I will assume that our talk at Flock will be approved and call for people to help put together some ideas around “"I AM FEDORA" - Onboard (and Retain) Friends With Fedora Join SIG” .

We also need someone to develop the slide deck after we have our ideas solidified.

You can note ideas in the comments here or at https://hackmd.io/361W62WxS6q5qj8uvCZvtg

The abstract:
Given how expansive the Fedora Project community is—with its subprojects and SIGs—many newcomers struggle to find an area to contribute.

The Join SIG was set up several years ago to help newcomers gain a foothold and become part of Fedora. Over the years, we've tried many methods to increase our retention rates. Most recently, we've used a people-centric "Welcome to Fedora" process.

Our main goal has been to try to help newcomers get to know the people of Fedora by easing them into a friendly space before having them jump into tickets or tasks.

We think that we can retain more people with Fedora-wide co-operation. We hope that you will agree that everyone in the Fedora community has a role to play with the Welcome Wagon.

In this talk, we will start a conversation about how we can better retain the many new friends who come to Fedora through Join SIG.

To prepare for the talk, you may wish to peruse https://pagure.io/fedora-join/WelcomeToFedora