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	Pathways Roadmap 2014
	Owner: Pathways Team	Updated: 2014-01-30
	Vision: The Pathways working group seeks to remove the barriers to contribution so that participation, however it is defined, is beautifully simple.

Roadmap!

Goal

More on 2014 goals and how to get involved.

Contribution is our #1 metric

The steering committee has set a goal of ten times growth by the end of 2014.

We want to work with new and current contributors. Learn more about how their pathways to contribution

What constitutes a contribution pathway?

• Targeting interest: through get involved, a regional group, or a specific product
• Maintaining interest: through systems that funnel from participant to contributor
• Following through on interest: developing mentorship and new opportunities that challenge and motivate contributors and participants

See a more [[ | detailed list of what our contributors do]].

2014 Priorities

What are we SHIPPING to support these goals and bring in more people? What are contributors helping us build?

Priority 1

Core, foundational work that blocks other priorities

• Working definition of a pathway that we can move forward with
• What makes a strong pathway?
• Review all the existing pathways (functional and regional) and see what needs to be done
• Go through current requests for pathways (other section of Contribute)
• Understand how regional pathways can foster and nurture volunteers
• Initial refresh of "Get Involved" page

Priority 2

What we will tackle first.

• Define criteria for Contributor Management System
• Build CMS that satisfies all stakeholders
• Make a plan for what we are going to offer for people who are building pathways
• Continue refreshing "Get Involved" page to be more inclusive and organic for new contributors

Priority 3

• Communicate resource kit out so that people know what they can do

Timeline

(in progress)

Q1: Jan to March: Design and build

• Develop a set of best practices for finding pathways
• Basic refresh of Get Involved Page (http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/contribute/)
• Audit and understand already existing mentorship possibilities
• Community growth focus: Design new tools, imagine the present and future

Q2: April to June: Prepare and refine

• Community growth focus: Develop and build new tools for contribution

Q3: July to Sep: Campaign and grow

• Community growth focus: Launch and campaign for new tools

Q4: Oct to Dec: Harvest and celebrate

• Community growth focus: Measure and reflect

Next steps on this document

• Refine and develop Q2-Q4 goals
• Define quantifiable metrics for what makes a contribution pathway