[Bf-committers] Blender summer of docs

[Shaul Kedem]

I guess saying it's a brilliant idea won't do much now,

but it's a brilliant idea.



On 5/15/06, Ton Roosendaal <ton at blender.org> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I like to move fast; so here we go!
>
> - Timothy Wakeham has volunteered to coordinate this project
> - opened a forum: http://www.blender.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=19
> - and added news on frontpage blender.org
>
> Target is to have the project outline (how to) defined in next few
> days. Discussions on that are welcome in the forum.
>
> Thanks Tim!
>
> -Ton-
>
>
> On 14 May, 2006, at 17:56, Ton Roosendaal wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Like the Google Summer of Code, I thought of organizing a Blender
> > Summer of Docs... sponsored work for volunteers to complete a certain
> > documentation task (can be video tuts too).
> >
> > Blender Foundation can make budget available, like 500 euro per
> > project, for 10 grants.
> >
> > My question;
> >
> > - is this a good idea?
> > - if so, then how to organize it precisely?
> > - who would be willing to coordinate it all?
> >
> > I'm swamped in work, so would really need a couple of people to do it.
> > :)
> >
> > It can really in the style of GSoC, so:
> > - we post list of possible ideas
> > - people submit project ideas
> > - a small group of mentors picks the grants
> >
> > There was also the idea that people can submit in local language, and
> > that translators could be used... these can also be part of the
> > grants.
> >
> > -Ton-
> >
> > (cross posting on three lists, bf-committers, bf-docboard,
> > bf-education)
> >
> >
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