Intro

[Lana Brindley]

Hi everyone,

Just a quick email to say hi and introduce myself.

My name is Lana, and I've been a Red Hat writer for a while. I work from 
my home in Canberra, Australia. I have business, marketing, and 
information systems degrees, and in the next few months I'll also have 
my technical communication degree. I'm involved in several women in tech 
advocacy groups (including LinuxChix and Girl Geek Dinners), and I also 
do a fair bit of speaking about open source technical writing, in case 
that can be of use to anyone.

I'm joining the list mostly because I want to keep a closer eye on 
what's happening with community docs, and hopefully make some useful 
contributions where possible. I recently attended the Open Help 
conference, and would like to share some of the insights I gained from 
that event, as I think it could help benefit the community.

My main areas of interest revolve around standards, processes, and 
improving the overall standard of technical documentation to encourage 
and retain users and contributors.

You can find out more about me (and read some stuff I've written) on my 
website: lanabrindley.com

Thanks,
Lana

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Lana Brindley
Content Author
Engineering Content Services
+61 7 3514 8178 - ext (85) 88178
RHEL5 RHCT: 605008757717273
RHEL5 RHCSA: 100-043-694

"See first that the design is wise and just: that ascertained, pursue it 
resolutely; do not for one repulse forego the purpose that you resolved 
to effect."
William Shakespeare, on why planning is important.