On Mon, Jun 28, 2004 at 12:04:29PM -0700, nicole wrote: > I think we should have a "getting started" link, where you can get info on > how to get started in debian, get started as a maintainer, get started as > a woman in the linux community, get started as a woman in the greater > PC/CS/scientific community, get started as a conference speaker, get > started as anything we're interested in :o) You could also include the > projects that we are working on there too.
I really think this is a great idea -- one of the best ways to make a community seem more welcoming and less intimidating is to actively make available information on how to get involved. > I like the logo Me too! > If we have guidelines or policy on how people who are not site maintainers > request updates, that works. I suppose if you had a blog-style front page, > you could have people writing their own articles or whatever and that > might be enough, then the actual pages could be updated as someone with > privileges has time. I suppose that's a stronger case for a CMS. This sounds great. I think having at least part of the site be blog-like will (hopefully!) encourage more people to get involved in a visible fashion. Best, -- hanna m. wallach blog: http://join-the-dots.org/ work: http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/hmw26/
