On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 8:37 PM, Daniel Vimont <[email protected]> wrote:
> .. > I'm relatively new not only to HBase and big-data in general, but also to > the whole open-source scene (coming from several decades of working solely > in the proprietary realm with various legacy database technologies), so I > very much appreciate the #beginners tagged issues, and above all I am very > appreciative of the great, friendly, professional attitude that everybody > I've worked with here has thus far displayed. There's always a natural > tendency for a newby to feel intimidated by the inherent complexities of > technologies like this; such sheer complexity is likely the chief "barrier > to entry" of anyone considering joining in as a contributor. To me, this > makes the positive attitudes on display here all the more valuable and > appreciated -- so *thanks*! > > Welcome Dan. Didn't realize you were a newbie judging by the way you've been going about contrib. > With regard to recruiting new contributors, I'll just toss out a question > which I hope does not give offense: What can be done to encourage more > gender-diversity in this project (and projects like it)? > > Thank you for raising this 'awkward' question up here on the dev list. Our ratio is awful. I'm ashamed to cite numbers. I don't know what we can do to encourage participation. I'd be interested in any ideas others might have and would be up for acting them to try and make redress. St.Ack > As I said, I come from a background of working in <http://treehouse.com/> > and with <http://www.softwareag.com/> companies in the proprietary > software > realm, and as such I'm accustomed to working in environments in which males > outnumber females (like with 60/40 or 70/30 majorities). But one shocking > aspect of getting involved with this project was coming in and seeing only > ONE woman's name come up among the current, active contributors. Perhaps > all-male or almost-all-male projects are just the norm in most open-source > projects? I don't imagine for a second that this project is actively and > purposefully *excluding* women. I'm just wondering why (with one exception > that I'm aware of) they're not here, and what could be done to effectively > encourage them to join. > -- Dan > > On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 8:25 AM, Sean Busbey <[email protected]> wrote: > > > There's a bit of extra information they'd like to describe the work > > for new comers. I'd be happy if all of our beginner jiras ended up > > listed, but that will take a fair bit of work. I suspect we'll get > > better ROI if we can prioritize a little. > > > > On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 4:13 PM, Nick Dimiduk <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Nifty. We already do this with the beginners (neé noobies) tag, right? > > Just > > > pipe them through? > > > > > > On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 1:13 PM, Sean Busbey <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > >> Hi folks! > > >> > > >> ASF comdev has put up a great new tool for funneling in new folks: > > >> > > >> https://helpwanted.apache.org/ > > >> > > >> How about we brainstorm a few things here (maybe some beginner JIRAs > > >> we can flesh out a little?) and then file? > > >> > > >> -Sean > > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > busbey > > >
