On 2014-03-26 07:14, Felipe López wrote:
> 2014-03-25 20:17 GMT-05:00 George Roberge <grobe...@andforthelamb.org>: > >> On Tue, 2014-03-25 at 23:15 +0100, Sam Geeraerts wrote: >>> Op Mon, 24 Mar 2014 19:50:43 -0400 >>> schreef George Roberge <grobe...@andforthelamb.org>: >>> >>>> I did spend some time on the site and Savannah, and created accounts >>>> on both. I'll tell you that looking over the project was a little >>>> intimidating (since I'm not a coder), but I did see a few places >>>> where I could help out with some of the perhaps more tedious jobs. >>>> There are plenty of teams on the site, and it appears that there's >>>> plenty to do. >>> >>> The project's not meant to be intimidating, but I can understand if it >>> looks like our attention is mainly on code. Other areas need help too. >>> >>>> One thing first: I saw on Savannah that before jumping into asking >>>> permission to be added to a project, that the "applicant" should >>>> reach the project leader(s) through another means, like the project's >>>> mailing list. So I imagine that this would be the place to talk to >>>> someone? >>> >>> Yes. >>> >>>> And this may be a dumb question, but given the need for >>>> coders, is there honestly a point for a non-coding person at this >>>> time? >>> >>> Your written English skills could help with cleaning up the wiki. There >>> are more than a few outdated pages on it [1]. Some should be >>> updated/rewritten, some should be deleted. The better the website is >>> written, the more attractive and useful it is to users. >>> >>> You also mentioned advocacy. I would like it if gNewSense would be >>> known not just among software freedom enthusiasts, but also with people >>> outside that community that might be interested. Hanging out with those >>> crowds and dropping names is a good start. I'm open to other >>> suggestions (for identifying target groups and ways to reach out to >>> them). >>> >>>> And this may be a dumb question, but given the need for coders, is >>>> there honestly a point for a non-coding person at this time? I don't >>>> want to jump in and start doing things that aren't particularly >>>> useful to anyone at this point, and have anyone thinking, "Oh, yay, >>>> thank you for doing that thing...that really doesn't serve any >>>> purpose at this point...." >>> >>> You're welcome to contribute in any way you see fit, keeping in mind >>> that our focus is software freedom and that available man-hours in the >>> team are limited. >>> >>>> Silly question maybe, but I have zero experience joining something >>>> like this. I'm a good independent learner, but I'm not familiar with >>>> "the system" here. >>> >>> Not much of a system, really. Showing initiative and asking for help >>> when you need it should get you a long way. >>> >>> [1] http://www.gnewsense.org/CategoryOutdated [1] >> >> Excellent- sounds like a plan, then. I'll get on the gNewSense site and >> find something to do. Thank you! > > You could also contribute to The gNewSense Blog > <http://thegnewsenseblog.wordpress.com/join-us/ [3]>. You could write about > how you use a particular application in gNewSense, about ideas to improve > gNewSense, post polls to know how other people use gNewSense, etc. > >> By the way: the Northeast GNU/Linuxfest is next Saturday in Boston, MA >> (USA). I don't know who will be there representing Linux; I know >> FreeBSD and Red Hat were there last year. Perhaps there's an >> opportunity there, if gNewSense has pamphlets or anything like that. > > I don't think there are any up-to-date pamphlets available. Designing them is > another way to contribute. > > -- > > Luis Felipe López Acevedo http://sirgazil.bitbucket.org/ [4] > > _______________________________________________ > gNewSense-dev mailing list > gNewSense-dev@nongnu.org > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-dev [2] Ah, thank you- I didn't see the blog. And I had thought about the pamphlet, but I can't reach gnewsense.org to see what information is available (Charter issues, I believe), and may not have enough time and knowledge of the distro to assemble one in time. That doesn't mean that it wouldn't be beneficial in the long run, though! George R. -- Bugs come in through open Windows. Free Software Foundation Member #11716 Links: ------ [1] http://www.gnewsense.org/CategoryOutdated [2] https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-dev [3] http://thegnewsenseblog.wordpress.com/join-us/ [4] http://sirgazil.bitbucket.org/
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