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==The Volunteer Pathway==
==The Volunteer Pathway==
We believe that new volunteers typically follow the following path
We believe that new volunteers typically follow a path similar to the following:
# Become aware of Sugar
# Become aware of Sugar
# Find Sugar
# Find Sugar
# Try and successfully use Sugar
# Try and successfully use Sugar
# Decide that Sugar is "sweet", i.e. valuable for education, interesting etc.
# Decide that Sugar is "sweet", ''i.e.'', valuable for education, interesting, etc.
# Understand that Sugar is a Community Project supported by volunteers
# Understand that Sugar is a Community Project supported by volunteers
# Have an initial engagement with the Community
# Have an initial engagement with the Community
# Want to help or at least Be There for Sugar
# Want to help, or at least, Be There for Sugar
# Become part of a Task/Team/Group or get a Mentor
# Become part of a Task/Team/Group or get a mentor
# Successfully complete a task
# Successfully complete a task
# Take more responsibility, leadership, help others etc.
# Contribute ideas, take more responsibility, provide leadership, help others, etc.
Examples of taking responsibility and leadership include:
Examples of contributing ideas, taking responsibility, and providing leadership include:
* Pilot at a School
* Edit the wiki
* Become a Mentor
* Pilot at a school
* Activity Maintainer
* Mentor a student
* Core Development
* Maintain an Activity
* Lesson plan creation and alignment with standards
* Develop core software
* Creating training materials and manuals
* Create lesson plans and align with standards
* Coordinating Sugar presence at a conferences or running a Sugar Camps
* Create training materials and manuals
* Writing press releases and articles about Sugar
* Coordinate Sugar presence at conferences or running Sugar Camps
* Writing grant proposals
* Write press releases and articles about Sugar
* Write grant proposals
==How to improve at each step==
==How to improve at each step==
===Become Aware of Sugar and Finding Sugar===
===Become Aware of Sugar and Finding Sugar===
Our marketing team is working on this with press releases etc.
Our [[Marketing Team]] is working on this with press releases, etc.
===Try and successfully use Sugar===
===Try and successfully use Sugar===
Our development team is working on this by making Sugar on a Stick more robust. We also need to keep working on installation instructions and different and every easier ways to get it working on different hardware platforms.
Our [[Development Team]] is working on this by making [[Sugar on a Stick]] more robust. We also need to keep working on installation instructions and different and every easier ways to get it working on different hardware platforms.