Request to Join Mentoring Programme

[Jon]

Hi,


Matthew East wrote:
> Hi Jon,
> 
> Welcome aboard.

Thanks!
> 
> On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 1:07 AM, Jon Watson <me at jonwatson.ca> wrote:
>> I see some of the document tasks that I can probably snipe off pretty
>> quickly, but I need to hunker down and figure out the technical aspects
>> of getting the existing docs and submitting changes. That's my next
>> task, I guess.
> 
> Ok: if you're interested in contributing to the system documentation,
> your starting point is here:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam/SystemDocumentation
> 
> If you're interested in working on our community wiki, your starting
> point is here:
> 
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam/WikiTeam

I think I'll start on the wiki for two reasons. It gives almost 
immediate satisfaction and I see that I have to build up some edits in 
order to get on the team. That should allow me to get comfortable with 
the community and how things are done before I launch into the system 
documentation.

Thanks,

Jon


> 
> Let us know if you have any questions about the processes.
> 
>> I'm also open to direction on areas that might be short-staffed where I
>> would be more useful.
> 
> We have plenty of bugs open, some of which are tagged with the
> "documentor" tag if we think they might be suitable for a newcomer
> hoping to get their teeth into something. I've added links to those
> bugs on this page:
> 
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam/SystemDocumentation/Tasks
> 
> They are of varying difficulty and size so have a look and see if
> there is anything which takes your fancy.
>