Hi everyone,
Thanks to everyone who has helped with the Fedora docs project. After a slow start, I think we are steadily gaining momentum.
From the Red Hat side, Karsten Wade has really stepped up and
demonstrated leadership potential. So much potential in fact, that I have decided to turn over leadership of the project to him. Most projects change leadership once a year or more, and I think this is a great idea for our project as well. In the future, the project leader will change on a yearly basis, if not sooner.
I will take more of a technical perspective, offering editing assistance and programming skills should any of our custom DocBook scripts and stylesheets need updating or modifications.
In the next few weeks, Karsten will put together a steering committee for the Fedora docs. The committee will meet on a regular basis to discuss tasks that need to be done to move the project forward. Expect to hear more about it from him shortly.
Regards, Tammy
On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 22:19, Tammy Fox wrote:
Hi everyone,
Thanks to everyone who has helped with the Fedora docs project. After a slow start, I think we are steadily gaining momentum.
From the Red Hat side, Karsten Wade has really stepped up and
Well done Karsten!!!
Fix the PDFs!!! ;-)
Ha, no seriously. Well done.
demonstrated leadership potential. So much potential in fact, that I have decided to turn over leadership of the project to him. Most projects change leadership once a year or more, and I think this is a great idea for our project as well. In the future, the project leader will change on a yearly basis, if not sooner.
I will take more of a technical perspective, offering editing assistance and programming skills should any of our custom DocBook scripts and stylesheets need updating or modifications.
In the next few weeks, Karsten will put together a steering committee for the Fedora docs. The committee will meet on a regular basis to discuss tasks that need to be done to move the project forward. Expect to hear more about it from him shortly.
Regards, Tammy
On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 22:39 +0100, Gavin Henry wrote:
On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 22:19, Tammy Fox wrote:
Hi everyone,
Thanks to everyone who has helped with the Fedora docs project. After a slow start, I think we are steadily gaining momentum.
From the Red Hat side, Karsten Wade has really stepped up and
Well done Karsten!!!
Fix the PDFs!!! ;-)
Was that the sound of you volunteering to help?
Cool. ;-)
- Karsten
<quote who="Karsten Wade">
On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 22:39 +0100, Gavin Henry wrote:
On Tuesday 29 Mar 2005 22:19, Tammy Fox wrote:
Hi everyone,
Thanks to everyone who has helped with the Fedora docs project. After
a
slow start, I think we are steadily gaining momentum.
From the Red Hat side, Karsten Wade has really stepped up and
Well done Karsten!!!
Fix the PDFs!!! ;-)
Was that the sound of you volunteering to help?
Cool. ;-)
I thought I already did, didn't I? ;-)
- Karsten
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On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 16:19 -0500, Tammy Fox wrote:
Thanks to everyone who has helped with the Fedora docs project. After a slow start, I think we are steadily gaining momentum.
From the Red Hat side, Karsten Wade has really stepped up and
demonstrated leadership potential. So much potential in fact, that I have decided to turn over leadership of the project to him. Most projects change leadership once a year or more, and I think this is a great idea for our project as well. In the future, the project leader will change on a yearly basis, if not sooner.
Congrats, Karsten, and I hope to keep working with you as an editor. I am a little worried about considering an annual change, but that may simply be because of our slow start. In our office, when project leadership changes that often on a project that runs at a cooler temperature, it usually signifies decreased viability. If things heat up here over the next year, though, this concern is probably moot.
I will take more of a technical perspective, offering editing assistance and programming skills should any of our custom DocBook scripts and stylesheets need updating or modifications.
And let's not forget, although it is not related directly to the FDP, the outstanding work you've been doing on the Red Hat Magazine. If any of the list members haven't checked it out, you should.
In the next few weeks, Karsten will put together a steering committee for the Fedora docs. The committee will meet on a regular basis to discuss tasks that need to be done to move the project forward. Expect to hear more about it from him shortly.
Thanks for all you've done, Tammy, and for your continued assistance.
