Re: [DISCUSSION] Growing the Git community

[Garima Singh <garimasigit@gmail.com>]

Thanks for starting this thread. I am glad it is receiving such great 
energy on here. Apart from the some of the statements that sound too 
ideal, I agree in gist with the overall effort this will hopefully set 
rolling.

On 9/19/2019 12:30 PM, Derrick Stolee wrote> 5. Advertise that Git wants 
new contributors
> 
> After we put items 1-4 in place, we should reach out to the
> general tech community that we are interested in new
> contributors. It's not enough to open the door, we should
> point people to it.
> 
> This item is much less explicit about the _how_. This could
> be done at the individual level: posting to social media or
> blog posts. But perhaps there is something more official we
> could do?
> 

One more action item that I should be considered and people agreed to 
during the summit was to "Improve the welcome to the mailing list email"
I believe it needs to be warmer and more welcoming. It needs to break 
through the ice and intimidation that many new contributors feel. A lot 
of the ideas being suggested here can be linked into that email. I have 
a few ideas about what it should like and will hopefully send out a 
draft soon. Feel free to send me any suggestions you might have.

Thanks,
Garima Singh