= September 2010 Community Review =

The Ubuntu community is huge and has grown significantly over the years. Although the scale of the community has grown, the primary areas of participation have remained largely consistent - people take part in development, testing, documentation, advocacy and other key groups.

Unfortunately, as we have grown, I feel the typical community onboarding experience, that is, getting new people involved, has become overly complex. As such, I am kicking off an initiative with some of my fellow community members to identify areas in which we can fix this. -- JonoBacon

== The Team ==

To assess how accessible our community is for newcomers, I have asked a team of volunteers to perform an assessment of the community and gather input from new community members to identify areas of improvement. This team is shown below:

|| Area || Use Case || Team ||
|| Total Beginner || Sam is completely new to Ubuntu and is unsure of how, where and to what extent he/she can participate. || Jorge Castro ||
|| Translations || Sam speaks a second language and wants to translate Ubuntu in it. || David Planella ||
|| Packaging || Sam would like to contribute packages to Ubuntu. || Daniel Holbach ||
|| Documentation || Sam would like to help extend Ubuntu documentation in an area that is not covered. || Matthew East ||
|| Advocacy || Sam loves Ubuntu so much that he/she wants to tell the world about it. But how and where? || Laura Czajkowski ||
|| Support || Sam is a bit of a power user and enjoys helping people with technical questions. How and where can he/she provide this help? || ||
|| Art || Sam would like to make Ubuntu and the community look prettier and doesn't know where to start? || Martin Owens ||
|| Quality || Sam would like to help test and improve the quality of Ubuntu but is not sure where to begin. || Ara Pulido ||
|| Server || Sam loves Ubuntu Server and would like to make it better but is not sure where to begin. || Ahmed Kamal ||

All of these use cases assume that the person does not possess the knowledge to participate (e.g. no knowledge of packaging or how to translate).

== The Plan ==

Here are the reports the above folks will focus on:

 * Total Beginner - [[CommunityReview/Sep2010/Beginner|READ REPORT]]
 * Translations - [[CommunityReview/Sep2010/Translations|READ REPORT]]
 * Packaging - [[CommunityReview/Sep2010/Packaging|READ REPORT]]
 * Documentation - [[CommunityReview/Sep2010/Documentation|READ REPORT]]
 * Advocacy - [[CommunityReview/Sep2010/Advocacy|READ REPORT]]
 * Support - [[CommunityReview/Sep2010/Support|READ REPORT]]
 * Art - [[CommunityReview/Sep2010/Art|READ REPORT]]
 * Quality - [[CommunityReview/Sep2010/Quality|READ REPORT]]
 * Server - [[CommunityReview/Sep2010/Server|READ REPORT]]