Self-introduction: Simon Clark

[Simon Clark]

Hello.  My name is Simon Clark (user sclark on Freenode and FAS) and I
would like to join the documentation project.

My answers to the standard questions on the wiki are as follows:

- What other projects or writing have you worked on in the past?

This is the first time I have worked on a documentation project of this
size, although I have written smaller scale documentation before in
Dockbook and Latex.  I have not used Git before but have worked with SVN.
This will also be my first experience of using Publican.

- What level and type of computer skills do you have?

I have been a desktop Linux user since the 1990s.  I have also been a
sysadmin on Linux/Unix servers, and some other OS, for small companies and
for departments in larger organisations.

- What other skills do you have that might be applicable? User interface
design, other so-called soft skills (people skills), programming, etc.

A lot of work in my day job has focused on requirements management for
large information systems, which has given me plenty of experience in
discussing technical subjects with non-technical users.  I can write code
but I don't get much practice and so it takes me a long time to achieve
what I want.

- What makes you an excellent match for the project?

We will have to find out how good a match I am, but I start as a willing
volunteer with a few hours a week to offer and an interest in learning to
help with the documentation.

- GPG KEYID and fingerprint:

pub   2048R/7541F31D 2013-12-31
      Key fingerprint = ADC9 D703 11F7 8CAA 88BB  BC55 EF2F D1F7 7541 F31D
uid  Simon Richard Clark <simon.richard.clark at gmail.com>
sub   2048R/E92429CC 2013-12-31

As a newcomer to this type of project, I would like to  start with
something reasonably straightforward.  I have read some of the recent
meeting minutes and mailing list archives and followed some of the
conversations on #fedora-docs.  It seems to me that reviewing guides for
the Unversioned Docdirs change and taking on some smaller items from BZ
might be a good place to start.  Does that sound OK?

Simon
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