Community
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Volunteering
Communication
Volunteers are encouraged to join our Balean Discord server. All communication and also publication of challenges, etc. is happening via Discord. If you sign up as a volunteer, you also agree to the Balean’s volunteering Code of Conduct.
Challenges
To channel volunteering work, all things to work on as a volunteer are tracked as challenges in the Balean Coding Challenges project. Challenges can range from marketing challenges to software development or infrastructure challenges. Everyone can apply by signing up for the balean-oss group and assing a challenge to their name.
The software that Balean uses to build the platform is mostly open-source software, published via the Balean OSS group on GitLab. The challenge listed should indicate what the challenge is about. Even though software may be owned by a 3rd party, every challenge is created to bring the platform and therefore Balean forward in their mission.
Our mission at Balean is to promote global ocean sustainability through innovative (IT) solutions, community engagement, fundraising, and sustainable practices. To achieve these goal, we strive to create a welcoming environment for all members of our community.