Rich, I will help make it happen.
- Josh On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 9:01 AM Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote: > Problem: Members (and, more generally, committers) are less engaged with > the larger Foundation than at any point in our history. Meanwhile, the > mechanisms for getting more engaged (eg, the members mailing list) are a > firehose of unrelated content that is very frustrating to the casual > participant - even those who desire a deeper engagement - and, in > practice, are completely off-putting. Committers, meanwhile, have no > real avenue, outside of their project, for further engagement. > > I've been struggling with ways to address this for years, and they all > tend to founder on the rocks of "People should just be doing X!" which, > in each case, is true, but also dismissive and ultimately unhelpful. > > I would like to propose that we are more proactive about reaching out to > our community in tiny, consumable bites, that hint at a larger feast > that they're missing out on. > > Here's my proposal, but I cannot (and will not) tackle this alone, > because that guarantees failure, which guaranteed less participation the > next time we suggest something like this. > > Proposal/Brainstorming doc: https://hackmd.io/JaLaGy56T8qT3ODABLVswA > > It's an intentionally simple idea - a minimum viable idea, one might say. > > I want to know who's going to help make it a reality. Not particularly > interested in "that's a great idea", as much as "I will help make it > happen." > > This will involve engagement with Events, M&P, and Board, at a minimum, > but over time we'd hopefully engage everyone at the Foundation in > content creation. But, even then, I want to keep this tiny and > consumable - content that you can absorb in 2-5 minutes, always with a > "to get more engaged ..." call to action aspect to it. > > Come help me develop community. > > --Rich > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > > -- Sent from A Mobile Device
