Author: robweir
Date: Fri Oct 19 19:25:42 2012
New Revision: 1400240
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1400240&view=rev
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incubator/ooo/site/trunk/content/openofficeorg/orientation/level-1.mdtext
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+Title: Level 1 Volunteers
+Notice: Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ distributed with this work for additional information
+ regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ .
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ .
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ under the License.
+
+#Level 1 Volunteers
+
+As a volunteer at Level 1 you will gain basic familiarity with the Apache
Software Foundation and how it works,
+get signed up for various important online project services, and introduce
yourself to the other volunteers on
+the project's mailing mailing list.
+
+Level 1 is focused on connecting you to the project.
+
+##Steps to Complete Level 1
+
+
+1. It is important that you understand a little about the Apache Software
Foundation and OpenOffice,
+what it is, how it is organized and how the Apache OpenOffice Project fits
into the overall Foundation. This is partially
+organizational knowledge and a little history. But it is important for
understanding how things work here,
+and understanding the culture of this open source community. Suggested
readings are:
+
+ 1. [How It Works](http://apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html) (to
learn about how the ASF is organized and works)
+ 1. [ASF FAQ's](http://www.apache.org/foundation/faq.html) (browse to see
if it answers any questions you might have)
+ 1. [OpenOffice Wikipedia article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice)
(for basic historical background)
+ 1. [14 Ways to Contribute to Open Source without Being a Programming
Genius or a Rock Star](http://blog.smartbear.com/software-quality/bid/167051/)
+
+
+1. As a globally-distributed all-volunteer open source project, there is never
a time or place where we can
+all meet together in the same room or even on a telephone call. Because of
this, and out of respect for
+everyone's busy and varying schedule, we use mailing lists to coordinate our
work, make proposals, gather
+consensus and resolve community issues. There are three mailing lists that
every Volunteer should be on:
+
+ 1.
[ooo-dev](http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/mailing-lists.html#development-mailing-list)
This is the
+main mailing list for the project, and gets a lot of traffic. But this is
where project-wide discussions occur.
+ 1.
[ooo-announce](http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/mailing-lists.html#announce-mailing-list)
This
+is the official announcement list for the project. It is used for announcing
things like new releases,
+security patches, conferences, etc.
+ 1.
[ooo-users](http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/mailing-lists.html#users-mailing-list)
This is our users
+list and is one way in which we provide support to end users. Although you
may not be interested specifically
+in user support, it is still recommended that you follow this list, even if
just to get a feel for
+user concerns, problems, feature ideas, etc.
+
+1. You can also review other mailing lists we host and which may be of
interest, including ones focused on
+specific [project
functions](http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/mailing-lists.html) and
+[native languages](http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/native-lang.html).
+
+1. One of the first practical tests each Volunteer faces is dealing with the
volume of emails that comes from
+participation in an open source project like this. A good email client for
this kind of work will support
+folders, rule-based folder assignments, and most importantly quote collapsing.
A common practice is to make
+a separate folder for each Apache mailing list and define a rule to move
incoming emails directly into that folder.
+If you have a question on how to configure your email client to do these
things, try your help files,
+or a web search first, and if that fails post a question to the ooo-dev list.
+
+1. Because our mailing lists can be busy, and we're not all native English
speakers, and because email text is
+a crude medium which makes it hard to express nuanced emotions, we need to be
careful and tolerant in how we
+use it. Please read over our [Participation
Guidelines](http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/mailing-lists.html#participation-guidelines)
+and [List Conduct
Guidelines](http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/list-conduct.html) for
more information.
+
+1. Now that you have signed up for the mailing lists, you should send a note
to ooo-dev list and introduce
+yourself to the other Volunteers. Who are you, where are you from, what are
you interested in? These are all
+good things to cover.
+
+1. Aside from the mailing lists there are several online services that every
volunteer should be signed up for:
+
+ 1. Our [MediaWiki](http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Main_Page) (sometimes
called MWiki) used for user documentation and many other things.
+ 1. Our
[ConfluenceWiki](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Wiki+Home)
(sometimes called CWiki) where we do project planning.
+ 1. Our [Bugzilla database]() (sometimes called BZ) where we report and
track status on bugs.
+ 1. Our [Community Forums](http://forum.openoffice.org/) These are
available in several languages.
+This is the primary way in which we engage with the user community.
+
+
+1. Finally, once you have done the above, Edit this wiki page *TBD* containing
project volunteers. Add your name
+and indicate that you have completed Level 1. Congratulations! Please send a
note to the ooo-dev list so we know
+you are ready for the next Level.
+
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