Hello FreeSWITCHers!<br><br>We are looking for people who are in a position to help out with various subprojects that will help FreeSWITCH to keep growing. We need people to help out in these basic areas:<br><br>Bug marshals (people who watch JIRA and test bug reports, patches, etc.)<br>
Documentation maintainers (people who update the wiki when new stuff comes out, also those familiar with mediawiki administration)<br>Documentation authors (people who write new docs, how-to's, tutorials, examples, etc.)<br>
Package maintainers (people who manage Debian debs, RPMs, etc.)<br><br>Additionally, we are always looking for more folks to assist with answering questions on IRC and the mailing list. It is definitely nice to have people who've gone through the pains of switching to FreeSWITCH (or learning it from scratch) who can assist the steady stream of new users. <br>
<br>If you want to help and aren't sure where to go from here then please at least do the following:<br>#1 - Join #freeswitch on <a href="http://irc.freenode.net">irc.freenode.net</a> and hang out as much as possible<br>
#2 - Check the recent changes link on <a href="http://wiki.freeswitch.org">wiki.freeswitch.org</a> each day<br>#3 - Join the Friday public conference call and listen in<br>These three things, in addition to the mailing list, will keep you well in tune with the FreeSWITCH community and what's happening.<br>
<br>Next, make a note of the parts of FS that you use frequently, know a lot about, or are particularly passionate about. Those are the items we'd love to have you help us with. For example: if you use mod_xml_curl frequently and have been through the set up process then you're a prime candidate to help answer questions, refine the mod_xml_curl wiki documentation, write up a tutorial, contribute a working example of a web server & database schema, etc. If you are good with a scripting language then we could definitely use help with rounding out the docs for your favorite language. We could also use code samples, so ask for a contrib folder if you have things you would like to share. Or how about this: you read something on the wiki, it doesn't quite work when you try, so you tinker until you figure it out. Now you're in a position to update the wiki for everyone else's benefit, too.<br>
<br>As you can see, you don't have to be a FreeSWITCH expert before you can help the project. What we really need are people who care about the project and want to see it flourish. If you are such a person then please contact me off list. Tell me what you're good at or where you would like to help. <br>
<br>Many thanks for all of your support!<br>-Michael<br><br><br>