New Volunteer ReadMe: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 21:25, 23 February 2015

Welcome to Kids on Computers! We're so excited to have you volunteer with us. Here's a guide on how we communicate, how we operate and how to get started volunteering with us.

Web Site

http://www.kidsoncomputers.org .
It's a Wordpress site. If you'd like to add/edit content, please email the list to ask for an account.

Twitter Account

http://twitter.com/kidsoncomputers
Please follow KOC!

Facebook Account

Please like our Facebook page: http://facebook.com/kidsoncomputers

Mailing Lists

We communicate mostly via mailing lists and our monthly meeting.
Sign up for our mailing list here: http://lists.kidsoncomputers.org/listinfo.cgi/kidsoncomputers-kidsoncomputers.org

Monthly Meetings and Notes

Monthly meetings occur on the third Thursday of every month via Skype.
- Check the calendar for dates and for other events
- Email the mailing list with your Skype ID to be added to the call
Notes from our monthly meetings (and other ad-hoc meetings) are maintained in Etherpad, hosted by Mozilla. We don't have an index, but the individual notes pages are at:

Blog

Our blog is hosted on our web site at: http://www.kidsoncomputers.org/blog. It's also on Wordpress.
We'd love to have folks contribute blog postings about work they're doing with KOC. Even just a picture with a caption will suffice!
Email the list for an account.

Wiki

Our wiki is at wiki.kidsoncomputers.org .
There are some useful nuggets of info here, but could also use some work in organizing and adding content. * We have some technical info about distros and installation procedures, but not as well organized as we'd like.
Email the list for an account.

Inventory

We maintain an inventory of donated equipment at glpi.kidsoncomputers.org.
Email the list for login info.

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-Welcome to Kids on Computers! We're so excited to have you volunteer with us. Here's a quick guide on how we communicate, and how to get started volunteering with us.
+Welcome to Kids on Computers! We're so excited to have you volunteer with us. Here's a guide on how we communicate, how we operate and how to get started volunteering with us.
-'''Mailing Lists'''
-We communicate mostly via mailing lists and our monthly meeting.
-'''Web Site'''
+===Web Site===
-http://www.kidsoncomputers.org . It's a wordpress site, and we've been talking about updating the theme and adding much more content. If either of you (or anyone else on the list) is good with WordPress and wants to help out, please do.
+* http://www.kidsoncomputers.org .
+* It's a Wordpress site. If you'd like to add/edit content, please email the list to ask for an account.
-'''Wiki'''
+===Twitter Account===
-Our wiki is at wiki.kidsoncomputers.org . There are some useful nuggets of info here, but could also use some work in organizing and adding content. We have some technical info about distros and installation procedures, but not as well organized as we'd like.
+* http://twitter.com/kidsoncomputers
+* Please follow KOC!
-'''Inventory'''
+===Facebook Account===
-We maintain an inventory of donated equipment at glpi.kidsoncomputers.org. Ask a board member about login info.
+* Please like our Facebook page: http://facebook.com/kidsoncomputers
-'''Meeting Notes'''
+===Mailing Lists===
-Notes from our monthly meetings (and other ad-hoc meetings) are maintained in Etherpad, hosted by Mozilla. Start at https://koc.etherpad.mozilla.org/ 1 and going up to roughly https://koc.etherpad.mozilla.org/ 57
+* We communicate mostly via mailing lists and our monthly meeting.
-Monthly meetings occur on the third Thursday of every month via Skype.
+* Sign up for our mailing list here: http://lists.kidsoncomputers.org/listinfo.cgi/kidsoncomputers-kidsoncomputers.org
+===Monthly Meetings and Notes===
+* Monthly meetings occur on the third Thursday of every month via Skype.
+** Check the [http://www.kidsoncomputers.org/calendar calendar] for dates and for other events
+** Email the mailing list with your Skype ID to be added to the call
+* Notes from our monthly meetings (and other ad-hoc meetings) are maintained in Etherpad, hosted by Mozilla. We don't have an index, but the individual notes pages are at:
+** https://koc.etherpad.mozilla.org/1
+** https://koc.etherpad.mozilla.org/2
+** ...
+** https://koc.etherpad.mozilla.org/56
+** https://koc.etherpad.mozilla.org/57
+** ... etc.
+===Blog===
+* Our blog is hosted on our web site at: http://www.kidsoncomputers.org/blog. It's also on Wordpress.
+* We'd love to have folks contribute blog postings about work they're doing with KOC. Even just a picture with a caption will suffice!
+* Email the list for an account.
+===Wiki===
+* Our wiki is at wiki.kidsoncomputers.org .
+* There are some useful nuggets of info here, but could also use some work in organizing and adding content. * We have some technical info about distros and installation procedures, but not as well organized as we'd like.
+* Email the list for an account.
+===Inventory===
+* We maintain an inventory of donated equipment at glpi.kidsoncomputers.org.
+* Email the list for login info.