Re: GDP volunteering

[Don Scorgie <DonScorgie Blueyonder co uk>]

Hi Pete

Glad to see you want to help out.  The best bet for helping out would be
to grab one of the help documents and update it ;)  A lot of the docs
are a bit out of date just now, so there is plenty to do.

A list of what people are working on currently can be found at:
http://live.gnome.org/DocumentationProject/Team
(Not sure how up-to-date it is though).  Once you got something you want
to work on, add your name to the page (and probably best contact the
maintainers of the module, let them know you want to help out with the
docs).

If you've any questions (or if you just want to chat), you can normally
find someone in #docs on irc.gimp.org.  If not, you can always ask on
this mailing list.

Also, it's probably best to have an up-to-date version of GNOME running
(2.14 is the latest stable).  If you're comfortable compiling yourself,
you can get the latest CVS version using jhbuild:
http://live.gnome.org/Jhbuild
http://live.gnome.org/JhbuildOnUbuntu
Otherwise, 2.14 should be okay to work from.

For various other bits of info, check out:
http://live.gnome.org/DocumentationProject/Join
which has a few links worth checking out.

Thanks
Don

On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 10:25 -0700, Pete Smith wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I am interested for volunteering on the Gnome
> Documentation Project.  I am starting out in the tech
> writing field and am quite familiar with business
> writing and proofreading.  On a volunteer basis I have
> written material for a variety of games and am looking
> to expand my portfolio.
> 
> At present I don't know a lot about GNOME and would
> like some pointers as to how to get involved.  It
> would also be easy for me to jump in and start off
> with some proofreading for existing or recently
> submitted documentation.
> 
> I look forward to hearing back from you about ways I
> might contribute!
> 
> Regards,
> Pete Smith
> 
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