2013/3/19 Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> > 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. >
That's a good idea. The tasks I can think of are two: - Proofreading of still not checked pages - Accuracy / clarity: ask the volunteer to follow the steps described to see if they work or not. Regards Ricardo > > -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 > >
