On 6/10/14, Keith N. McKenna <keith.mcke...@comcast.net> wrote: > Regina Henschel wrote: >> Hi Keith, >> >> Keith N. McKenna schrieb: >>> Alexandro Colorado wrote: >> [..] >>>> 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. >>>> >>> We really do not have a documentation team at this point. What we appear >>> to have is a group of individuals doing there own thing on there own >>> schedule. I would venture a guess that there are between 50 - 100 >>> people >>> subscribed to this list, but I can count on one hand the regular >>> posters. I sent out requests months ago for people to proofread pages >>> that I had made major revisions to and nobody replied and certainly >>> nobody looked at the pages. >> >> I belong to those, who do not like to be bound to the strict structures >> of ODFAuthors. But it is worth collecting ideas how to improve >> documentation, find ways to integrate different practices, and give an >> environment that pleases writers. >> >> Kind regards >> Regina > I do not like strict structures either Regina and I believe we have to > continue collecting ideas; however it is very difficult to collect ideas > when when no one is contributing any to the mailing list.
Can we collect a list of such 1-timer volunteers, and do a Call to Action with more solid tasks that they can start doing right away? Maybe reviewing some of the newly created documentation or providing feedback on some of the way the templates and styles are being builted. Opinion might be an easy enough task for them to get started before moving into action. Just a thought. > > I apologize for the tenor of the recent posts. They simply reflect my > overall frustration with close to 2 years, possible more, of going round > in circles on what I still believe is as an important contribution to > the overall success of the project. > > Regards > Keith > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: doc-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: doc-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > -- Alexandro Colorado Apache OpenOffice Contributor 882C 4389 3C27 E8DF 41B9 5C4C 1DB7 9D1C 7F4C 2614 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: doc-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: doc-h...@openoffice.apache.org
