[FM discuss] FM to be at wikimania

[Mr. Snow]

¡hola!

good work on securing the invite and the funding !

yes, floss is ready . like all good projects, its in release, pending  
updates .

also, like julian, hoping *not* to come across as *horribly shallow*  
my desire is to provide a pdf of the logo, url and/or slogan for  
screen printing t-shirts, adhering to bumpers and nailing to doors .  
gratis of course . with some sort of colour guide, obviously *not*  
pantone colours .

there, <2c .





On 02/07/2007, at 9:35 AM, Julian Oliver wrote:

> hola list,
>
> ..on or around Sun, Jul 01, 2007 at 07:24:36PM +0200, adam hyde said:
>>
>> Good news...it seems FM is going to be at Wikipedias Wikimania
>> conference in Taiwan next month!! :)
>
> congratz!
>
>>
>> I made a proposal to do a workshop on writing free documentation  
>> and it
>> was accepted:
>> http://wikimania2007.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proceedings:AH1
>>
>> Of course its quite a long trip and expensive, so I was not sure if I
>> could go unless I could find some funds for the travel. I  
>> discussed the
>> opportunity with Rene Post from Cleanbits (cleanbits.nl) a socially
>> oriented business (it certifies if ISPs are carbon neutral) and he  
>> has
>> offered to pay my ticket!
>>
>> so! its on for Aug 3,4,5...
>>
>> There is also a presentation that I will give about the aims of  
>> FM, the
>> good work everyone has been doing on the manuals, and how it all  
>> works.
>>
>> Having FM present at the conference is a fantastic opportunity.   
>> As well
>> as being extremely informative it offers a chance to get in the  
>> middle
>> of this wikimania and highlight what we are doing and the  
>> importance of
>> filling the free documentation void.
>>
>
> good words..
>
>> The Wikimania event could also be a good time to mark a bigger  
>> push for
>> raising our profile...what do you guys think? Is the FM ready for it?
>> Does FM need to be improved in terms of the site, editing processes,
>> functionality? Is the site sending out the right message?
>>
>
> i think it's ready. looking over the manuals the quality and style is
> good and good overall. i would like to make the time to add another  
> section
> before hand - as a personal ambition - but believe it's ready now
> nonetheless.
>
> my only thought might be whether it'd be wise to come up with an  
> agreed
> FM formatting convention: footnotes, typography and image sizes seem a
> little varied across the manuals. perhaps this isn't a problem, let  
> alone
> something to enforce. personally speaking, i tend to find  
> continuity in
> these areas give me - as a regular reader of technical documentation -
> greater confidence in the material in general.
>
> if one of the objectives of FM is to provide printable  
> documentation for
> purpose of redistribution and/or archiving, perhaps formatting is
> something to pay special attention to.
>
> (worth mentioning that my own hack-and-slash approach to formatting  
> should
> not be taken as an example.. i'm far from good at it and welcome those
> with real experience in this area to give me working advice.)
>
>> It would be good to have this discussion so that if there is  
>> agreement
>> fm should use the conf as a catalyst to raise our profile then I have
>> time to implement changes before wikimania...
>>
>
> regarding the documentation release license, i'm in favour of a GPL
> doc license but as yet undecided (mostly due to not having read it  
> yet)
> about the GPLv3 over the good 'ol battle-tested GPLv2.
>
> when i write the new section for FM i will be publishing some code and
> will place that under a GPLv2 or v3 license. for this reason the
> convenience of my documentation being released under the same  
> license is
> pretty desireable: examples/art/docs in one tarball under one license.
>
> choice,
>
> julian
>
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