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=Contribution Paths=
=Contribution Paths=
What are the steps someone can take to get involved in your project and to learn enough to be able to start scratching their own itch?


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4. Scratch your own itch
4. Scratch your own itch


Note: Having someone 'scratch their own itch' is a great goal, but it's often unrealistic for someone new to know what they want to do right off the bat.  Getting them a few steps into your project so that they become more familiar with things can help them figure out what their itch is.
==Brainstorming for entry points==


==Brainstorming for entry points==
Challenge: There are things for contributors to do but it requires establishing a certain level of trust first.  What useful activities are there for new people that will help build up that trust?


* [http://www.mozilla.org/community/mirroring.html Set up a mirror] -- may only apply to institutions that have spare servers and bandwidth
* [http://www.mozilla.org/community/mirroring.html Set up a mirror] -- may only apply to institutions that have spare servers and bandwidth
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=Goals=
=Goals=
What goals does your team have for bringing in new contributors to your project area?


=Metrics=
=Metrics=


What data is available to measure if we're meeting the goals?
What data is available to measure if we're meeting your goals?


* Number of mirrors?
* Number of mirrors?


* Patches to Air Mozilla?
* Patches to Air Mozilla?

Revision as of 22:35, 20 September 2011

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Matthew Zeier

Contribution Paths

What are the steps someone can take to get involved in your project and to learn enough to be able to start scratching their own itch?

1.

2.

3.

4. Scratch your own itch

Brainstorming for entry points

Challenge: There are things for contributors to do but it requires establishing a certain level of trust first. What useful activities are there for new people that will help build up that trust?

  • Set up a mirror -- may only apply to institutions that have spare servers and bandwidth
  • Desktop support for Mozilla Spaces (maybe also at college computer labs, libraries, etc?)
  • Combine entry points with Release Engineering if there's reasonable overlap?

Goals

What goals does your team have for bringing in new contributors to your project area?

Metrics

What data is available to measure if we're meeting your goals?

  • Number of mirrors?
  • Patches to Air Mozilla?