openSUSE Invites Contributors Worldwide to Its First Community Week
by Kristin Shoemaker - May. 08, 2009Comments (0)- Related Blog Posts
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openSUSE recently announced the dates and agenda for its very first Community Week. Much like the Ubuntu team's OpenWeek, the purpose of Community Week is to assemble and introduce new contributors all over the Linux-using world to each other, and the openSUSE Project. And while developers are a vital part of an open source community and are encouraged to attend and get involved in openSUSE's Community Week, participants don't necessarily need programming skills -- only a willingness to learn, connect and pitch in the skills they possess.
Community Week kicks off on Monday, May 11th and concludes on May 17th. Most of the events take place on Freenode, with individual components (such as openSUSE-specific discussions on KDE, GNOME, or marketing) having their own unique #openSUSE-project channels and schedules.
Because Community Week is meant to connect openSUSE users worldwide, discussions generally start around 08:00 UTC daily, with the last sessions held at 23:00 UTC. Not every sub-project will have an organized event session every hour, but it should be possible to find at least a few appealing sessions that fit your schedule regardless of your location.
On the off chance that your schedule keeps you far away from openSUSE's Community Week IRC channels next week, openSUSE community manager, Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier says that the openSUSE Project mailing list is a good way to introduce yourself and ask questions about contributing to the effort. He also invites any openSUSE contributors who'd be interested in leading a session to contact him with the topic they'd like to discuss, an abstract, and times they are available to hold sessions.
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