On 16 May 2011, at 12:08, Ross Gardler wrote:
I have discussed with Ross Gardler and Nick Burch, the idea of
creating
"teaching packs" for various different levels of academia and,
My own interest is for these "packs" to be less about "teaching" and
more about signposting for potential community members regardless of
their background. That being said, I already have some materials
created specifically for students that could be reworked (I'm pretty
sure the author of these is here on this list although she has not
posted yet).
@Ross: The idea of teaching packs (probably Nick's more than yours) is
to reach out to attract new members.
Something which can be handed out to tutors or teachers to deliver a
ready made lesson on Open Source and ASF.
Your point addresses my other question: is there anything we need to
address first.
@All: It sounds like the dev@community.apache.org "welcome document"
is a good place.
I would suggest this should be a friendly mail which people get (or at
least ask for) from ezmim - objections?
OK, so as a newcomer to the list, I have no idea what it actually
addresses, which is the first rather intimidating barrier to posting.
Second up, having been subscribed to 10 days or so, it doesn't really
make me any the wiser.
- Where is there a description of what this exact list is, Googling
it, still doesn't give you a concrete description, just hints. So do I
need to create one, in which case: what is this list, exactly?
Next question: I am already running a project on this list - surely
that is annoying people who aren't interested?
Following on from this (sorry for anyone not interested), rather than
just asking for people to give me the standard newbie links, here is
what I, as a newbie, found in 10mins digging around:
http://community.apache.org/newbiefaq.html
http://www.apache.org/foundation/getinvolved.html
http://www.apache.org/foundation/mailinglists.html
http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html#3
http://www.apache.org/foundation/public-archives.html
http://www.apache.org/dev/contrib-email-tips.html
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
1) Are there any glaring omissions?
2) Are there any points specific to this list (in addition to the
above generic material) which need to be incorporated?
3) Does anyone have ideas/feelings on what new points should be
developed for a welcome doc?
NOTE: As a newbie, I am now expecting to be flamed for something that
I have done wrong in this email.
Best
Rory
