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Open Source software development starts with the code. But if you want a sustainable project, you need people too. This is a meditation on the idea of making friendship the core of your community's values.
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Build lasting relationships among peers.
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Build lasting relationships among peers
by sharing code.
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How do we makeopen source software?
Laziness
Impatience Hubris
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How do we makeopen source community?
Dilligence
Patience Humility
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Sharing code
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Step 1: YOU
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courtesy of
Excitement
Hard Work
Commitment
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You love your software.
DevNation 2010 courtesy of flickr.com/photos/a7laa_gzayell/2560164865
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How do we find them?
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Hello everybody out there using minix -
I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones.
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Community
What’s a community?
A community is a group of people thatmake things together.
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You want them to:participate
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You want them to:contribute code
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You want them to:take over for you
someday
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Lead without being in charge.
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what is leadership?
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Having a good time.
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You’re not a dictator.
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You’re not a social media douchebag.
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FacilitatorModerator
Guide
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Lessons learned from organizing user groups
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5-step program to:lead welldevelop new leadershave enthusiastic followers
1.Get people to the meeting
2.Start the meeting3.Make people feel good
4.Set the tone5.Take questions
1. Get people to the meeting
1. Talk to people2. Start the meeting
2. Tell your story3. Make people feel good
4. Set the tone5. Take questions
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#1 - Get people to the meeting
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#1 - Get people to the meeting
#1 - Talk to people
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from flickr: demibrooke
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ask your friends
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make new friends
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Perl Mongers
Ruby Brigade
Linux Users Group
Functional Programmers
PDXPUG
Pythoneers
PDXPHP
Lunch 2.0
BarCamp
.NET Developers
Cisco Users
Java Developers
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Free Advertising!Create a mailing listCreate a blogHang out on irc
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More free advertising!Ask someone else to blogAsk other projectsSpeak at user groups
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#2 - Start the meeting
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#2 - Start the meeting
#2 - Tell your story
DevNation 2010 from flickr: splorp
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Answer the question:What can I expect from
your dev group?
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Share your vision
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Make announcements
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DevNation 2010 from flickr: gemengdbedrijf
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Ask questions
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How did you find us?Why are you here today?
What do you want to learn?
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RoadmapBugtracker
Mailing list archivesBlog/microblog
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#3 - Make people feel good
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Remember people
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DevNation 2010 from flickr: red5standingby
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Make stuff together
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Eat and drink together
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Make yourself feel good
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Why are you going this?
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Have a goal
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Measure your goal
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Make adjustments
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#4 - Set the tone
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Be an active leader
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Ask for help
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Take the load off yourself.
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Give real work
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Let them fail
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Don’t put up with assholes
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That guy
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BOFH
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Deal with trolls before they happen
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How?
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Publish goals
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Praise in public, criticize in private
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SmileGive choices
Follow up
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Structure for socializing
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Make time for you to socialize
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#5 - Take questions
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Ask people what they think
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Respond
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Change things, or not :)
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the 5 steps:
1. Talk to people
2. Tell your story3. Make people feel good
4. Set the tone5. Take questions
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“Blythe disregard for what others say is not possible.”
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Open Source Bridge Organizing(July 28)
Community Leadership Summit (July 17)
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Thank you!
