Get Involved

Want to get involved in work at OSDV?

We've got a range of roles including developing OSDV work product, reviewing such work, co-ordinating, planning, endorsing, or helping get the word out about what we’re doing. If you’re interested in any of the types of described below, the best way to get started is to Join Us by filling out a contact form that we can get in touch and discuss your areas of interest and the contributions you could make. And regardless of whether you’re able to contribute in any of these ways, you can Join Us as an OSDV member and choose from a variety of ways to stay in touch and track our progress.

There are several ways to get involved: join the developer community, join the outreach team, donate needed services, and of course, provide financial support. (Learn more about making donations here.)

Here is a partial list of roles and work to be done:

• You can contribute to the developer community as a developer, author, or reviewer of any of several types of work product being developed: specifications, software, systems, use cases, guidelines, experiments, and more. The various activities in OSDV's Labs involve a variety of types of expertise and activities: specification, analysis, software development, system engineering, user experience and interface engineering, security and privacy, database engineering, OS internals and system build, and more. Check out the Wiki to see what the community is doing.
• You can contribute to the outreach team as event manager or outreach co-ordinator, or help with blogging, placement, and other communications tasks, or help with "Trust the Vote", our cause on Facebook causes. You can learn more by reading about OSDV Programs and the work to be done in each. You can also stay in touch with our efforts via our Facebook group for OSDV.
• You can contribute some much needed services such as web site management, graphics design, and legal. If you’re interested, and expect that we could use your services, you’re probably right! You can read more about Service Contribution Opportunities, or Contact Us so that we can discuss your interests and how you might be able to contribute.

If you're not sure, of just want to learn more informally, please or Contact Us!