Difference between revisions of "User Experience/Community/How To Join"

From Apache OpenOffice Wiki
Jump to: navigation, search
(Added demand for the real name)
 
(30 intermediate revisions by 6 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{User Experience}}
+
{{User Experience|extend with=}}
 
__NOTOC__
 
__NOTOC__
http://contributing.openoffice.org/_media/ux.png
+
[[Image:UX HowToJoin Welcome.png|center]]
  
Hi!
 
  
You seem to have interest to join the User Experience Team, that's great! So please follow the steps below to register to our project and get in contact with us. If you are still uncertain or want to know more about the OpenOffice.org User Experience, then please have a look at our project's main page [http://ux.openoffice.org/ ux.openoffice.org]. There you will find more information about our involvement and our activities.
+
You seem to have interest in joining the User Experience Team, that's great! So please follow the steps below to register to our project and get in contact with us.
  
If you have any problems with joining, then please contact the User Experience Team at [mailto:discuss@ux.openoffice.org ux-discuss] (it may take some time for your email to be answered, because it is manually administered if the steps below have not been finished).
+
If you are still uncertain or want to know more about the OpenOffice.org User Experience, then please have a look at [http://ux.openoffice.org/ our project's main page]. There you will find more information about our involvement and our activities.
  
One additional request: '''Please provide your real name''' when registering for the membership or writing emails. Such pleasing manners are the basis for working together in a team.  
+
If you have any problem with joining, then please contact the User Experience Team at [mailto:discuss@ux.openoffice.org ux-discuss] (it may take some time for your email to be answered, because it is manually administered if the steps below have not been finished).
  
  
=== Step 1: Register at OpenOffice.org ===
+
== Start by Becoming a Formal Member ==
  
Join OpenOffice.org by creating an account at [http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/Join OpenOffice.org Register]
+
<!-- Note for editors: If you modify this section, please verify that it is still compatible with the page User_Experience/Project_Administration#Feedback_Email_to_New_Members -->
 +
The User Experience Team works within the the OpenOffice.org project. We use the infrastructure of the overall project, therefore the following registrations are required:
  
''The User Experience Team works within the the OpenOffice.org project. We use the infrastructure of the overall project, therefore such registration is required. If you already work within the OpenOffice.org community, you may have already registered.''
+
# '''Become an OpenOffice.org contributor:''' [https://openoffice.org/people/new Create an account] (if not already done.)
 +
# '''Join the User Experience Team:''' [http://openoffice.org/projects/ux/join Request project membership].
  
 +
{{Tip|The request for User Experience team membership has to be manually confirmed by the User Experience administrators. This can take some time, so don't wait for it, and follow the remaining steps!}}
  
=== Step 2: Request a User Experience Team Membership ===
+
== Continue with Setting-Up Communication Tools ==
  
Join the User Experience Team by [http://ux.openoffice.org/servlets/ProjectMembershipRequest Request project membership/role]
+
=== Register at the OpenOffice.org Wiki ===
  
''This approval of this request may some time, because the User Experience administrators have to confirm your request manually. In the meantime, you may continue to add some information in the User Experience Wiki (see next steps).''
+
The OpenOffice.org wiki is used by the User Experience Team for collaboration within our activities, but also for presenting our team. So you may need to [http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&type=signup create an account at the OpenOffice.org Wiki].
  
 +
=== Subscribe to the Mailing List ===
  
=== Step 3: Register at the OpenOffice.org Wiki ===
+
We mainly communicate via the mailing list 'discuss@ux.openoffice.org' (a.k.a. 'ux-discuss'). So if you want to contribute, you will need to subscribe to this list by sending an empty mail to [mailto:sympa@ux.openoffice.org?subject=subscribe%20discuss sympa@ux.openoffice.org].
  
Create an account at the OpenOffice.org Wiki via [http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&type=signup Create an account]
+
You can also subscribe to more mailing lists of the User Experience project on the [http://ux.openoffice.org/servlets/ProjectMailingListList User Experience mailing lists page].
  
''The OpenOffice.org wiki is also used by the User Experience Team for collaboration within our activities. But we also use it for presenting our team. By the way, similar to step 1, you may already have an account.''
+
{{Tip|It is a good idea to '''use your real name''' when writing emails. Real names are often easier to remember than pseudonyms and strengthen relations in the team.}}
  
 +
== Finally, Get in Touch with Us ==
  
=== Step 4: Present Yourself in the OpenOffice.org Wiki ===
+
=== Present Yourself in the Wiki ===
  
* Add yourself to the list of User Experience Team members in the wiki at [[User_Experience/Community|User Experience Community]]
+
# Add yourself to the [[User_Experience/Community|wiki list of User Experience Team members]].
* Add the string "<nowiki>{{</nowiki>User Experience Community<nowiki>}}</nowiki>" to the top of 'user page' in the wiki
+
# Add the string "<nowiki>{{</nowiki>User Experience Community<nowiki>}}</nowiki>" at the top of your wiki 'user page'.
 +
{{Information|The '''list of User Experience Team members''' provides information about how we look, how we communicate and what we do and links to the 'user pages'.
  
''The list of User Experience Team members provides information about how we look, how we communicate and what we do and links to the 'user pages'. The 'user page' is your little space in the wiki, so you may like to provide some information about yourself (the 'user page' is the wiki page with your user name). Adding the given string will add User Experience related information to this page, e.g. you will get the nice UX logo at the upper right.''
+
The '''user page''' is the wiki page with your user name. It is your little space in the wiki, so you may like to provide some information about yourself. Adding the given string will add User Experience related information to this page, e.g. you will get the nice UX logo at the upper right.
  
