Merge pull request #36 from gradle/advocacy

Add initial Spread the Word page

README.md

@@ -21,14 +21,7 @@ Official listing on the website
 - [Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/gradle) (`#gradle` tag)
 - [GitHub](https://github.com/gradle/gradle) (`@gradle`) -
   we do not have GitHub discussions, but there are issues where a discussion may happen
-
-Social media:
-
-- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/gradle) company page
-- [X/Twitter](https://twitter.com/gradle) (`@gradle`)
-- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/) (`@GradleInc`)
-- [Mastodon](https://mastodon.social/@Gradle) (`@gradle`)
-- [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/gradleinc) (`@gradleinc`)
+- Social media: see the list [here](./docs/contributing/spread-the-word.md)
 
 ## Contributing
 

docs/README.md

@@ -29,14 +29,7 @@ which is also used for tracking of community initiatives.
 - [Gradle Forums](https://discuss.gradle.org/) (Discourse)
 - [Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/gradle) (`#gradle` tag)
 - [GitHub](https://github.com/gradle/gradle) (`@gradle`)
-
-Social media:
-
-- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/gradle) company page
-- [X/Twitter](https://twitter.com/gradle) (`@gradle`)
-- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/) (`@GradleInc`)
-- [Mastodon](https://mastodon.social/@Gradle) (`@gradle`)
-- [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/gradleinc) (`@gradleinc`)
+- Social media: see the list [here](./contributing/spread-the-word.md)
 
 ## Resources
 

docs/contributing/spread-the-word.md

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+---
+title: "Spread the Word"
+description: >
+  As any open source project, we rely on Gradle community members to share news and learnings
+  on social media, blogs and other public channels.
+  All content contributons are welcome
+---
+
+As any open source project, we rely on Gradle community members to share news and learnings
+on social media, blogs and other public channels.
+All content contributons are welcome!
+
+## Channels
+
+### Social Media
+
+When sharing on social media, consider using the `#gradle` hashtag or
+tagging Gradle directly. Our accounts are:
+
+- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/gradle) company page
+- [X/Twitter](https://twitter.com/gradle) (`@gradle`)
+- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/) (`@GradleInc`)
+- [Mastodon](https://mastodon.social/@Gradle) (`@gradle`)
+- [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/gradleinc) (`@gradleinc`)
+
+We also monitor the `#gradle` hashtag across major social media and blog platforms,
+and we will do our best to promote quality content there.
+
+### Community News on Slack
+
+On the [Gradle Community Slack](./community-slack.md), we have a `#community-news` channel.
+Everyone is invioted to share their highlights there,
+whether it is a new presentation, blog, or a plugin release!
+
+### Newsletter
+
+Gradle Build Tool has a [Monthly Newsletter](https://newsletter.gradle.org/) that is maintained by the team.
+This newsletter is formed based on the news we discover in the community channels.
+Every month, we also start a public Call for Proposals as a GiutHub issue in [gradle/community](https://github.com/gradle/community/issues).
+
+## Gradle Fellowship
+
+The Gradle Fellowship are distinguished engineers from the Gradle community who, through collaboration and advocacy, encourage build tooling best practices.
+In addition to large scale community support, Fellows donate their time and talent to help the next generation of Gradle Fellowship members through direct one-on-one mentoring..
+
+See the list of people on the [Gradle Fellows Page](https://gradle.org/fellowship/).

mkdocs.yml

@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ nav:
   - Participate:
     - Getting Started: contributing/README.md
     - Community Slack: contributing/community-slack.md
-    - Contribute to Gradle Build Tool: gradle/CONTRIBUTING.md 
+    - Spread the Word: contributing/spread-the-word.md
+    - Contribute to Gradle Build Tool: gradle/CONTRIBUTING.md
     - Contributing to Documentation:
       - Overview: contributing/documentation/README.md
       - Gradle Build Tool Docs: gradle/platforms/documentation/docs/README.md