Engagement Team Meeting 30 September 2016
AGENDA
- Extensions
- Bug squashing month
Attendees
- Mario
- Alexandre
- Bastian
- Sri
- Nuritzi
- Cassandra
Meeting Notes
Extensions
- Mario will be more involved mid-october / early november
Current page for Extensions: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShell/Extensions/StepByStepTutorial#knowingGnomeShell-API
Action Steps
@Mario ping Carlos on #nautilus to discuss posting about extensions on newcomers page
November Bug Squash
- Alexandre will lead
Get bug team to help (e.g. Javier, Tobi, Jeff, & Andre)
- Recruit mentors
- Need a place for newcomers to receive help during this process
Wiki page with the details
- Write about why it's important (i.e. Low barrier to entry. Don't need to know how to code to enter. If you do it during this month you will get trained by people who know how to do it. Then you can use it for other projects within GNOME.)
- Closing bugs is just one of many things to do... for example, can also comment or try to reproduce.
- Find incentives
- Consider swag for top contributors (t-shirts, stickers)
- Update information on how to contribute if you're a newcomer and can't close bugs (information from bug squad)
Selecting 4 days for global bug squashing
- Saturday 5th, Friday 11th, Thursday 17th, Wednesday 30th
- Spread across the month
- Not on the same weekday
- Social media advertising/marketing (e.g. blog post on how to run an event)
- Encourage in-person work
Marketing
- Images to post on social media and elsewhere
- news post
- email to foundation-announce, engagement, and developer lists
- social media
Potential Dates: Saturday 5th, Friday 11th, Thursday 17th, Wednesday 30th
Action Steps
@afranke figure out who will participate as mentors and ask about dates
@afranke include list of ways to contribute aside from closing bugs
- Decide on exact dates by Mid-October to begin planning marketing