[openstack-dev] [Docs] PTL Candidacy

Colin McNamara colin at 2cups.com
Sat Mar 29 19:33:21 UTC 2014


I support your continued role as the PTL for docs. It’s not always they most glamorous job, and you do a great job at it. You got my vote.

Regards,

Colin

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On Mar 28, 2014, at 11:29 AM, Anne Gentle <anne at openstack.org> wrote:

> Hi all, 
> I'm writing to announce my candidacy for the Documentation Program Technical Lead (PTL).
> 
> I have been working on OpenStack upstream documentation since September 2010, and am currently serving in this role. I recently summarized the many community and collaboration methods we use to create and maintain documentation across the core OpenStack programs. [1] I think these open source, open documentation methods are what keep OpenStack docs vibrant and alive. 
> 
> I can't take credit for all the work that goes on in our community, but please let me highlight the results the coordinated teams and individuals have produced:
> 
> - The Documentation team has grown and matured in the past release, and we released simultaneously with the code for the first time with the Havana release. We are on track to do that again for Icehouse. 
> 
> - We have a translation toolchain working this year and I'm constantly amazed at the outpouring of dedication from our translation community. 
> 
> - Our coordinated documentation tool chains that enable automation and continuous publication are working seamlessly with the various projects across OpenStack.  
> 
> - We're releasing an O'Reilly edition of the OpenStack Operations Guide. 
> 
> - The API Reference at http://api.openstack.org/api-ref.html got a complete refresh to provide a responsive web design and to streamline the underlying CSS and JS code.
> 
> - We have been incubating the open source training manuals team within the OpenStack Documentation program. They’ve produced an Associate Training Guide, with outlines and schedules for an Operator Training Guide, a Developer Training Guide, and an Architect Training Guide.
> 
> - While our focus has been on both Guides for operators and installers as well as API reference documentation, I am interested in working with the app developer community to build documentation collaboratively that fits their needs. Everett Toews recently updated the API docs landing page to take this first step.
> 
> I hope you can support my continuing efforts for the wide scope and breadth of serving the documentation needs in this community. 
> 
> Thanks,
> Anne
> 
>  
> [1] http://justwriteclick.com/2014/03/21/how-to-build-openstack-docs-and-contributors-through-community/
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