Hi, my name is Karsten Wade, Red Hat Community Architecture team a/k/a 'quaid' Red Hat Community Architecture team
Creating and nurturing communities of contributors The Open Source Way: Creating and nurturing communities of contributors
the open source way (lowercase)
1st, it's a cookbook: Principle (what) Implementation (how) Example (why)
2nd, it's created by those who know: actual contributors and community experts
focus on spreading knowing with written knowledge 3rd, it's lightweight: focus on spreading knowing with written knowledge
4th, it's incomplete on purpose: to encourage participation and different sources for examples
Upstream: TheOpenSourceWay.org/wiki ... coming soon ;-P
“Choose open tools that can be extended” E.g. why MediaWiki? Ch. 4.8: “Choose open tools that can be extended” Ch. 3.2.3: “Use lightweight, open collaboration tools – wikis ... - and give out access”
for your community needs ... A book you can add to and build on for your community needs ... ... which teaches what you are tired of saying over and over
The science about communities: Communities of Practice
“Communities of practice are groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly.” - Etienne Wenger
Domain: Area of knowledge of interest to the community.
Community: Set of people who care about the domain
Practice: Means and tools the community uses to work in the domain
Principles for cultivating Communities of Practice: Design for evolution Open a dialogue between inside and outside perspectives
Principles for cultivating Communities of Practice: Invite different levels of participation Develop both public and private community spaces
Principles for cultivating Communities of Practice: Focus on value Combine familiarity and excitement Create a rhythm for the community
Community leadership is our community of practice; The Open Source Way is one of our handbooks
Interested? Talk with me theopensourceway.org/wiki theopensourceway.org/book (Coming very soon!)