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On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 6:20 AM, Alexandra Settle <a.settle at outlook.com>
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> Documentation team,
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> In light of the announcement from Lana Brindley and myself at last night’s
> meeting[0] regarding the news of the OSIC fall out, we need to refocus our
> efforts within the team.
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> It is no secret that the documentation core team was already struggling,
> however, this news comes as a blow. OSIC affects some of our key leaders –
> Lana Brindley (Install Guide), Brian Moss (Tools and theme), Darren Chan
> (Ops and Arch), Joseph Robinson (User and Admin), John Davidge
> (Networking), Ianeta Hutchinson (HA), and myself.
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> Before I go on – I would like to thank them all for their tireless efforts
> to make this team the best it can be. Lana has been a strong leader as PTL
> for the last few cycles, and has been an excellent mentor to me when she
> passed on the torch. They have each agreed to continue working with me on
> the documentation until they are otherwise indisposed. I cannot thank them
> enough for that.
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Thanks for this clear communication.

And thanks so much to the team offering to continue to do what they can to
help. I'm floored at the news but also deeply grateful to see willingness
to do what's needed in any transition that comes.


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> Sadly, this does mean we are going to have to look at centralizing our
> work once again. I propose we remove the specialty teams (as most of our
> leads will soon be gone, will limited replacement resources), and focus
> entirely on our core suite: Install, Networking, User, Admin, and
> Operations guides.
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I think centralization is a good way forward to regroup and see what
evolves. There are opportunities here to keep innovating in open
documentation.


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> If people are able to step up and help out with this process, I will be
> grateful. We are going to need release liaisons to step up sooner than
> before. If anyone is able to fulfill this role, please contact me directly.
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> As the OSIC news affects me also, I cannot promise that I will continue to
> be PTL for the Queens release. I am now asking if anyone is interested in
> the role, to please approach me. There is 6 months until the end of this
> cycle, and I will dedicate my time and efforts into ensuring you are
> equipped for the role.
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> This is unsettling, but this isn’t the end. I will endeavor to spend the
> next 6 months working hard to ensure the documentation team, and the
> guides, are stable. When I became PTL, I promised that I would work hard on
> integrating CPL’s and addressing our technical debt, these goals are now
> more important than ever.
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Do let me know ways I can help. I'm communicating directly with people
also, so everyone, please know that you can reach out to me off-list as you
want.

Anne



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> [0]http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/docteam/2017/
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