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[Patrick Dickey <pdickeybeta@xxxxxxxxx>]

I forgot to mention also, that this would clear up the issue about user
names. Instead of every author having to set up their computers with a
fake persona (user name), only a small group would have to.  The rest of
the authors/editors could just use their normal accounts to do their
chapters/sections.

Have a great day:)
Patrick.

On Wed, 2012-08-08 at 18:14 -0500, Patrick Dickey wrote: 
> Hi Kevin, et al.
> 
> I think the idea of Screenshot Editors (or at least people who are
> solely responsible for getting screenshots for the manuals) is a great
> idea.  First off, it will ensure that we have consistent screenshots
> throughout. And secondly, it will reduce some of the workload on the
> authors/editors. And, if/when we get more languages available for
> translation, we can have a person from each language who's responsible
> for getting the screenshots in their language.
> 
> Also, adding the position to the website won't be an issue. Essentially
> it's just a rewording of the Author's page (or the Editor's page),
> specifying screenshots, and a separate button for the link.
> 
> Just wanted to toss my .02 worth in on this.
> 
> Have a great day:)
> Patrick.
> 
> On Wed, 2012-08-08 at 17:33 -0500, Kevin Godby wrote: 
> > On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 1:35 PM, c7p <c7p.admin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > 1)
> > > it's time to re-organize our author team as the authoring period has started
> > > according to the proposed schedule [1].
> > > A safe date to start writing content is 23-30 of August, when there is
> > > FeatureFreeze and UserInterface Freeze [2]
> > > Now you can make an outline of your chapter/section, in case you think that
> > > your part needs to be re-designed.
> > >
> > > If you aren't ok with this schedule we can re-arrange it.
> > 
> > Also, if there are any further changes that need to be made to the
> > second edition of 12.04, then we need to get this committed soon. I'd
> > like the final draft to be ready by 20 August so that I can publish
> > the final version by the time 12.04.1 is released.
> > 
> > > 2)
> > > Some authors of the previous release have stepped down so we have some
> > > openings.
> > > Here is the openings [3], check the "Authors 12.10" column.
> > 
> > I've updated our website with these openings:
> > <http://ubuntu-manual.org/jobs>. Let me know if any other openings
> > need to be listed there.
> > 
> > > 5)
> > > Let me know if you have any warnings, suggestions, recommendations, and be
> > > very frank :).
> > 
> > I'll comment on this in a separate email.
> > 
> > Thanks, John!
> > 
> > --Kevin
> > 
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