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Posted to commits@openoffice.apache.org by bu...@apache.org on 2012/11/05 16:44:11 UTC
svn commit: r837349 - in /websites/staging/openofficeorg/trunk/content: ./
openofficeorg/get-involved.html
Author: buildbot
Date: Mon Nov 5 15:44:10 2012
New Revision: 837349
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Staging update by buildbot for openofficeorg
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@@ -119,10 +119,20 @@ is almost certainly a role for you. </p>
the community. The project team and the broader community will
therefore welcome and encourage participation, and attempt to make it
as easy as possible for people to get involved. </p>
-<p>We maintain a list of specific areas where we need volunteers on our <a href="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Help+Wanted">Help Wanted</a> page of the wiki.</p>
-<h2 id="mailing-lists">Mailing lists</h2>
-<p>Your first engagement with the project should be to subscribe to our
-<a href="/openofficeorg/mailing-lists.html">mailing lists</a>.</p>
+<h2 id="how-to-get-started">How to get started</h2>
+<p>OpenOffice is a large, complex open source project, with a project culture developed over many years as an
+independent, combined with our experience at Apache.<br />
+</p>
+<p>If you are familiar with Apache-style open source
+development then you might just jump in. Subscribe to a relevant project <a href="http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/mailing-lists.html">mailing list</a>
+and introduce yourself. We'll help you get started. </p>
+<p>If, however, you are new to Apache, or want a more methodical approach to getting started, then we have a set
+of graduated <a href="http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/orientation/index.html">New Volunteer Orientation Modules</a> designed
+for new volunteers that takes you through a number of background topics related to Apache OpenOffice and how
+we do things.</p>
+<p>Which path you take is up to you and is a matter of personal preference. You can even do both.</p>
+<p>We also maintain a list of specific areas where we need volunteers on our
+<a href="https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Help+Wanted">Help Wanted</a> page of the wiki.</p>
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