[FM Discuss] documenting Booktype

[adam]

yo

On 04/27/2012 04:52 PM, Daniel James wrote:
> Hi Adam,
>
>> huh? it is not a board decision at all. board oversees fm it does not
>> run it. please dont assume and advocate things like this daniel when you
>> obviously dont know, it is only confusing to everyone on the list.
>
> If you have a management board, it's standard for that board to make
> strategic decisions. The people who do the work answer to the management
> board, otherwise it might as well not exist. If FM works under some
> other non-standard model, please explain.


sure, there is not a management board. it is a foundation board. it 
oversees activities.

This model is very common in foundation circles.


adam


>
>>> The only reason I can think of for having a HTML version exported is
>>> when you have a very popular manual, and you want a static version on a
>>> different server to take the load off the main Booktype server.
>
>> there are MANY reasons for exporting like this. OLPC using it for
>> putting all the docs on their laptops, civicrm use it for hosting the
>> manuals produced in fm under their domain. there are many many other use
>> cases.
>
> I said the only reason I could think of, not the only reason. I'm
> perfectly willing to accept that other people have better ideas than mine.
>
> Personally, I believe if the HTML fork has no connection to the edit
> interface, it's a missed opportunity to make readers into editors.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Daniel

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