On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 9:17 AM, Alexandra Settle <a.set...@outlook.com> wrote:
> Andreas: > > Yay on the no drops. > > > Regarding addition: I'm seeing cores as a *team* - even if many of us > > work on our own, we interact with each other and need help from > others. > > > I'd like cores to collaborate - so attending IRC meetings and taking > > part in discussions. How to encourage these to engage more? At least > > let's each of them ask for a self-intro on the mailing list if they > > become core... > > > Abstaining for now on the addition, > > I would like to add a suggestion to that – if an individual appears on > these lists, is put forward for core, not only do we request that cores > attend IRC meetings, discussions on the mailing list, but that they also > have at least once taken on the bug triager responsibility for Launchpad. > > Anne: > > I'd like some discussion about how best to onboard new cores - > Andreas is onto something with an introduction to the mailing list. > > Do they want to be cores? Do they know their stats are being watched > for this? > > This is a really good discussion we should be having. We are losing cores > rapidly due to other commitments. Maybe we could introduce something to the > Contributor Guide along the lines of “So you want to become a core” within > the “documentation team structure” section. However, this might not be as > visible as we would like, and a little confusing to find. > We have this - http://docs.openstack.org/contributor-guide/docs-review.html#achieving-core-reviewer-status > > I have been thinking that we need to start introducing a better structure > to the ‘this is your first week working on manuals’. I would like to > publish something similar to a blog post on SuperUser, and perhaps add a > new chapter to the Contributor Guide on ‘your first week’ with tips and > instructions (Day Two: Find some low hanging fruit bugs, here’s a link). > > These are good ideas, but there's still an outreach component that usually comes from the PTL, to ask individuals their goals and guide them towards meaningful contributions. > Unlike other projects, we get a lot of first timers with little-to-no > upstream and dev experience and we cannot continue to assume they are just > going to read the contributor guide and ‘dive right in’ like we have in the > past. > Yep, agreed. > > Just some thoughts ☺ > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack-doc-core > Post to : openstack-doc-core@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack-doc-core > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- Read my blog: justwrite.click <https://justwriteclick.com> Subscribe to Docs|Code: docslikecode.com
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