Introducing the Open Source Club on CodePlex – Project of the Month: Rawr

re: Introducing the Open Source Club on CodePlex – Project of the Month: Rawr

Sara Ford — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:28:09 GMT

Thanks for your feedback. I would like to try this again, but I really struggled with what was the best way to connect volunteers to the project. Maybe I should have had the project owner assign work items to those who volunteered. Or maybe I should have created a wiki page to show who was signing up for which item.

Picking the Rawr project was completely my idea to kick off this effort. Because it was already a popular project, I was hoping to see how people would volunteer and work on the project, so that i could put together a template. The original plan was to pick a less-known project moving forward.

I'm completely open to idea of starting it again. Feel free to contact me directly (or as a comment) how we can make this happen.

re: Introducing the Open Source Club on CodePlex – Project of the Month: Rawr

Bil Simser — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:10:00 GMT

So what happened to this initiative? It seems sort of klunky. Post a profile on the #1 project on CP but then nothing. A community has to grow and growth needs seeds and saplings, not fully grown trees.

I would like to see a) this effort re-started again and b) spotlighting projects other than ones in the top 10. They're already in the spotlight, showcasing them is like writing a People article about Brad and Angelina. It's boring.

Thanks.

re: Introducing the Open Source Club on CodePlex – Project of the Month: Rawr

Sara Ford — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:42:58 GMT

@unruledboy See the feature request at http://codeplex.codeplex.com/WorkItem/View.aspx?WorkItemId=809 Feel free to vote on it.

re: Introducing the Open Source Club on CodePlex – Project of the Month: Rawr

unruledboy — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:28:53 GMT

off-the-topic: why there is not built-in bookmark functionality of codeplex? the bookmark of a browser is not portable, but built-in bookmark like the one on codeproject.com is portable.

re: Introducing the Open Source Club on CodePlex – Project of the Month: Rawr

unruledboy — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:28:51 GMT

off-the-topic: why there is no built-in bookmark functionality of codeplex? the bookmark of a browser is not portable, but built-in bookmark like the one on codeproject.com is portable.

re: Introducing the Open Source Club on CodePlex – Project of the Month: Rawr

Kiran Patel — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:57:57 GMT

Me too! It sounds interesting to get involved.

re: Introducing the Open Source Club on CodePlex – Project of the Month: Rawr

mesal.ir — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 13:04:41 GMT

Very good idea!

Exactly I like to be in an opensource project, but I don't know how and where to start!

I wish to be in one..

re: Introducing the Open Source Club on CodePlex – Project of the Month: Rawr

Michael Flanakin — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 18:34:45 GMT

I hate to state the obvious, but why not create a project on CodePlex. That way, we'd have a wiki, forum, and... well, you get the idea. I'm thinking it'd be nice to see what the OSC has done for each project (maybe on a dedicated wiki page?) along with feedback from the team. I could also see having a list of contributors, but that could be like members of the OSC or just a list on the aforementioned wiki page.

Great idea!

Kalle Hoppe — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:12:07 GMT

This is perfect, there have been so many times that I have found a great project but find it to tedious to get involved. Again perfect!

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