On Wed, 2005-03-30 at 09:08 -0500, Paul W. Frields wrote:
On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 16:19 -0500, Tammy Fox wrote:
Thanks to everyone who has helped with the Fedora docs project. After a slow start, I think we are steadily gaining momentum.
From the Red Hat side, Karsten Wade has really stepped up and
demonstrated leadership potential. So much potential in fact, that I have decided to turn over leadership of the project to him. Most projects change leadership once a year or more, and I think this is a great idea for our project as well. In the future, the project leader will change on a yearly basis, if not sooner.
Congrats, Karsten, and I hope to keep working with you as an editor. I am a little worried about considering an annual change, but that may simply be because of our slow start. In our office, when project leadership changes that often on a project that runs at a cooler temperature, it usually signifies decreased viability. If things heat up here over the next year, though, this concern is probably moot.
I think changing leaders once a year will keep the project running at a good pace. The trick is that the leader must understand that his/her primary goal is forward progress--helping writers find editors, helping topics find writers, and having the final word on decisions in debate. Since the steering committee members won't change out every year, they can offer the consistent leadership I think you are looking for.
I will take more of a technical perspective, offering editing assistance and programming skills should any of our custom DocBook scripts and stylesheets need updating or modifications.
And let's not forget, although it is not related directly to the FDP, the outstanding work you've been doing on the Red Hat Magazine. If any of the list members haven't checked it out, you should.
Thanks for noticing. ;-)
In the next few weeks, Karsten will put together a steering committee for the Fedora docs. The committee will meet on a regular basis to discuss tasks that need to be done to move the project forward. Expect to hear more about it from him shortly.
Thanks for all you've done, Tammy, and for your continued assistance.
-- Paul W. Frields, RHCE
Thanks Paul. Your kind words are appreciated.
Tammy
<quote who="Tammy Fox">
On Wed, 2005-03-30 at 09:08 -0500, Paul W. Frields wrote:
On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 16:19 -0500, Tammy Fox wrote:
Thanks to everyone who has helped with the Fedora docs project. After
a
slow start, I think we are steadily gaining momentum.
From the Red Hat side, Karsten Wade has really stepped up and
demonstrated leadership potential. So much potential in fact, that I have decided to turn over leadership of the project to him. Most projects change leadership once a year or more, and I think this is a great idea for our project as well. In the future, the project leader will change on a yearly basis, if not sooner.
Congrats, Karsten, and I hope to keep working with you as an editor. I am a little worried about considering an annual change, but that may simply be because of our slow start. In our office, when project leadership changes that often on a project that runs at a cooler temperature, it usually signifies decreased viability. If things heat up here over the next year, though, this concern is probably moot.
I think changing leaders once a year will keep the project running at a good pace. The trick is that the leader must understand that his/her primary goal is forward progress--helping writers find editors, helping topics find writers, and having the final word on decisions in debate. Since the steering committee members won't change out every year, they can offer the consistent leadership I think you are looking for.
I will take more of a technical perspective, offering editing
assistance
and programming skills should any of our custom DocBook scripts and stylesheets need updating or modifications.
And let's not forget, although it is not related directly to the FDP, the outstanding work you've been doing on the Red Hat Magazine. If any of the list members haven't checked it out, you should.
Thanks for noticing. ;-)
In the next few weeks, Karsten will put together a steering committee for the Fedora docs. The committee will meet on a regular basis to discuss tasks that need to be done to move the project forward. Expect to hear more about it from him shortly.
Thanks for all you've done, Tammy, and for your continued assistance.
-- Paul W. Frields, RHCE
Thanks Paul. Your kind words are appreciated.
Sorry Tammy,
I forgot to say well done in my original reply. You helped me out a lot when I first started doing DocBook stuff and when I submit my patches to the Documentation guide. I really appreciate your work and will be following the Red Hat Magazine.
Will you still be the Editor of that?
Gavin.
