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DebConf9
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Gregor Herrmann |
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| Day | DebConf day 2 (2009-07-25) |
| Room | Upper talkroom |
| Start time | 12:00 |
| Duration | 01:00 |
| Info | |
| ID | 431 |
| Event type | bof |
| Track | DebConf |
| Language | en |
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Teams in Debian: Finding and integrating new members
Trying to find ideas to make the first phase of group membership easier
During DebConf8 two BOFs took place around the topic of team-maintaining packages. One issue defined as a common challenge for all teams was the question of how to find and integrate new members. The discussion showed that none of the present teams was using a structured approach for recruitment and induction at that time. [0]
This BOF is intended to pick up the discussion of finding and integrating new members into teams where it stopped in Mar del Plata. It will focus on collecting models of good practice and developing ideas for improvement.
[0] http://lists.debian.org/debian-qa/2009/02/msg00006.html
a) Background
The number of teams in Debian [1] is rising, and "join an existing team" is often an advice given to potential new contributors. In practice it's often not so easy, neither for "newbies" nor for "old-timers", to get in touch with each other and take the first steps together until someone becomes a "regular" in some team.
b) Potential questions
- How can teams find new contributors -- and vice versa?
- What do we expect from potential new group members?
- What do potential new members expect from teams?
- Which approaches and methods were successful in the past? What were the reasons for failures?
c) Methods
Should the proposal for the BOF be accepted, I intend to kick off the session with a very short introduction into the topic, and then try to facilitate the common discussion.
Ideally the session will conclude with a summary of "best practices," ideas for improvement, and maybe plans for the future ...
[1] http://wiki.debian.org/Teams