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[jeffrey Flaker <jflaker@xxxxxxxxx>]

I am interested in what ever is necessary.  I can work on smaller
sections due to time constraints.  As time allows, I may pick up a
larger section.  I am USA English only.  I can edit for clarity,
grammar, spelling, et al.

Thanks
Jeff Flaker


On 10/09/2014 11:21 AM, Hannie Dumoleyn wrote:
> To all,
> Where do we go from here?
> Finishing the last version of our manual, 14.04 LTS, was a real
> struggle. There were hardly any contributors to do the job. As you may
> have noticed, we did not start Utopic because we did not get enough
> new active contributors in time.
> We would like to start a discussion on what to do next.
>
> Is the manual useful to Ubuntu users?
> Below you find statistics on the number of printed purchases and
> downloads of our manual.
>
> How many active members do we have?
> @ all, please let us know via this list if you are still interested in
> contributing as an author, editor, translator, screenshot editor or
> coordinator. After receiving your reactions, we can make up a list of
> all remaining ACTIVE members. We would also appreciate it if those of
> you who do not wish to continue contributing let us know of this
> decision.
>
> Standard versions or only LTS versions?
> We could opt for the publication of LTS versions (every 2 years) only.
> This means less work for a small team like ours, but it implies the
> risk of contributors losing interest.
> @all: please let us know if, as an active contributor, you would
> prefer to contribute to all versions or only LTS versions.
>
> How can you contribute?
> By dividing the work in chapters and sections, contributors
> (authors/editors) can decide what chapter they want to work on. Some
> sections are very small, others are lengthy. If you want to
> contribute, but do not have much time, you can just choose a small
> section.
> We also need author/editor coordinators. This will require more time.
> Let us know if you are interested.
>
> Current situation
> It is too late to start working on the Utopic version. In order to be
> able to decide what to do next, we urge all of you to respond to this
> email As Soon As Possible, but before October 17th.
>
> Thanks,
> Hannie
>
> =================
>
> Here are some statistics.
>
> The number of printed book purchases since the beginning of 2014 (only
> showing the 13.04, 13.10, and 14.04 editions):
>
> Erste Schritte mit Ubuntu 13.04 - 741
> Getting Started with Ubuntu 13.04 - 63
> Getting Started with Ubuntu 13.10 - 212
> Getting Started with Ubuntu 14.04 - 56
> Premiers pas avec Ubuntu 13.04 - 29
> Premiers pas avec Ubuntu 13.10 - 120
> Primeros pasos con Ubuntu 13.10 - 10
>
> Here are the totals for the downloads (since the beginning of time):
>
> Getting Started with Ubuntu 10.04
>  - English: 194,721
>  - German: 47,899
>  - Greek: 40,111
>  - Dutch: 19,657
>
> Getting Started with Ubuntu 10.04e2
>  - English: 91,472
>  - German: 19,712
>  - Lithuanian: 6,397
>
> Getting Started with Ubuntu 10.10
>  - English: 73,569
>
> Getting Started with Ubuntu 11.10
>  - English: 25,378
>
> Getting Started with Ubuntu 12.04
>  - English: 72,840
>
> Getting Started with Ubuntu 12.04e2
>  - English: 44,465
>  - German: 33,481
>  - Spanish: 28,668
>  - French: 6,778
>  - Dutch: 14,688
>  - Slovenian: 449
>
> Getting Started with Ubuntu 12.10
>  - English: 19,5683
>  - French: 32,050
>
> Getting Started with Ubuntu 13.04
>  - English: 51,245
>  - German: 26,676
>  - French: 16,632
>  - Slovenian: 1,941
>
> Getting Started with Ubuntu 13.10
>  - English: 76,883
>  - Spanish: 17,503
>  - French: 48,170
>
> Getting Started with Ubuntu 14.04
>  - English: 13,021
>
>
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