new project leader

[Tammy Fox]

On Wed, 2005-03-30 at 17:24 +0100, Gavin Henry wrote:
> <quote who="Tammy Fox">
> > On Wed, 2005-03-30 at 09:08 -0500, Paul W. Frields wrote:
> >> On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 16:19 -0500, Tammy Fox wrote:
> >> > Thanks to everyone who has helped with the Fedora docs project. After
> >> a
> >> > slow start, I think we are steadily gaining momentum.
> >> >
> >> > >From the Red Hat side, Karsten Wade has really stepped up and
> >> > demonstrated leadership potential. So much potential in fact, that I
> >> > have decided to turn over leadership of the project to him. Most
> >> > projects change leadership once a year or more, and I think this is a
> >> > great idea for our project as well. In the future, the project leader
> >> > will change on a yearly basis, if not sooner.
> >>
> >> Congrats, Karsten, and I hope to keep working with you as an editor. I
> >> am a little worried about considering an annual change, but that may
> >> simply be because of our slow start. In our office, when project
> >> leadership changes that often on a project that runs at a cooler
> >> temperature, it usually signifies decreased viability. If things heat up
> >> here over the next year, though, this concern is probably moot.
> >>
> >
> > I think changing leaders once a year will keep the project running at a
> > good pace. The trick is that the leader must understand that his/her
> > primary goal is forward progress--helping writers find editors, helping
> > topics find writers, and having the final word on decisions in debate.
> > Since the steering committee members won't change out every year, they
> > can offer the consistent leadership I think you are looking for.
> >
> >> > I will take more of a technical perspective, offering editing
> >> assistance
> >> > and programming skills should any of our custom DocBook scripts and
> >> > stylesheets need updating or modifications.
> >>
> >> And let's not forget, although it is not related directly to the FDP,
> >> the outstanding work you've been doing on the Red Hat Magazine. If any
> >> of the list members haven't checked it out, you should.
> >>
> >
> > Thanks for noticing. ;-)
> >
> >> > In the next few weeks, Karsten will put together a steering committee
> >> > for the Fedora docs. The committee will meet on a regular basis to
> >> > discuss tasks that need to be done to move the project forward. Expect
> >> > to hear more about it from him shortly.
> >>
> >> Thanks for all you've done, Tammy, and for your continued assistance.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Paul W. Frields, RHCE
> >
> > Thanks Paul. Your kind words are appreciated.
> 
> Sorry Tammy,
> 
> I forgot to say well done in my original reply. You helped me out a lot
> when I first started doing DocBook stuff and when I submit my patches to
> the Documentation guide. I really appreciate your work and will be
> following the Red Hat Magazine.
> 
> Will you still be the Editor of that?
> 
> Gavin.
> 

Gavin,

Thanks for your kind words as well. Yes, I will still be the editor of
Red Hat Magazine. It has been quite a challenge to produce 10+ articles
a month from writers all over the world, but it has been fun and
exciting at the same time.

Everyone will be happy to know that we use DocBook for the magazine
since I was able to customize the XSL stylesheets to produce XHTML
compliant with the standards for redhat.com.

Regards,
Tammy