Project engagement

Initial engagement
When a community consultant parachutes in to a new project, such as an upstream, these are the trail markers to look for:


 * Ease of install, configuration
 * Ease of getting help in a jam
 * Attraction to participation -- can I do things on $FOO as a potentially new contributor?
 * Joining the project -- how easy, what does it entail, what do I get?
 * Barriers to commit rights in the code
 * Clarity of a public roadmap