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If you have experience with software development and would like to help NetBeans become the best IDE, simply fill out the registration form and also subscribe to netcat@netbeans.incubator.apache.org mailing list after submission of the registration form via Subscribe button, register yourself in the NetCAT 9.0 Participants Wiki page and also create your account in NetBeans Synergy test case management system. If you are interested in our previous discussions, browse through the web archive of the NetCAT mailing list.

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Yes, in order to simplify reading e-mails on the NetCAT mailing list it is important to use the following prefixes in the e-mail subjects. Please try to adhere to this rule.

If I become NetCAT tribe leader, what will my tasks be?

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• monitoring progress of development and preparing NetCAT schedule
• updating NetCAT web content mainly prior to start of the program
• sending an invite message and promoting the program to assemble enough NetCAT participants
• forming NetCAT tribes, finding their leaders and supporting them throughout the program
• maintaining Synergy (users, tribes and test runs) to have development builds fully tested and Release Candidate build certified
• watching quality status and progress of stabilization through JIRA bug dashboard and discussions on NetCAT mailing list
• if needed encouraging higher participation in the program by writing weekly status reports, organizing online meetings, creating online surveys etc.
• creating final Community Acceptance survey, processing and publishing its results
• helping get the approval from necessary Apache NetBeans stakeholders for the release
• closing the program by creating satisfaction survey among NetCAT participants, evaluating their activity and announcing the best contributors

If you feel you could do the tasks above and you can afford dedicating between 2 and 5 hours weekly to NetCAT coordination, please let us know!