2013/7/5 Anshul Zunke <anshulzu...@gmail.com> > Hi Benedikt, > > I will add 1 more imp point. > > We should public relations more with the student circles. No doubt Apache > is very very popular in java programming group. But ppl especially students > dont know how to contribute in it. >
But how do we do this? I Think none of us has the spare time to visit universities and animate students. > > > Thanks > > > > On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 2:25 AM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > All good ideas. > > > > Gary > > > > On Jul 4, 2013, at 16:20, Benedikt Ritter <brit...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > we had this discussion lately where we talked about attracting new > > > contributors for commons [1]. Over the past few days I've been thinking > > > about this topic again and I've come to the conclusion that there are > > > several things we could do to improve our "public relations". > > > > > > Here is a list of things that I would like to change (and by this I > mean, > > > that I volunteer to do the work ;-) > > > > > > 1. Make commons more visible in coding social media > > > - request git mirrors for every proper component, so that everything is > > > also at github > > > - add all proper components to Ohloh (and clean up the existing ones) > > > - create a Twitter account where we can post news from commons. The > Mesos > > > project already has such an account. [2] > > > > > > 2. Make the website more attractive > > > - Use a modern design - I don't know who said it, but I loved it when > > > someone said "our website looks like we're java 1.3 users". Well, this > is > > > true. Simone made several attempts to make commons switch to the maven > > > fluido skin [3,4,5]. I think the time has come to finally do something > > > about the website. > > > - include a news section on the main page - Having all the components > > > listed on the home page is a good thing for navigation, but what I'm > > really > > > interested in, are news about the development. A new git mirror has > been > > > created? Cool, thanks for telling me. Collections 4 alpha1 has been > > > released? Good to know, I'll download it right away. No need for a big > > fat > > > list that contains all components when most people probably only use a > > few. > > > > > > WDYT? > > > Benedikt > > > > > > [1] http://markmail.org/message/o7ef6o4ahe23k5iu > > > [2] https://twitter.com/ApacheMesos > > > [3] http://markmail.org/message/tkh4yqfcqg5i444g > > > [4] http://markmail.org/message/jnlyhbh5yq3zp54t > > > [5] http://markmail.org/message/jk4addjqw67476bk > > > > > > > > > -- > > > http://people.apache.org/~britter/ > > > http://www.systemoutprintln.de/ > > > http://twitter.com/BenediktRitter > > > http://github.com/britter > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > > > > > > -- > Anshul Zunke > -- http://people.apache.org/~britter/ http://www.systemoutprintln.de/ http://twitter.com/BenediktRitter http://github.com/britter
