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=Doc Sprint Summit v3.0 Application= | =Doc Sprint Summit v3.0 Application= | ||
'''Update:''' Google sent the result on August 15 and unfortunately we were not selected :( | |||
Let's try again next year. The feedback from Google was that the application was excellent but there were just too many applications. | |||
==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
For the 3rd time, Google is organizing a Doc Camp at Mountain View, the week before the mentor summit. It consists of an unconference and 2-5 Book Sprints to produce books on free software - facilitated by Adam Hyde of FLOSS Manuals. | For the 3rd time, Google is organizing a Doc Camp at Mountain View, the week before the mentor summit. It consists of an unconference and 2-5 Book Sprints to produce books on free software - facilitated by Adam Hyde of FLOSS Manuals. | ||
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==Projects only: Please outline in brief detail how the nominated project would benefit from attending the 2013 GSoC Doc Camp.== | ==Projects only: Please outline in brief detail how the nominated project would benefit from attending the 2013 GSoC Doc Camp.== | ||
Currently the project is badly lacking professional and maintainable end-user documentation. We have several wiki pages, more or less updated, and we link the users to those based on their questions. But regularly, people are asking for something more formal and structured and we are pretty sure some people will have given using our product because they don't find the required information easily enough. | Currently the project is badly lacking professional and maintainable end-user documentation. We have several wiki pages, more or less updated, and we link the users to those based on their questions. But regularly, people are asking for something more formal and structured and we are pretty sure some people will have given up using our product because they don't find the required information easily enough. | ||
We already have more than 8.5 million direct downloads of our product and it is easy to see that the benefits of the organization would be great. Allowing us to keep more new users on one hand, and decrease the flow of trivial questions on the other (thus reducing time spent on support)! | We already have more than 8.5 million direct downloads of our product and it is easy to see that the benefits of the organization would be great. Allowing us to keep more new users on one hand, and decrease the flow of trivial questions on the other (thus reducing time spent on support)! | ||