Step 1 - Dive in head first

I spent the first hour or so this evening on #ubuntu and then spent the last few hours on #ubuntu-motu. This is an extension of me mucking around the entire MOTU wiki on Ubuntu.com for the last two days, except more interactive. I began chatting up the folk in #ubuntu-motu, saying how I was looking forward to contributing and becoming a science team motu. I forget which motu it was, but some one mentioned that LaserJock (Jordan Mantha) was the leader of the Science MOTU team and that he's usually on at about this time. Then with striking timing he appeared, no more than 1 minute after his name was spoken.

LaserJock and I spoke for a while, a few other devs started talking as well. They all seemed like great folks, I am recalling how welcoming they were. We all got along quite well and shared what appeared to be an equal enthusiasm for Ubuntu, development, and The Community encompassing it.

After a while LaserJock asked if I had a Launchpad account, which I confirmed, then he sent me a link to the MOTU Science Team page on launchpad and instructed me to join. About 45 seconds later I was accepted!

So there it is, tomorrow I'll be getting flooded with my first batches of emails reporting everything from bugs, to wishes, to who knows what. I don't consider myself a MOTU yet, even if I am on the team. But, I am perfectly positioned to start working towards earning that title.

I've been awake since about 3pm on Wednesday the 30th of April and I"m almost too excited now to sleep... but I'll at least lay down and try and rest for a while. In all likeliness I'll wind up passing out right now :)