{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/18F/18f.gsa.gov/issues/668","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/18F/18f.gsa.gov/issues/668/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/18F/18f.gsa.gov/issues/668/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/18F/18f.gsa.gov/issues/668/events","html_url":"https://github.com/18F/18f.gsa.gov/issues/668","id":65938610,"number":668,"title":"How You Can Welcome New Coders To The National Civic Day of Hacking","user":{"login":"melodykramer","id":5784474,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5784474?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/melodykramer","html_url":"https://github.com/melodykramer","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/melodykramer/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/melodykramer/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/melodykramer/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/melodykramer/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/melodykramer/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/melodykramer/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/melodykramer/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/melodykramer/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/melodykramer/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":4,"created_at":"2015-04-02T14:24:49Z","updated_at":"2015-04-04T16:42:59Z","closed_at":null,"body":"\r\nAt 18F, we open source our projects, and nothing makes us happier than getting contributions from people who don’t work here. That’s why we published a [contributor’s guide to our code](https://18f.gsa.gov/2014/08/12/the-contributors-guide-to-18f-code-for-the-common/).\r\n\r\nNow with the National Day of Civic Hacking fast approaching, we’ve been thinking about how to make our projects as accessible as possible for anyone who would like to adapt them and/or help us improve them. \r\n\r\nWe’re passing along the ideas we’ve batted around, with the hopes that it will help anything you’re planning for the National Day of Civic Hacking on June 6, 2015. We’re also really interested in throwing these ideas to the wider community for thoughts and feedback on how to further improve them. Please leave a comment on this GitHub issue to share any ideas you have.\r\n\r\n[full post is here](https://18f.gsa.gov/2015/04/03/how-to-welcome-new-coders-to-a-civic-hackathon/)\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/18F/18f.gsa.gov/issues/comments/89612138","html_url":"https://github.com/18F/18f.gsa.gov/issues/668#issuecomment-89612138","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/18F/18f.gsa.gov/issues/668","id":89612138,"user":{"login":"phildini","id":710999,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/710999?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/phildini","html_url":"https://github.com/phildini","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/phildini/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/phildini/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/phildini/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/phildini/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/phildini/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/phildini/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/phildini/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/phildini/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/phildini/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-04-04T16:42:59Z","updated_at":"2015-04-04T16:42:59Z","body":"There's a bit on the blog post @melodykramer linked that I think is really crucial, and I would love to see more of the orgs participating in National Day publicize: Making the team available to non-team members. \r\n\r\nThere are some things that a potential contributor may not want to discuss through GitHub issues, or for which they feel an issue is the wrong medium. Having well publicized mailing lists and/or chat rooms for (at least) each org and (ideally) each large project cluster would be amazing. \r\n\r\nSome benefits:\r\n- New contributors have an immediate place they can go for help.\r\n- Mailing lists (or chat channels with saved history/scrollback) build shareable documentation about decisions and processes automatically\r\n\r\nAs an aside, when I was working on some pull requests to various 18f repos, I desperately wished for a mailing list or chat channel I could ping ideas off of, or raise questions about the systems architecture.\r\n\r\nThanks for listening to my mini-rant, looking forward to the NDCH!\r\n\r\n(Also, hi @shaunagm!)"}}