2. Alfresco Community Mission
To increase the value of the Alfresco
community for all stakeholders and
make it the leading example for all other
commercial open source companies to
follow.
11. Engage community members
• Increase community participation
o Quality and frequency
• Increase Alfresco-related community
code contributions
• Provide a mechanism for direct
product feedback from community
17. Enable the community
• Make it easier for the community to
make code contributions
• Make it easier for end-users to find &
install community-contributed
extensions from within the product
• Make it easier for newcomers to get
started with Alfresco
20. 11 ways to contribute to the Community
• Create/respond to a • Participate in a
topic in the forums roundtable or
• Use Alfresco Jira to committee
raise an issue or • Conduct a webinar
contribute a patch • Attend an event
• Edit the Alfresco wiki • Give a talk at an event
• Post an Alfresco- • Publish a screencast/
related status on a video
social site • Contribute to/start an
• Write a blog post or open source project
article
22. Peace, love, & open source reasons
• You want to be part of something
bigger; a movement, a revolution
• You want to collaborate with others
• You want to be recognized amongst
your peers
• You dislike _________ (Microsoft, IBM,
Oracle, proprietary, all of the above)
• You like to code or write or create
• You want to be part of a community;
sense of belonging
23.
24. Self-interested reasons
• You want to pick up new skills so you
can earn more money
• You want to lower the cost of
maintenance of your code/
customizations/extensions
• You want to build brand/name
recognition
• You recognize that a healthy
ecosystem means more projects/
revenue for you
25. Expose the greatness
• Promote individuals making
exceptional contributions to the
community
• Promote community contributions
• Alfresco Community Everywhere
26. Objectives Recap
• Engage community members,
regardless of skill set or relationship to
Alfresco, to participate more deeply
• Enable the community with tools,
resources, and product enhancements
that leverage community contributions
• Expose the greatness already existing
in the community, both community
projects and individuals
27. What to Expect in 2011 (1 of 2)
• Annual Community Survey
• Alfresco support for locally-driven
meetups/hack-a-thons worldwide
• Alfresco DevCon 2011
• Catalog of Alfresco add-ons with
ratings, comments, ACCP
• Forum points contest
• Contributor of the Month/Year
28. What to Expect in 2011 (2 of 2)
• Community Advisory Board
• More examples of Share customization
• Alfresco.org tweaks
29. Upcoming events
• Tech Talk Live: Share Extras
o 6 July, 17:00 CET
o First Wednesday of every month
• Dashlet Challenge starts 29 June
• Alfresco meetups in Spain
o http://www.meetup.com/alfresco
o http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Local_Communities
o Any volunteers???
• DevCon Europe 2011 in November
