More Ways to Help CriticalMath
Not every organization and person has the resources to make a financial contribution, but a donation of time and effort can go just as far. We are looking for volunteers, preferably users with plenty of experience with CriticalMath, to serve on our volunteer team. If you, your team or your organization would like to help us with one of the following items or projects, please contact Dean Haddock at dean@criticalmath.com. We look forward to hearing from you!
Technical / Interactive
• Submit bug reports
• Suggest new features and options
• Make other comments on how to improve the quality of the program
• If you know PHP, MySQL, HTML, JavaScript, or WordPress, volunteer to help with one of our many projects
Documentation
• Help write good documentation
• Translate the documentation (and program text) into another language
• Read existing documentation, follow the examples, and make corrections
• Correct spelling and grammar mistakes in documentation
• Develop spelling and grammar style conventions for documentors
• Build a glossary of technical terms
• Convert documentation into more useful formats
• Create templates to write documentation
• Create diagrams, screen-shots, and graphics for documentation
• Maintain a FAQ or HOWTO document
Creative/Artistic
• Create a new CriticalMath logo
• Submit graphics (icons, backgrounds) to use in the program
• Write an email expressing your appreciation
• Send the programmers post cards
• Write your legislators about the concerns that Open Source programmers have with recent and upcoming legislation
• Write book reviews and critiques
Communication
• Help other people learn how to use the program
• Answer questions on mailing lists or chat
• Help organize CriticalMath events
• Help write articles for CriticalMath newsletter
• Help update the CriticalMath web site
• Run usability studies
• Create validation or regression test cases
• Provide training to new CriticalMath users
• Read relevant standards and make sure the program follows them
• Convince people to chose Open Source products when possible
• Write up case studies of successful CriticalMath implementations
• Tell someone about CriticalMath