Hi all, Please see below my initial conversation with Cameron regarding a plan to start working on the OSGeo Live QuickStarts for my Season of Docs project.
Basically, this month I want to: - collate the list of QuickStarts - prioritize them to work out which ones to work on first - establish points of contact - establish preferred comms method and frequency to keep people updated with my progress. Thanks Felicity On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 9:16 PM Cameron Shorter <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Felicy, > > Sounds like a good plan, more inline. > > I suggest we move this email thread to the public > [email protected] email list. (Feel free to include my comments > publicly). > On 12/8/19 11:02 am, Felicity Brand wrote: > > Hi Cameron, > > Here's my immediate plan: > > 1. Look at OSGeo-Live Packages spreadsheet to see which packages have > changed between releases. > > It will also be worth checking the currency of each of the quickstarts. I > expect that at least half haven't been updated for 2+ years, and will > likely be out of date. > > > 2. Ask the OSGeo Live mailing list if they have suggestions for specific > Quickstarts to start with. I will draft this email and send to Cameron for > review first. > > We should also prioritise based on how big the project is (more widely > used = more impact). > > We can get an indication of use from: > https://live.osgeo.org/en/metrics.html > > Also, how much help you get from a volunteer from each project. We have a > list of points of contact which I can share with you. Me, Astrid and > possibly Angelos can help introduce you to people too. > > We want to ensure that your work is sustained long term, and that happens > by getting engagement from each project, who will pick up from where you > leave. > > 3. 13 August release OSGeoLive - I need to install this on my VM after > release. > > Yes, make sure you get the latest release. I think the last release > candidate will become the final release. > > > By September I should know which ones to start with, and have a plan of > attack. > By mid-September I should know roughly how long it's taking me to do each > one - so I can extrapolate timings. > > Sounds good. > > > The FOSS4G conference sounds like a great opportunity to possibly get some > help. Let's talk about how we can handle that. > > Yes, we should discuss this on the email list. > > > *Comms* > - Besides yourself, is there anyone else I should be keeping in the loop? > > Talk on the OSGeo-Live email list, and there is a weekly IRC chat (at > 6:00am Wednesdays for us). We might move to a different timeslot. > > We should reach out to the point of contact for each project. Astrid has > been reaching out to points of contact of late, and should be able to help > quite a bit here. > > Also likely to help with the technical side of docs and translation are > Nicolas Roelandt and Vicky Vergara. > > - Do you want fortnightly updates of progress? What sort of frequency? > > I think weekly updates to our osgeolive list would be handy. Keep them > very light. A sentence of two should suffice. A large part will be to help > inspire others to get involved based on what your are doing. It will be > better for you to do less and get engagement, than do more, and then for > docs to be unmaintained in the future. > > > - What method? Be good if I could have a public project plan and you could > just look at that to see my progress - how could I do that? Hmm, how about > a Trello board? That might work... How do you feel about Trello? I've made > a board for myself but if you are not a fan I can always report progress to > you in some other way. https://trello.com/b/nLd70AJX > > We haven't used Trello with OSGeoLive yet, but I think it would be good. > Lets float on the OSGeoLive email list and hear what others have to say. > > > > On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 9:32 AM Cameron Shorter <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi Felicity, >> >> As you are now an official SeasonOfDocs writer, and in the "getting to >> know the community" period, I thought it might be a good idea to plan >> out how you might want to progress. >> >> In particular, I want to know how I can help you best, likely by >> reaching out to people in the community and nudging them to work with you. >> >> Of note: >> >> * OSGeoLive release is due 13 August, (so we likely won't get much >> engagement from them till later in the week at the earliest) >> >> * But the international FOSS4G conference (free and open source software >> for geospatial) starts on 27 August in Europe, and we can potentially >> have someone announce your work and attract volunteers to work with you. >> So we should discuss that. >> >> * Feel free to reach out to me when you are free next. You can try >> slack, but I'm not very good at noticing. I do notice my SMS. >> >> >> -- >> Cameron Shorter >> Technology Demystifier >> Open Technologies and Geospatial Consultant >> >> M +61 (0) 419 142 254 >> >> -- > Cameron Shorter > Technology Demystifier > Open Technologies and Geospatial Consultant > > M +61 (0) 419 142 254 > >
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