Re: Mentor Program and first steps for KDE Promotion

Thanks all for the updates. Everything is live now with minor
formatting / email spam guard edits.

Regards,
Will

On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Stuart Jarvis <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Will,
>
> CCing you in case you're not subscribed...
>
> 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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