Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Bringing younger people/students into our community

> step back first and consider how LibreOffice must appear to a young
> and/or relatively inexperienced potential contributor.

> And also organize some type of mentorship programme? I also agree that
> jumping in may seem daunting to some young coders and contributors. They
> may need some handholding to help them at the beginning.

I feel the same. I’m quite experienced user and I can find stuff I need, but I know that not all 
people will know, for example how to use mailing list, how to make account at wiki, where I need to 
ask to access… Currently potential contributor have to be Insightful to get all tools that he need 
to use. I would be great if there was a person the volunteer could turn to, even with stupid 
questions. 

I have unofficially my mentor 😄 From the beginning I got answers from Mike Saunders for almost all 
of my questions and led me trough my first tasks. Why don’t we make it official way?


Pozdrawiam / Regards 
Marcin Popko

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> Wiadomość napisana przez Marc Paré <marc@marcpare.com> w dniu 22.08.2020, o godz. 02:56:
>
> Le 20-08-21 à 09 h 56, Nigel Verity a écrit :
> > Hi Mike
> >
> > These are all great ideas. I think, though, it's important to take a
> step back first and consider how LibreOffice must appear to a young
> and/or relatively inexperienced potential contributor.
> > It's a huge and complex application. Getting to grips with the code is
> a daunting prospect, even for someone like me who's been coding off and
> on for over 30 years. For the newcomer, I can well imagine their feeling
> they couldn't possibly make a useful contribution. Consequently, it is
> surely essential to highlight right from the start all the many ways
> that people can contribute beyond coding, and how "start small" is the
> way everybody gets involved. Perhaps the videos from experienced
> contributors can emphasise the important role that even small
> contributions can play in developing and supporting the project.
> > Cheers
> >
> > Nige
>
>
> And also organize some type of mentorship programme? I also agree that
> jumping in may seem daunting to some young coders and contributors. They
> may need some handholding to help them at the beginning.
>
> Having clear workflows also help a lot.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Marc
>
>
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