On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 10:57 +0000, Jonathan Roberts wrote: > On 29/02/2008, Mike McGrath <mmcgrath@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hey docs people! I'm working on FAS2, its getting real close. I was > > wondering if someone would draft up what they want the welcome email to > > say when people sign up for an account for the first time. Something to > > encourage them and help them through the process of what to do after the > > cla is signed. > > > > Joining the Fedora Project is like walking into IKEA the first time. Lets > > try to ease that :) > > Urm...this is maybe a bit longer than you had in mind? But you might like it: > > -------------------------- > > Welcome to the Fedora Project. Now that you've signed up for an > account you're probably desperate to start contributing, and with that > in mind we hope this e-mail might guide you in the right direction to > make this process as easy as possible. > > Fedora is an exciting project with lots going on, and you can > contribute in a huge number of ways, using all sorts of different > skill sets. To find out about the different ways you can contribute to > Fedora, you can visit our join page which provides more information > about all the different roles we have available. > > http://fedoraproject.org/en/join-fedora > > If you already know how you want to contribute to Fedora, and have > found the group already working in the area you're interested in, then > there are a few more steps for you to get going. > > Foremost amongst these is to sign up for the team or project's mailing > list that you're interested in - and if you're interested in more than > one group's work, feel free to sign up for as many mailing lists as > you like! This is because mailing lists are where the majority of work > gets organised and tasks assigned, so to stay in the loop be sure to > keep up with the messages. > > Once this is done, it's probably wise to send a short introduction to > the list letting them know what experience you have and how you'd like > to help. From here, existing members of the team will help you to find > your feet as a Fedora contributor. > > And finally, from all of us here at the Fedora Project, we're looking > forward to working with you! One question about this email. If someone's gone through the CLA process to get this email, haven't they already discovered this information -- as part of reading the Join process that got them to that step to begin with? Maybe we should be using this email to tell them about things like: * fedorapeople.org, directing them to the FAQ at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/fedorapeople.org * planet for bloggers, FAQ at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Planet * gobby for collaboration * other resources... -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fredlug
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