On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 10:04 PM, April Joyy <joyyap...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi Apache team! I was updating my version of OpenOffice for work when I read > that you could use some volunteers. Since OpenOffice is the reason I have my > current job, I'd love to contribute. My employers approached me twice asking > for my services as a writer/editor for hire, but I had just started this > writing (and so much more) business and had not yet established an office > program to use. It wasn't until my employers third attempt to hire me that I > found out the UK company I upload rental villas in the Caribbeans for uses > OpenOffice. Before responding to the interview, I quickly downloaded > OpenOffice and began employment with them (Iavra.com) the following day. >
Hello April, Thanks for writing and thanks for offering to help with the Apache OpenOffice project. From your description it sounds like you have skills in a number of areas. You can read more about the various areas of the project on our "Get Involved" page: http://openoffice.apache.org/get-involved.html And there is more background on these primary areas, as well as introductory material on the project as a whole here: http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/index.html We do our work on several mailing lists, one for each project function. You can see a list of our mailing lists here: http://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html It sounds like you have some experience with Google Maps? One interesting idea would be to produce a map showing the location of all of our project volunteers. Is that possible? The "raw" data is here: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Directory+of+Volunteers You might want to consider the documentation team and/or the marketing team as well. Let me know if you have any questions on how to get started with the above. I especially recommend the New Volunteer Orientation modules linked above, which will give you some very useful background information. Regards, -Rob > My online writing and editing career is only a year fresh, but I move and > learn fast with an emphasis on top quality work. I currently work online from > home with Iavra.com; a private rental villa agency and website whereas my > main functions are uploading pictures, describing villa styles, marking > nearby geographic amenities (airports, golf, etc.) using Google maps, > stylizing the main description to have an appropriate appearance for brochure > printout by the company, and using OpenOffice spreadsheets for documentation. > I also have written a majority of descriptions for the website > miamiwholesalesunglasses.com, as well as transcribing audio files to script > for private vendors. Through an online working community called Odesk.com, I > have been a ghostwriter of five children's books incorporated with the > publishing company "Baby Carrots", I've done some marketing work and I do > hobby writing of movie scripts, plays and working on a novel at the moment. > Whew! > Even with all this listed, I feel there is so much more I can do and there > is definitely so much more I want to learn - especially C++. But, I am > offering any aspect of my services that would be helpful to your great team! > > As an employee or volunteer I am available on a daily basis with regular > communication via Yahoo messenger (joyyapril), email (joyyap...@yahoo.com) > and/or my home phone (570-786-9052). I tend to love the jobs that everyone > else finds boring...In fact, the more boring the material seems to be, the > more I'll enjoy doing the work! It's nerdy, I know. That's not to say I can't > have fun... I'll give any work 100% of my time, attention and skills. > > Sincerely, > > April J. Estrada
