So something like this? https://helpwanted.apache.org/
On Wed, 11 Sep 2019 at 13:48, Sander Striker <s.stri...@striker.nl> wrote: > > Hi, > > Apologies if I'm not posting to the right list, feel free to redirect me to > dev@ if that is more appropriate. > > Sitting in a couple of sessions at ApacheCon NA I notice that one dimension > of diversity is non-code contributions. > > I've observed that the advice to people that want to get involved is, > paraphrased: > - find a project that interests you > - find something to do, like bug triage, or documentation, or organizing > meetups, or... whatever the project needs > - engage and do that > > Seeing that advice makes me realize we are now dealing with potential > contributors with very different motivations. While before contributions > came in because someone had an itch to scratch (a bug to fix, a feature to > add, ...) there are now also people that come in looking for something to > do, where a project is not necessarily a starting point. There is a > different motivator, and these contributors are looking to apply their > skillset in practice. > > If this is the case, I wonder if we can look at this more as a problem of > supply and demand. That is, by doing inventory of what projects need (bug > triaging, documentation, user support, ...), making it much easier for > people to find an area where they can apply their particular skills. In > other words a nice Community Insights project. > > I don't have the cycles to actually execute on such a project, but I > thought it useful enough to share. > > Cheers, > > Sander -- Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: diversity-unsubscr...@apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: diversity-h...@apache.org
