<html aria-label="message body"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">I’m definitely interested, although I’m not sure how much time I could devote to it. (That’s why there’s lots of us!) <br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Dec 2, 2025, at 2:10 AM, mick <mick@flossmanuals.net> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid17" class="ace-line"><span class="author-a-ez88zz82zz73zkz70zz74zz74zm4ftuz82zz122zz89z">Hi
everyone, </span></div>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid846" class="ace-line"><span class="author-a-ez88zz82zz73zkz70zz74zz74zm4ftuz82zz122zz89z">I
hope you are all well. I have had a little more time on my hands
recently and have been</span><span class="author-a-z84zz87zz83zq99oz74zfz78zz66ztk2a5"> reaching
out to a few people to help</span><span class="author-a-ez88zz82zz73zkz70zz74zz74zm4ftuz82zz122zz89z">
hatch a plan to reboot FLOSS Manuals. So I wanted to share a
little here in advance to invite participation. </span></div>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid549" class="ace-line"><span class="author-a-ez88zz82zz73zkz70zz74zz74zm4ftuz82zz122zz89z">At
this stage I just want to keep it really short but I'll try to
write some more expansive blog posts later. So here's a really
quick to do list. </span></div>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid1461" class="ace-line"><span class="author-a-ez88zz82zz73zkz70zz74zz74zm4ftuz82zz122zz89z">1)
Audit existing online FM content, and make </span><span class="author-a-z84zz87zz83zq99oz74zfz78zz66ztk2a5">their</span><span class="author-a-ez88zz82zz73zkz70zz74zz74zm4ftuz82zz122zz89z">
status clear, archive, current,</span><span class="author-a-z84zz87zz83zq99oz74zfz78zz66ztk2a5"> updates
needed.</span><span class="author-a-ez88zz82zz73zkz70zz74zz74zm4ftuz82zz122zz89z"> </span></div>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid590" class="ace-line"><span class="author-a-ez88zz82zz73zkz70zz74zz74zm4ftuz82zz122zz89z">2)
Create a minimal network structure and set of protocols to
invite participation. Draft of protocols here </span><span class="author-a-z84zz87zz83zq99oz74zfz78zz66ztk2a5">(please do
comment or add elements)</span><span class="author-a-ez88zz82zz73zkz70zz74zz74zm4ftuz82zz122zz89z">-
</span><span class="author-a-ez88zz82zz73zkz70zz74zz74zm4ftuz82zz122zz89z url"><a href="https://pad.riseup.net/p/floss_manuals_protocols-keep" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://pad.riseup.net/p/floss_manuals_protocols-keep</a></span></div>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid27" class="ace-line"><span class="author-a-ez88zz82zz73zkz70zz74zz74zm4ftuz82zz122zz89z">3)
Document a small menu of way of rebooting or creating new FM
manuals: e.g. hugo, MKdocs, wordpress. Either hosted by FLOSS
Manuals but allowing other groups to adopt </span></div>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid772" class="ace-line"><span class="author-a-ez88zz82zz73zkz70zz74zz74zm4ftuz82zz122zz89z">4)
Create a minimal community presence detailing a way to get
involved,</span><span class="author-a-z84zz87zz83zq99oz74zfz78zz66ztk2a5"> how to get
help,</span><span class="author-a-ez88zz82zz73zkz70zz74zz74zm4ftuz82zz122zz89z">
inviting blog posts, and </span><span class="author-a-z84zz87zz83zq99oz74zfz78zz66ztk2a5">the dates of
on-line FLOSS Manuals community calls (every 6 months?)</span><span class="author-a-ez88zz82zz73zkz70zz74zz74zm4ftuz82zz122zz89z">. </span></div>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid1433" class="ace-line"><span class="author-a-z84zz87zz83zq99oz74zfz78zz66ztk2a5">In terms of
a timeline we are looking at a reboot date of 1st of June 2026.
That's 20 years since the first archive of flossmanuals.net - </span><span class="author-a-z84zz87zz83zq99oz74zfz78zz66ztk2a5 url"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060701000000*/flossmanuals.net" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://web.archive.org/web/20060701000000*/flossmanuals.net</a></span><span class="author-a-z84zz87zz83zq99oz74zfz78zz66ztk2a5"> </span></div>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid886" class="ace-line"><span class="author-a-z84zz87zz83zq99oz74zfz78zz66ztk2a5">I am
imagining this process to be quite a minimal one not involving a
lot of changes, and therefore time and effort and in particular
administration. However if you would like to be involved,
especially in the audit of existing manuals, input on network /
community protocols or documenting a process of reviving or
creating new manuals please do get in touch with me and I'll add
you to a FM-reboot working email list. <br>
Or you can follow our progress here -
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://gitlab.com/flossmanuals/fm_en_splash/">https://gitlab.com/flossmanuals/fm_en_splash/</a><br>
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<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid542" class="ace-line"><span class="author-a-z84zz87zz83zq99oz74zfz78zz66ztk2a5">Many Thanks</span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid887" class="ace-line"><span class="author-a-z84zz87zz83zq99oz74zfz78zz66ztk2a5">Mick Fuzz</span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid929" class="ace-line"><span class="author-a-z84zz87zz83zq99oz74zfz78zz66ztk2a5">Caretaker of
flossmanuals.net</span></div><p><br>
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