On Mon, May 08, 2017 at 07:29:17PM -0700, Alyssa Rosenzweig wrote: > As per a discussion with wolftune. > --- > community/team-engagement.page | 10 ++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/community/team-engagement.page b/community/team-engagement.page > index 804fac9..890d1a6 100644 > --- a/community/team-engagement.page > +++ b/community/team-engagement.page > @@ -56,6 +56,16 @@ Organizations need some meetings, and when run well, they > can produce powerful r > * To set major priorities, especially for the long term > * To conduct project post-mortems in order to reflect on what succeeded and > what needs improvement > > +## Starting a project > + > +* Be social. Talk to your friends about your project. Talk to their friends > about it. Talk about it in public IRC channels. Post about it on Reddit. It's > okay if it's not "ready" yet -- just get the word out and find people > interested. > +* Get people involved. See the rest of this document for help here. > +* Make it a community effort. It isn't *your* project; it's *our* project. > Let your new contributors have a say in the direction. > +* If they've earned it, give people titles. Titles are fun and motivating, > and they don't cost you anything. Don't give them out recklessly, but if > people start accumulating real responsibilities, let them now! Titles are an > honour in FLO projects. > +* Ask for help. Even if you do all the work for the project itself, reaching > out to advisors can be helpful in finding direction. Maybe someone in > `#snowdrift` can help bounce ideas off. > +* If you can, a co-founder is even better. > +* Open it out of your circle. It's one thing to build a project that appeals > to enthusiasts. It's another to make it appeal to non-enthusiasts. You'll > never please everybody, but you can always broaden your project's domain. > + > ## Resources > > * [OpenHatch](http://openhatch.org) helps new volunteers get involved in FLO > software development > -- > 2.11.0
Thanks. I see this has been merged already, but definitely feel welcome to submit patches like this. :)
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