Mike McGrath wrote: > With the help of some others I've put this document together: > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_be_a_Successful_Contributor > > I intend on having it be required reading for new members of the > Infrastructure team as part of our GettingStarted page. I thought I'd > mention it here in case others would like to make it part of their sign up > process. > > Questions / comments welcome. > Reading this page for the first time... It looks like a better title would be: "How to *become* a successful contributor" Further, the page isn't written very well; Who thinks it's suitable to say to a new, potential contributor: "It is your job to ..." "This step is both incredibly difficult and important." "The single biggest mistake new contributors make" It just sounds way too negative, and I'm thinking for a prominent page to be put in front of many new, potentially very valuable contributors, it should be motivating, a brochure to close the sale. So, in effect, where we say "incredibly difficult to find a mentor", what we should be asking ourselves is "why is it difficult to find a mentor and more importantly, what can we do about it?". A solution as simple as a wiki page listing mentors and their location (physical proximity helps) might just solve that problem. Just my $0.02 -- Jeroen _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
