mozilla-open-leaders

Notes and Materials from Mozilla Open Leaders program (Round 5, Spring 2018)

Mozilla Open Leadership Series README

CONFERENCE CALL NOTES

Week 1

In Your README document, show:

• What you're doing, for who, and why
• What makes your project special and exciting
• How to get started
• Where to find key resources

Phinch Vision Statement: I'm working with scientists and data visualization experts to build an open-source software framework so that researchers (in all disciplines) and citizen scientists can easily explore, manipulate, share and export figures from massive genomic datasets.

Homework:

• Complete Project Canvas
• Complete Project Roadmap
• Read through Open Leadership 101 materials

Week 2

Etherpad for mentoring meetings: https://public.etherpad-mozilla.org/p/Phinch

Mozilla Global Sprint: https://foundation.mozilla.org/opportunity/global-sprint/

To Do:

• Mozilla Open Leadership course (hourlong training):https://mozilla.teachable.com/p/open-leadership-101

Week 3

Sharing your work in the open: https://mozilla.github.io/open-leadership-training-series/articles/get-your-project-online/sharing-your-work-in-the-open/

Choosing a license: https://choosealicense.com/

Homework:

• (due Week 5) Write your project README: Link

• Lead a project in the Global Sprint: Link

  • Global Sprint: Link

  • (due Week 10) Complete tasks to get your project featured at the Global Sprint Instructions will appear in the GitHub issue you create when you submit your project

• (optional) Personas and Pathways: Link

• (optional - due Friday) Test the Open Leadership Map: Link

Week 9

Main webpage for Mozilla Global Sprint

Examples of good Mozilla Global Sprint issues:

technical:

• clear instructions

discussion:

• introductions
• gathering ideas

point to another platform for contribution:

• leave audio msg
• review gdoc