new member introduction

[Mel Chua]

On 12/27/2009 03:37 PM, Vikram Dhillon wrote:
> Hi all,
>           How are you guys doing? I have been working over at Ubuntu,
> and currently I am one of the moderators of edubuntu (a deritive of
> Ubuntu) and of Ubuntu start page. So I would like to get started with
> fedora websites, how can I help out here. Thanks for your help on
> getting started :D
>
> Regards,
> Vikram Dhillon

Hi, Vikram - things are a bit slow right now because of the holidays, 
but here are a few resources for getting started.

If you're an IRC user, we hang out in #fedora-websites in 
irc.freenode.net. If you're new to IRC, 
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/IRC may be of help.

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Websites#Join_the_Fedora_Websites_Project 
points to https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Websites/Join - if you've 
already seen this and the email you sent was part of working through 
step #4, that's great! Knowing more about your skills (do you do 
graphics, html, css, programming with web frameworks, webmastering, 
etc?) and interests will help people point you in the direction of a 
specific project to get started with.

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Websites/Meetings may also be helpful; 
I'm not sure if we're having one this week because of the New Year, but 
hopefully someone else on this list can chime in on when the next 
meeting is going to be.

I might also take a look at 
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Websites#Projects and see if any of these 
catch your eye; some projects are more active/recent than others. The 
one I'm most involved with is Fedora Insight, but depending on your 
background there may be others you might want to lend a hand with.

In summary, I'd suggest:

* telling us a little more about your skills and interests so we can 
help you find a better match
* finding out when the next (IRC) meeting will be and whether you can 
attend it - they're a great chance to ask questions.
* checking out the list of current projects to see if there's anything 
you're particularly interested in helping with - some already have a 
ticket queue set up, so you can just go in and grab a task if you'd like 
to start with that.

Welcome!

--Mel