NebraskaJS Intro to Open Source

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Guides:

http://pragtob.wordpress.com/2014/01/13/how-to-get-started-with-contributing-to-open-source/
http://movethewebforward.org/
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/11/30/the-smashing-guide-to-moving-the-web-forward-community/
http://nshipster.com/stewardship/
https://speakerdeck.com/brycekahle/helping-open-source-software

for Designers:

http://opensourcedesign.is/blogging_about/import-designers/

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Finding open source project issues:

http://www.codetriage.com/
https://github.com/h5bp/lazyweb-requests/issues?state=open
http://www.lookingforpullrequests.com/
http://contribhub.com/
http://www.joshmatthews.net/bugsahoy/?js=1
http://up-for-grabs.net/
Mentor bugs: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Get_Involved#Mentor_Bugs

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Bigger picture web issues:

http://webcompat.com/

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Specifications:


http://discourse.specifiction.org/

Also might be helpful: having an in-person mentor. Maybe at NEJS those experienced at submitting PRs could be on standby, and help walk folks through the process, author a good PR, show how to do a squash rebase, etc.

Also, showcase the nostalgia: http://firstpr.me/