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Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:41:27 -0500
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Subject: Re: [WWW][Policy] Rewriting contributing.openoffice.org
From: Rob Weir <robweir@apache.org>
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On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 5:18 PM, Dave Fisher <dave2wave@comcast.net> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> There are several parts to the migration of openoffice.org website. One a=
rea that needs attention is rewriting contributing.openoffice.org to fit AS=
F and AOO policies. (Policies may need to be written and discussed.)
>
> On the current main www.openoffice.org page, contributing is accessed fro=
m the fifth button - "I want to participate in OpenOffice.org"
>
> Volunteers are needed to take leadership of and contribute to this rewrit=
e. Any committer can do this work.
>
> I suggest that a directory be created within the podling site called "con=
tributing". Within that directory there should be an index.mdtext and as ma=
ny subpages as required. Once completed, I can do an svn copy or move to th=
e ooo-site tree.
>

Before actually doing the work, let me propose a radical
simplification.  AOO is organizationally flat, so we don't have all
the destination sub-projects of the legacy OOo website.

1) The "I want to participate" link on the main page goes to a single
new page.  No need to be at contribute.openoffice.org.  In fact, I
think I'd avoid that since to participate !=3D to contribute.

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.

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.

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.

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?

-Rob

> 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 c=
heckout of a site's tree. The podling site is small and the ooo-site is ver=
y huge. Using the podling site will be much more satisfying for volunteers.
>
> HTH, but I also have a full time job...
>
> Regards,
> Dave