Re: Well met! My introduction.

Hi, Dave–

Welcome to the project!

You should join the next community telcon, if you can, so you can meet 
some of the Usual Suspects. We meet on Tuesdays at 10am PT; you'll see 
the agenda sent out on Monday, with the contact info.

You should also make sure to touch base with Eliot Graff, who is also in 
the Seattle area, and who is helping lead the review of our JavaScript docs.

I look forward to working with you.

Regards-
-Doug

On 5/22/14 12:21 PM, Dave Patten wrote:
> Howdy all, my name is Dave and I have been heavily involved in web
> technologies for over 20 yrs.  I have moved around the stack through the
> years and seem to always gravitate to the user interface, the front-end,
> closest to the user, where I can make the most impact to the customer
> experience.
>
> I have been searching for my next community to join and want to become
> part of this community.  I am passionate about project memory and
> sustainability and that usually includes current, easy to understand
> documentation.  I feel time invested here will be well worth it for the
> long run versus contributing to XYZ tool, framework that comes and goes.
>
> A few things are lining up for me to contribute back to the web, and
> especially to a documentation project like this.
>
>   * At work I use and evangelize the wiki to document APIs, process,
>     releases, dashboards, etc.
>   * Local community, I am finishing up a volunteer project that involved
>     moving the PTA to the cloud and wiki structures, documenting all
>     governance, board and committee processes. This has been huge in
>     building trust in our community and lowering the barrier for new
>     members to participate, contribute.
>   * My kids are now interested in what I do and learning web
>     technologies, yay! big smile, so proud.
>
> JavaScript is my favorite, so would like to first help out there.  I
> will review the current standards & guidelines, templates and look for
> current gaps where I could contribute immediately.  If there is a
> committee chair, team lead, please let me know.  I live in the Seattle
> area and open to meetups.
>
> I am looking forward to collaborating and contributing!
>
> -Dave Patten
>
>

Received on Friday, 23 May 2014 07:50:14 UTC