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Subject: RE: [WWW][Policy] Participate! - Rewriting
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Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:02:26 -0800
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+1 on podling pages. =20

Good catch. =20

I think maybe contributing.openoffice.org should go away.  If it =
redirects, it should be to an i.a.o page, but nuking it might be best of =
all. =20

The places where there are links to it need to be renamed for =
Contributing to Apache OpenOffice, unless it is better to link some to a =
wiki page that links to the many OO.o-peer projects that would enjoy =
contributors.  I'm for that on the OpenOffice.org domain. =20

 - Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Fisher [mailto:dave2wave@comcast.net]=20
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 11:41
To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org
Subject: Re: [WWW][Policy] Participate! - Rewriting =
contributing.openoffice.org


[ ... ]

The subdomain and OOo / Collabnet / Kenai project is contributing. =
contributing.openoffice.org can have a permanent redirection wherever we =
decide. We can reduce all links to the old site to the index of the new =
Participate Page(s).

The c.oo.o site currently has the following categories.

Programming
Marketing
Quality Assurance
Graphics and Art
Writing
Helping Users
User Experience
Monetary Donations
Language Communities

I think most of the categories should be kept.

There is also a guideline. This should be replaced with an introduction =
to the Apache Way. There should be concrete examples of how users can =
find a ways to participate in the project within each category.

Programming
	ooo-dev, svn, builds, ...
Marketing
	ooo-marketing, ...
Quality Assurance
	Bugzilla, ...
Graphics and Art
	Logos, icons, fonts, skins, ...
Writing
	Apache CMS, ODFAuthors, api docs, ...
Helping Users
	ooo-users, Forums
User Experience
	?
Monetary Donations
	ASF donations and sponsorship links.
Language Communities
	Language Packs, N-L communities, what to do to add support for a =
language to AOO.
	NL Mailing lists, NL Forums.
Apache Software Foundation
	The Apache Way, Project Governance, ...


The more I think about this the more I think these are podling pages.

Regards,
Dave

>=20
>>=20
>>> 2) The new page has a simple couple of paragraphs.  We welcome
>>> volunteers of all sorts.  These are the functional areas where we =
need
>>> help (taken from those already listed).  If you want more =
information
>>> you can browser our project website (the podling site)  here, or =
send
>>> a note to our project list at ooo-dev.i.a.o.
>>>=20
>>=20
>> OK, in this sense, perhaps the existing contributing.html can be used =
with
>> changes.
>> Again, I'm confused about your initial distinctions I guess.
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>>>=20
>>> I would not advise them to subscribe initially.  Depending on what
>>> they are interested in we might point them to a specific list
>>> (ooo-marketing) or to the forums.  I think the full ooo-dev list can
>>> be overwhelming for newbies.
>>>=20
>>> With this approach, the PPMC would be responsible for following up =
on
>>> these incoming volunteer notices and helping to orient the new
>>> volunteers.  In a sense we would become mini-mentors.
>>>=20
>>> As for the fundraising link, I don't know where to put that.  I
>>> certainly would not expect to see it behind a "I want to =
participate"
>>> link.  Maybe a new tab labeled "Contribute" and then have that link =
to
>>> the relevant Apache page?
>>>=20
>>> -Rob
>>>=20
>>>> The reason I suggest doing the work on the podling site is due to =
hidden
>>> overhead when using the Apache CMS Bookmarklet. Each user does a =
complete
>>> checkout of a site's tree. The podling site is small and the =
ooo-site is
>>> very huge. Using the podling site will be much more satisfying for
>>> volunteers.
>>>>=20
>>>> HTH, but I also have a full time job...
>>>>=20
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Dave
>>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>> --
>> =
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---------------
>> MzK
>>=20
>> "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged
>>  by the way its animals are treated."
>>                              -- Mohandas Gandhi
>>=20