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description: How to support the Docker community, organize meetups, or become a mentor
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keywords: meetups, community, mentoring
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title: Other ways to contribute
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- /opensource/ways/community/
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- /opensource/ways/meetups/
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- /opensource/ways/issues/
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- /opensource/ways/test/
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- /project/who-written-for/
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- /project/make-a-contribution/
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---
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Beyond the documentation contributions we cover here, there are many other ways
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to contribute to Docker. Whether you are just getting started or are expert in
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your field, you have a unique perspective that is a valuable resource to share
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with others. The Docker community, meetups, mentoring, and open source projects
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all need your participation, ideas, feedback, and vision.
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* [Organize a Docker meetup](#organize-a-docker-meetup)
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* [Learn about the Docker Community](#learn-about-the-docker-community)
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* [Contribute to the Moby open source project](#contribute-to-the-moby-open-source-project)
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## Organize a Docker meetup
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Anyone interested in Docker can become an active member of the Docker community
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by becoming a co-organizer of a Docker Meetup group.
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If a Meetup group does not already exist in your area and you are willing to
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start a new one, the best way to proceed is to contact us so that we can create
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it for you, as long as it makes sense geographically speaking.
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If you have already created a Docker Meetup group that is fine, we
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ask you to add us as a co-organizer so that we can ensure a consistent support
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to the group in terms of community and Meetup management.
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Before contacting us to create a new Docker Meetup Group, take a look at our
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Meetup Groups page to make sure a group does not already exist in the area.
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### Get started putting on a Docker Meetup
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Now that you are a co-organizer of a Docker Meetup Group, here are a few tips and
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suggestions to help you get started:
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* Attend similar DevOps or Developers Meetups to gain experience and gauge interest in Docker
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* Contact other people interested in Docker to help you organize and promote future Meetups
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* Research High-Tech companies in your area willing to host a Docker Meetup event
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* Research what would be the best date(s) to schedule the Meetups based on availabilities with regard to competing events in the area and other calendar imperative
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* Research what are the topic of interest to your audience prior to set an agenda for the meetup
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* Pay attention to the Meetup page aesthetics, add logos and pictures, invite members to leave comments and reply to these comments
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* Promote the event on social media and make sure that the list of keywords is well define if you have created the Docker Meetup Group on your own
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### How Docker can help you organize
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We can support the co-organizers of the Docker Meetup Groups based on their specific needs. For instance, we might be able to:
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* Send you Docker T-shirts and stickers
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* Put you in contact with other people interested in being a co-organizer of a Docker Meetup group, and which are in the same area
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* Put you in contact with companies willing to host a Docker Meetup in your area
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* Introduce you to people willing to give a lightning talk about Docker
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* Promote your Docker Group on Docker.com, Docker Weekly and Social Media
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Hackday Picture
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### Host a Docker meetup at your location
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### Want to host a Docker Meetup?
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We are always looking for new office space to host Docker Meetups. If your
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company is willing to host a Docker Meetup, contact us by email at
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meetup@docker.com. Previous Docker Meetups have been hosted by companies such
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as Rackspace, Twitter, MongoDB, BrightCove, DigitalOcean, Viadeo and Edmodo.
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#### How many attendees?
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The company hosting the event fixes the number of attendees depending on their
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office size and availability. This number usually varies between 30 and 200.
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#### How long is a Docker Meetup?
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Once again, each company hosting the event decides when does the meetup start,
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and how long it lasts. Usual meetups tend to last 2 hours, and start between
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4pm and 6pm.
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## Learn about the Docker Community
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Go to the **[Docker Community GitHub repository](https://github.com/docker/community/blob/master/README.md){:target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="_"}**
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for resources and information on the community. Those pages are the most
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up-to-date for finding out about the community and making connections.
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The topics below provide some additional links, but it's likely that everything
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you need is on the GitHub repository.
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### Become a Mentor
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With millions of Docker users all over the world, there's always someone who
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needs a helping hand. Like many open source projects, the Docker project relies
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on community support channels like forums, IRC, and StackOverflow. You should
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contribute mentoring if you have good knowledge of:
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* how open source projects run
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* using Docker in some particular domain (for example, testing or deployment)
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* using Git, Go, GitHub, IRC, or other common tools
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Also, choose mentoring if you like to be happy. Studies show that [helping others](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/five-minute-favor-adam-rifkin_n_3805090){: target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="_"} is a great way to
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boost your own well being.
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### Docker users
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Docker users are people using Docker in their daily work. To help Docker users, visit:
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* the [Docker community Slack channel](https://dockr.ly/slack){: target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="_"}
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* the [Docker Community Forum](https://forums.docker.com/){: target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="_"}
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* [StackOverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/docker){: target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="_"}
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You can also check the lists of [open issues on the Docker docs](https://github.com/docker/docker.github.io/issues){: target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="_"} and [open issues on the Moby project](https://github.com/moby/moby/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Akind%2Fquestion+-label%3Astatus%2Fclaimed+-label%3Astatus%2Fassigned+no%3Aassignee){: target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="_"}.
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### Docker contributors
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Docker contributors are people like you, interested in the open source projects
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and product documentation. Contributors may need help with IRC, Go programming,
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Markdown, or with other aspects of contributing. To help Docker contributors,
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join the [Docker community Slack channel](https://dockr.ly/slack){: target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="_"}.
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## Contribute to the Moby open source project
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{% include content/moby.md %}
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