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If you want to take an active hand in making Sugar even better, there are many ways you can help. What role do you want to fill?

Content Writer	Designer	People Person
Developer	Translator	Web Developer or Administrator

Financial contributions are discussed on the Contribute page.

Making changes to the Fedora wiki is discussed on the wiki editing page.

Content Writer

Description of this role: Communicate through words.

Skills you possess or want to learn:

• Writing, editing, grammar (wordsmith), technical, explaining complex ideas well, teaching, Doc``Book, XML, Wiki markup, technical knowledge (specific and general)

Teams associated with this role:

• Documentation Team, Marketing Team, Wiki Team

Tasks typical in this role:

• Guides, how-tos, FAQs, knowledgebase (kbase), articles, marketing material, process/methodology docs, editing, release notes

Designer

Description of this role: Communicate through images.

Skills you possess or want to learn:

• Inkscape, GIMP, OO.org, design, usability/interaction

Teams/projects associated with this role:

• Design Team

Tasks typical in this role:

• Conference banners/flyers, Materials (t-shirts, CD covers, etc.), OS art (wallpapers, themes), publication design, Web design, icons, banners, mockups, stylesheets

Developer

Description of this role: Communicate through code.

Skills you possess or want to learn:

• Python, C, RPM/Packaging, Bugfiling

Teams/projects associated with this role:

• Development Team, Testing Team, Infrastructure Team

Tasks typical in this role:

• Test/break Sugar, design & build Sugar , file bugs, build packages, code for OS, develop new features, develop new activities

People Person

Description of this role: Communicate through one-on-one contact.

Skills you possess or want to learn:

• People skills, event organization, customer service/support, enthusiasm

Teams/projects associated with this role:

• Marketing Team

Tasks typical in this role:

• Conferences, local events, organizing events, Sugar Labs forum/IRC help/support tech, send out media/spread Sugar

Translator

Description of this role: Communicate through interpretation.

Skills you possess or want to learn:

• English, Non-English native language, technical knowledge, diff, PO, translation, babel tool (kbabel, etc.)

Teams/projects associated with this role:

• Wiki Team

Tasks typical in this role:

• Marketing, docs, websites, application translation, localization

Web Developer or Administrator

Description of this role: Communicate through the World Wide Web.

Skills you possess or want to learn:

• Python, XML/XHTML, CSS, XSL/XSLT, TurboGears, Web app development, Linux system administration

Teams/projects associated with this role:

• Wiki Team

Tasks typical in this role:

• Website pages, applications, stylesheets, toolchain, design, scripts, templates

The Sugar community is individuals, teams, and relationships. We all share one thing in common. We want to improve how computers are used in education.