own right we want to get the biggest reach we
>> can.
>> Are you interested? We already have 10+ techies and a few
>> writers volunteering, and are building a good momentum.
>> Details at:
>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Season_of_Docs_Ideas_2019#Best_practice_templates
> -----------------------------
>
> Then I re-wrote it to the below - which may or may not hit the
> mark:
> ---------------------------------
>>
>> Season of Docs is making us think bigger!
>> We want to create an open source Documentation Project to
>> establish a library of broadly applicable templates for the
>> open source community.
>> Are you a tech writer keen to help build a suite of writing
>> templates, technical instructions, and best-practice
>> guidelines for open source projects? We want to hear from you.
>> We already have writers, techies and devs volunteering, so
>> momentum is building. Come and get involved!
>> Details at:
>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Season_of_Docs_Ideas_2019#Best_practice_templates
> ---------------------------------
>
> It also makes me think that we need a hyperlink that isn't
> embedded in the OSGeo ecosystem. So perhaps we create some
> kind of lite landing page first before we spruik - to give
> folks a place to register interest. Yes/No?
>
> Also, if I have understood correctly about what we're trying
> to do...we're gonna need a *name *for the thing.
>
> On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 8:30 PM Cameron Shorter
> <cameron.shorter at gmail.com <mailto:cameron.shorter at gmail.com>>
> wrote:
>
> Yes Jo, that looks good to send out. It will be
> interesting to see if it attracts interest from the writer
> community.
>
> Cheers, Cameron
>
> On 14/6/19 8:11 pm, Jo Cook wrote:
>> Hi Cameron,
>>
>> I'd suggest the following:
>>
>> --------------------------------
>>
>> Are you a tech writer keen to help build a suite of
>> writing templates, technical instructions, and
>> best-practice guidelines for open source projects? By
>> making this an open project in it's own right we want to
>> get the biggest reach we can.
>> Are you interested? We already have 10+ techies and a few
>> writers volunteering, and are building a good momentum,
>> but we haven't heard from someone wanting to commit to
>> the SeasonOfDocs stipend yet. Details at:
>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Season_of_Docs_Ideas_2019#Best_practice_templates
>>
>> Or reach out to me @jo or @cameronshorter.
>>
>> -----------------------------------
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Jo
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 1:18 PM Cameron Shorter
>> <cameron.shorter at gmail.com
>> <mailto:cameron.shorter at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Jo,
>>
>> What do you think of the message below to put on the
>> SeasonOfDocs
>> #discuss slack channel? You could also send to
>> seasonofdocs at lists.osgeo.org
>> <mailto:seasonofdocs at lists.osgeo.org>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Are you a tech writer keen to help build a suite of
>> writing templates
>> and instructions for open source projects? There
>> doesn't seem to be
>> broadly applicable templates, and we suspect they'll
>> need to be built as
>> an open project. Are you interested? We have 10+
>> techies and a few
>> writers volunteering. We haven't heard from someone
>> wanting to commit to
>> the SeasonOfDocs stipend yet. Details at:
>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Season_of_Docs_Ideas_2019#Best_practice_templates
>>
>> Or reach out to me @jo or @cameronshorter.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Cameron Shorter
>> Technology Demystifier
>> Open Technologies and Geospatial Consultant
>>
>> M +61 (0) 419 142 254
>>
>>
>>
>> --
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>> http://about.me/jocook
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