In the case of GSoC mentoring, one needed change is to add the search case http://s.apache.org/gsoc2016tasks or maybe a generic http://s.apache.org/gsoctasks.
Then the Guide to being a mentor can be updated to match that and not continue to mention "gsoc2011". This requires adding a public filter to the ASF JIRA and I am not certain who has the karma and skills to do that (being on a bugzilla-based project myself and my JIRA skills are past their use-by date). QUESTION #1: If we want to broaden this mentoring of volunteers under other conditions, I assume that can be done by additional labelling cases along with or separate from any gsoc label. Yes? QUESTION #2: For non-GSoC mentoring of volunteers on a bugzilla-reliant project, I assume using the special JIRA arrangement and mailing list that has been dedicated to GSoC needs an alternative or modification. We still need a generic place for volunteer to be able to look when looking for mentoring, but that might guide them to a variety of places. Are there thoughts on how to flex that GSoC-focused arrangement in some manner, or to cross-connect with a generic arrangement? - Dennis > -----Original Message----- > From: Rich Bowen [mailto:rbo...@rcbowen.com] > Sent: Friday, February 5, 2016 23:37 > To: dev@community.apache.org > Subject: Re: Guiding volunteers > > > > On 02/05/2016 08:23 AM, Ross Gardler wrote: > > This focus on tooling is the wrong focus, > > Yeah .. I was going to say ... we could spend weeks down the rat-hole of > which tool, which tracker, which technology, and we'll lose track of the > goal. > > Invariably when I travel to events, I get excited about what we could do > at Apache to get the word out, if only ... and then I get back home and > real life pushes out those good intentions. Tomorrow is the last day of > my travels. Perhaps I can get something done today ... > > > > especially for those of us who don't know how to get started on new > tooling, or for those who recognize we already have a fine tool for the > job - we're just not communicating it well. > > > > Here are three concreate actions *anyone* with a little time available > can take today. > > > > 1) Update the page at http://community.apache.org/guide-to-being-a- > mentor.html to be more generic (i.e. not GSOC specific) and reflect the > goals of this thread (if you don't know how to use the ASF CMS to edit > our site I've pasted the markdown below, just edit here and someone can > put it onto the site for you) > > > > 2) Pick your favourite project. Drop a mail to the dev list. Explain > your motivation. Ask them to mark issues according to the guidelines in > http://community.apache.org/guide-to-being-a-mentor.html > > > > 3) Get the message out to those who need a little guidance that they > can find such issues in JIRA (there are many ways this can be done, all > of them are good ;-) > > > > > > > > Ross > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Venkat Raman [mailto:ramanindy...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Thursday, February 4, 2016 7:55 PM > > To: dev@community.apache.org > > Subject: Re: Guiding volunteers > > > > Hi - > > > > It would be extremely helpful to have systems like savannah to newbies > to dive in based on their skill sets and area of interest.I would like > to contribute as well. But, struggling in the same way as others to get > started. > > > > Regards, > > Venkat > > > > On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 2:57 PM, Patricia Shanahan <p...@acm.org> > wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> On 2/4/2016 10:35 AM, Greg Chase wrote: > >> > >>> On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 3:25 PM, Patricia Shanahan <p...@acm.org> > wrote: > >>> > >>> An alternative approach would be a help-wanted page, organized > >>> according > >>>> to skills, maintained on the same sort of system as the board > agenda. > >>>> Each > >>>> PMC chair whose project is looking for volunteers would supply > >>>> information about their needs. The result would be a public web > page > >>>> potential volunteers could search. > >>>> > >>>> Ideally, it would be on a whimsey-like system, but a start could be > >>>> made by just defining a format and keeping the master page in a PMC > >>>> chair accessible SVN archive. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> This is a wonderful idea. I've been looking for a way to get the > >>>> various > >>> incubating communities I'm helping organize recruit new > contributors. > >>> This > >>> would help solve this problem by making it easier for (p)PMC's to > >>> articulate what they would like help with from new community > members. > >>> > >>> Obviously it would be an adhoc system, and up to projects to fill > out > >>> and keep their want ad's up to date. Perhaps a rule of the system > >>> would be that want ads are automatically deleted after a month if > >>> they aren't visited and renewed by project members to verify they > are still current. > >>> > >> > >> I like the idea of automatic disappearance, but maybe make it three > >> months and tie it to the board report cycle - every time a PMC files > a > >> board report, it should also check and update its help wanted. > >> > >> > >>> So basically, I'm volunteering to help here :) > >>> > >> > >> I would also like to help, but don't know how to get something like > >> this started. > >> > >> Patricia > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Thanks & Regards, > > > > Venkat Raman. R > > > > > -- > Rich Bowen - rbo...@rcbowen.com - @rbowen > http://apachecon.com/ - @apachecon
