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<blockquote class=" cite" id="mid_50056840_1080300_mozilla_com"
cite="mid:50056840.1080300@mozilla.com" type="cite">On 17-07-12
6:09 , Archaeopteryx wrote:
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<blockquote class=" cite" id="Cite_9" type="cite">On 7/10/2012
1:50 PM, Ben Bucksch wrote:
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So what can we do to gel a viable community around
Thunderbird?
<br>
<br>
rkent
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Getting new contributors, not only now, is key, else the project
is dead as always some people will leave for various reasons. So
Thunderbird needs a central, easy to find 'Get Involved' page
which ideally is also linked in signatures of existing
contributors in the usual communication channels (newsgroups,
forums).
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To help existing and new contributors, these points are in my
humble opinion necessary:
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So, while the things you listed would be good to help existing
contributors, they don't really address how we would get new
contributors… Do you (actually, do any of you) have any ideas on
where we can find people who might want to contribute to
Thunderbird?
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Immediately two things come to my mind:<br>
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<li>AMO-Editors (you could post an invite or other blurb to
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:amo-editors-internal@mozilla.org">amo-editors-internal@mozilla.org</a>)<br>
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</li>
<li>Thunderbird Add-On Authors (maybe invite Thunderbird
specialists on mozilla.dev.extensions)</li>
</ul>
Apart from IRC that's probably the most likely pool of people who
would be knowledgeable enough and willing to contribute.<br>
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cheers,<br>
Axel<br>
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