On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 8:03 AM, Stephen Gallagher <sgallagh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 10/20/2010 10:50 PM, Eric "Sparks" Christensen wrote: >> Someone in the "December 2010 Fedora Election Plan" thread mentioned >> having a "job" site for Fedora. I wanted to extend this conversation a bit. >> >> So here's the way I see it. We could have a website that is a central >> repository for jobs open within Fedora. It can be used for continuously >> open jobs like writers and editors for the Docs Project to jobs that are >> open every so often like leadership positions and specialty positions >> like the Elections lead to positions on the different committees. >> >> Having this information on it's own page allows people looking to either >> volunteer for the first time or looking for a new direction to take >> within Fedora a one-stop shopping location. >> >> Each job would have a title, description, and a link to where to go to >> get more information (think classified ads). We already do this a bit >> on the Join page[1] but it isn't really good for short-term postings and >> there isn't any way to get new positions out on the Planet or identi.ca >> which is a better way to get people's attention. >> > > I'd like to see this taken a bit further as well. It would be nice to > have a public "classifieds" board where Fedora Hosted projects could put > up listings of tasks they'd like to see get done. For example, if a > project is looking to recruit additional coders, they could submit a > posting looking for someone to solve certain entry-level bugs. If they > want to expand their audience, maybe they put up a request for someone > to translate their project into a particular language. > > Máirín Duffy mentioned elsewhere a while back "imagine an RPG geared > around helping folks earn points for #FLOSS contributions. it could work > for any FLOSS project". I think this would be a terrific idea, > especially if merged with a "job board" as described above. > > Even imaginary reward systems like Epic Win > (http://www.rexbox.co.uk/epicwin/) serve as an excellent motivator. The > concept of a "Level 30 Contributor" would be both entertaining and > encouraging. Aren't there some vibrant free software community services out in the wild that do this already, which we could leverage for this sort of problem? Also, related but not the same -- a while ago Mike McGrath created a team for dealing with short-term, targeted needs that are beyond entry-level: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Engineering_Services I mention it just because I think it's a great idea that can always use people who are beyond novices but are looking to give back and want to start by sinking their teeth into a short-term, well-bounded problem. Paul _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
