Re: Tying threads together. - Fedora Advisory Board

El 15 de febrero de 2012 12:30, Robyn Bergeron <rbergero@xxxxxxxxxx> escribió:

Max mentioned a phrase in a previous mail this week that I think is incredibly applicable here: Institutional memory. Many of us have been around a while; most of the previous respondents to these emails, far longer than I have. Those folks participating and contributing to the aforementioned threads, by and large, know that they can Go Forth and Do without seeking board blessings; inherently know what resources are available; more or less have a gut feeling on when they should or shouldn't apply for funding for an international FUDCon; know who to ask for resources; etc.

None of this is readily apparent to anyone who shows up on the proverbial doorstep of the Fedora Community, wanting to actually do something. Most people who do show up, of course, just want to contribute in some way, but eventually, many of those folks move beyond smaller contributions, and move into Bigger Things Territory.

Just as Mo said with Mailing lists, also our wiki needs a bit of arrangement. If a new contributor needs something that is not point out on frontpage will get lost into a complete mess that is ok for regular contributors, but not for new users. How do we expect that users make that huge step into contribute if they need to go to an specific contributor for guideliness every time?

I really hope that the video project can provide not only a *non-boring-text* resource between those who only are interested in use and those who want to turn into contributors. We are *technology* so, why the hell aren't we using it to make things better?

While I largely agree with David's previously stated point of view that the majority of power to direct or effect change in Fedora lies with the people doing the work, I think that it is certainly in the Board's interest to ensure that community members are enabled to actually get the work done.

Board, FAmSCo and every leader crew you can imagine MUST make sure that people DO things. However, general feeling is that there is no way I can do it because *is a mess to read/get a Howto on our wiki* and *what if I don't speak english?* (a pretty common issue outside US). Why do contributors think that they need to be ambassadors to held an event? why if a design/translate/whatever cotributor wants to join cannot go directly and solve a task without need to step on IRC to ask for help?

I think that is the right time and place to reconsider the way make fedora grow, our rules and tasks, and the way we provide general information to potential contributors. Will this mean more infra? not necesary... it will mean more communication between general and local leaders and will require a huge effort to check and compare what we have done right and wrong in the past, but mostly will require that people *open their ears* and take a time to listen what Fedora people has to say... instead just call for a meeting to say Yes-No.

If leaders feel that there is too much information comming, then I guess we need more hierarchy between roles. Just remember that at the end, we are here to help and make things happen, to listen and help people to reach their goals or acomplish their ideas.