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Do you want to help out with opensource.com but just aren't sure how? Interested in seeing some of the behind-the-scenes work that's going on? Do you want to help contribute to some of the work? We've recently created a new community mailing list that is open to anyone and everyone.
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This list is not meant to substitute or supplement the discussions that occur on opensource.com. It is meant to be the location where administrivia and such topics are discussed. The list and archives are open to the general community, as is the open source way.
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Thanks to Karsten Wade for spearheading the efforts to make this happen. We welcome you to subscribe and start participating, sharing your ideas, and helping to improve our community.
Jason Hibbets is a project manager in Corporate Marketing at Red Hat where he is the lead administrator, content curator, and community manager for opensource.com. He has been with Red Hat since 2003 and is the author of, The foundation for an open source city. Prior roles include senior marketing specialist, Red Hat Knowledgebase maintainer, and support engineer. Follow him on Twitter: @jhibbets
Marcus works for Kitware and is a member of the Community Moderator program here at Opensource.com. He writes about everything from specific tools to open access of scientific publications to event recaps. You might also find him in the comments helping drive discussion.
Learn more about how Marcus uses these tools in his life in this Community Spotlight interview.
10 Comments
nice, i'm in :)
I would love to get on board with helping out as a drupal developer & systems administrator for opensource.com
Best,
Paul Booker
Paul, this is great news. I've been trying to figure out the best to make the feedback visible and create a list of things to do to improve the site. The one catch is that we have support through Acquia on the site, which is great, but might limit some of the things we can do. Limits were meant to be broken though.
I'm definitely open to ideas and suggestions.
Jason
Hi Jason,
Apologies for the late reply.
It would be great to open up site development to our opensource.com community by
1. creating a tarball of all code that is static i.e dupal core & contributed modules
2. placing bespoke code into a version control system i.e glue modules & theme
3. providing a sanitized version of the database
4. keeping track of issues with a bug tracking system
5. providing a staged version of the site under an apache .HTACCESS directory
Best,
Paul Booker
Since you recently interviewed Tim Rayner (Coalition of the Willing) I have been spending more time here, and I like what I am seeing. Under the Coalition banner we've been advancing a discussion on Open Stewardship, and I think OpenSource.com is already modeling some important aspects of that approach. Keep up the good stewardship!
Thank you for keeping the further developments of the site and community as open source as possible. I'm thrilled to be a part of the community and as an active reader I'm always looking for ways to get more involved. I hope to "give back" in the next couple of years by helping in some ways. So far its mostly been by promoting this site to friends and social media community.
So thanks again,
Ty
Ty,
Thanks for your support. Every little bit helps, whether it's sharing a good article with a co-worker or just pointing friends to the site as a resource to understand how open source can be applied beyond technology.
And we are always open to new ideas for the site and content. Thanks for being part of the community.
Jason
I've got a couple nit-picks to discuss in here ;)
We like constructive feedback, so please let us know how we can make things better.
I want to continue to be kept informed in Red Hats efforts to spearhead opensource worldwide and to share these ideas in my community.