<updated>2011-12-16T21:12:09+11:00</updated>

&lt;p&gt;I had so many questions, but as we discussed it we started to come to something resembling an agreement. We wanted to:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt; A week isn't a long time - or it may be, depending on your perspective. This is still a somewhat contentious point within the group, but a week suits me because:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;li&gt;with good organisation, each week should be productive out of the gate.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;p&gt; But there are some things we need to address first:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt; &lt;strong&gt;What next?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We need to work out:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;li&gt;how do we determine which projects to work on?&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_revision_control&quot;&gt;DVCS&lt;/a&gt; is still a relatively new concept - how can we help getting new developers familiar with it?&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;how do we organise each project? We want to give value both to the project owners and the contributors.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;p&gt; We want to &lt;strong&gt;build fun stuff&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;give back&lt;/strong&gt; to the projects who have helped us over the years, and &lt;strong&gt;create a community&lt;/strong&gt; around our crazy ideas.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt; So whatever your background and skillset, if you want to get involved and learn from others in the community, we'd love to hear from you.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt; So drop in on our &lt;a href=&quot;http://code52.uservoice.org&quot;&gt;UserVoice&lt;/a&gt; channel and suggest or vote on projects, discuss your ideas and suggestions on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://code52.tenderapp.com&quot;&gt;TenderApp&lt;/a&gt; site, and follow us on &lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/code52_org&quot;&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt; to hear more about it.&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I had so many questions, but as we discussed it we started to come to something resembling an agreement. We wanted to:</p>

<p> A week isn't a long time - or it may be, depending on your perspective. This is still a somewhat contentious point within the group, but a week suits me because:</p>

<li>with good organisation, each week should be productive out of the gate.</li>

<p> But there are some things we need to address first:</p>

<p> <strong>What next?</strong></p>

<p>We need to work out:</p>

<li>how do we determine which projects to work on?</li>

<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_revision_control">DVCS</a> is still a relatively new concept - how can we help getting new developers familiar with it?</li>

<li>how do we organise each project? We want to give value both to the project owners and the contributors.</li>

<p> We want to <strong>build fun stuff</strong>, <strong>give back</strong> to the projects who have helped us over the years, and <strong>create a community</strong> around our crazy ideas.</p>

<p> So whatever your background and skillset, if you want to get involved and learn from others in the community, we'd love to hear from you.</p>

<p> So drop in on our <a href="http://code52.uservoice.org">UserVoice</a> channel and suggest or vote on projects, discuss your ideas and suggestions on the <a href="http://code52.tenderapp.com">TenderApp</a> site, and follow us on <a href="http://twitter.com/code52_org">Twitter</a> to hear more about it.</p>

<p>I had so many questions, but as we discussed it we started to come to something resembling an agreement. We wanted to:</p>

<p> A week isn't a long time - or it may be, depending on your perspective. This is still a somewhat contentious point within the group, but a week suits me because:</p>

<li>with good organisation, each week should be productive out of the gate.</li>

<p> But there are some things we need to address first:</p>

<p> <strong>What next?</strong></p>

<p>We need to work out:</p>

<li>how do we determine which projects to work on?</li>

<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_revision_control">DVCS</a> is still a relatively new concept - how can we help getting new developers familiar with it?</li>

<li>how do we organise each project? We want to give value both to the project owners and the contributors.</li>

<p> We want to <strong>build fun stuff</strong>, <strong>give back</strong> to the projects who have helped us over the years, and <strong>create a community</strong> around our crazy ideas.</p>

<p> So whatever your background and skillset, if you want to get involved and learn from others in the community, we'd love to hear from you.</p>

<p> So drop in on our <a href="http://code52.uservoice.org">UserVoice</a> channel and suggest or vote on projects, discuss your ideas and suggestions on the <a href="http://code52.tenderapp.com">TenderApp</a> site, and follow us on <a href="http://twitter.com/code52_org">Twitter</a> to hear more about it.</p>

<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:12:09 +1100</pubDate>

<lastBuildDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:12:09 +1100</lastBuildDate>

&lt;p&gt;I had so many questions, but as we discussed it we started to come to something resembling an agreement. We wanted to:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt; A week isn't a long time - or it may be, depending on your perspective. This is still a somewhat contentious point within the group, but a week suits me because:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;li&gt;with good organisation, each week should be productive out of the gate.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;p&gt; But there are some things we need to address first:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt; &lt;strong&gt;What next?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We need to work out:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;li&gt;how do we determine which projects to work on?&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_revision_control&quot;&gt;DVCS&lt;/a&gt; is still a relatively new concept - how can we help getting new developers familiar with it?&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;li&gt;how do we organise each project? We want to give value both to the project owners and the contributors.&lt;/li&gt;

&lt;p&gt; We want to &lt;strong&gt;build fun stuff&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;give back&lt;/strong&gt; to the projects who have helped us over the years, and &lt;strong&gt;create a community&lt;/strong&gt; around our crazy ideas.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt; So whatever your background and skillset, if you want to get involved and learn from others in the community, we'd love to hear from you.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt; So drop in on our &lt;a href=&quot;http://code52.uservoice.org&quot;&gt;UserVoice&lt;/a&gt; channel and suggest or vote on projects, discuss your ideas and suggestions on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://code52.tenderapp.com&quot;&gt;TenderApp&lt;/a&gt; site, and follow us on &lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/code52_org&quot;&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt; to hear more about it.&lt;/p&gt;