[FM Discuss] FM meeting end of Sept/early October?

[Tomi Toivio]

Hi,

I filled the Doodle form a couple of days ago. I however need to go to
Africa ASAP and still don't have a schedule, but I think that it almost
certainly has to be before the proposed dates for the Berlin meeting.

Let me just write down a couple of points for the meeting I think are the
most important that come into my mind:

First of all I think that a smaller language community like Finnish would
have a very hard time getting even started without having available the
support of the larger international network. For an example there would be a
need to translate a few manuals in order to get a proper site running and
only then it would be time to think about more advanced things like
booksprints. Which is why I hope that there are not any too radical changes.

Second thing is that for the Finnish FM the most important thing is to have
more booksprints and also to move them into the direction of extreme
booksprints, although in many cases the less intensive version might still
be very useful here. I also think that many Finnish developers might want to
do a booksprint in English, which means we should probably write it on
Finnish FM and publish it on English FM.

(I was just thinking about which job/hobby would be similar to facilitating
intensive booksprints and came up with the role of a RPG GM. Both can be
seen as forms of collaborative storytelling, so they are actually
surprisingly similar. Though I think that GM would typically be a lot
"bossier" role.)

Also there were some other points I've been thinking about, such as:

- How to make it easier for readers to actually start editing?
- Anybody ever try to do a spontaneous editing sprint without any theme,
just updating, proofreading and editing at random?
- What would be a good way to use social media since Diaspora is not ready?
- Collaboration with other wiki-like documentation projects and FLOSS / open
content in education projects in general...
- What to do if somebody wants to use the FM Booki for something else than
FLOSS documentation?
- How to prioritize translations since it seems hard to predict which
manuals are actually needed?
- There would be a need for some kind of  a system to indicate the status of
a manual on the front page of FM, at least if it is badly in need of an
update?
- There would be a need for some centralized graphic design such as SVG
logos, link banners for other FLOSS sites to add and stuff like that?
- There seems to be a need for a new version of a FLOSS Manual about FLOSS
Manuals?
- What to do if somebody wants to use a strict style guide since Read Me
First! hasn't been translated into Finnish?
- Generally increasing the amount of collaboration between Finnish and
international FM...
- Some technical issues that will actually be almost certainly solved before
the meeting...
- etc. etc. etc.

Regards
Tomi

2011/8/11 Janet Swisher <jmswisher at gmail.com>

> With 8 respondents so far, here are the dates with the most positive
> responses:
>
> * 8 yeses: Oct 3, 4, 5
> * 6 yeses, 1 if-needed: Oct 1, 2
> * 6 yeses: Sept 29
> * 5 yeses, 2 if-needed: Sept 30
> * 5 yeses: Sept 27, 28
>
> If we need 3 days, then they should be Oct 3-5. If we need 5 days,
> they should be Oct 1-5.
>
> On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 11:30 PM,  <mokurai at earthtreasury.org> wrote:
> > On Tue, August 9, 2011 11:31 am, Janet Swisher wrote:
> >> Does anybody else think you can make it to Berlin for the meeting?
> >> Keep in mind, we're applying for funding, so your primary commitment
> >> is time.
> >
> > I would be delighted to attend for the whole time, if I can get funded
> for
> > travel. I'll go fill in the form.
> >
> >> If so, please share the dates when you could attend:
> >> http://doodle.com/uc4cwpbpsbvbx2tu
> >>
> >> --Janet
> >>
> >> On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 6:11 AM, adam <adam at flossmanuals.net> wrote:
> >>> filled it out too
> >>>
> >>> On 08/09/2011 12:08 PM, mick fuzz wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 6:57 AM, adam<adam at flossmanuals.net>  wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> it costs 30 euro per person, no matter how many
> >>>>>
> >>>>> it has a big kitchen - good for cooking together and a small 'castle'
> >>>>> next
> >>>>> door...
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> sounds great ! I've filled in the doodle form.
> >>>>
> >>>>  http://www.doodle.com/uc4cwpbpsbvbx2tu
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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