How You Can Help

Want to help out RailsBridge? Great! Here's what you can do.

Current RailsBridge Projects

Projects on this list are actively under way. Email the contact person or join our mailing list to get involved:

• Public Rails Workshops (Sarah Mei, sarahmei at gmail dot com)
• Teaching Ruby to Kids (Sarah Allen, sarah at ultrasaurus dot com)
• Current Blog Information Locator (Elad Meidar, eize dot sus at gmail dot com)
• Online Mentoring (Brian Hogan, bphogan at gmail dot com)
• Courseware for Newcomers to Rails (Dana Jones)
• Code Reviews for Students (Mike Gunderloy)
• Ruby Challenge (Marianna Kenesy). Contribute your own great challenge ideas at Ruby Challenge Suggestions.
• Pro Bono Site Work for Non-Profits (Mike Breen)
• RailsBridge Wiki (Jeff Schoolcraft)
• RailsBridge Site Redesign (Elad Meidar, eize dot sus at gmail dot com)

Proposed RailsBridge Projects

Projects on this list have been discussed, but do not yet have a project lead. If you're interested in seeing one of them take off, volunteer to be the project lead by sending a message to the Google Group:

• Guides & support pathways for Windows users
• Contest for new developers, with a prize for the most creative Rails project/concept/innovation
• Participate in Google Summer of Code as a mentoring organization
• Distribute a pamphlet/presentation on The proper way to grow, guide, and nurture YOUR Rails community
• Mentorship program (parts of this have been nibbled off)
• Professional Association
• Encourage/create blog entries and articles aimed at beginning Rails developers
• Position paper on what makes a good/acceptable/inclusive presentation
• HOWTOs for user group and conference organizers
• Sponsoring our own conference/camp/whatever
• "Stand up and be counted" badge for web sites.
• T-shirts for RailsBridge
• Book Club to meet and discuss books
• Guidance for new contributors to OSS projects

RailsBridge Infrastructure

There are also a few places where we're looking for leaders to help put RailsBridge itself on a firm footing:

• Build a central repository for membership info (location, projects working on) - might be a scrapable page on the wiki
• Help publicize and promote RailsBridge projects to the wider community

Your Ideas

We don't have all the answers! See a way to contribute to the RailsBridge mission that isn't on this list? Come tell us about it!