On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 5:46 PM, Mike McGrath <mmcgrath@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 10 May 2010, Kevin Fenzi wrote: > >> On Sat, 8 May 2010 23:18:14 +0530 >> Rahul Sundaram <metherid@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> > On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 9:26 PM, Kevin Fenzi <kevin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > >> > > Greetings. >> > > >> > > I was thinking it might be a nice idea to have Fedora Engineering >> > > Services create for us a "Fedora Suggestion Box". >> > >> > >> > You can use ideatorrent for this as it is quite a close fit >> > >> > http://ideatorrent.org >> >> Interesting, but I'm not sure I want all that. ;) >> >> I don't know that voting and having a full blown ideastorm like site is >> that great. I think it lends into having a lot of people expect that >> ideas that are "voted" the highest will automagically be worked on, >> when it's not really the case. >> > > This brings up an interesting counter point. Perhaps we shouldn't be > accepting ideas until we have more willing and able workers? I think this could work both ways - having a centralized point where newcomers could locate tasks suited to their abilities, available time, or depth of knowledge of the Fedora project could lead to.... more contributors. It's a lot easier to click on, "I know how to do X, Y, and Z," and be able to look at a definitive list of "here are contributions I can make that match up with my capabilities" - than to than look through the marketing, docs, infrastructure, and design ticket lists and find things that match up. On-ramps are good for new contributors. It is much easier to learn how to turn a car right onto a neighborhood street than to learn how to merge onto a LA freeway in a stickshift on your first drive. :) If we can identify and separate the easier tasks from the harder ones - we stand a chance of being able to migrate new contributors more easily, help them find what they can do to help, and cultivate them into full-fledged contributors who can take on some of the more involved tasks. -robyn _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
