On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 12:44 AM, Jc García <[email protected]> wrote: > 2015-07-23 21:08 GMT-06:00 J.Rutkowski <[email protected]>: >> Fedora's Ambassador[2] project and the >> concerted effort placed in organizing presence at events, publicly >> promoting projects, organzing contributor and developer projects (à la >> hackathons), etc. Is this something that users would like >> to see more? > You are missing a big piece about fedora, I don't think they would be > able to pull off the ambassador project, or any other stuff without > the redhat funding
While I agree that this is a big factor, grass-roots efforts can still have a big effect. I don't think there is anybody who doesn't want to see Gentoo's name out there more. The real question is whether there are people who want to see Gentoo's name out there and want to be the ones to make it happen. There is a real need for non-developer staff or non-staff contributors in spaces like this (and of course developers can contribute as well). You don't have to write code to be a part of the Gentoo effort. You just have to want to contribute. So, if this is something that interests you speak up (go ahead and email [email protected] to ask how you can help, or reach out to a project lead, or go ahead and pester me if you are trying to get involved but don't seem to be getting anywhere). Many of these projects are really short-staffed, so to some extent you may have to "invent your own job" if you do step up. And we aren't entirely without funds or resources either. We can't fly every Gentoo dev out to a conference or treat everybody at a conference to dinner, but if you need a banner for an exhibit or whatever that can be arranged. Just be practical. From my experience showing up at a LUG and telling 20 people how something worked well for you gets you a lot further than handing out free T-shirts and hats at a booth. -- Rich
