Group: GNU Generation/Help your project

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If you are a member of any Free Software project (it doesn't have to be a GNU package), GNU Generation is a way for you to reach younger people and allow them to join and contribute to your community.  GNU Generation aims to establish students as regular contributors and community members instead of just temporary ones.  This offers an invaluable chance to gain new contributors early on that will likely continue to contribute for years to come.  There are a variety of ways to allow engagement with GNU Generation.   
 
If you are a member of any Free Software project (it doesn't have to be a GNU package), GNU Generation is a way for you to reach younger people and allow them to join and contribute to your community.  GNU Generation aims to establish students as regular contributors and community members instead of just temporary ones.  This offers an invaluable chance to gain new contributors early on that will likely continue to contribute for years to come.  There are a variety of ways to allow engagement with GNU Generation.   
  
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If you have specific project ideas in mind and are willing to serve as a mentor for any students who choose them, that is wonderful!  What you would need to do is fill out a [[Form:GNU Generation project|project proposal form]] so that students may find these projects.  There is no guarantee that a student will participate in this project, but chances are it will interest somebody. When designing projects, if it all possible, it is better to make them continuous.  For instance, instead of proposing "Implement social bookmarking in application X", it may be a better idea to say "Improve the social features of Application X".  Then, in the description field, you could describe that the most important part of this project is the social bookmarking component.
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If you have any tasks that you would like to see (tasks are small, specific action items that don't diminish in value when completed by more than one person) that would benefit your free software project, send them to [mailto:max@fsf.org max@fsf.org].  For example, a good idea for a task would be to perform unit tests for Project Foo.
  
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If you do not have any specific ideas in mind but would like to serve as a mentor, or if you do not want to fill out a proposal for every idea, take a look at the [[Group:GNU Generation/Project brainstorming|project brainstorming]] page and add your Free Software project as a sub-heading under the "Project specific" heading.  Include your contact information with any ideas. It would be helpful to include any specific areas that you are active in (code, documentation, etc), if applicable.
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If you are interested in mentoring a student who wants to get involved in your free software project, you can also put your name on the [[Group:GNU Generation/Mentors|list of mentors]].  You may also want to join the [http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnugeneration-announcement announcement] and/or [http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnugeneration-discuss discussion] mailing lists.
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Otherwise, if you do not wish to serve as a mentor, just add your requests to the brainstorming page under the relevant heading (code, advocacy, etc.). Please do not add these to the "Project specific" category unless you would like to serve as a community contact for participants.
 

Revision as of 08:14, 22 March 2010

If you are a member of any Free Software project (it doesn't have to be a GNU package), GNU Generation is a way for you to reach younger people and allow them to join and contribute to your community. GNU Generation aims to establish students as regular contributors and community members instead of just temporary ones. This offers an invaluable chance to gain new contributors early on that will likely continue to contribute for years to come. There are a variety of ways to allow engagement with GNU Generation.

If you have any tasks that you would like to see (tasks are small, specific action items that don't diminish in value when completed by more than one person) that would benefit your free software project, send them to max@fsf.org. For example, a good idea for a task would be to perform unit tests for Project Foo.

If you are interested in mentoring a student who wants to get involved in your free software project, you can also put your name on the list of mentors. You may also want to join the announcement and/or discussion mailing lists.

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