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We are planning a book sprint this fall for create a user's guide for Sugar.  Please add add you comment and concerns here or on the discussion page.
 
== Location ==
:Austin, Texas
:Anne investigating
 
== Date ==
25–29 August 2008
 
== Scope of documentation for sprint ==
Audience: Basic Users Guide. Advanced Guide will follow after the Sprint
 
Draft [[Documentation Team/Book Sprint/Outline|Outline]]
 
Getting Started Guide for the file system, wireless connections, everything you do without Activities.
Walter Bender has started with [[User:Walter/sandbox]], which points out where the Floss Manual can be updated to be hardware-free (for example, his annotations with OLPC-XO-1-specific hints for keyboard shortcuts and specifics for the OLPC-XO-1 hardware). Updates should be made to http://en.flossmanuals.net/olpc_simple.
 
Getting Started with an Activity for specific Activities, such as Browse and Record.
A starter manual for the Record activity can be found at http://en.flossmanuals.net/olpc_record. Priorities needed for which Activities to start first.
 
== Recruited/invited writers (expect about 5-6 in person) ==
;Austin, Texas
:Anne Gentle
:David Cramer
:Janet Swisher
 
;Boston, Ma
:[[User:Seth|Seth Woodworth]]
:Walter Bender
 
;Illinois (Chicago area)
:Mel Chua
:Emily Kaplan
 
;Other locations
:Adam Hyde  - Netherlands
:David Farning - Wisconsin
:Greg DeKoenigsberg - Raleigh NC
:Robert Nagle - Houston
:Ron Hale-Evans - Seattle
 
== Vision ==
Create a users manual for Sugar.
 
== Road Map ==
Below is a rough draft of a project schedule.
 
*Week 1 - Target Date July 13. Define scope of document. Assign volunteers to specific tasks.
*Week 3 - Target Date July 27. Deadline for outlines of chapters to be worked on at sprint.
*Week 5 - Target Date Aug 25. Conduct sprint.
*Week 6 - Editing and Translation Begins
 
 
The rest is based on the chosen release date for the spring release of Sugar.
 
*Week 0 - Release Final documentation
*Week -1 Final translation tarballs due
*Week -4 Documentation freeze
*Week -5 Book Sprint II
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