From: Greg Price Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 02:27:23 +0000 (-0400) Subject: /join: add some advice from how-to-become-a-member.txt X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/wiki.git/commitdiff_plain/e204928356ada4d8bcd0fb1f8ae5f2230274f948 /join: add some advice from how-to-become-a-member.txt --- diff --git a/join.mdwn b/join.mdwn index 90e3852..8785610 100644 --- a/join.mdwn +++ b/join.mdwn @@ -18,6 +18,17 @@ and either create a new [[SIPB project|projects]] or help with some existing [[SIPB projects|projects]]. This process generally takes about a term of active participation. +To get involved in SIPB projects, you can hack on an existing +project—begin by talking to the people currently working on +it—or start a new one. The best way to start +a SIPB project is to pick some computing-related problem that is +important to you, find some like-minded individuals, and try to solve +it, discussing your ideas and plans around the SIPB office, and +reporting on your progress to the SIPB. The most successful SIPB +projects have often been things that the people involved really wanted +to do, and found resources or collaborators to do them through SIPB. + + ## The office The office fills with people working together in a hackathon.