I think the internal help files are especially vital and enormously contribute to the overall quality of a programme.
On 10 June 2014 07:22, Stephenie Barrett <[email protected]> wrote: > On 6/8/2014 1:56 PM, Alexandro Colorado wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Maybe we need a better design and structure the community. Some roles >> that people can own and know what to do. This is very counter-apache >> way but I think is also the reason why these efforts don't pick up >> since the roles are not that defined, mentoring is hard and also steps >> are not as apparent. >> >> as a past contributor of ODFAuthors, I remember there was some energy >> put on the Structure and process and roadmap of the documentation team >> so we can prioritize the work and communicate the current status of >> the guides. >> >> Just right now I was about to email about what documentation has to do >> with the design process of the documentation. >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) >> >> iQGcBAEBAgAGBQJTlL/TAAoJEB23nRx/TCYU81gL/A9XrsrxY53xlXObekDLU0Mu >> Ed6EXXTJAQxo0k/KOpjTP3k4B/feFtphtONiAcSDKNrqTd6kzDaEg9rvgeuqdM90 >> 04BM4NZB2hgMGRl+fjBBgiMNIhl3UyGi4pwPhOTfwjgNNDPo/WTYMWMbXrhOGv6c >> fwJBaSFbLlWTVUzsGkdBIZINwmoUs0Bd1uBNABZwy9rCavpViCLf6SlIOR8L/N1h >> g1uOAFzjhRxSBAsA9bS4XeTK2gD6cYKCse2ytDG4fqvBUnLzhpbE8IVxAugxsAyu >> FZBQS9we9GIGzglsnXqI7Iu0A+VOmNwueXZwLYwGp4UHvUXnhpON2Dh2hUADDZnq >> i37SAU5FCrL8RpF4vcJd3NIi7Be1gRkeZpCWDmAhB76AIXc708n/MgdAlG/v6H13 >> p53zIOxaXwV+BJXymLlDnxb3aeZ+D3UNyq51sKsCnbVEYR8UYNlznk6aoWPv8Yml >> OySFk/lUZAhcMEVoZLjUwtY7ORUjAAhuQvvRaMWTwg== >> =JqbC >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >> On 6/7/14, Keith N. McKenna <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> It has become painfully obvious over the last 6 months or more that I am >>> not the person to push this effort forward. I am tired of answering >>> queries about how to help and then never having people come back to the >>> list. I will continue to work on the introductory material as I have >>> time, but I no longer have the energy to continue to try and drive it >>> forward. >>> >>> What we need is people with experience in technical writing to drive >>> this and to mentor new comers. I will continue to monitor the list and >>> set up accounts on the mwiki as needed. I think I may take a closer look >>> at trying to learn the process of writing the help files as I am seeing >>> more bugs posted concerning problems with them. >>> >>> Regards >>> Keith >>> >>> >>> >> I am sorry I keep coming in and out of the discussion. I was working on > a project full time the past few months and didn't have time to offer. I am > able to help with the help files and other writing as needed. I am an > experienced technical writer and would like to work on one of the bigger > projects needed. I will touch base early next week to get started. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
