#Engagement | Meeting Notes Sept 30 2016

[Cassandra Sanchez <cassandra gnome org>]

Hi All,

Here are our meeting notes from today, September 30th, 2016: https://wiki.gnome.org/Engagement/TeamMeetings/30-SEP-2016
I'm also adding them below. Thank you to those who joined!

We hope you'll join the next meeting, on October 7th @ 17:00 UTC, on #engagement and on a conference call. You can join by clicking the link below or dialing in on your phone:

Join the call: https://www.uberconference.com/gnome-engagement

Optional dial in number: 857-216-6156

PIN: 62777

Thanks, and have a great weekend, everyone!

Best,
Cassandra

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Engagement Team Meeting 30 September 2016

AGENDA

• Extensions 
• Bug squashing month 

Attendees

• Mario 
• Alexandre 
• Bastian Ilso
• Sri 
• Nuritzi 
• Cassandra 

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Meeting Notes

Extensions

• Mario will be more involved mid-october / early november 

• Current page for Extensions: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShell/Extensions/StepByStepTutorial#knowingGnomeShell-API

Action Steps

• @Mario ping Carlos on #nautilus to discuss posting about extensions on newcomers page 

November Bug Squash

• Alexandre will lead 

• Get bug team to help (e.g. Javier, Tobi, Jeff, & Andre) 

• Recruit mentors 
• Need a place for newcomers to receive help during this process 

Wiki page with the details

• https://wiki.gnome.org/Initiatives/BugSquashMonth

• https://wiki.gnome.org/Bugsquad/BugDays

• Write about why it's important (i.e. Low barrier to entry. Don't need to know how to code to enter. If you do it during this month you will get trained by people who know how to do it. Then you can use it for other projects within GNOME.) 
• Closing bugs is just one of many things to do... for example, can also comment or try to reproduce bugs. 
• Find incentives 
• Consider swag for top contributors (t-shirts, stickers) 
• Update information on how to contribute if you're a newcomer and can't close bugs (information from bug squad) 

Selecting 4 days for global bug squashing

• Saturday 5th, Friday 11th, Thursday 17th, Wednesday 30th 
• Spread across the month 
• Not on the same weekday 
• Social media advertising/marketing (e.g. blog post on how to run an event) 
• Encourage in-person work 

Marketing

• Images to post on social media and elsewhere 
• News post 
• Email to foundation-announce, engagement, and developer lists 
• Social media 

Potential Dates: Saturday 5th, Friday 11th, Thursday 17th, Wednesday 30th

Action Steps

• @afranke figure out who will participate as mentors and ask about dates 

• @afranke include list of ways to contribute aside from closing bugs 

• Decide on exact dates by mid-October to begin planning marketing