[open-data-manual] Kickstart teleconf (was Re: Eliciting further contributions - any suggestions?)

Thu Jul 7 09:26:48 UTC 2011

I think the idea of a kickstart is an excellent one. Add yourself to this
poll (http://www.doodle.com/vskz4zrx277c39an) if you would like to be part
of a teleconference this weekend to introduce everyone to each other.

As well as introductions, I think that it would be really useful to get a
sense of what would be easiest for contributions to come in.

My thinking at the moment is actually to revive a Google Docs folder that
has been dormant for several months[0]. That way, anyone who would like to
add a section could either just start editing away or create their own
document and add it to the folder. That said, there are about 5 plausible
options that I think would be worthwhile discussing in a teleconference.

Tim McNamara

[0]
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B4n3JiuouxLUMjIyODEyYWEtYjE1Yi00ZjYyLTkzODEtOWE1M2NhMWQ1YzQ1&hl=en

On 27 June 2011 22:16, Julian Tait <julian at futureeverything.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I think it would be good to talk about this at the OKCON - for those of us
> who are going to be there - as I find the process of contributing difficult.
> Many of the platforms that have been suggested for submission are alien to
> me. I do believe there is a cultural issue with all of this and I do want to
> contribute. I did a bit of work on the Wordpress version, but it seemed that
> it was made redundant as soon as it started.
>
> Julian
>
> On 27 Jun 2011, at 10:45, Antti Poikola wrote:
>
>  Personally I don't believe that technology is the issue. How about some
> sort of kick-start (re-start) as part of the coming Open Knowledge
> Conference in Berlin?
>
> -Jogi
>
> On 27.6.2011 12:39, Tim McNamara wrote:
>
> Hi all, I'm a little concerned that we haven't been able to muster any
> contributions after starting this group.
>
> Sara F had a suggestion a few weeks ago that GitHub might be a better place
> to store the content. I have also been considering http://booki.cc, which
> powers the very successful FLOSS manuals.
>
> Is the technology the issue? Is there anything I can do to make things
> easier or more interesting?
>
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