"Job Openings" site for Fedora

[Stephen Gallagher]

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On 10/20/2010 10:50 PM, Eric "Sparks" Christensen wrote:
> Someone in the "December 2010 Fedora Election Plan" thread mentioned
> having a "job" site for Fedora.  I wanted to extend this conversation a bit.
> 
> So here's the way I see it.  We could have a website that is a central
> repository for jobs open within Fedora.  It can be used for continuously
> open jobs like writers and editors for the Docs Project to jobs that are
> open every so often like leadership positions and specialty positions
> like the Elections lead to positions on the different committees.
> 
> Having this information on it's own page allows people looking to either
> volunteer for the first time or looking for a new direction to take
> within Fedora a one-stop shopping location.
> 
> Each job would have a title, description, and a link to where to go to
> get more information (think classified ads).  We already do this a bit
> on the Join page[1] but it isn't really good for short-term postings and
> there isn't any way to get new positions out on the Planet or identi.ca
> which is a better way to get people's attention.
> 

I'd like to see this taken a bit further as well. It would be nice to
have a public "classifieds" board where Fedora Hosted projects could put
up listings of tasks they'd like to see get done. For example, if a
project is looking to recruit additional coders, they could submit a
posting looking for someone to solve certain entry-level bugs. If they
want to expand their audience, maybe they put up a request for someone
to translate their project into a particular language.

Máirín Duffy mentioned elsewhere a while back "imagine an RPG geared
around helping folks earn points for #FLOSS contributions. it could work
for any FLOSS project". I think this would be a terrific idea,
especially if merged with a "job board" as described above.

Even imaginary reward systems like Epic Win
(http://www.rexbox.co.uk/epicwin/) serve as an excellent motivator. The
concept of a "Level 30 Contributor" would be both entertaining and
encouraging.

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