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MANAGING A LARGE OPEN SOURCE
COMMUNITY WITH SMART TOOLS
JONAS ROSLAND & STEPHANIE CARLSON, EMC {CODE}
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• A place, online or physical, where we can interact with peers,
learn from each other and collaborate together on projects,
driving change to our daily lives.
• Passion ties everyone together
around one common cause
HOW DO WE DEFINE A COMMUNITY
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• There are many types of communities around the
globe
– Non-profit organizations
• Wikipedia, charity:water, Women Who Code
– Physical Meetups and user groups
– Online collaboration
• Linux
• Apache and it’s many projects
• Docker
EXAMPLES OF COMMUNITIES
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WHO IS IN THE EMC {CODE} COMMUNITY
Community
EMC SEs
Customers
Partners
Users
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COMMUNICATION DIFFERENCES
Community Customers
Two-Way Communication Mass Marketing
Customer Involvement Public Customer Involvement Private
Open Door Closed Door
Informal Formal
Volunteer Required
Shared Knowledge Possible NDA
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COMMUNITY.EMCCODE.COM – JOIN US!
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SLACK
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GITHUB ISSUES
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EMC {CODE} COMMUNITY NETWORK EFFECT
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One unique piece of content gets amplified through
several community channels
EMC {CODE} COMMUNITY NETWORK EFFECT
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SOCIAL MEDIA
• Platform
• Real Time
• Metrics
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WEEKLY COMMUNICATION
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BLOGGING
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BLOGGING
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• Workshops and training on our projects have lead to
others taking on topics, reworking them, writing
blogs and presenting at events
• Customers approach us with new ideas, code and
documentation
• Community involvement with our projects leads to
both customer and community success
EMC {CODE} COMMUNITY NETWORK EFFECT
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• Legal, Marketing & Internal Education
• Contributions to Software:
– REX-Ray, Polly, libStorage, Mesos-DVDI, RackHD, CoprHD,
Cloud Foundry, Docker, Mesos, UniK
• Customer views of the company have changed
• New and interesting partners want to collaborate
• Celebrating openness through DevHigh5
RESULTING EFFECTS ON EMC
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• DevHigh5
– Giving recognition to EMC, partner and customer employees
who have created interesting solutions
– Solutions that augments EMC product functionality
RECOGNITION PROGRAM
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• Awareness
– Growing isn’t enough
• Increased participation
– GitHub (commits to projects, new projects), Slack, Twitter
• Community-driven projects
• Continue to increase diversity
• Create a culture where everyone feels welcome
GOALS FOR AND WITH THE COMMUNITY
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• Open platforms for discussions
– Slack, Wordpress, GitHub, Twitter, Mobilize
• Encourage Participation
• Safe Environment
– Code of Conduct, Private & Public Channels
– If you don’t adhere to the rules, you’re out
REMOVING BARRIERS
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• Share and receive knowledge
• Be a part of something larger
• Personal recognition
• Continuous Feedback
• Free swag
• It’s Fun!
WHY YOU SHOULD GET INVOLVED
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• Identify and promote mentors/ambassadors
• Recognize and enable non-coding contributors
• Create and collaborate on more training
• Enhance the community look and feel
WHAT’S NEXT FOR US?
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• Communities are everywhere
• Join a physical, virtual community, or both!
• Help organize Meetups
• Create a better world by sharing knowledge
SUMMARY
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@jonasrosland
@stephcarlson
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Questions?
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