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It sends a ''strong signal'' to prospective developers that you ''truly want them to join you''. |
It sends a ''strong signal'' to prospective developers that you ''truly want them to join you''. |
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Hey, that post lavees me feeling foolish. Kudos to you! |
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=== How to apply on behalf of your project === |
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If you're a free software contributor and know how to compile a program you work on, we want you to run this event within your project. |
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Email us: |
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* starling@openhatch.org |
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* Answer these questions, with ''one sentence or less'' each: |
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** Your project's name |
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** What you like about this outreach event |
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** How you heard about the "Build it" week |
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Remember that '''space is limited''', and we'll get back to you to let you know if there are still slots available. |
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We're particularly looking for projects with plenty of users, which means a healthy pool of people to draw from. |
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I went to tons of links bferoe this, what was I thinking? |
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=== More explanation === |
=== More explanation === |
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Revision as of 17:48, 1 July 2011
Theres a secert about your post. ICTYBTIHTKY
Why you should do it for your project
It sends a strong signal to prospective developers that you truly want them to join you.
Hey, that post lavees me feeling foolish. Kudos to you!
More explanation
- We're interested in having projects commit to a specific time to be on the channel (even though people are probably on the channel 24/7) because we think that prospective contributors will be motivated by the urgency of having a particular event to attend. We think that even shy people respond to a specific note saying, "We want to help you with a problem you're having".
- We want you to send this note primarily to places that you think have prospective contributors. That usually means your project's IRC channel and development mailing list. We'll leave it up to you, but keep in mind the goal: more people should be interested in conversations on your development list. (If you want, you can say, "We only want to help people who are on the development mailing list, so sign up before attending.")
- We would be happy to help you write an effective outreach email; we're going to write up a draft soon.
- The people who show up might not have much in terms of command-line skills. The email you send out should have a reasonable link to a "How to use the command line" tutorial
- Most of the people involved in this outreach effort only speak English natively. If you want to help by translating this page
Blog posts
- Danny said he could write up a blog post about this.
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