I am also experiencing the same trend. It is easy to click "Interested", even if there is no real energy behind that interest. I have tried the smoothest and most hand-holding ways, but even fail to get an email response. I am also in the dozen or two responses, So I think we need to either accept a very high signal-noise ratio, or come up with a better way of engagement.
Cheers Niclas On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 9:15 PM, Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote: > > > On 11/28/2016 11:16 PM, Jordan Zimmerman wrote: > > Anyone having success with helpwanted.apache.org < > http://helpwanted.apache.org/>? I’ve gotten a dozen or so responses (for > Apache Curator). Not one of them has even bothered to subscribe to the > email list. I always thank them for their interest and point them at the > bug DB, etc. and then - nothing. I’m afraid this is attracting folks > looking for a quick bump for the CVs :( > > > > I would do two things: > > 1) Point people at lists.apache.org rather than asking them to subscribe > to the mailing list. The effect is the same, but lists.apache.org is > much easier for people unfamiliar with the whole subscribe dance. > > 2) Don't just point people to the bug DB. Point them to a specific > issue, and then hold their hand a little while they go through the > process. Getting beginners involved is a contact-intensive process. You > can't just push them in the right direction and hope for the best. You > have to actively mentor. Having specific tasks that people are asked to > do is incredibly encouraging for a beginner who has no idea how to get > started. If you point me to the bug DB, I'm going to poke around for > five minutes and leave in frustration. > > --Rich > > > >> On Apr 11, 2016, at 9:55 PM, Shane Curcuru <a...@shanecurcuru.org> > wrote: > >> > >> ComDev has a new service for posting "help wanted" bugs for newcomers: > >> > >> https://helpwanted.apache.org/ <https://helpwanted.apache.org/> > > > > > > > -- > Rich Bowen - rbo...@rcbowen.com - @rbowen > http://apachecon.com/ - @apachecon > > -- Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer http://zest.apache.org - New Energy for Java
