Re: Mentor Program and first steps for KDE Promotion

Hi Will, 

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On Monday 30 August 2010 14:11:15 Justin Kirby wrote:
> 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?

Please feel free to add me too (following Justin's template below...)

Stuart Jarvis - Justin is a current member of the Marketing Working Group, an 
editor of KDE's Dot News outlet and a promo contributor since December 2008.  
You can reach him at stuart.jarvis (at) gmail.com

> > Do you have any additional advice for newcomers to the project?

I think the text Justin suggested below is great.

cheers,
Stu

> 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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