Hey guys, our new account system will have an "invite a member" feature where current members can send an invitation to people they think may be interested in contributing. It already works! Here's what it says.
Please come join the fedora project! Someone thinks your skills and abilities may be able to help our project. If your interested please go to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/HelpWanted
But that stinks... Really bad. So I was wondering if someone else could come up with an interesting, inviting, better than that message to put in the email. Any takers?
-Mike
On Sun, 2007-04-15 at 21:08 -0500, Mike McGrath wrote:
Hey guys, our new account system will have an "invite a member" feature where current members can send an invitation to people they think may be interested in contributing. It already works! Here's what it says.
Please come join the fedora project! Someone thinks your skills and abilities may be able to help our project. If your interested please go to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/HelpWanted
But that stinks... Really bad. So I was wondering if someone else could come up with an interesting, inviting, better than that message to put in the email. Any takers?
One thing I noticed is that the "Join" page on the wiki is a much better landing place than the "HelpWanted" page, which is musty and not very inviting to someone who might receive a letter like this. Is the "Join" content ready to move over to that target?
Anyway, how about this:
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<NAME_OF_INVITER> email@example.com has invited you to join the Fedora Project! We are a community of users and developers who produce a complete operating system from entirely free and open source software (FOSS). <NAME_OF_INVITER> thinks that you have knowledge and skills that make you a great fit for the Fedora community, and that you might be interested in contributing.
How could you team up with the Fedora community to use and develop your skills? Check out http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Join for some ideas. Our community is more than just software developers -- we also have a place for you whether you're an artist, a web site builder, a writer, or a people person. You'll grow and learn as you work on a team with other very smart and talented people.
Fedora and FOSS are changing the world -- come be a part of it!
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On Sun, 2007-04-15 at 22:44 -0400, Paul W. Frields wrote:
One thing I noticed is that the "Join" page on the wiki is a much better landing place than the "HelpWanted" page, which is musty and not very inviting to someone who might receive a letter like this. Is the "Join" content ready to move over to that target?
Let's focus on finishing the Join page.
Can anyone help? Mainly, each section needs to tie back to the relevant projects. I complete the Content Developer as a reference:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Join
Fedora and FOSS are changing the world -- come be a part of it!
I believe we should set the standard to be "FLOSS".
- Karsten
Fixed most of the links but wasn't sure where to point some so left them...I hope this was useful.
Jon
On Tue, 2007-04-17 at 12:40 +0100, Jonathan Roberts wrote:
Fixed most of the links but wasn't sure where to point some so left them...I hope this was useful.
Helpful, yes, thanks. I'll clear up what else I know, much less daunting now. :)
- Karsten
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