Hi Mozillians!
We're excited to
announce the first event in the Grow Program
(formerly known as MozCamp), for Mozillians who
want to deeply develop their leadership and
community building skills. The program and
events focus on developing contribution skills
for yourself and to share with others so we can
continue to increase the impact of our
communities for the project and in the world.
About Grow
Tunisia
The first three-day
event, Grow Tunisia, will take place in Tunis
from Friday, September 26, through Sunday, September 28. Participants must be available to
arrive on Thursday, September 25, and should
plan to depart on Monday, September 29.
In order to attend
Grow Tunisia, you must be a Mozillian who
resides in Africa, Europe or the Middle East,
extending east to Iran and Turkey, including
Israel and Russia. If you do not live in any of
these regions, don't worry! There will be an
upcoming Grow event in your region later this
year - please plan to apply for your regional
Grow event.
Grow Tunisia
participants can expect three full days of
intense, instructor-led training as well as
challenging hands-on work. The curriculum will
include community building skills such as event
planning, recruitment and project planning.
Additionally, participants will delve into
specific contribution areas to sharpen those
skills and think about how to invite others to
join.
Once participants
leave Grow Tunisia, they will work with a mentor
and a team of fellow participants to grow our
community of active contributors by recruiting
at least 5 new active contributors,*
reactivating 10 idle contributors or hosting at
least 2 events. (*An "active" contributor is one who
has completed one measurable contribution for
their contribution area.)
Invitation
Criteria
Our goal is to gather
a group of Mozillians that represents a wide
spectrum of our key contribution areas. After
discussions with the attendees of a Program
Design Session (wiki.mozilla.org/MozCamps_2014/Planning) we came up with the
following invitation criteria. By applying to
attend Grow Tunisia, you:
-
Commitment
-
Agree to
grow the quantity and quality of our
communities by recruiting 5 new active
Mozillians, reactivating 10 inactive
Mozillians or hosting 2 training events
(on- and/or offline) before the end of the
year
-
Will
engage in knowledge sharing
(documentation, blogging, social media,
etc.)
-
Agree to
participate in the entire program,
including the event, the development and
implementation of a project plan after the
event, and follow-ups such as completing
surveys, checking in regularly with their
project mentors and sharing their progress
-
Leadership
-
Know the
regional community well and act as a
leader, communicating organizational
goals, getting the community active and
excited and recruiting and mentoring new
contributors
-
Have
experience with community
building/mentoring
-
Expertise
-
Have
expertise in a specific contribution area
or areas, with strong interest and
experience onboarding, teaching and/or
mentoring new active contributors
-
Are an
active contributor with a key role in a
pathway, one who can benefit from learning
how to mentor and bring in new
contributors
-
Other
-
Must be
over 18 years old to participate in events
that involve international travel
-
Proficient
in the primary language (in this case
English)
-
Resident
of Europe, Africa or the Middle East
If you feel you meet
the above criteria, we invite you to apply to
attend Grow Tunisia: http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/1742536/Grow-Tunisia-Application
PLEASE NOTE THAT
APPLICATIONS ARE DUE BY FRIDAY, AUGUST 1. SORRY,
NO EXCEPTIONS.
If your application
is approved, you will receive an official
invitation to Grow Tunisia by Monday, August 11,
2014.
If you have any
questions or need additional information about
applying to participate in this new program,
please don't hesitate to contact us on IRC in
#Grow2014, Monday through Friday from 9 AM to 5
PM, Pacific Time.
