[chef-dev] Re: Re: Re: Re: Incentivizing open source, possible bounty program?

[Brad Knowles < >]

On Feb 7, 2012, at 5:30 PM, Bryan McLellan wrote:

> http://lists.opscode.com/sympa/arc/chef/2011-12/msg00145.html
> http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Get+Involved
> 
> I'm not convinced that it's working though, but I've been reluctant to
> commit too much energy until I get some positive feedback to show that
> it is worth it. The question is really the same, is there anyone on
> this list who feels like they would contribute more if they knew where
> to start, and how can I help them?

Speaking only for myself, I'm going to be doing a tutorial on Chef at the 
FLOSS UK 2012 conference in March.  I feel that I am pretty familiar with the 
content on the site, and I have an idea of what kinds of basic things I want 
to cover before I start ushering people towards the pool.  However, if there 
were more experienced chefs who wanted to provide their own 
suggestions/thoughts on what they felt was important to have covered, then I 
would welcome that input.

This tutorial is not intended to take the place of the multi-day classes that 
Opscode gives, but instead to give people just enough information to get 
started, and give them some hands-on experience with some parts of the 
process.  With luck, they'll be able to get to the point where they can begin 
using Chef in earnest on some of their systems, and they'll be able to 
continue to pull themselves up by their bootstraps -- with the support of the 
rest of the Chef community, of course.

If you want to see my take on how this should be approached, my abstract can 
be found at <http://www.flossuk.org/Events/Spring2012/Tutorial>.

-- 
Brad Knowles 
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