Author: marcus
Date: Sun Sep 11 16:58:58 2016
New Revision: 1760262
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1760262&view=rev
Log:
Update webpage with new information what we are currently looking for
Modified:
openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/xx/participate/index.mdtext
Modified: openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/xx/participate/index.mdtext
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/xx/participate/index.mdtext?rev=1760262&r1=1760261&r2=1760262&view=diff
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--- openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/xx/participate/index.mdtext (original)
+++ openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/xx/participate/index.mdtext Sun Sep 11
16:58:58 2016
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Title: Get Involved
+Title: Participate in Apache OpenOffice
Notice: Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
distributed with this work for additional information
@@ -16,12 +16,31 @@ Notice: Licensed to the Apache Softwa
specific language governing permissions and limitations
under the License.
+
+## Help Needed & Most Wanted
+
+OpenOffice is currently looking for people with the following:
+
+ - Are you a software developer with C++ skills?
+ - Do you have expertise with build systems for different platforms?
+ - Are you proficient in English?
+ - Do you like contributing to open source projects?
+
+Come and join us in helping OpenOffice to thrive.
+
+
## Why get involved with the OpenOffice project?
There are many motivations for why volunteers participate in an open source
project
like OpenOffice. Some of the more common ones include:
- - To help reduce the "digital divide" by ensuring continued access to free
+Although many want to [make a small
donation](http://www.openoffice.org/donations.html)
+to support Apache OpenOffice and the Apache Software Foundation (we appreciate
every
+contribution), some users want to do more and volunteer their time and
expertise with
+the project. There are many motivations for why volunteers participate in an
open source
+project like OpenOffice. Some of the more common ones include:
+
+ - To help reduce the "digital divide" by ensuring continued access to free
high-quality free productivity applications world-wide.
- To help bring the benefits of OpenOffice to you country or region
- To "give back" to open source
@@ -30,50 +49,49 @@ high-quality free productivity applicati
- To support a customer or other commercial venture that relies on OpenOffice
- To develop credentials for consulting work related to OpenOffice
- To bring something to OpenOffice that you've always wanted to see done
- - To have fun, working with a close-knit international team of volunteers
working
-on one of the oldest and most famous open source projects around.
+ - To have fun, working with a close-knit international team of volunteers
working on
+one of the oldest and most famous open source projects around.
## A multidisciplinary open source project
-You don't need to be a programmer to contribute to Apache OpenOffice. Our
project
-involves a large range of different skills, levels of involvement and degrees
of
-technical expertise. So, if you want to get involved in Apache OpenOffice,
there
-is almost certainly a role for you.
+You are not a programmer? Don't worry. Our project involves a large range of
different
+skills, levels of involvement and degrees of technical expertise. So, if you
want to get
+involved in OpenOffice, there is almost certainly a role for you.
We are looking for people to:
- - Write or update documentation
+ - Work on bug reports and try to reproduce them/
+ - Write or existing documentation, also with technical topics
- Help support new users
- - Test the program and report bugs
+ - Test the program and report problems
- Fix bugs
- Code new features
- Design artwork and other marketing materials
- - Translate to different languages
+ - Translate the UI and help topics to different languages
- Maintain the website and develop new materials
- Promote OpenOffice and help explain its benefits
- - anything you can see that needs doing
+ - Anything you can see that needs doing
-All of these contributions help to keep a project active and strengthen
-the community. We welcome and encourage participation, and try to make it
-as easy as possible for people to get involved.
+All of these contributions help to keep a project active and strengthen the
community.
+We welcome and encourage participation, and try to make it as easy as possible
for
+people to get involved.
## How to get started
-OpenOffice is a large, complex open source project, with a culture developed
over
-many years as an independent project, combined with our experience at Apache.
+OpenOffice is a large, complex open source project, with a culture developed
over many
+years as an independent project, combined with our experience at Apache.
-If you are familiar with Apache-style open source
-development then you might just jump in. Subscribe to a relevant project
-[mailing list](http://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html)
+If you are familiar with Apache-style open source development then you might
just jump
+in. Subscribe to a relevant [mailing
list](http://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html)
and introduce yourself. We'll help you get started.
If, however, you are new to Apache, or want a more methodical approach to
getting started,
-then we have a set of graduated
+then we have a set of graduated
[New Volunteer Orientation
Modules](http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/index.html)
designed for new volunteers that takes you through a number of background
topics related
-to Apache OpenOffice and how we do things.
+to OpenOffice and how we do things.
Which path you take is up to you and is a matter of personal preference. You
can even do both.
@@ -82,7 +100,6 @@ We also maintain a list of specific area
page of the wiki.
If you are a student, looking to contribute to the project as part of your
school work,
-please also see our
-[Advice for Students](/students.html)
+please also see our [Advice for
Students](http://openoffice.apache.org/students.html)
page.
