On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 6:17 PM, Keith N. McKenna <keith.mcke...@comcast.net> wrote: > RGB ES wrote: >> >> 2013/3/7 Keith N. McKenna <keith.mcke...@comcast.net> >> >>> Evening All; >>> >>> With the recent call for volunteers starting to attract new people it is >>> time that we start keeping closer tabs on what has been done on the User >>> Guides. >>> >>> Ricardo put together a page a while back to help with this (thank you >>> Ricardo) and think it is time we start making better use of it. I have >>> added most of what I have done so far to it and I see a few others have >>> also. If others can also fill in what the have done we will be further >>> along on understanding where we are and what needs to be done. >>> >>> If this is not done, I see no other alternative then to have to redo work >>> that ma have already been done, thus slowing down the overall effort. >>> >>> I thank you for taking the time to update the page with your work. The >>> page can be found here: http://wiki.openoffice.org/** >>> >>> wiki/Documentation/UserGuide/**Status<http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide/Status> >>> >>> >> Hi, Keith, >> >> Thanks to you and to all the others for the proof reading! >> >> To make it more accessible I just added a small link to the status page on >> the index page. >> >> Regards >> Ricardo >> >> >> >>> Regards >>> Keith >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------**------------------------------**--------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: >>> doc-unsubscribe@openoffice.**apache.org<doc-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org> >>> For additional commands, e-mail: doc-h...@openoffice.apache.org >>> >>> >> > Hi Ricardo; > > I appreciate the link and hopefully it will prompt people to start using it > more. I have been wracking my brains trying to think of ways to get more > people interested. We seem to have had a flurry after the initial > announcement, but except for a few entries in the status document I see > nothing except your excellent work. We need to figure out some way to > attract people with the skill and knowledge to start on the other > applications. >
I think we need more "hand holding" and guidance for new volunteers. Just pointing them to wiki is not enough. With QA new volunteers I gave them specific assignments at first, e.g., review these 10 bug reports. I know it sounds odd to "assign" tasks to volunteers, but until they find their way around and self-assign tasks, this is a good way for them to get started. In return, with QA, I promised to review their early work and give them feedback. So I wonder if we can come up with set of specific tasks, of various sizes, from 1 to 8 hours, and specifically asked new volunteers to pick from that list? It might work better. -Rob > Regards > Keith > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: doc-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: doc-h...@openoffice.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: doc-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: doc-h...@openoffice.apache.org
