[WMF-outreach-staff] Data-driven "inreach"

[Quim Gil]

Hi there,

On 08/06/2013 08:01 AM, Asheesh Laroia wrote:
> Hey all, but mostly Quim,
>
> At OpenHatch, our GSoC project to (basically) clone the Ubuntu Developer
> Advisory Team strategy of pinging new contributors is progressing well.
>
> (I call it "inreach" because, in a way, it is mostly about reaching people
> who are already part of the community.)
>
> We're nearly at the point of being able to generalize the code, and I
> thought WMF might make a good group to work with for a generalized
> version. It'll be rocky at first, I'm sure, but we'll be able to smooth
> things out.
>
> Do you have some time this week to meet up and talk about that? I could
> bring David Lu, the GSoC student in question!

This project sounds interesting but we are starting Wikimania today in 
Hong Kong, so it's not the best week to meet. We can do either remote 
meeting next week or a SF meeting on the week of August 18.

> Meeting goal: Discuss if Wikimedia is interested in using greenhouse, by
> showing what it does so far, how others use it, and what our plans are,
> and hopefully learning what would make it most useful to WMFers!
>
> Also if others on the list want to join the chat (I imagine we can finish
> within 1h easily) I'd be happy.
>
> I'd also love to find out if you think it's the kind of thing that WMF
> might fund. We can talk about that, too, if you are willing!

-- 
Quim Gil
Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil