@neil KDE has a great wiki page for this: https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved

@neil As a FOSS developer/jack-of-all-trades, I've always gotten stuck at the question of "where do I even ask". FOSS spaces are overwhelmingly developers, and I don't know of any obvious other places (or even hashtags!) to ask.

@neil hi, I'm a trained technical writer (not anymore, but used to) and I totally agree.

@neil if any designers are following this thread the Open Source Design community have a jobs page to help find open source projects that need help, both paid and unpaid:

https://opensourcedesign.net/jobs/

@opensourcedesign

@neil most of my contributions to other people's projects are correcting typos or fixing broken links.

I'd love a movement of more (wiki) gnomes

@neil for sure. I'd love help figuring out the trademark stuff for #zmk. I looked ages ago, and lacking a formal entity, I'd have to register anything in my own name, which I'd like not to do, for the benefit of the project. Threw up my hands after that and it's still not resolved.

@neil I do think some type of clearing house could be helpful. But it would only really work if the FOSS projects understood a bit more about what they were asking for. For example many teams want "better icons" when what they really need is UX design help

@neil I fully agree. I would love to contribute to FOSS but I can’t code well enough. But I love documentation, engaging with people, and similar stuff. But all too often is “Code or GTFO”.

@neil
I've been thinking recently about offering some time to support FOSS projects with User Research, documentation review, requirements analysis etc. but I hardly ever see any calls for that sort of work. I don't know if it's because it's not needed, or because it's something that's not even considered.

@neil I created https://oss-wishlist.com to do this, although it's currently focused on work funders impact. (https://oss-wishlist.com/catalog), it could expand to any volunteer skillet and already includes pro bono. I do want to see people get paid where possible though (by funders who benefit I mean).
At FOSDEM if anyone wants to chat on this topic.

@neil Hang on, Neil, while I angrily and violently misinterpret this toot.

@neil ...the current one on my mind (posted about this before, so I probably sound like a broken record) is a simple way to replace CATO. So clearly needs accounting experts.

@neil Especially the former in my case. "Asking for help on your own website" only really works if you already have an audience, which especially smaller projects often don't 😅

@neil Ah yes! Bad assumptions on my part.
CATO = company accounts and tax online. Allows smaller companies to file directly to both HMRC and Companies House. Except it's being withdrawn soon... with nearly all options being paid-for cloud services.

@neil @Codeberg I enjoy being a Codeberg member and contributing with my membership fee.

@neil @Codeberg Please do ping me or send us an email if you're looking to help :)

@neil @annehargreaves @jackyan @petejohanson
Scottish partnerships are legal persons which can own property though- s4(2) Partnership Act 1890
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/53-54/39/section/4

@neil @jackyan that could be the route to go. I've no intention of trying to have "ZMK: the company", just want to be sure if the project needs to have legal items such as trademarks covered, it's done so in a way that benefits the community, and can outlast me.

@neil maybe a FOSS "matchmaking service"?

@neil thankyou! my goal is to have 200 project wishes by end of FOSDEM so I can then go after funds and match practiiones (all an experiment, but hopeful it can help bridge).

@neil @postmarketOS Sounds like something I might be able to assist with!