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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.
If you want to help newcomers get over their concerns and get your program built, you'll Similar documents