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Making Software Communities
The document outlines key strategies for building and nurturing a software community, emphasizing the importance of relationships, participation, and contribution. It provides a five-step program to effectively lead a community: get people to meetings, start meetings by sharing a vision, foster a positive atmosphere, set an appropriate tone, and encourage feedback. Overall, it stresses the significance of collaboration, humility, and open communication in open source software communities.
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- 2. Making Software Community Selena Deckelmann selenamarie@gmail.com D ev N at io n 20 10
- 3. Build lasting relationships among peers. D FeO vSNDaE tiM on 22 0001 90
- 4. Build lasting relationships among peers by sharing code. D FeO vSNDaE tiM on 22 0001 90
- 5. How do wemake open source software? D ev N at io n 20 10
- 7. Laziness Impatience Hubris
- 8. How do wemake open source community? D ev N at io n 20 10
- 9. Dilligence Patience Humility
- 10. Sharing code 10 20 n io at N ev D
- 11. Step 1: YOU 10 20 n io at N ev D
- 12. Excitement Hard Work courtesy of Commitment D ev N at io n 20 10
- 13. You love yoursoftware. D ev N at io n 20 10
- 14. D ev N at io n 20 courtesy of flickr.com/photos/a7laa_gzayell/2560164865 10
- 15. 90 01 00 22 on tiM DaE vSN FeO D
- 16. How do wefind them? 90 01 00 22 on tiM DaE vSN FeO D
- 17. Hello everybody outthere 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. D ev N at io n 20 10
- 18. Community 18
- 19. What’s a community? Acommunity is a group of people that make things together. 19
- 20. You want themto: participate D FeO vSNDaE tiM on 22 0001 90
- 21. You want themto: contribute code D FeO vSNDaE tiM on 22 0001 90
- 22. You want themto: take over for you someday D FeO vSNDaE tiM on 22 0001 90
- 23. Lead without being in charge. D FeO vSNDaE tiM on 22 0001 90
- 24. leadership? whatis 90 01 00 22 on tiM DaE vSN FeO D
- 25. Having a goodtime. 90 01 00 22 on tiM DaE vSN FeO D
- 26. You’re not adictator. 90 01 00 22 on tiM DaE vSN FeO D
- 27. You’re not asocial media douchebag. D FeO vSNDaE tiM on 22 0001 90
- 28. Facilitator Moderator Guide D FeO vSNDaE tiM on 22 0001 90
- 29. Lessons learned from organizing user groups D FeO vSNDaE tiM on 22 0001 90
- 30. 5-step program to: lead well develop new leaders have enthusiastic followers D FeO vSNDaE tiM on 22 0001 90
- 31. 1.Get people tothe meeting 2.Start the meeting 3.Make people feel good 4.Set the tone 5.Take questions
- 32. 1. Get peopleto the meeting 1. Talk to people 2. Start the meeting 2. Tell your story 3. Make people feel good 4. Set the tone 5. Take questions
- 33. #1 - Getpeople to the meeting D FeO vSNDaE tiM on 22 0001 90
- 34. #1 - Getpeople to the meeting #1 - Talk to people D FeO vSNDaE tiM on 22 0001 90
- 35. D ev N at from flickr: demibrooke io n 20 10
- 36. ask your friends 90 01 00 22 on tiM DaE vSN FeO D
- 37. make new friends 90 01 00 22 on tiM DaE vSN FeO D
- 38. Perl Mongers PDXPHP Ruby Brigade Lunch 2.0 Linux Users Group BarCamp Functional Programmers .NET Developers PDXPUG Cisco Users Pythoneers Java Developers D ev N at io n 20 10
- 39. Free Advertising! Create a mailing list Create a blog Hang out on irc D FeO vSNDaE tiM on 22 0001 90