On Wed, 2005-03-30 at 17:24 +0100, Gavin Henry wrote:
<quote who="Tammy Fox"> > On Wed, 2005-03-30 at 09:08 -0500, Paul W. Frields wrote: >> On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 16:19 -0500, Tammy Fox wrote: >> > Thanks to everyone who has helped with the Fedora docs project. After >> a >> > slow start, I think we are steadily gaining momentum. >> > >> > >From the Red Hat side, Karsten Wade has really stepped up and >> > demonstrated leadership potential. So much potential in fact, that I >> > have decided to turn over leadership of the project to him. Most >> > projects change leadership once a year or more, and I think this is a >> > great idea for our project as well. In the future, the project leader >> > will change on a yearly basis, if not sooner. >> >> Congrats, Karsten, and I hope to keep working with you as an editor. I >> am a little worried about considering an annual change, but that may >> simply be because of our slow start. In our office, when project >> leadership changes that often on a project that runs at a cooler >> temperature, it usually signifies decreased viability. If things heat up >> here over the next year, though, this concern is probably moot. >> > > I think changing leaders once a year will keep the project running at a > good pace. The trick is that the leader must understand that his/her > primary goal is forward progress--helping writers find editors, helping > topics find writers, and having the final word on decisions in debate. > Since the steering committee members won't change out every year, they > can offer the consistent leadership I think you are looking for. > >> > I will take more of a technical perspective, offering editing >> assistance >> > and programming skills should any of our custom DocBook scripts and >> > stylesheets need updating or modifications. >> >> And let's not forget, although it is not related directly to the FDP, >> the outstanding work you've been doing on the Red Hat Magazine. If any >> of the list members haven't checked it out, you should. >> > > Thanks for noticing. ;-) > >> > In the next few weeks, Karsten will put together a steering committee >> > for the Fedora docs. The committee will meet on a regular basis to >> > discuss tasks that need to be done to move the project forward. Expect >> > to hear more about it from him shortly. >> >> Thanks for all you've done, Tammy, and for your continued assistance. >> >> -- >> Paul W. Frields, RHCE > > Thanks Paul. Your kind words are appreciated.
Sorry Tammy,
I forgot to say well done in my original reply. You helped me out a lot when I first started doing DocBook stuff and when I submit my patches to the Documentation guide. I really appreciate your work and will be following the Red Hat Magazine.
Will you still be the Editor of that?
Gavin.
Gavin,
Thanks for your kind words as well. Yes, I will still be the editor of Red Hat Magazine. It has been quite a challenge to produce 10+ articles a month from writers all over the world, but it has been fun and exciting at the same time.
Everyone will be happy to know that we use DocBook for the magazine since I was able to customize the XSL stylesheets to produce XHTML compliant with the standards for redhat.com.
Regards, Tammy
Heh, I forgot to reply to this. :)
On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 16:19 -0500, Tammy Fox wrote:
Hi everyone,
Thanks to everyone who has helped with the Fedora docs project. After a slow start, I think we are steadily gaining momentum.
Yes, there is a lot of good energy. This is an awesome time to be doing documentation in Fedora and at Red Hat.
From the Red Hat side, Karsten Wade has really stepped up and
demonstrated leadership potential. So much potential in fact, that I have decided to turn over leadership of the project to him. Most projects change leadership once a year or more, and I think this is a great idea for our project as well. In the future, the project leader will change on a yearly basis, if not sooner.
Thanks for the vote of confidence, Tammy. :)
As she said elsewhere, the real strength of the project is in the steering committee. The chair/project leader just keeps that committee on track, and makes or enforces decisions. The chair takes actions with the consensus of the committee. This is inline with the meritocracy philosophy behind the Fedora Project.
Still, someone has to be willing to find the consensus, make decisions amid the storm, and all that. For now, that'll be me. Later, someone else from the steering committee will fill the position, and then maybe I'll be back again. :)
More about this committee is forthcoming, Real Soon Now.
Tammy, thanks again for your steady leadership and foundation that the whole project is built upon. I'm dern glad you are going to be on the committee. ;-)
- Karsten
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