''If you have any questions or if you are unfamiliar with a Wiki, then please go to through the rest of the steps and request help at our mailing list 'ux-discuss'.''
+
If you have any '''question''' or if you are unfamiliar with a Wiki, then please go to through the rest of the steps and request help at our mailing list 'ux-discuss'.
 +
}}
 +
=== Say Hello on the Mailing List! ===
  
 +
Even if you have successfully subscribed to the mailing list, we still don't know about your background, reasons for joining, comments or ideas on OpenOffice.org's future.
  
=== Step 5: Subscribe to the Mailing List ===
+
So, get in touch with us by introducing yourself: send a short email to [mailto:discuss@ux.openoffice.org ux-discuss].
  
Subscribe to our 'discuss@ux.openoffice.org' mailing list at [http://ux.openoffice.org/servlets/ProjectMailingListList User Experience Mailing Lists]
 
  
''We mainly communicate via the mailing list with the name 'discuss@ux.openoffice.org' (or short 'ux-discuss'). So if we you want to contribute, just subscribe to it. More information can be found on the mailing lists page with the given link.''
+
== What's next? ==
  
 
=== Step 6: Get In Contact ===
 
 
Get in touch with us by introducing yourself and send a short email to 'ux-discuss'.
 
 
''Even if you have successfully subscribed to the mailing list, we still don't know about your background, reasons for joining, comments or ideas on OpenOffice.org's future. So please introduce yourself with a short email message at the mailing list 'ux-discuss' you've just subscribed to.''
 
 
 
=== What's next? ===
 
 
Great! It seems that you have gone through the steps successfully. So what are your options now?
 
 
* Start by reading or joining some discussions at the 'ux-discuss' mailing list.
 
* Start by reading or joining some discussions at the 'ux-discuss' mailing list.
* Learn more about usability and user experience topics by looking at some [[User_Experience/Resources#Introduction_to_User_Experience_and_Usability|resources]].
+
* Learn [[User_Experience/How_To_Contribute|how you can contribute]].
 +
* Learn more about usability and user experience topics by looking at [[User_Experience/Resources#Introduction_to_User_Experience_and_Usability|our list of resources]].
 
* Look on our current todo list or the current activities. Just start at the project main page [http://ux.openoffice.org/ ux.openoffice.org].
 
* Look on our current todo list or the current activities. Just start at the project main page [http://ux.openoffice.org/ ux.openoffice.org].
 
* ... and whatever you do, don't forget to promote the User Experience Team :-)
 
* ... and whatever you do, don't forget to promote the User Experience Team :-)
 
  
 
[[Category:User_Experience|Community/How To]]
 
[[Category:User_Experience|Community/How To]]
 
[[Category:How to]]
 
[[Category:How to]]
 +
[[Category:Outdated]]

Latest revision as of 12:36, 17 May 2012

ux-ooo-logo-rgb-129-61.png

ux.openoffice.org

Quick Navigation

Team

Communication

Activities

UX HowToJoin Welcome.png


You seem to have interest in joining the User Experience Team, that's great! So please follow the steps below to register to our project and get in contact with us.

If you are still uncertain or want to know more about the OpenOffice.org User Experience, then please have a look at our project's main page. There you will find more information about our involvement and our activities.

If you have any problem with joining, then please contact the User Experience Team at ux-discuss (it may take some time for your email to be answered, because it is manually administered if the steps below have not been finished).


Start by Becoming a Formal Member

The User Experience Team works within the the OpenOffice.org project. We use the infrastructure of the overall project, therefore the following registrations are required:

  1. Become an OpenOffice.org contributor: Create an account (if not already done.)
  2. Join the User Experience Team: Request project membership.
Tip.png The request for User Experience team membership has to be manually confirmed by the User Experience administrators. This can take some time, so don't wait for it, and follow the remaining steps!


Continue with Setting-Up Communication Tools

Register at the OpenOffice.org Wiki

The OpenOffice.org wiki is used by the User Experience Team for collaboration within our activities, but also for presenting our team. So you may need to create an account at the OpenOffice.org Wiki.

Subscribe to the Mailing List

We mainly communicate via the mailing list 'discuss@ux.openoffice.org' (a.k.a. 'ux-discuss'). So if you want to contribute, you will need to subscribe to this list by sending an empty mail to sympa@ux.openoffice.org.

You can also subscribe to more mailing lists of the User Experience project on the User Experience mailing lists page.

Tip.png It is a good idea to use your real name when writing emails. Real names are often easier to remember than pseudonyms and strengthen relations in the team.


Finally, Get in Touch with Us

Present Yourself in the Wiki

  1. Add yourself to the wiki list of User Experience Team members.
  2. Add the string "{{User Experience Community}}" at the top of your wiki 'user page'.

i The list of User Experience Team members provides information about how we look, how we communicate and what we do and links to the 'user pages'.

The user page is the wiki page with your user name. It is your little space in the wiki, so you may like to provide some information about yourself. Adding the given string will add User Experience related information to this page, e.g. you will get the nice UX logo at the upper right.

If you have any question or if you are unfamiliar with a Wiki, then please go to through the rest of the steps and request help at our mailing list 'ux-discuss'.

Say Hello on the Mailing List!

Even if you have successfully subscribed to the mailing list, we still don't know about your background, reasons for joining, comments or ideas on OpenOffice.org's future.

So, get in touch with us by introducing yourself: send a short email to ux-discuss.


What's next?

  • Start by reading or joining some discussions at the 'ux-discuss' mailing list.
  • Learn how you can contribute.
  • Learn more about usability and user experience topics by looking at our list of resources.
  • Look on our current todo list or the current activities. Just start at the project main page ux.openoffice.org.
  • ... and whatever you do, don't forget to promote the User Experience Team :-)
Personal tools