On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 5:40 PM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm not sure if I ever mentioned this on the marketing list, but I've > been working on some "new volunteer" orientation modules, essentially > webpages that we can point new volunteers to, so they can get up to > speed on the project. > > Some of the modules are generic, dealing with basic things like how > the project is organized and how decision making at Apache works. You > can see these as Level 1 and Level 2 modules here: > > http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/orientation/index.html > > And then there are more specialized ones for specific project areas, > like QA, here: > http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/orientation/intro-qa.html > > IMHO, it is a good idea to have something like this for marketing, > especially if we want to do a "call for volunteers" in this area. > > I've started a draft of this module here, taking advantage of material > that Graham and others have already put in the wiki: > > http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/orientation/intro-marketing.html > > OK. Maybe it is more an outline than a draft ;-) But I write fast > once I have an outline. So could you take a look at let me know if > there are any other topics I should cover? >
Here is a full draft now: http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/orientation/intro-marketing.html I breaking for the day now, but I'll review with a fresh head tomorrow. But if you see something wrong, missing or just plain ugly, let me know and I'll get it fixed. -Rob > Note that this is not intended to be a comprehensive, everything you > possibly would want to know, guide to marketing. The aim is to help > new volunteers get oriented, to get a start. > > Regards, > > -Rob
