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Consider having a very clear understanding of people's roles and of what they own to avoid situations where opportunities are missed when people assume someone else will take care of it.
Consider having a very clear understanding of people's roles and of what they own to avoid situations where opportunities are missed when people assume someone else will take care of it.


Everyone in Mozilla shares the responsibility of bringing new people into the project, but that's not to say there aren't specific areas that need to be owned by specific people (eg, who in your project makes a point of staying in an IRC channel to answer questions people may have?).
Everyone in Mozilla shares the responsibility of bringing new people into the project, but that's not to say there aren't specific areas that need to be owned by specific people.
 
Examples:
 
* Who in your project makes a point of staying in an IRC channel to answer questions people may have?
* Who in your project keeps documentation and relevant wiki pages up to date?
* Who in your project gets the word out about contribution opportunities and knows about different channels available (newsletters, promos, snippets, feeds, lists, etc.)?


==Don't Get Discouraged==
==Don't Get Discouraged==
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