Cultivating More Effective Contributing on Contributor Days
Contributor Days are usually single day events focused on all things related to contributing to WordPress. They often accompany larger WordCamps, but are sometimes planned along smaller ones or even as ad-hoc events with specific focuses. People at all experience levels, backgrounds, specialties, etc. are welcome. For larger or flagship (US, Europe, Asia) camps, various Make WordPress teams (Core, Community, Documentation, Polyglots, etc.) will have designated table leads to help orchestrate focused discussions or efforts. However, at many events the overwhelming majority of time at contributor day is usually spent in one of two areas: Helping people decide which team’s mission and work speaks to them and fits their skill sets or passions Onboarding people interested in specific teams in order to get started contributing While these areas are very valuable and there should always be some amount of this at Contributor Days, it’s not necessarily the best use of the very limited amount of face to face time contributors have together in person. Even new contributors tend to get frustrated with the amount of time onboarding takes to reach a state where they can actually start contributing. I fielded a unique request/feedback today from a new contributor. She indicated…
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