====================================================================== Hi, my name is Karsten Red Hat Community Architecture ====================================================================== The Open Source Way: Creating and nurturing communities of contributors ====================================================================== The open source way (lowercase) ====================================================================== 1st, it's a cookbook - principle, implementation, example ====================================================================== 2nd, it's created by those who know - actual contributors ====================================================================== 3rd, it's lightweight and focused on spreading knowing ====================================================================== 4th, it's incomplete on purpose to encourage participation ====================================================================== Upstream => TheOpenSourceWay.org/wiki (soon) ====================================================================== Ch. 4.8 - "Choose open tools that can be extended" ====================================================================== A book you can add to and build on for your own needs. ====================================================================== The science behind 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 on the domain ====================================================================== Principles for cultivating CoP - Design for evolution Open a dialogue between inside and outside perspectives ====================================================================== Principles for cultivating CoP (cont'd) - Invite different levels of participation Develop both public and private community spaces ====================================================================== Principles for cultivating CoP (cont'd) - Focus on value Combine familiarity and excitement Create a rhythm for the community ====================================================================== Community leadership is our CoP; The Open Source Way is our handbook ====================================================================== Come talk with me if this interests you theopensourceway.org/wiki theopensourceway.org/book Coming very soon! ======================================================================