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Community at Mozilla is one of the pillars of how we get things done. In the latest release of Firefox we saw roughly 1/3 of people supplying patches being a volunteer. See [http://areweeveryoneyet.org/ Are We Everyone Yet] for data. | Community at Mozilla is one of the pillars of how we get things done. In the latest release of Firefox we saw roughly 1/3 of people supplying patches being a volunteer. See [http://areweeveryoneyet.org/ Are We Everyone Yet] for data. | ||
A lot of people come in through initiatives like [http://whatcanidoformozilla.org What Can I do for Mozilla] and from [http://www.joshmatthews.net/bugsahoy/ Bugsahoy]. A lot of people work on their first bug and hopefully the mentor can keep them engaged. | A lot of people come in through initiatives like [http://whatcanidoformozilla.org What Can I do for Mozilla] and from [http://www.joshmatthews.net/bugsahoy/ Bugsahoy]. A lot of people work on their first bug and hopefully the mentor can keep them engaged. | ||
Unfortunately due to projects that paid contributors need to do, especially with in specific timeframes, keeping community members engaged can be difficult. | |||
Unfortunately due to projects that paid contributors need to do, especially with in specific timeframes, keeping community members engaged can be difficult. When people have high priority issues community tends to be the first item that is dropped. | |||
With this in mind I would like to propose that we try a different tact to keep community members engaged using tried and tested digital marketing methods. By using these techniques we can hopefully gather metrics on how we are doing with community. | With this in mind I would like to propose that we try a different tact to keep community members engaged using tried and tested digital marketing methods. By using these techniques we can hopefully gather metrics on how we are doing with community. | ||
== Email == | == Email == | ||
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=== How will people sign up === | === How will people sign up === | ||
Hopefully we can patch Bugsahoy asking people if they want to sign up for the mailing list. If not we can have a snippet that we add (maybe part of the bug closure when landing) asking them to sign up for other bugs that they can work on. | Hopefully we can patch Bugsahoy asking people if they want to sign up for the mailing list. If not we can have a snippet that we add (maybe part of the bug closure when landing) asking them to sign up for other bugs that they can work on. | ||
Mentors are also crucial in getting people to sign up for the email to receive a regular update of bugs they can be working on. | |||