The Minimal
Simply attending is great, and it requires nothing! Better than that is showing off a project or giving a lightning talk. But if you want to go above and beyond, here are ways you can do more and give back.
This is your community. We can always use more people stepping up to the plate. Join our Discord server and let us know what you'd like to help with, or just show up to any Wednesday meeting and talk to existing organizers. This page enumerates just a few things we can always use help with.
Membership
Membership is informal, and you can always show up. But we do maintain a members directory and people in that directory get to vote on organizational matters. They also get a profile page which can serve as evidence of your involvement with HOSS to an employer. Active membership in HOSS requires you show up twice in the past year.
For an example of the profile page, you can see Evan Carroll
Social Media
Basically boils down to "Like and subscribe." The algorithms prefer active organizations. You can help us appear active.
- Like HOSS on LinkedIn, and Facebook. Links in the header and footer.
- Join our Discord. And drop an introduction in the
#introductionschannel.
After you like the page, you can use LinkedIn's functionality to tell your colleagues and friends.
- Go to the Houston Open Source Society on LinkedIn.
- Then Click the
...on our page. - Click "Invite Connections".
Invite anyone in Houston. Even if they're not into tech (yet), it may not be a bad idea to remind them you are.
Same story as LinkedIn, after you like our page...
- Go to the Houston Open Source Society on Facebook.
- Then Click the
...on our page. - Click "Invite Friends".
Invite away!
Discord
We can always use help on Discord.
- Adopt the
HOSSserver tag, we're paying for it! - If you're a paying member, please consider sponsoring our server (it costs you nothing). This is how we get perks like the
HOSSSever Tag.
You can also upvote us on these Discord lists,
Software Development
Consider participating in our ongoing open source projects and civic technology initiatives including OpenStreetMap, Wikipedia, and Wikidata.
Organizer
We need organizers to help outreach, coordinate venues, secure resources, and grow our community.
If you're interested in these conversations, they're all public consider checking out our improve-hoss channel on Discord.