Is Docs interested in becoming part of a new "Fedora Outreach Steering Committee"?

[Matthew Miller]

On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 12:21:31AM -0600, Pete Travis wrote:
> As to where Docs will fall, I'm torn.  I think that we most need to
> improve on collaboration with development and QA, with a feedback loop
> from those groups enabling us to be more proactive in producing
> up-to-date content.  I see Docs as providing a service to packagers and
> developers, and a value-add for end users.  Some kids like to build
> their legos according to the instructions! (If I'm off message here,
> someone please check me!)  OTOH, Docs concerns don't quite fit well in
> the planning stages of an Engineering discussion, and I worry that our
> message would get drowned out in that context.

Yeah, makes sense. I don't think it necessarily needs to be an
either-or — the intent certainly isn't to create _bigger_ splits in
the project.

> Of course, we could collaborate with QA & Devel as part of the Outreach
> group too.  Keeping pace with user demand is potentially more important
> than tracking the updates repo, and maybe we can improve more by
> increasing our feedback from users, reaching out to them for input, and
> creating  opportunities for casual participation.  Definitively, we are

This sounds convincing, though. :)

> Anyway, I hope there's enough in my rambling to keep the discussion
> going, and everyone involved is conscious of the potential for siloing
> of Outreach and Engineering efforts.

In the ideal picture, having some teams which are primarily in one area
but have a foot in the other should help bridge the two. 

-- 
Matthew Miller
<mattdm at fedoraproject.org>
Fedora Project Leader