[OPEN-ILS-DOCUMENTATION] Ideas to get more DIG participation?

[Ruth Frasur]

I've already shared my thoughts on these, so I'll watch the conversation
for the time being.

On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Yamil Suarez <ysuarez at berklee.edu> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> In the last DIG meeting we talked about how we can get more participation
> in DIG.
>
> Here is a link to the minutes…
>
>         Summarized minutes by MeetBot:
> http://evergreen-ils.org/meetings/evergreen/2013/evergreen.2013-08-01-14.00.html
>
>         Raw log:
> http://evergreen-ils.org/meetings/evergreen/2013/evergreen.2013-08-01-14.00.log.html
>
>
>
> A few of the key ideas we threw around are in no particular order:
>
>
> A) Creating a survey to better understand why those outside of DIG are not
> yet participating (assuming they have interest), so we can adapt.
>
>
> B)  We talked about updating the DIG wiki pages to be more inviting and
> simple, and removing outdated information
>
>
> C) We talked about creating "bite size" tasks for new DIG members to be
> able to act on when they join, or for members that do not yet have the more
> advanced technical skill like knowing AsciiDoc. (Using Launchpad for DIG is
> the approach that is being considered to help keep track of tasks big and
> small.)
>
>
> D) Online training on DIG procedures and Asciidoc using Google Hangout,
> conference call, or other technology
>
>
> E) Some type of IRC training coupled with a training IRC meeting for
> beginners to try out IRC (Maybe also have a test hangout for teaching folks
> ho to use Google Hangout too.)
>
>
>
> So far Ruth has started a draft of a survey, let either of us know if you
> want to see a copy of the draft. Though I wanted to first take a step back
> and let the rest of DIG to give their ideas of how they want to proceed,
> and we can later on start a new email thread just on the survey.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Yamil
>
>
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Ruth Frasur
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