Minutes FDSCo 11 Oct 2005

[Paul W. Frields]

On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 13:06 +0100, Gavin Henry wrote:
> <quote who="Paul W. Frields">
> > Canonical schedule and tasks:
> >
> > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/FedoraDocsSchedule
> >
> > Summary of Updates and New Tasks:
> > ===============================* Gavin will send emails this week
> > soliciting beat writers and general
> > contributors to the wiki (and possibly CVS)
> 
> Shall I do this in the same format as last time, or do we have any key
> points to put across on how "easy" it will be to help?

The key points I can think of are that the Wiki is actively being used
as the draft pad, so you may want to emphasize how easy it is to get
started using that medium.  Also mention, if you would, #fedora-docs and
#fedora-wiki on IRC.  You might want to give out Stuart's wiki page
since he has information there on hours when he's around.  Most of all,
of course, point people to this list and let them know we are here and
willing to help them get started, gently and patiently.  

My biggest fear is that people don't speak up on this list because they
are worried about the environment being similar to a developers' list --
i.e. not really welcoming to rank newbies -- which is definitely not the
case.  We want to encourage people who want to do "low-impact"
contribution, so they can be useful members of the community.  Anyway,
preaching to the choir, I know. ;-)

> > * New contributors should probably submit a CLA via
> > https://admin.fedora.redhat.com/accounts/ so they understand legal
> > requirements on Fedora work, even for docs.  Docs work should also be
> > free of legal encumbrance.
> 
> I'll also add them to the docs wiki list this week too.

That would be great, thanks!  Does anyone else have anything that could
go in the email without making it too long to inspire enthusiasm?

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Paul W. Frields, RHCE                          http://paul.frields.org/
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