FAQ for new documentation volunteers?

Hi all,

If person is interested in contributing, the menu system on the home page of the libreoffice website takes him to the mailing lists.
He lands smack in the middle of posts (in fact, to the OLDEST post), not knowing what to do next.
Sifting through the mail list (http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/documentation/mail4.html) is a royal pain in the neck.

This is too complicated; and may discourage many people from helping out.

Luckily, we are only 2 months down the road, so it is not too late.
We can easily correct the website before more people become aware of LiBo; come to help; and get stymied by a poor website layout.

Here is my suggestion:

The volunteer should be taken to a separate L2 page, which gives him the precise picture:
1. What roles are being offered, and what he can do in each role. (Let him decide for himself.)
2. For the chosen role, the step-by-step process
    (For example, how to pick a doc for editing, how to submit it for comments, how comments are collected, how version conflicts are avoided, how the document is deemed to be "ready", how to find the templates, how to propose a new document, how to propose a new chapter in an existing document, etc..)
3. Link to a FAQ which each joinee may ask (e.g. "how do I...?", "why not...?")
4. Links to the source OOo docs, and where the edited "WIP" drafts (for LiBo) are to be stored.

And finally, please let a visitor know where to file a bug or suggestion for documentation.
(In fact, there is no link whatsoever for a bug-tracker for LiBo itself, but that's another issue: I am focusing on docs here.)

-Narayan

Narayan,
We discussed this exact problem in the phone conference a couple of
weeks ago. Currently there are not many members who have the time to
dedicate to this issue. We are trying to tackle the problem through
the wiki and through the development of a new official LibreOffice
website (Based on Drupal).

Your enthusiasm is fantastic and can I suggest that if you are serious
about your suggestions that you create a proposal within your User:
area on the wiki for others to have a look at and go from there.

Michael Wheatland