<div>Hi Emma, When I did my original digging I ended up at that the following page: <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopers" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopers</a> which states that there are three types of Ubuntu Developers: Prospective Developers, Ubuntu Developers (MOTU), Ubuntu Core Developers. I would fall into the Prospective category, however the information under this category does not pertain to newbies which threw me into a circular loop. After your email, I went to the Get Started page and saw that attending a Friday Q&A session is probably the first place for a Prospective Developer to go. I'll try to attend this Friday. I also found the <a href="http://lists.ubuntu.com/">http://lists.ubuntu.com</a> page and subscribed to some of the mailing lists. Tks for the help. </div> <div class="gmail_quote">--Tricia On Jan 14, 2008 11:50 AM, Emma Jane Hogbin <<a href="mailto:emmajane@xtrinsic.com" target="_blank">emmajane@xtrinsic.com</a>> wrote: </div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">I agree there is a LOT going on and it can be difficult to find one thing to do... I've noticed that different projects ask for help in different ways. Would it help if each of the projects had a standard formula for "help wanted"? The Community/Get Involved page on <a href="http://ubuntu.com/" target="_blank">Ubuntu.com</a> is an excellent start, but I agree it seems to be missing a step. How do you think this could be improved?</blockquote> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid"> For some projects there's not really a list of tasks for new comers...for example: the documentation team lets new contributors identify which areas they know most about and then they give them some documents to review. From the Get Involved page it's only two clicks to "Getting Started" and a list of tasks. Of course I expect documentation authors to be especially good at giving instructions. ;) Other entry-level opportunities exist at the forum [2], the Q&A on launchpad [3] and bug fixing [4] if you are able to provide "basic" support. I look forward to hearing your ideas! regards, emma [1] <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate" target="_blank">http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate</a> [2] <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/webforums" target="_blank"> http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/webforums</a> [3] <a href="https://answers.launchpad.net/" target="_blank">https://answers.launchpad.net/</a> [4] <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/" target="_blank">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ </a> -- Emma Jane Hogbin, B.Sc. Founder, xtrinsic phone: (519) 371-2665 web: <a href="http://www.xtrinsic.com/" target="_blank">www.xtrinsic.com</a> -- <div> <div></div> <div>ubuntu-women mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-women@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-women@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-women" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-women </a> </div></div></blockquote> -- --Tricia