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1 Volunteers Don't Always Contribute;
Contributors don't always Volunteer Volunteers Don't Always Contribute; Contributors Don't Always Volunteer - OSCON 2011

2 What this talk is about? Motivating, Mentoring, Maintaining and Retaining Leaders and Non-Developer Community Members Volunteers Don't Always Contribute; Contributors Don't Always Volunteer - OSCON 2011

3 Volunteer – (Noun, Adjective, and Verb)
: a person who voluntarily undertakes or expresses a willingness to undertake a service : being, consisting of, or engaged in by volunteers : to offer oneself as a volunteer Source: Volunteers Don't Always Contribute; Contributors Don't Always Volunteer - OSCON 2011

4 : to give or supply in common with others
Contribute (Verb) : to give or supply in common with others Source: Volunteers Don't Always Contribute; Contributors Don't Always Volunteer - OSCON 2011

5 : a person who has authority or influence
Leader (Noun) : a person who has authority or influence Source: Volunteers Don't Always Contribute; Contributors Don't Always Volunteer - OSCON 2011

6 Does your Community have programs in place to train, mentor, maintain and retain leaders?
What about volunteers; what programs are in place to make sure the ”motivational paychecks” for non-developer volunteers who contribute ”don't bounce”? Volunteers Don't Always Contribute; Contributors Don't Always Volunteer - OSCON 2011

7 What's leadership got to do with it?
How can you help train community members to become better leaders? Volunteers Don't Always Contribute; Contributors Don't Always Volunteer - OSCON 2011

8 Why do people Volunteer?
Volunteers Don't Always Contribute; Contributors Don't Always Volunteer - OSCON 2011

9 What do communities currently do to recruit, motivate, and retain their current volunteer/contributors? Volunteers Don't Always Contribute; Contributors Don't Always Volunteer - OSCON 2011

10 Red Cross MS Society Schools
Volunteers Don't Always Contribute; Contributors Don't Always Volunteer - OSCON 2011

11 Red Cross Volunteers Don't Always Contribute; Contributors Don't Always Volunteer - OSCON 2011

12 MS Society Volunteers Don't Always Contribute; Contributors Don't Always Volunteer - OSCON 2011

13 Schools Volunteers Don't Always Contribute; Contributors Don't Always Volunteer - OSCON 2011

14 Lattice vs Ladder Volunteers Don't Always Contribute; Contributors Don't Always Volunteer - OSCON 2011

15 As a whole we need to explore the ways other Non-FOSS communities and organizations
include, mentor, maintain, and retain those non code writing,non-developer members of our communities. Volunteers Don't Always Contribute; Contributors Don't Always Volunteer - OSCON 2011

16 Thank You! Feedback and QA
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