council/docs
council/docs
11
0
Fork 4
Code Issues 7 Pull requests 3 Projects Activity Actions

Issue #101. Re-arranged side menu; Updated help and join pages and added communications page

Browse source
This commit is contained in:
Karl Stevens 2023-03-08 15:39:40 +00:00
commit 1a14eae9ce
No known key found for this signature in database
GPG key ID: AC68F28048A530C3
4 changed files with 88 additions and 26 deletions
Download patch file Download diff file Expand all files Collapse all files

28
project/modules/ROOT/pages/join.adoc
View file

@ -1,26 +1,28 @@
= Get involved
= Get Involved
Welcome to Fedora!
This guide is intended for people that are interested in learning more about Fedora, perhaps with the intention of contributing to the community.
This guide is intended for people that are interested in learning more about Fedora, perhaps with the intention of getting involved and contributing to the community.
You can refer to the xref:help.adoc[Getting Help] and xref:communications.adoc[Project Communications] pages for more specific information on how to find assistance via documentation and the various communication channels, such as Ask Fedora, and Fedora Chat (powered by Matrix).
== What is Fedora?
The Fedora project is a community of people working together to build a Free and Open Source software platform: link:https://getfedora.org[the Fedora Operating System], and its various editions.
You can learn more about Fedora, our mission, our four foundations, our leadership, our current Communitiy Initiatives, and how we are organised using the pages linked to in the left hand sidebar.
As described under xref:index.adoc[Mission and Foundations], the Fedora Project is a community of people working together to build a Free and Open Source software platform:
the https://getfedora.org[Fedora Operating System], and its various editions.
You can learn more about the Project; our leadership; brand; current Communitiy Initiatives and how we are organised using the pages linked in the left hand sidebar.
If you are looking to contribute and already have an idea of how and what to do, go ahead and get started!
If you are not so sure, read on.
== Communication in Fedora
== Contributing to Fedora
Fedora is a xref:orgchart.adoc[massive global organisation] where people with many different skills carry out xref:fedora-join::index.adoc[different roles] to keep the community ticking along.
All services used by the Fedora community are linked to a central Fedora account that you can get link:https://accounts.fedoraproject.org/[here].
We use link:https://chat.fedoraproject.org[Matrix/Element] and/or link:https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicating_and_getting_help?rd=Communicate#IRC[IRC] to speak to each other in real time and link:https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicating_and_getting_help?rd=Communicate#Mailing_Lists[mailing lists] for longer discussions for which short live chats may not be enough.
In all our interactions, we aspire to _be excellent to each other_.
Read the xref:code-of-conduct.adoc[Code of Conduct] to learn more of what is expected of Fedora community members.
All services used by the Fedora community are linked to a central Fedora account.
If you're intending to get involved you should get one https://accounts.fedoraproject.org/[here].
There is an excellent https://fedoramagazine.org/how-to-contribute-to-fedora/#:~:text=The%20first%20step%20for%20contributing,Special%20Interest%20Group%20(SIG)[article in Fedora Magazine] covering in some detail the various ways you might get started.
== Not sure where to start? Come hang out with us!
@ -28,10 +30,8 @@ The large scale of the community can sometimes make it a little daunting for new
There is far too much happening in Fedora all the time---even we find it hard to keep up with it all!
So, if you are not sure of where to begin or have any queries at all, come hang out with the xref:fedora-join::index.adoc[Fedora Join Special Interest Group (SIG)] on any of our channels:
- Email: link:https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/fedora-join@lists.fedoraproject.org/[Fedora Join mailing list],
- Chat (over Matrix/Element): link:https://matrix.to/#/%23join:fedoraproject.org?web-instance%5Belement.io%5D%3Dchat.fedoraproject.org[Fedora Join on Matrix/Element],
- Chat (over IRC): link:ircs://irc.libera.chat:6697/%23fedora-join[#fedora-join] on link:https://libera.chat/[Libera.Chat],
- Chat (over Telegram): link:https://t.me/joinfedora[Fedora Join Telegram group].
- Email: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/fedora-join@lists.fedoraproject.org/[Fedora Join mailing list],
- Chat (over Matrix/Element): https://chat.fedoraproject.org/#/room/#join:fedoraproject.org[Join Fedora on Matrix/Element],
Here, you can speak to community members and other newcomers while we explore Fedora together.