[FM Discuss] a crazy moment pondering a manifesto

[Michael McAndrew]

Not being flippant / funny but what is the difference between a manifesto
and a mission statement? they both seem to describe some aim / goal.

it is just word count? or is it that manifesto sounds cooler than mission
statement? or something else that i am not getting?

feel free to ignore if this question is too tangential / academic.

ps. i do like the manifesto.  i think it would be useful to stick up on the
wall at the start of a book sprint - get a shared understanding, frame the
sprint, etc.

michael



On 29 June 2012 13:09, Anne Gentle <annegentle at gmail.com> wrote:

> You know, I do find a manifesto a way to ask and answer, "Are these
> people my people?"
>
> I think this is a great start, and it's thought-provoking too.
>
> James, you did freak us out a little bit with your need for attributed
> authorship on each chapter, so it's not that you should feel guilty,
> but just recognize there was a bit of an oddity to some of your needs
> and requests compared to most who come to FLOSS Manuals. :)
>
> I like the edits and don't really have much to add. It certainly
> displays the shift we're seeing in tech comm overall, where
> collaboration is practically the only way to get enough information,
> complete chunks are highly valuable over volumes, and so on.
>
> Anne
>
> On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 9:51 AM, adam <adam at flossmanuals.net> wrote:
> > as i have said before, i dont think we need mission statements etc
> >
> > we work fine, lets not formulate who we are. its like a good party - if
> you
> > are having fun and things are working then just let it roll...making
> rules
> > for it kills the dynamic and the fun.
> >
> > we know what we are, thats good enough
> >
> >
> > adam
> >
> >
> > On 06/28/2012 04:40 PM, Tomi Toivio wrote:
> >>
> >> 2012/6/27 Andy Oram<andyo at oreilly.com>
> >>
> >>> I'm a bit late to this discussion, but I want to point out that most
> >>> organizations have mission statements, and some also have value
> >>> statements
> >>> that work like the manifesto Adam is talking about.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Yes, and to explain what FM is doing in terms that are commonly
> understood
> >> is actually very difficult, if you think about people who are not into
> >> open
> >> source yet, and who are actually the ones who need the manuals the most.
> >>
> >> You could start by explaining that FM is like a wiki, but actually it is
> >> quite different from a normal wiki. Then you notice that many people
> >> actually don't know how a wiki works.
> >>
> >> Then you can add the confusion about freeware vs. open source. The
> concept
> >> of open source is actually hard to understand unless you know something
> >> about computer programming. So many people just think about freeware.
> >>
> >> I have also noticed that many people tend to get scared of the manuals
> >> since they expect they have to learn something extremely complicated.
> >>
> >> There is a need for something like a video introduction into FM that can
> >> be
> >> easily translated into various languages.
> >>
> >> Regards
> >> Tomi
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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