<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE article  PUBLIC '-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN'  'http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd'><article><articleinfo><title>HcoopGuidelines</title><revhistory><revision><revnumber>3</revnumber><date>2008-07-07 04:28:00</date><authorinitials>localhost</authorinitials><revremark>converted to 1.6 markup</revremark></revision><revision><revnumber>2</revnumber><date>2007-10-21 00:28:03</date><authorinitials>RyanMikulovsky</authorinitials><revremark>add sections and TOC as per style guide</revremark></revision><revision><revnumber>1</revnumber><date>2007-10-19 00:29:07</date><authorinitials>RyanMikulovsky</authorinitials><revremark>initial page (stub)</revremark></revision></revhistory></articleinfo><para>Guidelines can provide a great way to be efficient.  Here are some guidelines that HCoop believes may help its staff and community thrive. <!--The macro TableOfContents doesn't work with the DocBook formatter.--> </para><section><title>General Guidelines</title><itemizedlist><listitem><para><ulink url="https://wiki.hcoop.net/HcoopGuidelines/GenderNeutralLanguage#">GenderNeutralLanguage</ulink>: Tips on how to write in a gender-neutral way for the HCoop wiki or in any other forum. </para></listitem></itemizedlist></section><section><title>Staff Guidelines</title><itemizedlist><listitem><para><ulink url="https://wiki.hcoop.net/HcoopGuidelines/DeveloperGuidelines#">DeveloperGuidelines</ulink> for admins developing custom programs/scripts for HCoop </para></listitem></itemizedlist></section></article>