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<p>Hi everyone,</p>
<p>Hope you are all well! I just wanted to give a couple of updates
on the FLOSS Manuals reboot. I'll come back with more sooner the
date. :)</p>
<p>Firstly, I wanted to thank Helen Varley Jamieson and Martin Kean
for working with me on the reboot process. Together we've worked
on a flyer about the reboot to take to the Libre Graphics Meeting
this weekend.<br>
It's here -
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://about.flossmanuals.org.uk/post/_fm-flyer-for-lgm/">https://about.flossmanuals.org.uk/post/_fm-flyer-for-lgm/</a> - and
I've copied the text below. </p>
<p>The other update is that we have a new URL for the project at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://flossmanuals.org.uk">http://flossmanuals.org.uk</a> - so if you are able to update links to
the older site that would be great. </p>
<p>As part of that move we have a new address for this mailing
list. <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.flossmanuals.org.uk/listinfo.cgi/community-flossmanuals.org.uk">http://lists.flossmanuals.org.uk/listinfo.cgi/community-flossmanuals.org.uk</a></p>
<p>You can go here to manage your subscription or unsubscribe. As
part of this move I also updated the name of the list from discuss
to community to reflect that this email list is not used for
active discussion. <br>
And I've added this information to our get involved page here -
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://about.flossmanuals.org.uk/page/get-involved/">https://about.flossmanuals.org.uk/page/get-involved/</a></p>
<h2 id="fm-issue-tracker">FM issue tracker
</h2>
<p>To reduce the amount of mail in our email inboxes the best way to
report an issue with FM or to suggest a new manual, or let us know
you want to adopt one is to use our issue tracker here.</p>
<p><a class="link moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://gitlab.com/flossmanuals/fm_en_splash/-/work_items"
target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://gitlab.com/flossmanuals/fm_en_splash/-/work_items</a></p>
<p>One of the main pieces of work for the reboot is to remove broken
links where they are found and to signpost to more up to date
versions of manuals where they exist. That tracker link is the
best place to do that. </p>
<p>All the best, <br>
Mick</p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 02/12/2025 10:10, mick wrote:<br>
</div>
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cite="mid:30ab5889-26e7-44df-8ce0-b791d3f8abea@flossmanuals.net">
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid17" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-ez88zz82zz73zkz70zz74zz74zm4ftuz82zz122zz89z">Hi
everyone, </span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid18" class="ace-line"><br>
</div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid846" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-ez88zz82zz73zkz70zz74zz74zm4ftuz82zz122zz89z">I
hope you are all well. I have had a little more time on my
hands recently and have been</span><span
class="author-a-z84zz87zz83zq99oz74zfz78zz66ztk2a5"> reaching
out to a few people to help</span><span
class="author-a-ez88zz82zz73zkz70zz74zz74zm4ftuz82zz122zz89z">
hatch a plan to reboot FLOSS Manuals. So I wanted to share a
little here in advance to invite participation. </span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid20" class="ace-line"><br>
</div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid549" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-ez88zz82zz73zkz70zz74zz74zm4ftuz82zz122zz89z">At
this stage I just want to keep it really short but I'll try to
write some more expansive blog posts later. So here's a really
quick to do list. </span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid22" class="ace-line"><br>
</div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid1461" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-ez88zz82zz73zkz70zz74zz74zm4ftuz82zz122zz89z">1)
Audit existing online FM content, and make </span><span
class="author-a-z84zz87zz83zq99oz74zfz78zz66ztk2a5">their</span><span
class="author-a-ez88zz82zz73zkz70zz74zz74zm4ftuz82zz122zz89z">
status clear, archive, current,</span><span
class="author-a-z84zz87zz83zq99oz74zfz78zz66ztk2a5"> updates
needed.</span><span
class="author-a-ez88zz82zz73zkz70zz74zz74zm4ftuz82zz122zz89z"> </span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid24" class="ace-line"><br>
</div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid590" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-ez88zz82zz73zkz70zz74zz74zm4ftuz82zz122zz89z">2)
Create a minimal network structure and set of protocols to
invite participation. Draft of protocols here </span><span
class="author-a-z84zz87zz83zq99oz74zfz78zz66ztk2a5">(please do
comment or add elements)</span><span
class="author-a-ez88zz82zz73zkz70zz74zz74zm4ftuz82zz122zz89z">-
</span><span
class="author-a-ez88zz82zz73zkz70zz74zz74zm4ftuz82zz122zz89z url"><a
href="https://pad.riseup.net/p/floss_manuals_protocols-keep"
rel="noreferrer noopener" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://pad.riseup.net/p/floss_manuals_protocols-keep</a></span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid26" class="ace-line"><br>
</div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid27" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-ez88zz82zz73zkz70zz74zz74zm4ftuz82zz122zz89z">3)
Document a small menu of way of rebooting or creating new FM
manuals: e.g. hugo, MKdocs, wordpress. Either hosted by FLOSS
Manuals but allowing other groups to adopt </span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid28" class="ace-line"><br>
</div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid772" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-ez88zz82zz73zkz70zz74zz74zm4ftuz82zz122zz89z">4)
Create a minimal community presence detailing a way to get
involved,</span><span
class="author-a-z84zz87zz83zq99oz74zfz78zz66ztk2a5"> how to
get help,</span><span
class="author-a-ez88zz82zz73zkz70zz74zz74zm4ftuz82zz122zz89z">
inviting blog posts, and </span><span
class="author-a-z84zz87zz83zq99oz74zfz78zz66ztk2a5">the dates
of on-line FLOSS Manuals community calls (every 6 months?)</span><span
class="author-a-ez88zz82zz73zkz70zz74zz74zm4ftuz82zz122zz89z">. </span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid611" class="ace-line"><br>
</div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid1433" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-z84zz87zz83zq99oz74zfz78zz66ztk2a5">In terms
of a timeline we are looking at a reboot date of 1st of June
2026. That's 20 years since the first archive of
flossmanuals.net - </span><span
class="author-a-z84zz87zz83zq99oz74zfz78zz66ztk2a5 url"><a
href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060701000000*/flossmanuals.net"
rel="noreferrer noopener" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://web.archive.org/web/20060701000000*/flossmanuals.net</a></span><span
class="author-a-z84zz87zz83zq99oz74zfz78zz66ztk2a5"> </span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid67" class="ace-line"><br>
</div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid886" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-z84zz87zz83zq99oz74zfz78zz66ztk2a5">I am
imagining this process to be quite a minimal one not involving
a lot of changes, and therefore time and effort and in
particular administration. However if you would like to be
involved, especially in the audit of existing manuals, input
on network / community protocols or documenting a process of
reviving or creating new manuals please do get in touch with
me and I'll add you to a FM-reboot working email list. <br>
Or you can follow our progress here - <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://gitlab.com/flossmanuals/fm_en_splash/">https://gitlab.com/flossmanuals/fm_en_splash/</a><br>
<br>
</span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid530" class="ace-line"><br>
</div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid542" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-z84zz87zz83zq99oz74zfz78zz66ztk2a5">Many
Thanks</span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid887" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-z84zz87zz83zq99oz74zfz78zz66ztk2a5">Mick Fuzz</span></div>
<div aria-live="assertive" id="magicdomid929" class="ace-line"><span
class="author-a-z84zz87zz83zq99oz74zfz78zz66ztk2a5">Caretaker
of flossmanuals.net</span></div>
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