How can I log hours that I have contributed to the project?

Question

CiviCRM is contributed to by hundreds of people: users who report issues/bugs/suggestions; implementers; developers; people who take time to offer advice on this site or on chat.civicrm.org.

It's useful for the project to have a measure of this, so we can appreciate everyone's input. As well as helping build a picture of the work that goes into improving CiviCRM over time, people who contribute enough hours can be listed on the find an expert page.

How can this be measured and how can I record my time?

(Note: I'm listing this here with an answer because the information was very hard to find.)

Answer 1

You can log your contributions by either:

• signing up for an account at lab.civicrm.org which is where most of the work goes on and many community discussions happen; then "joining" a project; then recording your time in a comment using a special code.

  or

• signing up for an account on https://civicrm.org and then using a special work log import form.

This process, as well as what is and isn't considered a "contribution" is set out in detail in a wiki page in the gitlab project called Community Engagement. The relevant page is:

https://lab.civicrm.org/community/community-engagement/wikis/Tracking-Contributions