Hi Praveen, Quoting Praveen A (2012-12-23 16:02:37) > I have been doing packaging workshops for many years with small > success rate. I kept trying different methods but the biggest > challenge seems connecting with people continuously. I think we need > to provide different entry points to newbies and helping them complete > small tasks might go a long way. So my idea is to build a > questionnaire about debian and free software in general to assess what > people already know and assign them tasks accordingly. We can guide > people to teams based on people's interest too. If you are interested > in this excercise please reply here. I notice above that you focus on what people _know_ but don't mention what they _like_. What I find essential to hacking is "and itch to scratch" - i.e. that we are driven by what makes us tick. Instead of assigning tasks, I help people frame their interests and correlate them with needs in Debian: I help them translate their interests into Debian potentials. Then, when they better understand how they can get themselves "hooked" with Debian, I wait for them to return for more. I fI don't hear from them again, I take it they found that they were not driven by their own passions. I respect that, and believe it is good both for them and for Debian that they then find other playgrounds. Hope that makes sense, and is of some use, - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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