Re: A More Welcoming Community

From: Vinnie Falco (vinnie.falco_at_[hidden])
Date: 2024-09-23 14:47:40

On Sat, Sep 21, 2024 at 6:24 AM Glen Fernandes <glen.fernandes_at_[hidden]>
wrote:

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Thank you. First of all if it is not already there, this message template
should come from the website GitHub repository so it can be discussed and
improved. Second, this looks like a great opportunity to make the
experience of signing up for the list better:

We could add something like this to the above message:

* If you wish to propose a library, check out the Library Proposal Process
in the Contributor's Guide (link)
* If you are joining to report a defect in a specific library, consider
opening an issue in the corresponding repository (link)
* If you want to contribute to Boost, check our our Volunteers Needed
GitHub Project (link), and read the Contributor's Guide (link)
* et cetera...

Maybe the signup page can offer OAuth for Google and GitHub, and in this
case we can skip the moderation step, to streamline the process.

Thanks