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.shor...@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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