####First contact

* map of first contacts and pathways: http://publiclab.org/wiki/first-encounters
  * folks find out about Public Lab through: our kits, our web presence and social media, press coverage, heard about from a person, Kickstarter campaign, evangelism(?)
* types? [reference from Sugar Labs](http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Getting_Involved) 
[![scotts-metaphor-boat_kite.jpg](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/004/297/medium/scotts-metaphor-boat_kite.jpg)](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/004/297/original/scotts-metaphor-boat_kite.jpg)

* too much information, yet lacks community presence/identity
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####Welcome moment

####First contribution / activity

####Building peer-to-peer bonds

####Becoming an organizer

####Developing organizer-supported chapters

###Priorities

####Growth: 
* **improve first contact experience**
* **integrate with Kits Initiative**

####Depth:
* **develop better structure to become an organizer**
  * Organizer Summit
* **Make a strong translation model for our "communities of practice"**
  * includes distributing resources
* **include social process throughout online and offline**
  * community asset mapping workshops, dialogue education facilitation, OpenHour, guides and distance learning, offline logbooks, etc