Community Perspective Discussion

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This page frames the discussion for how members of various FOSS/HFOSS communities view new contributors as well as how the growth of a newbie into a full contributor is accomplished.

Attracting New Contributors

  1. How important is it to attract new contributors?
    • What percentage of effort is spent on attracting newbies?
    • What is the impact on project future?
  1. How do projects attract new contributors?
    • What is it about a project that draws new users? Domain? Technology? Community?
    • What techniques have been successful for drawing new contributors?
    • What challenges do you face in attracting new contributors?
  1. How do projects retain contributors?
    • What techniques have been successful for retaining contributors?
    • How do you guide contributors towards increasing value to the project?
      • How successful have you been with this?
  1. What are the onramps for your project?
    • Have you developed learning activities or resources to help in on-ramp?
      • This might be as simple as a brief tour of the project site pointing out features for potential contributors
  1. What skills/knowledge should a potential contributor have?
    • What is the minimum set of knowledge/skills contributors need to get started?
    • What more advanced knowledge is valuable?
    • How do you convey the need for more advanced knowledge? How do you "grow" newbies?
    • What are the biggest learning curve issues for newbies?
    • Where do you suggest newbies start?
    • What role do you hope that new contributors play in your project?
    • What kinds of contributions work best for new contributors?
    • What kinds of contributions are most likely to be accepted by the project?
    • Do you use different approaches/techniques for newbies versus people that appear to have some background?
  1. What advice would you give instructors on how to approach and work with a project?
    • What should instructors do to ensure interactions with students is a plus?
    • What is the right way to approach a project in order to ensure successful interactions?
    • What should instructors do to ensure successful interactions over time?
    • How can instructors give back to the community?
    • How can foss2serve bridge the gap between education and HFOSS projects?
    • How can we make student participation work better for all concerned?
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