Re: Mentor Program and first steps for KDE Promotion

On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 6:04 PM, Will Entriken <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I am updating http://www.kde.org/community/getinvolved/promotion/ and
> there are no mentors listed for KDE Promotion.
>
> Do you know additional people I could ask to join the program?
>
> Do you have any additional advice for newcomers to the project?
>
>
Will,

Thanks for updating the page.  Here are my suggestions for updating the
page. Hopefully all the embedded links carry over for you - let me know if
they don't.  Please leave some time before posting these changes for others
to give feedback in case they see any issues or want to add themselves as
individual contacts.

1) Under "communicating with the team" can you update the text to say the
the following:

There are multiple ways to get in touch with the KDE Promo team but the best
way to get started is with the mailing list.  You can join the list at
https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-promo (learn about mailing
lists<http://www.kde.org/support/#mailinglists>).
On the KDE-Promo mailing list we discuss all of the projects and tasks we're
working on.  Frequently we ask the list for volunteers to help on these
things so getting involved can be as easy as signing up for the list and
waiting for someone to ask for help.  Or if you have your own idea for
something you want to do it's also a great place to ask for feedback and to
see if anyone else is willing to help you out.

We also have an IRC channel in #kde-promo <irc://irc.kde.org/kde-promo> on
irc.freenode.net (learn more about IRC <http://www.kde.org/support/#irc>).
Most of the time the channel is pretty quiet, but it is sometimes used for
meetings where real time discussion is needed.

If you are feeling shy and don't want to email the entire list but would
still like to talk with someone about joining the KDE Promo team you can
contact the following people individually with questions:

* Justin Kirby - Justin is a current member of the Marketing Working Group
and a promo contributor since July 2009.  You can reach him at kirby (at)
kde.org.

* anyone else on this list who is willing to also do this??


2) I think "Tasks" should come before "More Information".  Could you switch
the order on these?  And here is some updated wording for each.

Tasks

The main activities of the team include:

* Reaching out to the user community to spread word about KDE software.
This is done in the form of writing your own blog posts<http://planetkde.org/>,
contributing stories to our main news site (the Dot <http://dot.kde.org/>),
and visiting conference events <http://community.kde.org/Promo/Events> on
behalf of KDE just to name a few things.

* Helping find new KDE contributors.  This is another activity that can
occur through blog posts or at conferences, but really can occur just about
anywhere that you decide to talk to someone about KDE.  You could start by
simply pointing them to the Get Involved with
KDE<http://www.kde.org/community/getinvolved/>pages you're at right
now!

* We also work on a wide variety of other projects and tasks.  We maintain
various social media
channels<http://community.kde.org/Promo/Material/social_media>such as
groups on Identi.ca, YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.  We work with
other publication groups to get KDE related articles into their magazines
and web sites.  These are just a few examples and we cover a wide variety of
other things which are generally listed on our Tasks
page<http://community.kde.org/Promo/Tasks>on the wiki. If you are
interested in helping with one of these tasks or
adding some new ones please communicate with the KDE Promo mailing list to
coordinate your efforts.

More Information

Please visit the Promo pages <http://community.kde.org/Promo> of the
Community wiki for more information or sign up for our mailing
list<https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-promo>.
It's a great place to get a feel for all of the things we're working on.  If
you feel like you would be able help contribute to KDE as part of the Promo
team please don't hesitate to get in touch!


Thanks,
Justin

Thanks and regards,
> Will Entriken
>
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