- 40. More free advertising! Ask someone else to blog Ask other projects Speak at user groups D FeO vSNDaE tiM on 22 0001 90
- 41. #2 - Startthe meeting 90 01 00 22 on tiM DaE vSN FeO D
- 42. #2 - Startthe meeting #2 - Tell your story D FeO vSNDaE tiM on 22 0001 90
- 43. D ev N at io from flickr: splorp n 20 10
- 44. Answer the question: What can I expect from your dev group? D FeO vSNDaE tiM on 22 0001 90
- 45. Share your vision 90 01 00 22 on tiM DaE vSN FeO D
- 46. Make announcements 90 01 00 22 on tiM DaE vSN FeO D
- 47. D FeO vSNDaE tiM on from flickr: gemengdbedrijf 22 0001 90
- 48. Ask questions 90 01 00 22 on tiM DaE vSN FeO D
- 49. How did youfind us? Why are you here today? What do you want to learn? D FeO vSNDaE tiM on 22 0001 90
- 50. Roadmap Bugtracker Mailing list archives Blog/microblog D FeO vSNDaE tiM on 22 0001 90
- 51. #3 - Makepeople feel good D FeO vSNDaE tiM on 22 0001 90
- 52. D FeO vSNDaE tiM on from flickr: magisterludi 22 0001 90
- 53. Remember people 90 01 00 22 on tiM DaE vSN FeO D
- 54. D FeO vSNDaE tiM on from flickr: red5standingby 22 0001 90
- 55. Make stuff together 90 01 00 22 on tiM DaE vSN FeO D
- 56. Eat and drinktogether 90 01 00 22 on tiM DaE vSN FeO D
- 57. Make yourself feelgood D FeO vSNDaE tiM on 22 0001 90
- 58. Why are yougoing this? D FeO vSNDaE tiM on 22 0001 90
- 59. 90 01 00 22 on tiM DaE vSN FeO D
- 60. Have a goal 90 01 00 22 on tiM DaE vSN FeO D
- 61. Measure your goal 90 01 00 22 on tiM DaE vSN FeO D
- 62. Make adjustments 90 01 00 22 on tiM DaE vSN FeO D
- 63. #4 - Setthe tone 90 01 00 22 on tiM DaE vSN FeO D
- 64. Be an activeleader 90 01 00 22 on tiM DaE vSN FeO D
- 65. Ask for help 90 01 00 22 on tiM DaE vSN FeO D
- 66. 90 01 00 22 on tiM DaE vSN FeO D
- 67. 90 01 00 22 on tiM DaE vSN FeO D
- 68. Take the loadoff yourself. D FeO vSNDaE tiM on 22 0001 90
- 69. 90 01 00 22 on tiM DaE vSN FeO D
- 70. Give real work 90 01 00 22 on tiM DaE vSN FeO D
- 71. Let them fail 90 01 00 22 on tiM DaE vSN FeO D
- 72. Don’t put upwith assholes D FeO vSNDaE tiM on 22 0001 90
- 73. That guy 90 01 00 22 on tiM DaE vSN FeO D
- 74. BOFH 90 01 00 22 on tiM DaE vSN FeO D
- 75. Deal with trolls before they happen D FeO vSNDaE tiM on 22 0001 90
- 76. How? 90 01 00 22 on tiM DaE vSN FeO D
- 77. Publish goals 90 01 00 22 on tiM DaE vSN FeO D
- 78. Praise in public, criticize in private D FeO vSNDaE tiM on 22 0001 90
- 79. Smile Give choices Follow up D FeO vSNDaE tiM on 22 0001 90
- 80. Structure for socializing D FeO vSNDaE tiM on 22 0001 90
- 81. Make time foryou to socialize D FeO vSNDaE tiM on 22 0001 90
- 82. #5 - Takequestions 90 01 00 22 on tiM DaE vSN FeO D
- 83. Ask people what they think D FeO vSNDaE tiM on 22 0001 90
- 84. Respond 90 01 00 22 on tiM DaE vSN FeO D
- 85. Change things, ornot :) D FeO vSNDaE tiM on 22 0001 90
- 86. the 5 steps: 90 01 00 22 on tiM DaE vSN FeO D
- 87. 1. Talk topeople 2. Tell your story 3. Make people feel good 4. Set the tone 5. Take questions
- 88. “Blythe disregard forwhat others say is not possible.” D FeO vSNDaE tiM on 22 0001 90
- 89. Open Source BridgeOrganizing (July 28) Community Leadership Summit (July 17) D FeO vSNDaE tiM on 22 0001 90
- 90. CONTACT ME Twitter: selenamarie selenamarie@gmail.com D FeO vSNDaE tiM on 22 0001 90
- 91. Thank you! 90 01 00 22 on tiM DaE vSN FeO D