Contribute/Lifecycle

Need intro (link to Contribute/Pilots as part of intro to show how we identified what the effective things are.)

Starting

• Problem: Your project doesn't have volunteers yet and you're interested in building a community around what you're doing.

• Who: You've been a) tasked with creating a volunteer community, or b) you have more work than you/your staff can do and so need to contributors to help you get it done.

• What: A checklist of things to be thinking/doing when you're here (watch this workshop video, fill out this template, etc).

• How: See how other people have approached this: David S from Firefox OS engineering, person interested in forming a local community in Australia, etc.

• Checklist:
  • Read stories from existing Mozillians about how they first got involved with the project as volunteers
  • Watch the Designing for participation workshop video (soon to be reshot into a more watchable series of short videos)
  • Join the Grow Mozilla call and introduce yourself and meet other people involved with bringing people in to their projects.

Learning

• Problem:
  • You have connected with some volunteers and you're interested in learning about how to build on what's working so more people can join.
  • Volunteers are coming to you and you are not sure how to mobilize them effectively

• Who:
  • You're in charge of community management/engagement for your group.
  • You're the person volunteers always seem to come to.

• What: A checklist of things to be thinking/doing when you're here (watch this workshop video, etc).

• How: See how other people have approached this: Ben S from WebProd, etc.

Scaling

• Who: You know how to design for participation with your project and you're interested in balancing doing more of this with everything else your team needs to do.

• What: A checklist of things to be thinking/doing when you're here (watch this workshop video, etc).

• How: See how other people have approached this: Matej from Creative, etc.
  • Firefox for Android Engineering: "Over the past year, the Firefox for Android team has really seen increased volunteer participation."

Maturing

• Who: You have a healthy and active community and you're interested in keeping that momentum and retaining your key contributors.

• What: A checklist of things to be thinking/doing when you're here (watch this workshop video, etc).

• How: See how other people have approached this: Rosana and Madalina from SUMO, etc.