Rich,

I will help make it happen.

- Josh

On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 9:01 AM Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote:

> Problem: Members (and, more generally, committers) are less engaged with
> the larger Foundation than at any point in our history. Meanwhile, the
> mechanisms for getting more engaged (eg, the members mailing list) are a
> firehose of unrelated content that is very frustrating to the casual
> participant - even those who desire a deeper engagement - and, in
> practice, are completely off-putting. Committers, meanwhile, have no
> real avenue, outside of their project, for further engagement.
>
> I've been struggling with ways to address this for years, and they all
> tend to founder on the rocks of "People should just be doing X!" which,
> in each case, is true, but also dismissive and ultimately unhelpful.
>
> I would like to propose that we are more proactive about reaching out to
> our community in tiny, consumable bites, that hint at a larger feast
> that they're missing out on.
>
> Here's my proposal, but I cannot (and will not) tackle this alone,
> because that guarantees failure, which guaranteed less participation the
> next time we suggest something like this.
>
> Proposal/Brainstorming doc: https://hackmd.io/JaLaGy56T8qT3ODABLVswA
>
> It's an intentionally simple idea - a minimum viable idea, one might say.
>
> I want to know who's going to help make it a reality. Not particularly
> interested in "that's a great idea", as much as "I will help make it
> happen."
>
> This will involve engagement with Events, M&P, and Board, at a minimum,
> but over time we'd hopefully engage everyone at the Foundation in
> content creation. But, even then, I want to keep this tiny and
> consumable - content that you can absorb in 2-5 minutes, always with a
> "to get more engaged ..." call to action aspect to it.
>
> Come help me develop community.
>
> --Rich
>
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