What You've All Been Waiting For!

[Cindy C. <cindysphinx@comcast.net>]

Hi, FAQers,

Since October, we've been working our fingers to the bone on the 
catalogue.  As you all know, we're almost finished, and February 1 
is looming.  So now's the time to start figuring out our next 
moves.  

In particular, we need to decide who wants to work on what FP.

I guess there are several considerations here.  First, we should 
focus our energies on creating new FPs instead of updating old 
ones.  Second, it would be nice to get certain important FPs done 
before less important ones.  Third, folks should work on things that 
interest them, so if no one is interested in a particular FP, it 
simply won't get done (hey, we're all volunteers, right?). Fourth, 
I'd like us to work in teams, if possible, because we need to get 
the FPs written quickly and launch them, if at all possible.

Lastly, what, if anything, can be done to, er, minimize the impact 
of OoP on all of our work?  In other words, will we be toiling to 
write FPs that will be outmoded almost as soon as we complete them, 
and can anything be done about that in the way we write the FPs or 
choose which FPs to write?

Another idea I had was a method of doing very quick and dirty 
updates to existing FPs.  Rather than try to re-work an old FP in 
its entirety, we could just add an update notice.  As an example, 
let's say I wanted to update the Weasley Family FP.  I would add a 
note in brackets with certain key message numbers that I could find 
using the catalogue, like the Bully Thread.  Does that sound like a 
good use of someone's time?

Further, we should keep in mind that we have FPs currently in 
progress, which are Lupin, Legal Issues and Quidditch.

So how about this?  Why don't we just have a discussion about those 
issues and anything else folks want to raise?  What FPs do the FAQ 
team members want to write?  Go on, speak up, don't be shy.

I've attached a list of the FPs, with * indicating which ones are 
complete.  Feel free to make suggestions about new ones or ones that 
ought to be dropped.

Cindy

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