On Sun, 2008-02-17 at 22:41 -0500, Tom "spot" Callaway wrote:
On Sun, 2008-02-17 at 13:25 -0500, Max Spevack wrote:
Here is a proposal for two activities that we should have at every event. In particular, I'd like to see us do it at FOSDEM, FISL, and LinuxTag:
(1) A "join Fedora" station. Somewhere at the booth, there is a computer or laptop with a sign on it that says "come here to join the Fedora Project" or something like that. There is one person whose job is to talk to folks, get them interested in Fedora, and help them to go through the CLA and WikiEditing process. The success metric is simple: * Did the person leave having set up their Fedora Wiki homepage? * Did the person become a Fedora Ambassador? * Does the person have some idea of what they might like to contribute to Fedora? * How many accounts were created at the event?
(2) A "bring us your USB key, and we'll turn it into a Fedora LiveUSB key for you" station. Same idea as above. We have a computer that has several Fedora Spins on it. People bring their USB key, and we run the livecd-iso-to-disk tool and set their USB keys up as Fedora LiveUSB keys. Again, the metric is simple: * How many were created at the event?
Thoughts or comments?
I love these ideas. Here are some stream of consciousness thoughts that I have around this:
- Could we make a simple application (web based or otherwise) that makes
the "join Fedora" station really easy? In fact, this seems like an ideal initial target for My Fedora integration. This would also enable us to get better stats, automagically.
This is exactly what I've been thinking, too, q.v.:
http://paul.frields.org/?p=912
If this application *also* was able to start somehow in the context of the user's first signin (or opening a browser), that would be great too. But the important part is to get people through the joining process in a way that is (1) relatively easy to modify as our joining process changes, and (2) dead-simple for users who may not have detailed technical knowledge. Contributors come in all forms, not just developers.
- Maybe we could also have a application front-end for liveUSB creation,
showing the ISO spins in a directory and showing the USB keys that it sees plugged in, then has a nice GUI "making USB key" with progress bar.
Old-world model: Each region gets a machine specifically dedicated to these tasks. New-world model: Every machine at an event can perform either of these tasks.
+1.