Contributearchive
This is an old version of the contribute wiki page Archived May 21st, 2015.
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If you'd like to volunteer for Mozilla, please visit our Get Involved page or consider becoming a Mozilla rep. This page is for Mozillians who want to help more people contribute to the project.
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| Owner: Community Building Team | Updated: Frequently | |
| Whether you've been building a community for a long time or you are just getting started, these pages will help you find the information you are looking for to build vibrant, supportive communities that will have impact on your project. | ||
I want to build a community around my project!
We're here to help. Learn more about all of the resources that are available.
Learn more about how you can join a Working Group to collaborate with other community builders.
How to get started and find resources
Connecting New Contributors
Connecting New Contributors is as easy as 1, 2, 3!
Communication Channels
A great place to get started is to join one of these communication channels where other people involved with community building are available to help. Feel free to join one of the following and introduce yourself.
- Grow Mozilla discussions every other Thursday at 10 am pacific
- Community Building mailing list
- #cbt IRC channel
- Community Building Meetups
Partnerships
You don't need to figure everything out on your own. There are community building experts available who can create a community growth plan with you and help you connect with more contributors. If you are interested in a partnership, please reach out through the channels listed above.
Case Studies and Pilots
Finding a pathway to increase volunteer contribution can sometimes be the most difficult step. We want to make the contribution lifecycle easy to understand using best practices for pathway finding.
- Margaret Leibovic explains the five steps the Fennec team utilized to onboard volunteers
- Rubén Martín talks about lessons learned from build the Mozilla Hispano community
- Learn more about pilot projects other teams have worked on that you can build on and learn from
Workshops
We have created some workshops that will help you walk through the process of designing your project for participation. These are available in a variety of formats to fit with your needs—you can interact with this through a series of short videos or you can set up an exercise for your whole team to work through this content together.
Dashboards
Getting visibility into the growth and health of our communities is vital to bringing more volunteers into Mozilla and to have all contributors working to support Mozilla's goals. We are building dashboards to give us this insight.
Other resources
Here are a list of links to other useful resources.
- Videos created by community builders for community builders
- Articles and books recommended by community builders
- Contributions Madlibs template (hit Remix to make your own)
- Contribute/Facilitation_Training (in progress)
- Contribute/2014 Community Survey
Frequently Asked Questions
We've compiled a list of some common questions about getting started with community building that may address some of the questions you have.
- How will volunteers reduce my workload instead of add to it?
- What skills do volunteers have?
- How can I rely on volunteers to do things I need to get done?
- How does adding volunteers compare with adding employees, interns, or contractors?
- How long will volunteers stay involved?
- Does my team need a full time community builder? If not, would it be useful to have someone spend part of their time on community building?
- Are there ways for me to learn more about volunteer management and community building?
- Can you define some of the crazy language you use? Can I define it, too?
Working Groups
Pathways
Description: This group is focused on contribution pathways for functional and regional areas as a way to identify, qualify and onboard new volunteers.
Main Page: Contribute/Pathways
Meetings and how to join: Pathways/meetings
Meeting times and dates: See Contribute#Joint Recognition/Pathways/Education Working Groups meeting
Discussion Forum: Discussions are held on Discourse #pathwaysworkinggroup or on the CBT email listserv.
Leadership: Co-leads of the Pathways Working Group are Larissa Shapiro and Rubén Martín
Systems and Data
Description: This group is focused on systems and data that are needed to handle the volume of potential volunteers and to provide visibility into the operations of contribution pathways.
Main Page: Contribute/Systems
Discussion Forum: Coming soon
Meetings: Systems meets on Fridays at 20:00 UTC
I want to join this meeting!
Education and Culture
Description: This group is focused on capturing and spreading information about how volunteering works and how all Mozillians can acquire new skills to have a deeper impact on the project.
Main Page: Contribute/Culture
Meetings:
See Contribute#Joint Recognition/Pathways/Education Working Groups meeting
Discussion Forum:
- cbt-education@lists.mozilla.org
- subscription page (subscribe via email)
- google groups page
- archives
- newsgroup
Recognition
Description: This group is focused on how to recognize volunteers for their contributions in order to deepen and extend relationships.
Main Page: Contribute/Recognition
Meetings:
See Contribute#Joint Recognition/Pathways/Education Working Groups meeting
Discussion Forum: Coming soon
Research
Description: This group is currently researching the following central questions:
- How are people (new volunteers) finding us?
- New volunteers' motivations: What do new volunteers believe their involvement with Mozilla might include?
- Staff expectations: What do staff members believe their roles are in contributor interactions?
Main Page: https://openbadges.etherpad.mozilla.org/get-involved-process
Blog Posts:
Filter: [research] -- please add this to the subject line of any emails about this working group that you send to the community building list to help people filter discussions.
Research doesn't have a regularly scheduled meeting, but feel free to reach out on the list if you want to be involved.
Discussion Forum: Coming soon
Events
Description: This group is focused at collecting best practices for how to run effective events that help connect people to Mozilla contribution opportunities.
Main Page: Contribute/Events
Vidyo room: Coming soon...
Meetings:
- 27-03-2014: kick-off meeting
Discussion Forum: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/mozilla.events
Joint Recognition/Pathways/Education Working Groups meeting
Contributearchive/Combined Working Group/How to Participate
