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Mailing List thread: fluid-work

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Examples of communities that have a good process
- http://hood.ie
  - well designed site, specifically contribution page
  - dashboard of recent work
  - code of conduct
- http://code4lib.org/
- - well organized
  - concise about page
  - code of conduct
  - Indoctrination document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m-9VtL7L_fUxl2hTF_YZSdFRfucaLtmHvLSzom6XPVM/edit?pli=1#heading=h.99orczg96qj5
  - - inside jokes
- https://www.adafruit.com/about
- jquery.com
- - single contribute page that collects all the necessary information in one simple loation
    - http://contribute.jquery.org
- https://github.com/blog/2128-creating-a-new-contributor-on-ramp
How do we do things now?

- http://idrc.ocadu.ca/about-the-idrc/getinvolved
How did you get involved?

- word-of-mouth
- attending community meetings
- mailing lists
- hired
What we could do better

- distinction / overlap of our various projects
  - so many links to lots of projects can be overwhelming
  - easier if have a single project to start with
  - fluid wiki doesn't provide enough information
- could have wiki page that links all the info for GSoC students (e.g. related to development)
- could use an introductory level tutorial to infusion and etc.
- lots of web sites, not sure where to look for what
- not sure what type of contributions are needed for the various projects (e.g. develompent, design, research, etc.)
Who is in our community/Who isn't?
GSoC Specific

- having time to code review
- need wiki gardening for resources that are useful
- need to have clear language for how to do things, may have language barriers
- should students use the fluid-work mailing list for introductions or stick to the IRC channel
- keeping track of CLAs
- Ask past students to provide feedback on their experience, and to provide information about how they learned to use the various tools and etc.
Possible solutions

- Think of Fluid as the umbrella community, and other things like FLOE as projects that are contributed to by it
- Can have getting involved guides that are specific to the various levels, IDRC, Fluid, etc. and interlink as needed
Concrete next steps

- Getting started page specific to GSoC, expectations.
  - if this is more generic it can be used for interns and other volunteers
- Looking to Get Involved pages for IDRC, Fluid, etc
- Wiki gardening
- Glossary of community specific terminology (e.g. inside jokes, inside knowledge, etc.)
- Timeline of projects