New member

[Petr Bokoc]

Hi Eric! Welcome to Fedora Documentation Project.

Some info for new contributors is available on the wiki: 
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Join_the_Docs_Project.

For info about how we work and what tools we use you can take a look at 
our Documentation Guide 
(http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora_Draft_Documentation/0.1/html/Documentation_Guide/index.html). 
It's a fairly long read, but don't be intimidated - it covers more than 
you need right now. I'd recommend going through chapters 1-3 
(Introduction, Documentation Workflow, and Brief Introduction to 
DocBook), but don't worry about learning everything described there 
immediately.

You should also join us on IRC. Most of us hang out in #fedora-docs on 
FreeNode, and every Monday at 14:00 UTC we have an hour long meeting in 
#fedora-meeting. This meeting is a great way to stay in touch and find 
something to do, so you should definitely come say hi if you can. (The 
meetings aren't mandatory though.)

A few people also hold "office hours" on certain times each week - that 
means someone is guaranteed to be in the channel and ready to answer any 
questions you might have. Office hours are every Thursday 12:00 to 13:00 
US/Mountain time (held by randomuser), and every Sunday 16:00-18:00 UTC 
(lnovich).

If you can't make it to meetings, no problem - just ask in our channel. 
You might not get a reply immediately, but usually someone will see your 
messages and reply or point you to a specific person you should ask. 
Most active people in the channel are randomuser (the docs project 
leader), Sparks, jsmith, zoglesby, lnovich, jhradilek, pkovar, me 
(pbokoc)... and a bunch of others I'm surely forgetting.

You should also talk to randomuser about your FAS group memberships.

Active contributors are mostly from the US and Europe, which might make 
finding people on IRC somewhat more difficult if you're from, say, 
Australia or New Zealand (because timezones). If you can't get a hold of 
anyone, just use this list.

As for what work is there to do, I think that will be better explained 
in real time (on IRC), this mail is already long enough. Come say hi in 
the channel if you can and we'll get you something to work on - probably 
some F21 Alpha Release Notes beats as they're our top priority right now.

Cheers,
Petr

On 08/21/2014 09:20 PM, Eric Griffith wrote:
> Greetings all,
>
> I have used Fedora for a number of years now (a few of you may have
> seen me in the forums, or on Phoronix), but I have decided that I wish
> to finally contribute to the project itself. As I just starting to
> learn Python, C++, and HTML/CSS/JS, but I am starting school for a
> Bachelor's Of English, I thought documentation would be the best way
> to start and get my foot in the door.
>
> I am also requesting permission to join the "docs" group on FAS for my
> user (egriffith), as well as a pointing-in-the-right-direction for
> where to get started contributing.
>
>
> Cheers,
> --Ericg--