- From: Chris Mills <cmills@opera.com>
- Date: Fri, 10 May 2013 10:14:57 +0200
- To: Janet Swisher <jswisher@mozilla.com>
- Cc: wpd@theherzes.com, public-webplatform@w3.org
Agreed - that's a great way to frame it. Chris Mills Opera Software, dev.opera.com W3C Fellow, web education and webplatform.org Author of "Practical CSS3: Develop and Design" (http://goo.gl/AKf9M) On 9 May 2013, at 20:43, Janet Swisher <jswisher@mozilla.com> wrote: > I think we can add a bit about "why join" to the WPD:Community page, without overselling it. I'd rather inspire people with vision than bribe them with goodies. > > On 5/9/13 2:25 AM, David R. Herz wrote: >> That's about right. As I said it's just about letting them know we're here >> and inviting them to play. >> >> David R. Herz >> >> wpd@theherzes.com >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Chris Mills [ >> mailto:cmills@opera.com >> ] >> Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2013 8:27 AM >> To: >> wpd@theherzes.com >> >> Cc: Janet Swisher; >> public-webplatform@w3.org >> >> Subject: Re: Beta criteria for Community Development >> >> I think it is all about how you word it. We obviously don't want to say >> "What do we give you in return? As a volunteer you get limitless power and >> free snacks .. etc." >> >> But we could say >> >> "As a volunteer, you will get a chance to create better documentation for >> open standards, to help thousands of others learn. You will be able to help >> others with their documentation efforts, and administrate pages .. etc." >> >> Give them a hint as to what they will get, but say it in a positive, >> non-assuming way.? >> >> Chris Mills >> Opera Software, dev.opera.com >> W3C Fellow, web education and webplatform.org Author of "Practical CSS3: >> Develop and Design" ( >> http://goo.gl/AKf9M >> ) >> >> On 9 May 2013, at 02:32, "David R. Herz" >> <WPD@theherzes.com> >> wrote: >> >> >>> I disagree about the whole telling people what they will get thing. >>> >> People are here either because they have an interest or it's their job to >> be. There is nothing to sell. There is just letting people know it's here >> so that they can come play in our sandbox. >> >>> >>> David R. Herz >>> >>> wpd@theherzes.com >>> >>> >>> From: Janet Swisher [ >>> mailto:jswisher@mozilla.com >>> ] >>> Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2013 1:24 AM >>> To: >>> public-webplatform@w3.org >>> >>> Subject: Re: Beta criteria for Community Development >>> >>> I added this item: >>> >>> * Benefits of contributing to WPD are articulated and are communicated to >>> >> new members. >> >>> But can you give me an idea of what kinds of benefits and perks you're >>> >> thinking of? >> >>> Is it intangibles like: >>> * Learn about web standards technologies as you help document them >>> * Feel satisfaction from knowing you're contributing to improving the >>> state of web standards documentation for all web developers >>> * Build relationships with an international open team of webdev and >>> techcom professionals >>> >>> Or things like: >>> * Earn nifty badges >>> * Score cool swag >>> ? >>> >>> --Janet >>> >>> >>> On 5/8/13 4:18 AM, Chris Mills wrote: >>> Looks good Janet. The only thing I thought you might want to explicitly >>> >> state is something about clearly stating the perks/benefits of contributing >> to the community - community members will want to be clear on what the >> incentives are. >> >>> >>> So perhaps something like >>> >>> "Work out and implement mechanisms for giving community members >>> >> perks/benefits when they contribute to WPD. Make it clear what those >> benefits are to prospective new members." >> >>> >>> ? >>> >>> Chris Mills >>> Opera Software, dev.opera.com >>> W3C Fellow, web education and webplatform.org Author of "Practical >>> CSS3: Develop and Design" ( >>> http://goo.gl/AKf9M >>> ) >>> >>> On 8 May 2013, at 00:08, Janet Swisher >>> <jswisher@mozilla.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I've taken a stab at setting criteria for declaring "Beta" for Community >>> >> Development [1]. It seems a little weird to use a label like "Beta" for a >> community, but I'm taking it mean that the community is moving from the >> "inception" stage to the "establishment" stage of the community life cycle. >> A big part of that is implementing capture and tracking of metrics so we can >> tell which stage we're in. >> >>> >>> If these criteria look good, I'll submit issues in Bug Genie for >>> implementing them. (I'm not even sure that what I want can be done >>> with mailman and MediaWiki; we can discuss that in the BG issues.) >>> >>> [1] >>> >>> http://docs.webplatform.org/wiki/WPD:Project_Status#Goals_for_Communit >>> >>> y >>> >>> > > > -- > Janet Swisher > Mozilla Developer Network > Developer Engagement Community Organizer
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