1. www.gnome.org - "Get Involved" section

1.1. Summary

This page is about the "Get Involved" section of the new www.gnome.org site that is being worked on by the GnomeWeb team. (Looking for a "get involved in GnomeWeb" page? see GnomeWeb/Team.)

Here we're going to plan what's in this section, research what information we need, and then write it.

This goal depends on GnomeWeb/NewWgoStructure, and the use cases defined in GnomeWeb/UseCases. This goal is related to GnomeWeb/LayoutPlanning (which defines how the pages will actually look) and GnomeWeb/CmsSetup.

We are currently in the planning phase. See GnomeWeb/DevelopmentTimeline to know more about the 2.18 release schedule. See GnomeWeb/Goals for a complete list of goals and their status.

1.2. Starting points

The earlier goal defines the following structure:

• Get Involved - Who can help and why, stressing several types of users and tasks apart from developers-hacking. Where to meet us, online (lists, forums IRC) and offline (local groups, events).

  • Spread GNOME - Marketing actions
  • Store - Merchandising to go.
  • Donate - Friends of GNOME and donations interface
  • Contribute - Suggestions for newbies

  • Do QA - Process for filing Bugs/Triaging --SankarshanMukhopadhyay

  • Bring your project - Hosting, bugzilla, GNOME "certification", how to get into the release.
  • Business - Suggestions for software companies, publishers, training centers...
  • Public sector - Suggestions for public administrations, education...

1.3. Tasks

The main task is to plan and write this section of the www.gnome.org site. This breaks down into:

• Plan the content of the pages in more detail, starting from the structure defined in the previous goal.
• Research the information needed, contact relevant teams
  • Spread GNOME -- is this an existing endeavour or something we're starting? Ask the Marketing team
  • Store -- how does this connect with the Store goal?
  • Friends of gnome -- is that even an actual organization? I have no idea
  • Hosting, bugzilla, getting into release etc -- contact admins. Get information from them.

  • Certification -- this is still a draft (GnomeCertification). Give this a kick to get it going?

  • Business - I have no idea what's needed here.
  • Public sector -- ditto
• Write the pages on the CMS
  • Create images and screenshots as needed

1.4. Page list

This is a rough outline of the pages the Get Involved section will have: titles and a summary of content. This is a work in progress. Please edit and extend!

1.4.1. wgo >> Get Involved

This is the top-level page for this section.

• Who can help and why, stressing several types of users and tasks apart from developers-hacking.
• How to contact gnome.
• Overview of the rest of this section

1.4.2. wgo >> Get Involved >> Spread the word

Ways in which you can help spread GNOME.

• Some suggestions of things you could do: LUGs, etc.

• Get gnome banners & badges for your website.

• Get promotional material: leaflets, posters, LiveCD (--> link to another section), branded stuff in the store (--> another link)

• Help gnome marketing -- join the marketing team.

1.4.3. wgo >> Get Involved >> Store

This page is the GNOME Store. Buy GNOME stuff! This page has a separate task to plan it: GnomeWeb/GnomeStore

1.4.4. wgo >> Get Involved >> Donate

How to make donations to the GNOME Foundation. Donations interface (what exactly would this be?) Previous donations? Examples of what GNOME does with donations? (--> link to Foundation subsite)

1.4.5. wgo >> Get Involved >> Contribute

Ways in which you can contribute to Gnome:

• Filing and triaging bugs
• Documentation
• Translation
• Marketing
• Programming

1.4.6. wgo >> Get Involved >> New projects

Bring your project - Hosting, bugzilla, GNOME "certification", how to get into the release.

1.4.7. wgo >> Get Involved >> Business

Can be downloaded at http://www.jauco.nl/temporary/wgo_get_involved_businesses.abw

1.4.8. wgo >> Get Involved >> Public sector

Suggestions for public administrations, education...

1.5. Participants

• JoachimNoreiko

• HughBuzacott

• SankarshanMukhopadhyay

• Your name here...

See GnomeWeb/Team for the participants of the entire GnomeWeb Revamp (or to add yourself to the list)

1.6. Comments