discuss: New Editor
Subject:
Re: New Editor
From:
David Merrill ####@####.####
Date:
9 Mar 2002 20:27:39 -0000
Message-Id: <20020309211954.GD14270@lupercalia.net>
On Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 03:58:18PM -0800, David Lawyer wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 11:46:44AM -0500, David Merrill wrote:
> > I have decided to step down as the Collection Editor. I've given it a
> > lot of thought over the past few months and feel this is the right
> > decision for me and for the LDP.
>
> Are you still the HOWTO coordinator? That means that people who want to
> write a HOWTO get an reply from you to their proposals. Since we have
> more than just HOWTOs, perhaps you're now the "document coordinator".
Greg has always been the HOWTO coordinator as long as I've been here
anyway. The Editor role definitely overlaps with HOWTO Coordinator. I
guess you could argue that it is almost the same thing in fact,
although in practice we didn't butt heads, but worked together.
Honestly, it's too big a job for any one person. :-)
> There's also the question as to whether or not proposals for HOWTOs
> should be sent to the mailing list. When Tim Bynum was HOWTO
> coordinator (and previous to his tenure) such proposals were sent only
> to the coordinator. This meant that there was a lot less stuff on the
> list, which encouraged more authors to follow it.
I think they should be posted. We have had several occasions where more
people wanted to help once they found out about a doc on the list. We
can always make a new list for authors ####@####.#### if we
want a lower volume list for authors to use.
Does that sound okay to you? Or something similar?
And like I said, I'm not leaving just switching roles to primarily
development, and using the title "Lead Developer". Probably I'll want
to do something different again someday, who knows.
--
David C. Merrill http://www.lupercalia.net
Linux Documentation Project ####@####.####
Lead Developer http://www.linuxdoc.org
How do we approach the study of Muad'Dib's father? A man of surpassing
warmth and surprising coldness was the Duke Leto Atreides. Yet, many
facts open the way to this Duke: his abiding love for his Bene Gesserit
lady; the dreams he held for his son; the devotion with which men served
him. You see him there -- a man snared by Destiny, a lonely figure with
his light dimmed behind the glory of his son. Still, one must ask: What
is the son but an extension of the father?
-- from "Muad'Dib, Family Commentaries" by the Princess Irulan
