[HacktionLab] FYI: Minutes about booklet and what next for it.

[Mike Harris]

Hi All,

I've written up the minutes of the salient points from Saturday's book
sprint session on the booklet.  Please have a look at
http://hacktivista.net/hacktionlab/index.php/Minutes_of_Spring_HacktionLab_2010#Hacktivist_Booklet


If you were there, please read and check them for accuracy.  Thanks.

A few points on next steps then:

*  We decided to give it a break for a couple of weeks to get distance
from the content.
*  Then MF, BG and MR said they would be happy to continue to final edit
it into a version ready to be packaged up.
*  MF will contact Trapese to ask if they want to help design the
booklet and if they can offer advice.
*  It will then go to print: we all agreed to contribute a small amount
each to doing an initial run of 500.
*  It will be ready for the gathering in June.

The current working draft of the book is located at:

http://www.booki.cc/tech-tools-for-activists/

You can create an account, login and get editing, but please bear in mind:

* the style guide at
* not to make major changes, unless you have good reason or really feel
inspired to rewrite a whole chapter
* please don't add loads of technical detail or try to cover too much
ground in the article: if there's something useful to read on-line, then
provide a link to it.
* try to be as simple in your use of language and jargon free as
possible, this is aimed at n00bs

Finally, we agreed that we would use this very list to discuss major
edits.  Hopefully this will work to have a dialogue, involve more of you
in this process, open it up, etc; and hopefully it won't annoy everyone
with the increase in spam.

Looking, well, better than it was before! ;)


Cheers,

Mike.

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Mike Harris
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